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Blimey. Don't remember any of that lot going out there. I remember David Bradford and Steve Hunt, who had done well in the States.

I bet he did. He really was a visionary.

Interesting further reading, Jimmy Hill and the Saudis: https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2013/oct/04/jimmy-hill-football-media-revolutionary Jimmy Hill and Detroit Express...

Interesting further reading, Jimmy Hill and the Saudis:

He had some great, but also totally bizarre ideas.

Pleased to hear. I was 14/15 when this was all happening so took a keen interest. There was talk of us signing Francis from Brum and Hill had some idea of him playing jointly for us and Detroit Express, but he went to Forest for a million, of course.

I did too in the early 90s when I played for Long Itch in the Coventry Suburban league.

I remember Alan Green playing out there. Not sure if that was just an end of career thing or a reciprocal arrangement with CCFC.

Ah, thanks for the confirmation. I didn't go and I thought I'd maybe imagined the whole thing. They did train over here at Ryton too, I think. They may have also played another English team in a friendly.

Jimmy Hill made a shit load of cash in the mid 70s in Saudi being a football consultant for their royal family. He invested heavily in the American professional league with Detroit Express. Trevor Francis played for them and was paid handsomely to do so. For some reason Hill and his son moved...

My fave Police single.

Haha. Forgotten that amusing nickname.

Nice one, Wingy. No one will get that.

I'm still waiting for my meeting with Sky Blue Kid. He was going to sort me out apparently.

Nah, mate. Coten End fish and chips in Warwick. Sublime.

Whatever John Dawkins tells him it is.

Yep, it's a lovely place. Like any other though, brilliant living there if you have the cash.

Same over here. Lovely places, horrible places. Would hate to live in this place in Glasgow. https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/147706448#/?channel=RES_BUY

Ha. There's Glasgow and there's Glasgow. You could say the same thing about any town or city. There's places in Cov I would hate to live but places I would love to live.

I hope we can get the Connexion back. It was built with the proceeds of Ian Wallace's sale and was sold for a fraction of that due to the money frittered away in the States. Needs knocking down, and I would presume it's the land Doug wants rather than the building itself.