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I remember an old school jack called Jeckyll ? Think he drove to an Eastern European country once and took on a load of Cardiff fans at a Wales game ! Anyone remember him ? Drank in the Clarence opposite the old club shop.
No idea, never met him but by all accounts he's a bit of a mentalist.
Oh he is alright.
Back in the 80s a load of boys went out to Germany to watch us play Lokomotive Leipzig in the ECWC,they ended up staying in the same hotel as the team and Betty was one of them. Anyway we lost and went out of the ECWC,the following morning Betty goes onto Ray Kennedy in the hotel foyer and says gutted we lost,Kennedy replies with something like "I'm not that bothered myself" so Betty butted him.
The first ever recipient of a Planet Swans Lifetime Achievement Award.
He was telling me up the Travs a few years ago that when he was working in the Albion they were making caravans on a night shift out of aluminium sheeting and selling them.
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The first ever recipient of a Planet Swans Lifetime Achievement Award.
He was telling me up the Travs a few years ago that when he was working in the Albion they were making caravans on a night shift out of aluminium sheeting and selling them.
Saw Betty couple of months ago. Still a Jack but doesn't go to games any more. Couldn't get out of him why. Not sure if he goes to the odd away game, but not the Liberty.
I've known Betty about 25 years, worked with him and gone to matches with him. He is stark raving, good as gold but don't half get you in trouble if you're at an away game. Last time i was in his company was either Malmo or St Gallen, at the airport coming home he was offering out the armed police, telling them that he would be able to get the head into them before they had a chance to draw their guns, he was being serious as well, funny now looking back as he was doing the gun slinger stance at them but shoving his head forward, they didn't know what the f*ck to make of him. He was going to London from there for another week on the piss.
Worked with him once on a shutdown in BP and we were up one of the massive flare stacks, he strips bollock naked and he's screaming and shouting and f*cking about, so security come to get him down, and he's having none of it, telling them to suck his old boy or else he's going to throw them off.
Loads and loads of tales about him.
I want a mate like Flashberryjacks, who wears a Barnsley jersey with "Swans are my second team" on the back.
Met him when we were in league he loves that red swans shirt. Think it was the first season in championship he went out for the pre season tour, had a bender, camped on the beach and showered in the sea, so he didn't have to pay for a hotel. Bet he used to have some stick being from PT back in the day, he used to say about how he was fighting with Cardiff every weekend! True jack weather he goes to the games or not now!
Met him when we were in league he loves that red swans shirt. Think it was the first season in championship he went out for the pre season tour, had a bender, camped on the beach and showered in the sea, so he didn't have to pay for a hotel. Bet he used to have some stick being from PT back in the day, he used to say about how he was fighting with Cardiff every weekend! True jack weather he goes to the games or not now!
Met him when we were in league he loves that red swans shirt. Think it was the first season in championship he went out for the pre season tour, had a bender, camped on the beach and showered in the sea, so he didn't have to pay for a hotel. Bet he used to have some stick being from PT back in the day, he used to say about how he was fighting with Cardiff every weekend! True jack weather he goes to the games or not now!
Palamos ?
He was bailed out by some jacks from Bristol way who paid his flight back because he flew into Malaga and didn't realise it was hundreds of miles from north Spain. Def lived on the beach for a few days, was dressed in underpants and a vest at the palamos game and shit himself ( literally ) at half time.
He was bailed out by some jacks from Bristol way who paid his flight back because he flew into Malaga and didn't realise it was hundreds of miles from north Spain. Def lived on the beach for a few days, was dressed in underpants and a vest at the palamos game and shit himself ( literally ) at half time.
It must have been! Can't remember the exact season but it sounds familiar!
It must have been! Can't remember the exact season but it sounds familiar!
Mad as a hatter! A group of us were up at Ninian park on the Bob bank watching Wales playing the Saes, we were trying to be low key with a bunch of Scum fans all around us. When Betty comes along and recognizes us and as bold as brass pipes up ' Hiya boys, are you going down the Vetch next week? ' Well about 50 pairs of eyes swivel around to Betty, at that point we are wishing that Betty would shut up, one of the boys hissed to Betty ' FFS, shut up, we're surrounded by Cardiff fans!' To which Betty replied ' Boys, are we fvcking Swansea or what?'' The Cardiff fans either took pity on us or they looked at Betty and thought 'if he is as brazen as this, then he must be as hard as fvck and we are not messing with that nutter! Either way we were very lucky that night.
It must have been! Can't remember the exact season but it sounds familiar!
He may have done it for our first season in the Championship too, but he definitely done it for our second (Sousa had just taken charge). He had his little suitcase with him wherever he went because he was camping on the beach and showering at those beach showers
He somehow made it to that 3-way round robin we played in Sabadell (which was 70 or so miles from Palamos) but then had to leave sharpish to catch an overnight train to the airport..... Probably Malaga as mentioned above
He was next to me and my dad for the LDV vans final at the Millennium Stadium and might have even been wearing that red top if I recall correctly. We were right at the back of the lower tier by the fabric that separated us from the Carlisle fans and he was sort of Hunched over just thumping a drum all effing game. I remember thinking what a complete mentalist.
I'd seen him around before and since but I'd never known his backstory. What a character.
He was next to me and my dad for the LDV vans final at the Millennium Stadium and might have even been wearing that red top if I recall correctly. We were right at the back of the lower tier by the fabric that separated us from the Carlisle fans and he was sort of Hunched over just thumping a drum all effing game. I remember thinking what a complete mentalist.
I'd seen him around before and since but I'd never known his backstory. What a character.
I was told by a good mate that he once travelled away to Forest early 80s and the mini bus was stopped by the police Betty chucked an old matress that was in the back and knocked the copper flying. On the same trip they managed to get into the club lounge and one of our players passed Dai Davies his pint a Jack shouted watch you don't drop that Dai and all hell broke loose. Good days them.
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