timbo
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Post by timbo on Jan 13, 2014 21:21:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2014 13:04:12 GMT
Timbo was bound to have a pile of Torquay v Northampton programmes. They are, after all, one of our most frequent opponents.
Did anybody buy one of those Torquay United Record Books where you could fill-in match reports? Possibly not as popular as the "pullovers", the first batch of which had sold out. I probably bought one of the next consignment and mighty fine value it proved. I think I eventually outgrew it some twenty years afterwards.
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keyberrygull
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Post by keyberrygull on Jan 14, 2014 18:54:20 GMT
Whatever happened to former Northampton and Watford striker 'George Riley'. The man who broke Plimovian hearts at Villa Park all those years ago. Well According to Wikipedia an indignant Janner bit his ear off on a building site! Poor thing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reilly George Reilly (born 14 September 1957 in Bellshill) is a former Scottish footballer. He played for Corby Town, Northampton Town, Cambridge United, Watford, Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion. Reilly scored the winning goal for Watford against Plymouth Argyle in the 1984 FA Cup semi-final at Villa Park and played in the 1984 FA Cup Final itself. In 2003, nearly 20 years later, Reilly was working as a bricklayer on a building site in Corby when he was attacked by another worker who bit part of his right ear off, before whispering "Plymouth" in his other ear by way of explanation |
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Post by stefano on Jan 15, 2014 11:36:39 GMT
I see Merse was being confrontational as long back as 1979 with his programme notes about the 'Micky Mouse' South Devon League. Must be why he is banned from the South Devon Soccer Forum and we don't get local footballers up at Plainmoor supporting us!  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2014 14:00:13 GMT
I see Merse was being confrontational as long back as 1979 with his programme notes about the 'Micky Mouse' South Devon League. Must be why he is banned from the South Devon Soccer Forum and we don't get local footballers up at Plainmoor supporting us! There's certainly a consistent theme here. I particularly like the bit about these "Poor man's Malcolm Allisons". In fact there might have been one sat near me on Saturday. I say "might" because he was hardly espousing the type of football favoured by Big Mal. A heavy emphasis on aggression, masculinity and a level of work rate that could only normally be achieved through a system of organised slave labour. Sadly Old Merse was in the wrong part of Kingsmeadow to get wind of this especially the way this particular "Mr Manager" thought he could genuinely gain the attention of individual players in order for him to deliver his precise instructions: "Karl! Karl! Karl!" My mate was actually convinced that this noble master of strategy had taken the wrong turning en route to Twickenham; a woman in front of me wondered if this was the Director of Football that so many had been advocating. Priceless. |
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Post by stefano on Jan 15, 2014 14:27:47 GMT
I see Merse was being confrontational as long back as 1979 with his programme notes about the 'Micky Mouse' South Devon League. Must be why he is banned from the South Devon Soccer Forum and we don't get local footballers up at Plainmoor supporting us! There's certainly a consistent theme here. I particularly like the bit about these "Poor man's Malcolm Allisons". In fact there might have been one sat near me on Saturday. I say "might" because he was hardly espousing the type of football favoured by Big Mal. A heavy emphasis on aggression, masculinity and a level of work rate that could only normally be achieved through a system of organised slave labour. Sadly Old Merse was in the wrong part of Kingsmeadow to get wind of this especially the way this particular "Mr Manager" thought he could genuinely gain the attention of individual players in order for him to deliver his precise instructions: "Karl! Karl! Karl!" My mate was actually convinced that this noble master of strategy had taken the wrong turning en route to Twickenham; a woman in front of me wondered if this was the Director of Football that so many had been advocating. Priceless. It's a main reason that with the exception of my 'mini stand period' at Plainmoor I have never been one for watching from the same place every game. It ensures that I don't get wound up by the same bloke (I say bloke because I can't really recall hearing a woman shouting nonsense at a football game) every week. The down side though of moving around is it makes you realise just how many of these characters there are in our small contingent of fans! |
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Jon
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Post by Jon on Jan 15, 2014 21:20:36 GMT
Result: 2-2 (Cooper,Lawrence). If I recall correctly, Big Les's equaliser was from right out on the touchline about 35 yards out. Do I spot nickc in the reserve team v Heavitree? |
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