bringbackrattles
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Going to write an article on Speedie for a football magazine. One of my favourite ever City players. Any stories or memories of the fiery player ?
That's what I'm after as that was typical of Speedie. I once saw him and Benno in the Rose and Crown pub by the Forum.Benno was on crutches while Speedie was shouting loudly in the bar. I heard he liked a drink !My favourite Speedo story whilst at Coventry was regarding Oggy.
At the end of the session it was keeper practice (didn't have dedicated GK coach back then). As we all know Speedo loved to chip keepers, but he'd been warned that this wasn't his time but was for Oggy … so he chipped him. Oggy threatened him not to do it again, guess what… the next thing he was chasing him around Ryton trying to kick lumps out of him!
Well, if he was shouting loudly, i'm not surprised you heard him say that...That's what I'm after as that was typical of Speedie. I once saw him and Benno in the Rose and Crown pub by the Forum.Benno was on crutches while Speedie was shouting loudly in the bar. I heard he liked a drink !
Some regulars said he was in there often. I still am surprised how we got him from Chelsea and shows how well off we were back then to pay that amount. We were properly run though !Well, if he was shouting loudly, i'm not surprised you heard him say that...
We paid for Speedie with the profits from winning the FA cup a few months earlier.Some regulars said he was in there often. I still am surprised how we got him from Chelsea and shows how well off we were back then to pay that amount. We were properly run though !
He used to do it in every warm up before the game kicked off. Oggy hated it but week in week out he did it. He’s one of the players that makes me feel sorry for the kids of today as they’d missed out on him. He was a great player for us.My favourite Speedo story whilst at Coventry was regarding Oggy.
At the end of the session it was keeper practice (didn't have dedicated GK coach back then). As we all know Speedo loved to chip keepers, but he'd been warned that this wasn't his time but was for Oggy … so he chipped him. Oggy threatened him not to do it again, guess what… the next thing he was chasing him around Ryton trying to kick lumps out of him!
My favourite Speedo story whilst at Coventry was regarding Oggy.
At the end of the session it was keeper practice (didn't have dedicated GK coach back then). As we all know Speedo loved to chip keepers, but he'd been warned that this wasn't his time but was for Oggy … so he chipped him. Oggy threatened him not to do it again, guess what… the next thing he was chasing him around Ryton trying to kick lumps out of him!
Footballers back then and before would often drink in local pubs and clubs. My dad told me Bill Glazier was a heavy drinker, and before him Arthur Lightening liked a good drink, sometimes the night before games. I often saw George Hudson with other ex City players in the Mount Pleasant pub in Walsgrave downing copious amounts, but they were all long retired !My dad recalled playing league pool against him (at one of the Social clubs in Foleshill) and he was indeed smashed.
I hadn't thought about it before, but that's a fair point as it does seem to have drifted from the game. I can only assume it's to do with starting area and being drilled to be more positionally aware rather than strikers not having the ability to do it. Perhaps we're blinded by hindsight and the safe pass or % run rather than easily offering up possession is taught now. Not sure you'd ever stop a maverick like Speedo from having a go though.I've always wondered why you never see keepers getting chipped any more the way Speedie always used to chip them?
Are they just bigger nowadays? Is there positioning better?
He used to do it frequently.
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