19-09-2018, 20:37
(This post was last modified: 19-09-2018, 20:42 by theo_luddite.)
Another fine effort Snoots 
Big Frank and Greavesies side of 69-70 and the 2 seasons that followed, made up mostly of local lads from either side of The Ainleys with some added bite from beyond (chopper McGill amongst others
) and a bit of guile and skill from the likes of Jimmy Nich (from far flung Norn Iron) and Colin Dobson, from just outside Redcar (they travelled the hard miles in those days) were a big reason why many of us have supported this club for as long as we have. There's others that go back further to Shanks (I was still a glint in my dad's eyes, well more or less) and beyond but they are getting fewer and fewer by the year.
Scandolous to think that we never really gave really talented football players their head at International level in the 70's (and beyond), apart from those few games when Joe Mercer gave the stuffed shirts at the FA palpitations. Even then the FA clowns and others, often in the press, would later go on to moan, why can't we play like Brazil and win World Cups like them?
They were more worried about the (ahem!) 'head' and the other afters these lads were getting after the game, or allegedly in Frank's case, before the coach left for the game, than their footballing skills. To a large extent, we are still the same, coaching the raw talent out of some players to make them more 'consistent' rather than nurturing that talent for the greater good. Did someone say we need another Gazza this week? I'd take another Big Frank in a heartbeat.
Hopefully we'll get (another) goal this week. "All we are saying, is give us a goal", to the tune of a well known John Lennon ditty, a wail from the Cowshed back in our unglorious 4th Division days (and before) until Mick Buxton came along and turned Town into a goal scoring machine.
Even more hopefully, we'll add to our points total. Can someone show our right back's some old video tapes of Mally Brown teararsing down the right wing and putting a cross on the head of Robins, Fletcher or Kindon? There must be some video tapes in the old Yorkshire TV archives surely?
PS - Fuchs is German for Fox, so a Fox is playing for the Foxes. Whatever next? Some lad called Terrier playing for Town? Nah, It'll never happen.
Big Frank and Greavesies side of 69-70 and the 2 seasons that followed, made up mostly of local lads from either side of The Ainleys with some added bite from beyond (chopper McGill amongst others
) and a bit of guile and skill from the likes of Jimmy Nich (from far flung Norn Iron) and Colin Dobson, from just outside Redcar (they travelled the hard miles in those days) were a big reason why many of us have supported this club for as long as we have. There's others that go back further to Shanks (I was still a glint in my dad's eyes, well more or less) and beyond but they are getting fewer and fewer by the year. Scandolous to think that we never really gave really talented football players their head at International level in the 70's (and beyond), apart from those few games when Joe Mercer gave the stuffed shirts at the FA palpitations. Even then the FA clowns and others, often in the press, would later go on to moan, why can't we play like Brazil and win World Cups like them?
They were more worried about the (ahem!) 'head' and the other afters these lads were getting after the game, or allegedly in Frank's case, before the coach left for the game, than their footballing skills. To a large extent, we are still the same, coaching the raw talent out of some players to make them more 'consistent' rather than nurturing that talent for the greater good. Did someone say we need another Gazza this week? I'd take another Big Frank in a heartbeat.
Hopefully we'll get (another) goal this week. "All we are saying, is give us a goal", to the tune of a well known John Lennon ditty, a wail from the Cowshed back in our unglorious 4th Division days (and before) until Mick Buxton came along and turned Town into a goal scoring machine.
Even more hopefully, we'll add to our points total. Can someone show our right back's some old video tapes of Mally Brown teararsing down the right wing and putting a cross on the head of Robins, Fletcher or Kindon? There must be some video tapes in the old Yorkshire TV archives surely?
PS - Fuchs is German for Fox, so a Fox is playing for the Foxes. Whatever next? Some lad called Terrier playing for Town? Nah, It'll never happen.
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