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"The Black Country"...

is a previously intensely industrialised area of the Midlands, here in England... The inhabitants tend to be rather measured in approach and not over-blessed with optimism!...

Though living on the outskirts of Birmingham, I have long been a supporter of West Bromwich Albion Football Club, and since West Bromwhich is itself on the fringes of "The Black Country" there are occasional insights into the cultural temperament from other supporters...

As an example, at a particular game I was located in the "Brummie Road" (Birmingham Road) stand, immediately behind two typically Black Country characters... Both were middle-aged, wore long coats, flat caps, and silk scarves around their necks... Without asking, you just KNEW that they would both be whippet-racing on Sunday morning, before going to the pub to arrive by opening-time...

Whilst there was a lull in activity whilst a player received medical treatment, one bod turned to the other, and had the following conversation...

"Yow see thet Alistair Brown?"...

"Aar" (Yes)...

"I were on this very spot a year ago when he played his first game for us, after his move from Lesster (Leicester)...

"Aar?"...

"'Bout twenny minutes into the game, 'is pace and puzishunin meant that 'e was able to play 2 great "wall-passes" with the wing, leaving 'im in clear space, about 40 yards from goal...

'E let loose an absolute screamer of a shot which flew into the corner of the goal, giving their goalie nooo chance..."


"Aar"...

A 3-second pause...

"E's done fuck-all since."...



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