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Yes, didn’t he invent the telephone
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Alexander changed seemingly overnight from fielding a team playing attacking football, who seemed to score at will, to fielding a team who seemed not to know very much at all.
We shall probably never know the reason, but I have always had my suspicions.11 users thanked author for this post.
The club didn’t have any vision back then.
We were pissing away money which we could never sustainably afford, eventually it got us £11million debt and cost us our ground and land.
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Went from match winning football built on 442 to the tip-tap over complicated 352 that yielded negativity at every turn. With the ultimate insults of 1 up top at home !! and then setting up to deal with opponents and targeting.
Never understood and never explained.
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we got very poor after Lucketti left with a very strong squad.
Would tend to agree. More than just a coincidence I reckon.
Agree with Mick & NI, Alexander started playing players out of position, star full back couldn’t get in…it went on and on, seemed then we couldn’t buy a win to me. He got the sack, SST got grief at the time for saying it was right decision, but I reckoned it was, and I know it’s a shitshow now, but at the time it was right I think.
And now we’re truly f*cked, Christ, glad my Dad’s not alive to see this.
Back to the title – sad?? For me, that doesn’t even touch the sides of it. As a young lad, walked down Exeter Road every day past the ground to go to Hendy Av school, could see the floodlights from my bedroom window.
Left Scunny at age 10, live in Cottingham, still go…. And yes, I really am so so so sad.
AND IT IS ALL DOWN TO YOU IN MY OPINION SWANNY.
PLEASE, PLEASE, do the decent thing, sell up, ship out. ASAP.13 users thanked author for this post.
‘so so so sad.’
Comes through in your whole post mate. I know. What a state it’s become.
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Can still feel the excitement of cutting through back streets and car park from Oswald Road and seeing the lit floodlights as we came out on to Donny Rd.
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As a Crosby dweller it was along Frod. Road and up Fox Street for me. Friday night matches meant Wilsons for 4d chips and 2d peas on top to eat on the way home. Great days before the sad times being endured now.
P.S. The football wasn’t always that great.3 users thanked author for this post.
Are memories all we have left?
Eventually Bobby that’s all we do have, it will only be us old uns contributing on this topic. That’s just life mate.
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Are memories all we have left?
It’s memories that started all this, when we started remembering decent cup runs and young strikers coming through that we could enjoy and then cash in on!!.
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This is the only man to save us now.
There is a man !!!3 users thanked author for this post.
For us it was a bus ride on the 180 from the top of Enderby Road, getting off “first stop Mary Street”.
If we wanted chips we had to walk home.2 users thanked author for this post.
I’m loving all these memories lads, keep em coming!
Here’s another, be around 1960 before I was old enough to go, can remember being on my bike on Philip’s Crescent, I can vividly remember the huge cheer when we scored.
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Picked up by my Dad’s mate who lived with his Wife off Exeter Road, Jacket Spuds at his & his wifes house in front of Saint & Greavsie, then the short walk up Exeter Road for the game. We stood to the right of the tunnel, and I would jump over the wall to get my programme signed by my hero’s, Steve Johnson, Julian Broddle, Dave Hill, Dave Harle (my favourite player), Billy Russell, Stevie Lister etc… Bovril at half time and the walk home to dissect the game….great memories.
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I love all these memories, especially as I just missed going to the OSG. It shows how important a ground in the town centre is for clubs.
By the time I started going in the mid-90s, I would take the bus into town and then either walk down to GP or get the High Leys Road bus down to Moors Road. Living in a village, it would also be my only trip into town during the week, so I’d often get an early bus into Scunny and try to ensure I had enough coins left to buy a single from Woolworths on my walk up the High Street. When I got a bit older, I would try (usually unsuccessfully) to get a pint in town.
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When I was about 12 or 13 used to go to all the junior and reserve matches as well at the OSG often meeting up with Vinny Grimes who was in my class at school. Remember when Keegan played for the juniors Vinny immediately called him “first team material” which became his nickname until it happened in 68. Best memory in the league cup. We lost 6-1 and only Keegan and Terry Heath did not look out of place against the Gunners who were all bigger, fitter and faster. It was the fullest I ever saw the OSG though – about 18,000 I think were there.
Better than getting our arses kicked by poor League 2 sides.
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Peter Foley scored for us that night I believe.
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Best memory in the league cup. We lost 6-1 and only Keegan and Terry Heath did not look out of place against the Gunners who were all bigger, fitter and faster.
My credentials as a potential football pundit were destroyed that night. Whilst walking home discussing the game I imparted my wisdom to my mates:-
“Keegan!! He’ll never make a footballer.” It was only about 10 years ago they stopped reminding me about it.2 users thanked author for this post.
To be fair Cass Keegan was not bleesd with lots of natural talent. He kept on improving right through his playing career and was a great role model for youngsters. He could run forever though.
There is a bit of the young Keegan about the lad Burns. If he works as hard on his skills he will make a very good player in time.
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