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« Reply #5430 on: Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 21:03:16 » |
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RIP Chic, one of the first players I saw play for Swindon. 75 is no age and dementia is a horrible disease.
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« Reply #5431 on: Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 21:26:31 » |
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quot;Molten memories splashing down
upon the rooves of Swindon Town"
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« Reply #5432 on: Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 21:50:41 » |
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My favourite Chic Bâtes memory is of the 1979 League cup run - he scored a late winner away to Wimbledon in front of us in the away end - a crumbing terrace - at the old Pluogh Lanr ground. What a great night that was.
He was a committed old style centre forward.
Had a reasonable coaching career as I recall too.
RIP Chic
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« Reply #5433 on: Thursday, May 15, 2025, 03:58:56 » |
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My favourite Chic Bâtes memory is of the 1979 League cup run - he scored a late winner away to Wimbledon in front of us in the away end - a crumbing terrace - at the old Pluogh Lanr ground. What a great night that was.
He was a committed old style centre forward.
Had a reasonable coaching career as I recall too.
RIP Chic
I can remember standing at the back of the open terrace looking down at the Schweppes factory. |
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« Reply #5434 on: Thursday, May 15, 2025, 07:38:47 » |
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Literally just finished working the uK tour with this particular Pope! Frankly I feel like Im dead; It wasnt an easy tour.
As someone who went to see them on that tour I'm intrigued as to why it wasn't easy. Spill the beans! Oh and seeing them perform their ritual on Easter Sunday, just hours before the pope died. Coincidence, or collusion? Our father, who art in hell..... |
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« Reply #5435 on: Thursday, May 15, 2025, 09:29:58 » |
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Absolutely a legend is/was Chico.
The man had the biggest chest on any professional footballer I have ever seen and a good goalscorer too, a great servant to the club on the pitch and on the playing staff.
RIP big man.
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From the station at Colchester
To the cells of Warrington
From the services at Leicester
To the slums of Northampton
We travel over England
And one day Europe too
Cos we all follow the Swindon
We're the famous Town End crew.
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« Reply #5436 on: Thursday, May 15, 2025, 19:32:43 » |
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Chic was a big part of the later Macari years as assistant manager and took charge a couple of times when Lou was off scouting for players (or maybe horse racing).
Before Ossie came in during the summer of 89, Chic had started pre-season and did all the Macari style fitness work. That blended with Ossie's 'Just play, play, play boys' was a magic recipe for one of our greatest teams.
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« Reply #5437 on: Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 20:03:52 » |
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« Reply #5438 on: Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 20:43:34 » |
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George "norm from cheers" Wendt
Nooooo  Blow the froth off one more |
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« Reply #5439 on: Tuesday, May 20, 2025, 21:04:35 » |
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George "norm from cheers" Wendt
I loved watching Cheers on Channel 4 back in the day, one of the best shows ever. RIP George (Norm). |
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« Reply #5440 on: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 08:15:50 » |
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NORM! Love Cheers. Did I read it’s also 32 years to the day that the last episode aired. |
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« Reply #5441 on: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 08:46:42 » |
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NORM!
Love Cheers.
Did I read it’s also 32 years to the day that the last episode aired.
Yup, on May 20, 1993 |
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« Reply #5442 on: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 10:23:56 » |
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I can not find the clip anywhere but they are having a seance in Cheers & they all hold hands - so Norm can’t drink lift his beer so someone puts a straw in it so he can continue drinking his beer.
As they are leaving the bar after the seance I think it’s Cliff who ask Norm if he ‘convinced’ after the seance and he replies something along the lines of ‘yeah, I’m convinced - from now on I’m drinking beer through a straw’
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« Reply #5443 on: Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 11:54:10 » |
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This is one of my favourite clips
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« Reply #5444 on: Sunday, May 25, 2025, 11:58:56 » |
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Alan Yentob RIP 😢
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