Just remembered.

[postman]

I have just thought of the Green Final newspaper man.Who used to walk the Estate shouting Green Final,Greeeen Finaaal.In Sheffield it was called the Pink.It was the Football Evening paper.Anybody have another regional one,and what was it called.It was only sold on a Saturday evening.

 

[User32269]

PIIIINNNKKKK ECCHOOOO

 

[Fubar]

I have just thought of the Green Final newspaper man.Who used to walk the Estate shouting Green Final,Greeeen Finaaal.In Sheffield it was called the Pink.It was the Football Evening paper.Anybody have another regional one,and what was it called.It was only sold on a Saturday evening.

Seem to recall my dad picking up a "Pink" when I was a nipper.

 

[vernon]

In Darlington it was the pink Sports Despatch. Saturday night meant two deliveries for paper boys.

Apparently there's still two Saturday night Sports papers being produced.

There are two Saturday evening/Sunday morning Sports papers left in Britain, in Norwich and Southampton. The last one in this region, The Football Echo from Sunderland ceased last year as an internet only entity. No need for them nowadays, but they are missed. A friend of mine who was a sports journalist tells a lovely tale of going with Merthyr Tydfil (he covered them for the South Wales Echo) to Barrow and collecting 15 different titles on the journey home.
The Durham Amateur Football Trust has digitised copies of the Sports Pinks from the 1950's. You may be able to access them from their website - google them.

 

[welsh dragon]

In birmingham it was pink, and I think it was called the argus? Or something similar.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

Seranaded at top volume in broad geordie on the streets of Newcastle

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Wunnabuyapink

 

[Accy cyclist]

It was the Sports Pink around here. It came out about 5.45 on a Saturday. Printed on blotting paper with loads of spelling mistakes.

 

[vernon]

It was the Sports Pink around here. It came out about 5.45 on a Saturday. Printed on blotting paper with loads of spelling mistakes.

Here's a possible reason

I think the evening Gazette were one of the last ones to do a Pink or Green 'un. I think it was bundled in as part of a subscription. I remember when we were still in the league that I occasionally used to provide a report for the Gazette as the game developed.

It would involve a copy taker phoning you up twice in each half and you dictating your report down the phone - all between struggling to make yourself heard and trying to keep an eye on what was happening on the pitch. I think I managed to pick up £25 or £30 for the report. You'd have to obviously provide the teams before kick-off and the scorers and attendance at full time.

For someone who had done everything on a laptop up until that point it was a totally different way of working. I'm not sure how long it lasted for after that but I think I occasionally did the odd match report for the Gazette for a couple of years.

Like Feethams 1966 said, it must have been some effort. I always felt quite lucky as I always got a decent copy taker. I can imagine it would have been an utter ball ache with a copy taker who wasn't on their game.

 

[Dirk]

In birmingham it was pink, and I think it was called the argus? Or something similar.

'Sports Argus' - ceased publication in 2006.

 

[Old jon]

South Wales Echo, we always seemed to be travelling somewhere on Saturday evenings. I could ask a cousin if it still exists.
Cannot remember the Leeds version . . .

 

[Profpointy]

morny stannit !

EDIT: found it


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRSYe3nJUzg

 

[Dirk]

morny stannit !

Ian Stannard!

 

[Dave7]

As a kid..........walking to the Liverpool-Wallasey ferry there was always a guy shouting out lascentyecho. It was years before I found out it was LAST CITY ECHO.

 

[Dave 123]

The pink Echo bought from the Sir Robert offy.

 

[marknotgeorge]

It was green round here. It appeared on the delivery sheets* for us paperboys in the late 80s as "DET [for Derby Evening Telegraph] GREEN 'UN".

* Our local newsagent had a bespoke system designed by the Yorkshire Evening Post, IIRC. Gert big thing it was, powered by steam, or possibly whippets.