{"id":6391,"date":"2015-09-10T13:49:13","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T13:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xislblogs.xtreamlab.net\/slwoods\/?p=6391"},"modified":"2015-09-10T14:26:21","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T14:26:21","slug":"robins-named-stand-after-folker-fred","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/?p=6391","title":{"rendered":"Robins named stand after folker Fred"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/09\/Fred_Wedlock.jpg\" alt=\"image of Fred Wedlock\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6392\" \/>There&#8217;s an astonishing revelation in today&#8217;s Bristol Post, the city&#8217;s most unreliable source of news: the late <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fred_Wedlock\">Fred Wedlock<\/a> (pictured right), the local folk singer best known for his UK hit single &#8220;The Oldest Swinger In Town&#8221;, has had a stand named after him at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcfc.co.uk\/\">Bristol City<\/a>&#8216;s ground at Ashton Gate.<\/p>\n<p>This emerges from a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bristolpost.co.uk\/Life-long-Bristol-City-supporter-claims-club\/story-27765890-detail\/story.html\">report<\/a> written by Ian Onions, the Post&#8217;s political editor, over a lifelong Robins fan&#8217;s wait for the club to honour its pledge over its 1990s &#8216;Buy-a-Brick&#8217; campaign.<\/p>\n<p>A screenshot of the article is also shown as confirmation of the existence of the Fred Wedlock Stand.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/09\/fred_wedlock_robins.png\" alt=\"screenshot featuring wording Fred Wedlock Stand\" width=\"600\" height=\"604\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2015\/09\/fred_wedlock_robins.png 600w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2015\/09\/fred_wedlock_robins-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/sites\/23\/2015\/09\/fred_wedlock_robins-298x300.png 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.slwoods.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2015\/09\/Billy_Wedlock.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Billy Wedlock\" width=\"150\" height=\"205\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6396\" \/>Ian may be a knowledgeable chap when it comes to politics and the skulduggery down at the Counts Louse (<em>Bristolian for &#8220;City Hall&#8221; &copy; Mayor George Ferguson. Ed.<\/em>), but when it comes to the beautiful game, he really doesn&#8217;t know his onions, since it was dear old <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Billy_Wedlock\">Fred&#8217;s grandfather Billy<\/a> (pictured left) who played for and captained the Robins, as well as playing for the England squad and it is after him that the stand is named.<\/p>\n<p>Ashton Gate also has a Williams stand. I wonder if Post reporters believe this was named after Andy of that surname rather than a former player. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an astonishing revelation in today&#8217;s Bristol Post, the city&#8217;s most unreliable source of news: the late Fred Wedlock (pictured right), the local folk singer best known for his UK hit single &#8220;The Oldest Swinger In Town&#8221;, has had a stand named after him at Bristol City&#8216;s ground at Ashton Gate. 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