Obituary Thread

[Egg]

One of Parky’s guests once watched a game at SJP from the Bank.

Freddie Starr?

 

[david61]

George Best or, otherwise, Ian Botham?!

was thinking George Best.

 

[Greyhound]

Sad. Had some great interviews in the 70s.

An entertaining sports writer, too. I remember him referring to a team Barnsley faced as having only 47 teeth between the 11 players.

 

[Egg]

An entertaining sports writer, too. I remember him referring to a team Barnsley faced as having only 47 teeth between the 11 players.

Indeed, he was. Started his career as a print journalist, and continued to write occasional pieces after he moved into TV.

 

[Egg]

*POSTED IN ERROR*

 

[david61]

An entertaining sports writer, too. I remember him referring to a team Barnsley faced as having only 47 teeth between the 11 players.

Skinner Normanton was a Barnsley legend !

 

[elginCity]

"He played at a time when the game drank deep from its tap roots and although there were many more skilful and talented than he there was no one who better represented what you were up against if you took on a collier from Barnsley. I was thinking that they ought to name the new stand at Barnsley after him. The Skinner Normanton stand would be a constant reminder that no matter how much we merchandise the modern game we must always remember what it is we are really selling. Nowadays they talk of image. There was a time, when Skinner was a lad, when it had a soul.".

- Parky

 

[mustangspeed2006]

Michael Parkinson interviewed hundreds of people but how many of them played football at SJP.

(I can think of one)

David Beckham when he was on loan at Preston in 1995?

 

[iscalad]

David Beckham when he was on loan at Preston in 1995?

George Best

 

[Hants_red]

Obit from the Manchester Guardian

Sir Michael Parkinson obituary

One of the great television interviewers who started out as a reporter on a local newspaper in his native Yorkshire

www.theguardian.com