Jimmy Magee: Fitzyathon in Tonight's Echo

[Actin The Sham]

On page 45:


Sitting here on the balcony of my hotel room overlooking the Lindfurmstrasse, munching my cornflakes, I can't help but remember the last time I was here sitting on this same balcony at a world cup.


It was my third world cup, Munich was still divided by a wall in 1976, the cold war was at it's height.

Germany (or East Germany as it was then known) would go on to win the tournament beating Argentina 4-2 in the final, but just like now there were question marks over their side before the tournament began. Who can forget the unmistakeable figure of Der Bomber, Rudi Voeller, leading the tuetonic attack that year? Or the inimitable Kaiser himself, Wilhelm the Second of Prussia, who mastered the role of sweeper in that side.

The Dutch team brought with them from the lowlands, a brand of football that came to be known as complete football. And a young man named Jordi Cruyff who would lead them all the way to the title that year.

Paul McGrath! Aah, Paul McGrath, the black pearl of Inchicore.....what a player.

The Brazilians were there that year of course. They wore yellow shirts blue shorts. Edson Arantes Di Nascimento, or Pele as we knew him, was not among their number however, having retired after the country's third finals success five years before.

Was Pele as good as McGrath, they often ask me? There was only one Pele I answer. Only one McGrath too, though.
Ah but my bran flakes are going soggy. Time to go. Thanks for your call. Where are my slippers?



* As told to Robert O' Shea.


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Has to be a wind up, yet they have a picture of Jimmy Magee, and it is presented as if it is by him. Either it was by him, and he is suffering from a severe case of Alzheimers, or else the Echo is leaving itself wide open to be sued.

[storysham]

Great word, fitzyathon.

[Lamps]

good man nimic. i was choking back the vomit when i read this last night. it seems so bad that it cannot be put down to a simple mistake. the man is going senile, and the echo need to proof read.

the germany beating argentinia 4-2 bit is bizzare

[BangorFeen]

good man nimic. i was choking back the vomit when i read this last night. it seems so bad that it cannot be put down to a simple mistake. the man is going senile, and the echo need to proof read.

the germany beating argentinia 4-2 bit is bizzare
That has to be a piss-take. Not even Jimmy could make that manymistakes in such a small piece. The slippers line at the end would seem to indicate that it is indeed a bit of urine-extraction

[jungle]

Surely, that has to be someone taking the piss. Even senility couldn't justify that many mistakes. 'complete football', five years between world cups...

[Tube a Pringles]

Oh for fucksake people, get a grip......

[pudgee]

Of course it's a pisstake. Jesus ODLL, I'm surprised at you.

And there's no real suing grounds there.

[Actin The Sham]

Surely, that has to be someone taking the piss. Even senility couldn't justify that many mistakes. 'complete football', five years between world cups...


I was thinking of e-mailing it to Jimmy Magee on condition that he splits the libel award with the SFI.

If it was someone taking the piss, which I believe it was, then they should have made it clear that it was "satire," but this article was on page 45 of the Evening Echo, with a colour photograph of Jimmy Magee, and the headline "My World Cup."


I mean, "Munich was still divided by a wall in 1976????"


That makes him out to be a complete moron, and as he plies his trade on the basis of him having a photographic memory of all things sports related, then surely he has grounds for suing the pants off them.

Does anybody know his e-mail address? We could make ourselves a few bob here: we could organise a session in some pub for the start of the EPL where we could spend the money getting ourselves mildly inebriated on fitzy money.

Poetic or what?

:)

[Tube a Pringles]

Jimmy Magee is our Murray Walker

[POL]

its the echo for fuck sake, what would you expect, piss take or not

[pudgee]

I was thinking of e-mailing it to Jimmy Magee on condition that he splits the libel award with the SFI.

If it was someone taking the piss, which I believe it was, then they should have made it clear that it was "satire," but this article was on page 45 of the Evening Echo, with a colour photograph of Jimmy Magee, and the headline "My World Cup."


I mean, "Munich was still divided by a wall in 1976????"


That makes him out to be a complete moron, and as he plies his trade on the basis of him having a photographic memory of all things sports related, then surely he has grounds for suing the pants off them.

Does anybody know his e-mail address? We could make ourselves a few bob here: we could organise a session in some pub for the start of the EPL where we could spend the money getting ourselves mildly inebriated on fitzy money.

Poetic or what?

:)


Very little grounds as it's clearly satire. It'd be like trying to sue Craig Brown for the Private Eye diaries. Except Craig Brown's actually funny.

[Actin The Sham]

Very little grounds as it's clearly satire. It'd be like trying to sue Craig Brown for the Private Eye diaries. Except Craig Brown's actually funny.


Private Eye is a well known, recognised satirical magazine. This was in the Sports Section (Page 45) of The Evening Echo. If you had seen it you would know what I mean. I know what you are saying, I agree with it, but this was not labelled as satire. The only label it had was one saying "My World Cup Diary" with a picture of Jimmy Magee.


Anyway, thanks for bursting my bubble, I was looking forward to getting a few pints off the Crosbies.

[Otto_the_bus_driver]

Yeah but private eye is a satrical magazine. The echo is a newspaper. There should be a disclaimer saying that its wasn't actually written by Jimmy and does not reflect the opinion of Jimmy. It makes him out to be an eejit like. Anybody that didn't cop on to the fact if was a pisstake would think jimmy has lost the plot, which has happened here.
Fuck it, email jimmy, everyone on the sports forum will go out on the sauce with jimmy in celebration when he libels the echo. We can take turns in asking him brainteasers.

[Tube a Pringles]

Anyway, thanks for bursting my bubble, I was looking forward to getting a few pints off the Crosbies.

When hell freezes over..........

[pudgee]

Anyway, thanks for bursting my bubble, I was looking forward to getting a few pints off the Crosbies.

You'll be waiting.

Otto, the *as told to Robert O' Shea already makes it pretty clear. The case would get nowhere.

Oh, and PE carries a lot of serious stuff also, but perhaps, yes, it's a bad example. OK, the grauniad is currently running Nancy D'wosserface's World Cup diary, also clearly a spoof. She wouldn't have a hope in hell of suing though.

[Otto_the_bus_driver]

Whats the diffference between a satire and a parody?

I thought parodies were untouchable legally as long it could be in no way confused or mistaken with the subject.

[pudgee]

Whats the diffference between a satire and a parody?

I thought parodies were untouchable legally as long it could be in no way confused or mistaken with the subject.
Satire, parody whatever. No case.

[Actin The Sham]

Satire, parody whatever. No case.

The libel laws over here are much more strict though.

[Otto_the_bus_driver]

What’s the difference between satire and parody?


A satire tends to invent a fictitious situation (though possibly with elements that actually occurred) for the purpose of ridiculing someone or even some idea. A parody imitates an existing work — often in an absurd way, such as by exaggerating its characteristics — in order to make fun of it and point out its flaws.

There now.

[Matlock]

The libel laws over here are much more strict though.

Not that strict though.

How do you think The Phoenix get away with Bertie's Diary etc.

Move along folks - no case to see here!

[Actin The Sham]

Not that strict though.

How do you think The Phoenix get away with Bertie's Diary etc.

Move along folks - no case to see here!


I beg to differ, and having run this past more experienced eyes, they tend to agree with me.

The SLA has spoken.