So just in case anyone doesn’t realise, the Siteowner has put the wrong picture up deliberately, as a subtle reversal of the “Matthews funeral” joke and the Stanley Mortensen thread. The epithet refers to Matthews, “The Wizard of the Dribble” not Mortensen. By that point of the conversation it just seems to be word association relating to daft football nicknames. If the fella in the studio is saying that he thinks the “Tangerine Wizard” is Mortensen, then he’s wrong.
Thank you Charles – CtSO
23 February 2017
dr desperate
Wronger than that, even: he’s saying “Stanley Mortison”.
Bevis Frond. I remember seeing him on Countdown (q.v.) a long long time ago.
26 February 2017
liquid len
@PARSFAN
Yes, Nick Saloman. He did very well, if I recall…
14 March 2017
EXXO
After a rare row with Mrs. Exford yesterday, my apology included chocolates, chocolate stout and a photo I’d just discovered of her grandad teaching the Wizard of the Dribble a thing or two about defending.
Pity it’s got the Getty logo in mid-photo but I chopped it out when I pasted the image on to card, replacing it with my apology: “Sorry I got a bit defensive this morning…”
CHARLES EXFORD
So just in case anyone doesn’t realise, the Siteowner has put the wrong picture up deliberately, as a subtle reversal of the “Matthews funeral” joke and the Stanley Mortensen thread. The epithet refers to Matthews, “The Wizard of the Dribble” not Mortensen. By that point of the conversation it just seems to be word association relating to daft football nicknames. If the fella in the studio is saying that he thinks the “Tangerine Wizard” is Mortensen, then he’s wrong.
Thank you Charles – CtSO
23 February 2017
dr desperate
Wronger than that, even: he’s saying “Stanley Mortison”.
23 February 2017
dr desperate
BBC sports reporter/producer Roy Calley’s 2012 ebook on the Mortison Final was called ‘Tangerine Wizards’.
https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51W5oPi77bL._SY346_.jpg
23 February 2017
dickhead in quicksand
Didn’t they do a set on OGWT in the 1970s? Dutch progrockers in gowns and pointy hats?
23 February 2017
jodrell banksy
What supporters shout every time Barnet score?
24 February 2017
liquid len
The Bevis Frond is the actual Tangerine Wizard.
Listen to this, if you will:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h3PUHXTAWM
26 February 2017
parsfan
Bevis Frond. I remember seeing him on Countdown (q.v.) a long long time ago.
26 February 2017
liquid len
@PARSFAN
Yes, Nick Saloman. He did very well, if I recall…
14 March 2017
EXXO
After a rare row with Mrs. Exford yesterday, my apology included chocolates, chocolate stout and a photo I’d just discovered of her grandad teaching the Wizard of the Dribble a thing or two about defending.
https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/port-vales-new-general-manager-sir-stanley-matthews-looks-on-as-len-picture-id829460996?s=612×612
Pity it’s got the Getty logo in mid-photo but I chopped it out when I pasted the image on to card, replacing it with my apology: “Sorry I got a bit defensive this morning…”
Forgiven.
15 August 2018