Bob Latchford
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What a player - What a kit, one of our best . Happy Birthday Wee Willy
Would have been sold at 19 nowadays for a fraction of his value by the cretin called Fisher
I was gutted when he went to Wolves.As opposed to selling him for £80k to our local rivals.
£80k in 1975 would equate to £753.000 today... Yea! crap wasn't it? Carrying a knee injury too on day he signed for Wolves.As opposed to selling him for £80k to our local rivals.
When I worked on the railway we often went in a pub in Leek Wooton on our break and lo and behold Willie was the landlord. My work pals said who's he ? You can tell what idiots I worked with to ask me such a question !What a player - What a kit, one of our best . Happy Birthday Wee Willy
What a player - What a kit, one of our best . Happy Birthday Wee Willy
Why did he go ?Remember when Dennis Mortimer went to Villa ? That was a massive shock not just going to them but nobody had an inkling as to why !
Not really sure I know he was playing well for us but "big" clubs came sniffing as usual and he signed for Villa,which didn't go down well. He was captain for them when they won the European Cup so he'd say the move paid off ?Why did he go ?
Ahem ,Cough ,Splutter - Sir Thomas Hutchison anyone ?Best Scottish player we've had ? Got to be up there with Wallace,Gibbo,Holton, Gallagher, Blyth ?
Best Scottish player we've had ? Got to be up there with Wallace,Gibbo,Holton, Gallagher, Blyth ?
Best Scottish player we've had ? Got to be up there with Wallace,Gibbo,Holton, Gallagher, Blyth ?
How the hell did I forget the Hutch ! Nurse where's Mr Rattles medication !Ahem ,Cough ,Splutter - Sir Thomas Hutchison anyone ?
Give your Bonce a rattle, Mr RattleHow the hell did I forget the Hutch ! Nurse where's Mr Rattles medication !
A horrible , nasty , dirty , sly fecker - wish he was here now. class player.Apologies for leaving out Speedie too what a firebrand and what a player.
He'd fight anybody a cross between Bremner and Souness. I recall a Derby player upset him and there was Speedie squaring up to this six foot four defender and wanting to fight him. My hero Hudson was fiery too and saw him deck a defender with a left hook.Just shows talent and aggression can be a good mix !A horrible , nasty , dirty , sly fecker - wish he was here now. class player.
You forgot the best of the lot- Tommy HutchisonBest Scottish player we've had ? Got to be up there with Wallace,Gibbo,Holton, Gallagher, Blyth ?
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You forgot the best of the lot- Tommy Hutchison
I was going to put Colin Stein in there but like Ernie Hannigan didn't really see their true form. Yes Neil Martin was great and so too was Bobby McDonald at full back.
Agree with most of that. But that wasn't taken at Highfield Road. It looks like it was taken at Highbury if I'm not mistaken.Iconic photograph - great player, great shirt, great ground/home. As a kid, Willie Carr was my hero (I had a few - Gibbidy Gibson, Hudson, Rees, Humphreys, Glazier etc etc etc!!!) he never stopped working, was really competitive, could see a pass. How could we have sold him to the Wolves?? Did he spend some time managing Cambridge City? Anyhow, happy birthday Willie, thanks for the memories!
Yes, you're probably right! I guess I was just assuming it was taken at a home game. Not that I'm still in denial about us leaving Highfield Road, of course!!Agree with most of that. But that wasn't taken at Highfield Road. It looks like it was taken at Highbury if I'm not mistaken.
He'd fight anybody a cross between Bremner and Souness. I recall a Derby player upset him and there was Speedie squaring up to this six foot four defender and wanting to fight him. My hero Hudson was fiery too and saw him deck a defender with a left hook.Just shows talent and aggression can be a good mix !
Yes the City fans were outraged that we sold him but Jimmy Hill had made his mind up. The Hud was a hero and yes fans went and watched him at Northampton. Yet the HUD came in for Terry Bly who was a top striker so it was nothing new. Hudson is my favourite ever City player and could score with his head as well as his feet,a true legend.I was at the Sunderland/City game in the League Cup in January 1990. - blimey, 27 years ago this week! Anyhow, Speedie had been winding up Gary Bennett the whole game, and in the end, Bennett snapped. He's a brute of a guy, about 6'4" and built like you know what. He grabs Speedie with one massive hand round the neck and pushes him so Speedie is half over the wall in the crowd (this was joker park!) Speedie is whirling punches at Bennett, but can't land any because Bennet's arm is too long. The crowd are going mad, and the coaches come in to separate them! Can't remember what action the referee took - it was 27 years ago! I do remember that we drew 0-0 and won the replay 5-0 with a Steve Livingstone's hattrick. Happy days! Is it fact that when Hudson was sold to the Cobblers, a couple of coaches went to Northampton to watch him?
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