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It's time for a midweek moider

It's time for a midweek moider

Jonathan Ervine3 Jun 2020 - 07:30

Moidering: a key part of Bangor's football tradition

It's not just the ninety minutes of action on the pitch that people have been missing recently, it's also been the social side of things. Catching up with friends and having a good 'moider' has long been a part of football in Bangor. Joe Shooman, who knows a thing or two about moidering, gives us the lowdown on the importance of having a good 'moider'...

"Moider is a brilliant word: if you're a moiderer, people will be surreptitiously warned about you in the pub. At the same time, moidering is what happens in the pub - and in the footy ground - constantly. Really, it's an integral part of the social glue that holds a community together. As REM might put it: Everybody Moiders (sometime).

It is a constant ebb and flow of information, non-information, chatter, bad jokes, elaborate storytelling and sheer weight of words tumbling out the mouth of someone whose head is elsewhere and not paying attention. Hence, moidering at football is inevitable: you can be mid-moider, break off to shout at the referee, and pick up again where you left off. And leave, with your head totally moidered.

For 1876, the mates-match-moider triumvirate is absolutely sacred. You can have any two together, but when all three are involved it creates a power bigger than The Force, the Dark Side and Electric Mountain combined.

At FC United, I saw moiderers I hadn't seen since Farrar Road. And we picked up the strands of long-lost moiders without a beat. Moidering stands outside time: to moider is to be in the moment. I might write a self-help book: Moider your way to Moidervana."

Read our Fan Focus Friday interview with Joe Shooman: https://www.bangor1876.com/news/fan-focus-friday-joe-shooman-2527072.html

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