Sitting next to Clive Eakin week in-week out will have that sort of effect of anyoneHe struggles to remember who we are playing half the time.
Go back and ask his opinion on Doug King and let us all knowMy chat with him was in the SISU days and he was very passionate about the poor state of the club and the need for change.
Gary McAllister mentioned that Coventry was a “shit crowd” too
Garry Pendrey came across as a right arse in that book.
It’s an interesting read - a good time capsule of a time and place. Think it came out at the same time as the Jim Brown “The Elite Era” book, which in a pre-internet age was a vital reference for footballing stattos/ saddos, like myself.
Seeing as we’re swapping Oggy stories…
I’ve met him twice, once on his last day with the club. Mrs D was there with her old man and we’d been chatting about him earlier in the day…she’d never heard of him. Then we saw him outside the ground and I had my photo taken with him. He was happy enough to chat.
I didn’t tell him that the only other time I’d seen out and about he’d been naked in the changing rooms at Cov Baths 35 years before. I thought he might think it weird.
Has he got a big dick?
He'd have to hope so otherwise he'd have spent his entire life drying his noseHas he got a big dick?
Broken in 8 places.Has he got a big dick?
I two have experience the ignorance of Oggy.
At a corporate event at Highfield Road while walking through a corridor i passed Oggy and said hello Steve.
Just ignored me, manners don't cost anything, ignorant bastard.
Not just me then. I remember being a kid at Highfield Road and I walked up to him to say hello (he was one of my heroes at the time). He just looked at me up and down and completely ignored me. Everyone else was lovely but I remember how much of a pretentious cockhead he was.
Tommy Hutch and it's not even close. I could list ten players better than Oggy without even thinking about it. Not really a fan of his commentary either. I would prefer someone a bit more partisan.
The treble signings of Terry Yorath, Bobby Mac and Ian Wallace. All in the same week IIRC.And Bobby Mc at left back
Funnily enough, I think it's the slight detachment that Clive and Oggy have that makes them the perfect commentary team. It's obvious whose side they're on, but they're not the heart on the sleeve fan that Rob Gurney is, and the listening experience is all the better for it.Tommy Hutch and it's not even close. I could list ten players better than Oggy without even thinking about it. Not really a fan of his commentary either. I would prefer someone a bit more partisan.
That Liverpool game with Jim Blythe - unbeatable that dayWhere the “fairness” breaks down when comparing, say, Glazier with Oggie, is that it is rare for an individual player to be entirely responsible for winning anything. ( Personally I thought Jim Blyth was pretty good.)
Even a 1966 Geoff Hurst didn’t actually win the WC on his own. MOM definitely.
I was at that one,he was amazing that day .That Liverpool game with Jim Blythe - unbeatable that day
What??? Despite all those iconic masks!Oggy is our most iconic player I think in terms of football fans around the country. Best no chance.
Gurney doesn’t even come close to them. It’ll be a sad day when Clive packs it in.Funnily enough, I think it's the slight detachment that Clive and Oggy have that makes them the perfect commentary team. It's obvious whose side they're on, but they're not the heart on the sleeve fan that Rob Gurney is, and the listening experience is all the better for it.
what are you talking aboutOggy, bless him, he’s thick as a plank on the radio most of the time.
Don't think you can choose Ferguson without Wallace, to be honest.Bobby McDonald for me. Best defender City ever had! My next choices would be Tommy Hutchison, Robbie Keane and Mick Ferguson. Never rated Oggy much.
Useless.All round has to be Dublin for me, though Roland Nilsson will always be the player I admired the most. Just oozed class.
And of course my Oggy story: first ever game got taken into the changing rooms to get my programme signed, walked around a corner and saw Oggy in the bath. I’m afraid 9 year old me didn’t commit his penis size to memory, sorry.
That Liverpool game with Jim Blythe - unbeatable that day
Ahh your true age that makes you the oldest person in GB.Even I didn't see him play.Best goal?Yeah, true. I was only in my late 30's when I saw Clarrie Bourton play.
I agree with that .Greatest player for me has to be Tommy HutchisonGreatest ever servant sure , player ?? Not so sure
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