30-03-2019, 11:51
(This post was last modified: 30-03-2019, 11:54 by SaltergateBorn.)
Very sad to hear of the passing of Kevin Randall. I hope the club does something meaningful to pay suitable tribute to him.
My memories of the club go back quite a few years and I still reckon he`s one of the best front men we`ve had in my time. He was a creator and a scorer and there were games when the opposition found the combination of him and Ernie Moss impossible to handle. Their interplay and understanding were fantastic to watch sometimes. I think it was the season that Jimmy McGuigan` team won the old Fourth Division - about 1970, it would be - I reckon they they scored about 40 goals between them.
In my mind`s eye I can still see that chunky frame scuttling down the right wing and slinging in an inch-perfect cross onto Ernie`s head as well as slotting home a goal from Ernie`s lay-off. ( I can also remember the cheeky `Hand of God` goal he scored – at Mansfield, of all places.) Great stuff.
The last I heard of him, he was Chief Scout for Neil Warnock when he was managing QPR; I know that the two of them they had a close working relationship for some time, but I suppose KR had been retired the last few years.
Happy days. Fond memories. RIP Kev.
My memories of the club go back quite a few years and I still reckon he`s one of the best front men we`ve had in my time. He was a creator and a scorer and there were games when the opposition found the combination of him and Ernie Moss impossible to handle. Their interplay and understanding were fantastic to watch sometimes. I think it was the season that Jimmy McGuigan` team won the old Fourth Division - about 1970, it would be - I reckon they they scored about 40 goals between them.
In my mind`s eye I can still see that chunky frame scuttling down the right wing and slinging in an inch-perfect cross onto Ernie`s head as well as slotting home a goal from Ernie`s lay-off. ( I can also remember the cheeky `Hand of God` goal he scored – at Mansfield, of all places.) Great stuff.
The last I heard of him, he was Chief Scout for Neil Warnock when he was managing QPR; I know that the two of them they had a close working relationship for some time, but I suppose KR had been retired the last few years.
Happy days. Fond memories. RIP Kev.