[Blowbroth]

The guy who used to come on the pitch at saltergate and do the h.t.draw.Who was he?the funny bit was if he drew a '0' it would be Zeeroaaar!it may have been the Darren Brown days.i remember it was always so obvious he was on the fiddle too due to there being a really decent crowd and he would announce the prize money as a 'staggering'.....?11.50!!!
Hence the nickname Mr Zero

[gordon_brittas]

Is this the guy that constantly had Scab chanted at him whenever he was speaking on the mike? Bloke who I used to stand with on the kop said he was a Mansfield fan? Never found out if that was true or not?

[BlueRodneyFern]

gordon_brittas, on 01 November 2024 - 10:22 AM, said:

Is this the guy that constantly had Scab chanted at him whenever he was speaking on the mike? Bloke who I used to stand with on the kop said he was a Mansfield fan? Never found out if that was true or not?

He was from Sunderland and had a reputation of helping himself

[clarevoyant.]

gordon_brittas, on 01 November 2024 - 10:22 AM, said:

Is this the guy that constantly had Scab chanted at him whenever he was speaking on the mike? Bloke who I used to stand with on the kop said he was a Mansfield fan? Never found out if that was true or not?

He went on to become a committee member (virtually head honco)of Forest Town Fc later to become AFC mansfield

[Westbars Spireite]

Lyndon was his name wasn't it? Used to do the same at Mansfield before, hence the comments.

[Bald magician]

Westbars Spireite, on 01 November 2024 - 10:54 AM, said:

Lyndon was his name wasn't it? Used to do the same at Mansfield before, hence the comments.

Literally became a zeroooo then

[Brimington spireite]

Came on Kop one day selling his tkts said to my Mate
You've lost some weight wish I could my mate replied stand on here with ur Mansfield shirt on thal lose more than Weight 🤣🤣

[Alice Cooper]

Westbars Spireite, on 01 November 2024 - 10:54 AM, said:

Lyndon was his name wasn't it? Used to do the same at Mansfield before, hence the comments.

That was indeed his name WS and that was about as much as I knew of him or even wanted to know.

[Osborne again]

He'd got scabby scroat written all over him. I wouldn't have a life jacket from him on a sinking ship.

[Bald magician]

Osborne again, on 01 November 2024 - 11:50 AM, said:

He'd got scabby scroat written all over him. I wouldn't have a life jacket from him on a sinking ship.

I could imagine him trying to sell tickets as the titanic went down

[The Earl of Chesterfield]

He was trying to make some wedge, simple as that.

At our little neighbours, then us, then probably somewhere else.

The Club's attitude at the time was 'we're getting half (?!?) for nowt so we don't care'.

How far we've come since such amateurish days...

[stainlessstephen]

God that was a long time ago, I remember him in the mid-90s, even before the Darren Brown era.

[clarevoyant.]

stainlessstephen, on 01 November 2024 - 04:37 PM, said:

God that was a long time ago, I remember him in the mid-90s, even before the Darren Brown era.

That's not a long time ago. A bloke walking round the pitch with a board on his shoulders displaying winning raffle numbers written in chalk, is, or seems to be.

[Cartman]

stainlessstephen, on 01 November 2024 - 04:37 PM, said:

God that was a long time ago, I remember him in the mid-90s, even before the Darren Brown era.

I reckon he was early mid 90s

Remember him doing it at Field Mill and then having prizes like a dozen eggs! He then tipped up at Saltergate and got dogs abuse!

[Benno Spire]

clarevoyant., on 01 November 2024 - 04:57 PM, said:

That's not a long time ago. A bloke walking round the pitch with a board on his shoulders displaying winning raffle numbers written in chalk, is, or seems to be.

And a good job of that you did too

[clarevoyant.]

Benno Spire, on 01 November 2024 - 05:00 PM, said:

And a good job of that you did too

Your memories not failing!!

[Osborne again]

Bald magician, on 01 November 2024 - 01:33 PM, said:

I could imagine him trying to sell tickets as the titanic went down

🤣🤣🤣

[Tylerdurdencfc]

Anybody remember buying a ticket that you opened up. It had a players number on and the minute.

If you had the exact match of those which matched up with the first goalscorer of the game then you won all the money?

[whittman]

clarevoyant., on 01 November 2024 - 04:57 PM, said:

That's not a long time ago. A bloke walking round the pitch with a board on his shoulders displaying winning raffle numbers written in chalk, is, or seems to be.

they used to run onto the pitch at half time at the kop end from under the stand with the drum and stop the goalkeeper to make the draw as he went towards the tunnel

[Alice Cooper]

Tylerdurdencfc, on 05 November 2024 - 10:04 AM, said:

Anybody remember buying a ticket that you opened up. It had a players number on and the minute.

If you had the exact match of those which matched up with the first goalscorer of the game then you won all the money?

I remember those being sold at the bottom of the steps leading up to the kop at Saltergate.
A small square envelope with the top and sides being crimped together which you had to tear off to open up.
Golden Goal tickets they were called.