Of course, Argus readers would have known the outcome really, because by the time of that ‘Last-ever Saturday night edition’ there were numerous ways to check on the afternoon’s action online.įrom over a century of being the West Midlands’ sporting public’s must-have, go-to guide, it now found itself out of date by the time it hit the shelves. Shrewd sub-editors that day, with the match hanging in the balance, nailed it with the non-committal headline ‘Nailbiter!’. West Bromwich Albion favourite Jeff Astle reading the Sports Argus during the Wembley pitch inspection ahead of the FA Cup final triumph over Everton in May 1968. It’s safe to assume that Argus readers did find out the result some other way, but for those still on tenterhooks more than a decade and a half later, the Reds won 3-1 on penalties! It was FA Cup final day 15 years ago, but because the showpiece occasion between Liverpool and West Ham at the Millennium Stadium went to extra time, the paper went to press while the game was still going on. But by 2006, time had moved on even further, so that even the new milennium version of the old favourite was no longer able to keep pace. ![]() In fact the very last edition of the Argus printed 15 years ago showed why the format had, regrettably, had its day.īy 2006 it had long since evolved, of course, from the outdated 'A Journal Of All Manly Pastimes' strapline that adorned its original edition in 1897. What are your memories of the Argus and how much do you miss it? Tell us in the comments section below Given the slim pickings of football success in this region in recent years, the lack of victories would no doubt have hit the circulation anyway, had the internet age not got there. There was a theory that supporters were more likely to buy it, had their team won. Those that had been at the match tended to time their journeys home to coincide with the Argus vans arriving so they could get a second opinion of what they had just witnessed. Long before the National Lottery arrived, there were already long queues outside newsagents in Birmingham, the Black County and beyond at Saturday teatime as fans waited for their football fix. ![]() The Argus, or ‘the Pink’ as it was affectionately known to legions of loyal readers, was the Saturday night staple, without staples. The cover of the Sports Argus back in its first year in 1897, including the outdated strapline 'A Journal Of All Manly Pastimes'.
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