Melon Donkey
I am a little bit perplexed
Shocking.
That shower were the best team in Europe
That shower were the best team in Europe
Saunders outShocking.
That shower were the best team in Europe
Had the privilege of a player’s comp ticket that night. For some reason, Spurs had a guy in a full astronaut outfit by the players tunnel! We murdered them 4-1,which was not in the script! Half way through the second half, there was an injury stoppage, and White Hart Lane went very quiet. The guy on my left, who had kicked virtually every ball, suddenly screamed out “ARDILES, YOU’RE ABOUT AS MUCH USE AS A GLASS EYE “. Several hundred heads turned and glared at us menacingly, particularly at the shouter, John “Budgie” Burridge! Great night. Happy days.I remember that clearly , Argentina had just won the world cup and the hype surrounding the game was unbelievable. No one mentioned us and we turned up and pissed right on their parade.
Brilliant.
GP&U - magnificent recollections, just so good to read about. Not sure why I missed that game, quite possibly due to certain previous visits to London grounds having been somewhat life threatening. What I do remember is being ecstatically happy at the result. The 1978 WC was manipulated and the best team came second.Had the privilege of a player’s comp ticket that night. For some reason, Spurs had a guy in a full astronaut outfit by the players tunnel! We murdered them 4-1,which was not in the script! Half way through the second half, there was an injury stoppage, and White Hart Lane went very quiet. The guy on my left, who had kicked virtually every ball, suddenly screamed out “ARDILES, YOU’RE ABOUT AS MUCH USE AS A GLASS EYE “. Several hundred heads turned and glared at us menacingly, particularly at the shouter, John “Budgie” Burridge! Great night. Happy days.
My dad says a lot of the attendances back then you could add 5/10k minimum. You would slip the gatekeeper an extra 50p and the lad go in for nothing. Replicate that a few thousand times and you realise sometimes why are you so bloody packed on the Holte ?
No blue sleeves.Love this shirt, just missing the Le Coq Sportif logo. And to be fair, I think Gary Williams would have got in the side ahead of Hutton.
I know he was due to go over to the dark side in Small Heath but what would we have done with Sir Brian in our title winning season? Would Gary Shaw have been so involved or who else would have been dropped to include both? Would we still have won the title or won it earlier? For us oldies great discussions without any answers?
As an aside, although not seen him in a couple of months, I used to see Colin Gibson in and around Boldmere and have to say that fine crop of hair is no longer visible......happens to us all I suppose!!