Macari Interview

[SaltySeaDog]

[QUOTE=CheltenhamPie;40449799]

I may be wrong, but I believe that the football pools run by the likes of Littlewoods and Vernons were known as coupons.

That's what I thought. No chance of Macari having a clue what he was talking about!

[matt_magpie]

Interesting snippet that SM had Cameron, Baldwin and Warner doing the pre match drills to throw Newport off the scent we were playing 4 at the back, crafty and no doubt worked as they eventually changed shape.

[Old_pie]

[QUOTE=CheltenhamPie;40449799]

"must have bust a few coupons" - I guess only betting folk would use the term and not one I've come across though I'd sort of worked it out. Good of Bracegirdle to totally rephrase the comment.

I may be wrong, but I believe that the football pools run by the likes of Littlewoods and Vernons were known as coupons.

I had vaguely remembered the term and there was a time in the '60's when my Dad and I would do the Football Pools. I remember once my Mum who knew nothing of football being offered an option and she put Crewe v Tottenham in the FA Cup as a draw and we both laughed. Crewe 2 - 2 Tottenham. The expected result occured in the White Hart Lane replay, 13-2

Anyhow, we are on the internet and Wikipedia tells us:

"Competitions for predicting the results of football matches are older than the football league itself. The Cricket and Football Field newspaper, in its edition of 10 September 1887, offered a prize of one guinea to "the Competitor who predicts the results" of four football matches to be played the following Saturday. Readers were invited to cut out and fill in a coupon printed in the newspaper, which had to be sent to the newspaper's offices by the Friday before the matches."

[queenslandpie]

Interesting snippet that SM had Cameron, Baldwin and Warner doing the pre match drills to throw Newport off the scent we were playing 4 at the back, crafty and no doubt worked as they eventually changed shape.

Bracegirdle broadly picked that up on the commentary, but I don't think it made a huge difference anyway. This was mentioned in dispatches by others a day or two ago and just shows the outstanding level of detail. Bravo! Lewis looked extremely nervous in his interview, but he did a fantastic job on the pitch. He will go a long way and it's very good news to see such a grounded chap signing a contract in a position where we need strength.

[upthemaggies]

Which interview was that?! I had to google the name I assumed it was some random opposition player and was quite surprised by the history.

It was during a game, away to one of the London area sides last season I think, it made me laugh. Took me right back to watching the wrestling with my grandparents and waiting for the results service with Dickie Davies straight after.

[OP67]

I may be wrong, but I believe that the football pools run by the likes of Littlewoods and Vernons were known as coupons.

That was it, was so long ago I couldn't remember the companies involved but now I've had a flashback of wearing flares

[SwalePie]

That was it, was so long ago I couldn't remember the companies involved but now I've had a flashback of wearing flares

Zetters was another pools company IIRC

[since41]

They're still going I was still doing them a couple of years back.

[Dinno_Pie]

The old Littlewoods/Vernons weekly football pools entries were indeed known as coupons. But as far as I know the high street bookies still use paper ‘coupons’ for fixed odds football betting. On these you mark down your selections to predict the results of matches, usually home, away or draw. Due to the often poor odds offered for match results that might be viewed more of a certainty, you often need to pick several matches to get a better return and put them in an accumulator. These days they’re commonly known as an ‘acca’. You must have heard Jeff Stelling talking about your Saturday accas. As we know in football there’s no such thing as a ‘cert’ and often there’ll be one match that throws up the least expected result thus ruining your ‘acca’. So that’s when you’d use the term ‘coupon buster’. I think it’s a common term known to even younger betting fans these days. So Notts winning at Newport was probably a ‘coupon buster’ as many, other than the most optimistic Notts fans, would have predicted a Newport win or at worst a draw. Hope that’s helped those out there who’ve no knowledge of the gambling world and not bored those of you who have.

Going back to the football, nice to see Macari back in the side and speaking with a positive attitude about defending. We’ve certainly been in need of that.

[upthemaggies]

Zetters was another pools company IIRC

Yes, I'd forgotten about them.




This one is "Copes Pools" who I don't remember.
30/Sep/1972