Post by Jon on Jul 28, 2011 19:32:17 GMT
Luscombe's chapter three claims that he met up with G.O. Smith and Andrew McLuckie whilst playing bowls and that both of them gave the TUFC boys a lot of coaching whilst they were in town.
Smith is described as the great Corinthians centre-forward and captain of England. McLuckie is described as the great Scottish International centre-forward and probably the greatest professional of all time - quite an accolade!
How much of this is true and how much is down to Luscombe's vivid imagination we will never know. What he says of G.O. Smith is true - but I can find no trace of an Andrew McLuckie. Nobody of that name ever played for Scotland or ever played in the Football League. The greatest professional of all time? Highly unlikely.
I wonder if he meant JASPER McLuckie.
www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=558&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Two goals in an FA Cup final for Bury and three seasons at Villa would have made make him pretty famous. He signed for Argyle in 1904 - so that might explain what he was doing down in Devon.
Luscombe sort of hints that the meeting with McLuckie was earlier than this, but I may have mentioned before that he can be a little vague with dates.
Smith is described as the great Corinthians centre-forward and captain of England. McLuckie is described as the great Scottish International centre-forward and probably the greatest professional of all time - quite an accolade!
How much of this is true and how much is down to Luscombe's vivid imagination we will never know. What he says of G.O. Smith is true - but I can find no trace of an Andrew McLuckie. Nobody of that name ever played for Scotland or ever played in the Football League. The greatest professional of all time? Highly unlikely.
I wonder if he meant JASPER McLuckie.
www.greensonscreen.co.uk/gosdb-players2.asp?pid=558&scp=1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Two goals in an FA Cup final for Bury and three seasons at Villa would have made make him pretty famous. He signed for Argyle in 1904 - so that might explain what he was doing down in Devon.
Luscombe sort of hints that the meeting with McLuckie was earlier than this, but I may have mentioned before that he can be a little vague with dates.
