Mark E Smith's Embarrassing Moments in Football

[mikuni]

Taken from When Saturday Comes issue 35 (January 1990).

1. Leading the chant of 'We held 'em to a draw' at the school canteen after Man City had drawn 0-0 at home to Fenerbahce of Turkey in the European Cup.
2. Writing 'Catholic Gits' on the back of a Man Utd Italian supporters' coach at a service station on the M6.
3. Going for a job at Man Utd chairman Louis Edwards’ meat factory HQ, getting it, then trying to get off it, even if they did offer me £8.50 per week plus a season ticket to Man Utd.
4. Seeing George Jones of Bury jogging in a local park.
5. Lying to schoolmates that my Dad was a director of Bury and getting found out.
6. Shouting “Pieface!” at Prestwich Heys’ centre-forward during a game v Sutton Utd and getting punched. Then, at the same match, invading the pitch and getting arrested by the navvy who lived at the top of our street who also happened to be a weekend copper.”

New improved WSC website up and running in a week or two, plus they're planning a weekly newsletter with lots of good archive stuff like the above...

[ladyboygrimsby]

I remember answering the phone at WSC when Mark E rang.... :-D

[discokermit]

I remember answering the phone at WSC when Mark E rang.... :-D
i used to love wsc but now see it as the beginning of the end for british football.

[Weekender]

I remember answering the phone at WSC when Mark E rang.... :-D
I hear you Telephone Thing listening in
I hear you Telephone Thing listening in
How dare you assume I want to parlez-vous with you?
Sorry to be so short with you
But I'm tapped
But I'm tapped
I hear you Telephone Thing listening in
I hear you Telephone Thing listening in
The use of [..] and your smug advertisements
of your tendril ocean bed achievements does not
justify your abuse of privacy piracy act

[Count Cookula]

Taken from When Saturday Comes issue 35 (January 1990).

1. Leading the chant of 'We held 'em to a draw' at the school canteen after Man City had drawn 0-0 at home to Fenerbahce of Turkey in the European Cup.
2. Writing 'Catholic Gits' on the back of a Man Utd Italian supporters' coach at a service station on the M6.
3. Going for a job at Man Utd chairman Louis Edwards’ meat factory HQ, getting it, then trying to get off it, even if they did offer me £8.50 per week plus a season ticket to Man Utd.
4. Seeing George Jones of Bury jogging in a local park.
5. Lying to schoolmates that my Dad was a director of Bury and getting found out.
6. Shouting “Pieface!” at Prestwich Heys’ centre-forward during a game v Sutton Utd and getting punched. Then, at the same match, invading the pitch and getting arrested by the navvy who lived at the top of our street who also happened to be a weekend copper.”

New improved WSC website up and running in a week or two, plus they're planning a weekly newsletter with lots of good archive stuff like the above...

He missed out the day he read the classified results

I remember him doing a live interview on Radio One back in the 80s when they were actually managing to make the national charts and at the end of the interview in the few seconds before they'd pulled the fader on his mic and the music coming in you heard him ask whoever was interviewing him or in the studio with him "do you know how Citeh got on?"