Quote: Standee "remember when he lost his pub, "you're not fit to, you're not fit to, you're not fit to pull a pint"
the 3d was full of vitriolic abuse, and I can't say that I really miss it, at the time it was what we did as RL fans, we've all (with some exceptions) grown up since those times, and the world has changed.
Briscoe, from what I have seen/heard got a bit of what I'd call "ribbing", a chant of "replaced by a bin man, replaced by a biiiin man, you were replaced by a bin man" would have been much more hurtful.
To which he'd have replied "I earn 80 grand(+), I earn 80 grand, you daft sods in Black and White, I earn 80 grand(+)"
that is banter, not abuse.
"Tex Evans, tex the pi55 more like" and other classics from a by gone era!'"
Could have said I've got a cup winners medal....that would have shut em all up