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Post by frankfurt gull on Aug 14, 2009 18:03:23 GMT
Jon,
reading your comment on the Cardiff v Torquay game 1977 and having a school boy (Maurice Cox) on the bench made me remember Steve Morrall who also played for United and who I knew personally from Torquay Athletic Club. A talented athlete and sportsman, anybody know what became of him. Perhaps you could check that Excel data of yours for his record.
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Post by Jon on Aug 14, 2009 18:24:43 GMT
Steve was released in 1977 after racking up 175 appearances and thirteen goals in five seasons.
I believe that part of the reason for his leaving was that he was keen to further his career with the Inland Revenue. Steve played part-time with Yeovil for a few years and I think did got on well in his chosen career as a Tax Inspector.
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Post by andygulls on Aug 14, 2009 20:25:11 GMT
Memories often play tricks, as Jon has frequently been able to point out.  I seem to recall an evening game at Plainmoor wet conditions late in the game and Torquay get a corner on the right at the St Marychurch end. The corner was an outswinger , hit deep towards the left edge of the box where "Beaky" (as he was nicknamed) connected with a screaming volley that flew into the back of the net and I think won the game for us. Merse might recall as he, I think, I was working at the club at that time. I await being corrected  |
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Post by Jon on Aug 16, 2009 10:18:09 GMT
Memories often play tricks, as Jon has frequently been able to point out. I seem to recall an evening game at Plainmoor wet conditions late in the game and Torquay get a corner on the right at the St Marychurch end. The corner was an outswinger , hit deep towards the left edge of the box where "Beaky" (as he was nicknamed) connected with a screaming volley that flew into the back of the net and I think won the game for us. Merse might recall as he, I think, I was working at the club at that time. I await being corrected I can't particularly recall this one - but you can narrow it down to these three home games won by a single goal with Morrall getting our last goal. I would have been at all three of these. 31/03/76 H v Southport W 2 - 1 2,014 P Sandercock (pen), Morrall 04/05/77 H v Hartlepool W 1 - 0 1,831 Morrall 07/05/77 H v Halifax Town W 3 - 2 2,476 Dunne, Vassallo, Morrall |
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Post by Jon on Aug 16, 2009 10:21:14 GMT
By strange coincidence Steve Morrall was mentioned in yesterday's Herald - getting to the final of an over-85s squash tournament in Newton Abbot.
At first, I was a bit shocked to see that he was that old - but then realised it was doubles with combined age over 85.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2009 19:18:01 GMT
Steve Morrall was indeed a talented athlete and was national university (UAU) long jump champion in 1971.
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Post by mike on Aug 17, 2009 17:41:01 GMT
by the way you have all spelt Steve´s name wrong - its Morall. Wrong!!! according to 'Definitive TUFC' it is Morrall!!!! |
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