Supporting a different team might be too strong a term as I never went to any games but as a kid I seem to change allegiances from week to week. I even dabbled with that team from across the river for a short time. (I feel dirty now). i remember having a fondest for Carlisle at one point as I...
never really cared one way or the other about arsenal back in the day, but over the last few years or so they have become one of the teams that I have an irrational dislike of ( the others being norwich and reading)
Anton’s volley v Preston in 85. We were going for promotion at then time but it was 0-0 until late in the game which we eventually won 3-0.
Now I might be remembering this through rose tinted glasses due to the time that has elapsed, but to me it was a scissor kick volley from the edge of the...
As Saxon says, he died in 2001. I went to school with Rocky as he was in my foster brothers class at roger manwood. He was such a nice kid at school. He was head and shoulders the best footballer in our school but was so humble.
I bumped in to him on the eve of the league cup final back in 87...
I always feel Les is seriously under-rated. Would Terry be as big a legend without Les next to him in the midfield!
I had my picture take with Les at the Harris testimonial v Hearts that you arranged for me to be in the exec box for (don’t think I ever thanked you for that mate), but took the...
This really pisses me off when the cup final squad get disparaged like that. Granted Tranmere and Telford were lower league but Walsall, Burnley and Sunderland were all in the same league as us at the time.
Going by that analogy every cup win the manc’s a have had in the last 10 years should...