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Oh come on bud, don’t encourage Rowls. He’s been on one for over 24 hours.Andreshotboots wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 9:39 amAccording to some on here the problem would have been sunshine in the eyes if we’d have delayed the kick off by half an hour yesterday
According to legend Blant, in his watering hole The Queens in Rawtenstall, explained a below par performance by Best at the Turf by saying ‘I told him in the tunnel that if he came near me I’d break his fckn legs’. And you know, I actually think he meant it.RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:47 am
Snowflake in his eyes - WTF ?!
Just imagine a post-match interview with the likes of Gordon Harris, Brian O'Neil, or Colin Blant
Hope nobody sat in the seats behind him criticised or, worse still, called him names.RalphCoatesComb wrote: ↑Sun Nov 28, 2021 11:22 pmIlkay Gudoganan in his post-match interview
"I got maybe every 5 - 10 seconds a snowflake into my eye and it was quite tough to be honest."
Think Shankley beat him too it, speaking to a young winger newly arrived from Scotland playing against Preston, is how Tommy Doc remembered Shankley welcoming him to Englandhouseboy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:00 pmAccording to legend Blant, in his watering hole The Queens in Rawtenstall, explained a below par performance by Best at the Turf by saying ‘I told him in the tunnel that if he came near me I’d break his fckn legs’. And you know, I actually think he meant it.
houseboy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:00 pmAccording to legend Blant, in his watering hole The Queens in Rawtenstall, explained a below par performance by Best at the Turf by saying ‘I told him in the tunnel that if he came near me I’d break his fckn legs’. And you know, I actually think he meant it.
Now that wouldn’t surprise me at all. These guys played when it was a mans game instead of a theatrical performance. If a player had gone gone rolling around after a glancing touch to the shoulder they wouldn’t have been able to play for laughing.elwaclaret wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:05 pmThink Shankley beat him too it, speaking to a young winger newly arrived from Scotland playing against Preston, is how Tommy Doc remembered Shankley welcoming him to England
Too true.
I'm sure that he did. But planting the seed was probably enoughhouseboy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:00 pmAccording to legend Blant, in his watering hole The Queens in Rawtenstall, explained a below par performance by Best at the Turf by saying ‘I told him in the tunnel that if he came near me I’d break his fckn legs’. And you know, I actually think he meant it.
Snowflakes in his eyes? I'm still laughing at it
My dear departed sister was in the year below Blant at Alder Grange school and she said he was a loony then. By all accounts a really decent bloke but once in football boots something clicked inside I think.Bosscat wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:08 pm
Great story Ian
Howard Kendall always tells a tale about his 1st game against Leeds Utd and how he got his retaliation in on Billy Bremner 1st ... Bremner shouted Norman, Jackie, Paul get the **** and then everytime he got anywhere near the ball he was eating grass face first
I wasn't in the area at that time but I have heard similar stories from locals.
Didn't Tommy Smith say something similar to Taffy on the Turf after he'd megged him or something like that.houseboy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:00 pmAccording to legend Blant, in his watering hole The Queens in Rawtenstall, explained a below par performance by Best at the Turf by saying ‘I told him in the tunnel that if he came near me I’d break his fckn legs’. And you know, I actually think he meant it.
Yes. Changed personality when he put those boots on