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« Reply #45 on: Monday, March 11, 2013, 17:17:46 » |
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It was in fact the following season. The team of 62/63 was very youthful, with a couple of exceptions in Ken McPherson 36 and Maurice Owen 39. Of the rest Arnold Darcy played 20 odd games at 30...Jack Smith scored 19 and was 27. The number one keeper Mike Turner was 25. Of the other 13 players who played in 7 or more games all were under 24. |
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« Reply #46 on: Monday, March 11, 2013, 17:20:41 » |
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Was hoping you could clarify, I only know what I have hear from my dad but he would often go on about the youthful side in the early 60's, actually right up to his death 2 years ago even when his mental faculties started leaving him his football memories stayed.
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« Reply #47 on: Monday, March 11, 2013, 17:30:00 » |
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Over the years I think our good loans probably outweight the bad, although the bad at times were fucking terrible....Buttigieg, Hutchinson, Topi, Sperring, Pat Collins, Colin Heath, McCammon, Slabber, Fenn, Tanner, Beswetherick, Terry Gibson, Sanchez, Macavennie, Tiler. Actually reading that list loans are shite  Probably about 50-50 good vs bad loans, but then I guess you could say the same about managers and any player whether loan or permanent. ...you forgot Trevor fucking Benjamin. Probably the worst striker I've seen at Town till we signed Vincent Pericard. Slabber was decent, just didnt score. Parkin scored for the both of them though... |
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« Reply #48 on: Monday, March 11, 2013, 17:35:51 » |
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...you forgot Trevor fucking Benjamin.
Probably the worst striker I've seen at Town till we signed Vincent Pericard.
Slabber was decent, just didnt score. Parkin scored for the both of them though...
I had totally forgotten TB, we had the disease and yes a worthy addition to any all time crap team. |
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« Reply #49 on: Monday, March 11, 2013, 17:37:25 » |
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Was hoping you could clarify, I only know what I have hear from my dad but he would often go on about the youthful side in the early 60's, actually right up to his death 2 years ago even when his mental faculties started leaving him his football memories stayed.
Although quite a lot of the core of that side were young, but they did have a bit of experience, which is what doesn't happen now. 7 of the young players...namely Ernie Hunt, Cliff Jackson, Bobby Woodruff, Keith Morgan, John Trollope, Mike Summerbee and Terry Wollen all played in the opening game of the 1960 season...and played plenty of games that year. |
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« Reply #50 on: Monday, March 11, 2013, 17:40:43 » |
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...you forgot Trevor fucking Benjamin.
Probably the worst striker I've seen at Town till we signed Vincent Pericard.
Slabber was decent, just didnt score. Parkin scored for the both of them though...
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« Reply #51 on: Monday, March 11, 2013, 17:43:36 » |
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Hmmm I'd rather him than Benjamin or Pericard.
....and Tony Thorpe!
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« Reply #52 on: Monday, March 11, 2013, 17:49:11 » |
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« Reply #53 on: Monday, March 11, 2013, 17:53:14 » |
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What's our most depressing strike partnership?
Thorpedo and Cureton? Pericard and Dossevi?
Anyone name one worse than those?
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« Reply #54 on: Monday, March 11, 2013, 17:54:07 » |
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I never saw Petr Mikolanda play but I remember them saying he was very tall, thats all I know about him though.
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« Reply #55 on: Monday, March 11, 2013, 17:54:45 » |
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What's our most depressing strike partnership?
Thorpedo and Cureton? Pericard and Dossevi?
Anyone name one worse than those?
Shaun Close and his ego. |
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« Reply #56 on: Monday, March 11, 2013, 17:56:35 » |
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I remember being present at his debut but honestly cannot recall a single thing about him
Remember him having a particularly good chance v Blackpool and completely miskicking it...it was a either Fallon or Bouazza who did the work on the left, pulled it back for Petr and he muffed it...got subbed not too much longer afterwards. |
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« Reply #57 on: Monday, March 11, 2013, 17:59:50 » |
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What's our most depressing strike partnership?
Thorpedo and Cureton? Pericard and Dossevi?
Anyone name one worse than those?
Pericard and Dossevi added extra depression due to fact less than a year earlier we had Billy Paynter and Charlie Austin scoring for fun... |
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« Reply #58 on: Monday, March 11, 2013, 18:15:47 » |
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Dossevi was awful with no redeeming features. Pericard was crap but I felt bad for him, a bit like I did with Sabin.
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« Reply #59 on: Monday, March 11, 2013, 18:19:03 » |
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Surely Shaun Close has to be the worst ever - along with Roy Greenwood (who tbf wasn't an out and out striker)
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