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Gregg Davies, Hereford's new media chief, has featured in BN several times over the years.
One article in particular was all about Davies being refused entry into a press box.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
No Jeans in the Press Box at Southend
Hereford
United reporter Gregg Davies encountered a problem with a difference
when trying to get into the press box at Southend last Saturday. He
wasn't properly dressed.
And that was after nearly failing to get into the ground as he related on Four Four Two.
Queuing for tickets to the press area, I was met with a peremptory “Davies? Never heard of you.” Ah.
Several
phone calls and the flashing of an out-of-date press card later, I
appeared to have convinced the Southend hierarchy that I wasn’t some
chancer hoping to catch a League 1 basement encounter on a freebie. But
having cleared the first hurdle, I went crashing into the second.
“Trouble is mate, you’re not allowed to wear jeans in the press box, it’s strictly trousers and shoes only.” Oh.
A
faux pas on my part, admittedly, although I felt a little hard done by
that my black-as-the-night jeans had failed to pass muster. That’ll
learn me.
I wasn’t expecting what followed, though. “We can lend
you some black trousers, if you’d like,” came the generous offer from
the man I’d just met.
And in no time at all I found myself
being led into a small, unoccupied room being asked to remove my
trousers, whilst wondering just how often journalists turn up at Roots
Hall donning the wrong type of leg-wear, and whether the Shrimpers have a
cupboard specifically reserved for such occurrences, possibly named
“Hacks’ Slacks”.
Still, I’m anything but ungrateful for
Southend’s handling of the affair. Another club may well have just
turned round and said: “You ain’t on the list, pal, so hop it.”
Even
then it wasn't plain sailing for Davies as he wasn't able to provide
text commentary on the Official Site because of a 'fault'.