RIP Malcolm Allison

[Goldstone Rapper]

What a great man!

Does anyone remember that famous documentary City?

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A great loss to the game.

Michael Robinson on his time at Man City:
"I used to think Malcolm Allison woke up in the morning wondering how to complicate my life. He would speak to me about angles and zones. And I wasn't the only one. Mick Channon didn't understand a blind word either. But I archived it somewhere. Later, what Malcolm had been saying fell into place."

 

[hitony]

one of the games great characters

Exactly what I was going to say, the game misses people like him RIP

 

[BensGrandad]

One of my friends had a pub in Elmers End near Beckenham and he was a regular and they said that he had so much charisma and an aura about him that when he walked into the pub everybody, both male and female stood in amazement.

 

[wigman]

I can remember the fur coats,the hat and the cigar.
A great character RIP

 

[Guerrero]

A true character.Not many left like him.Enjoyed life to the full.
RIP Big Mal.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

He ooozed flair.

 

[ewe2]

We remember him...........says it all ...........

 

[Beach Hut]

I think he epitomised that great play boy spirit that was sadly never carried into management once they gave up playing.

Difficult to tell who else was like him but Melia had a go with those white shoes.

 

[Beach Hut]

That video is flair, hands up those that have stood in the Kippax Stand ?

 

[e77]

Like Herbert Chapman and Brian Clough, it is a pity Malcolm Allison and Joe Mercer never got an extended crack at the England job.

 

[Selhurst Wonderland]

RIP Big Mal.
Just a shame that the scum we're playing today won't let us have a minute's silence.

 

[Acker79]

Apparently, my late uncle used to hang around with him when they were younger (I say younger, I would imagine it was during his time at plymouth argyle)

 

[Austrian Gull]

Just finished reading the recent biography on him - very good book although a bit too much emphasis on his time at City.

Allison was way before his time in terms of tactics and always great value for the media.

Alex Higgins and Malcolm Allison gone in a matter of weeks - genuine legends.

 

[The Hon Sec]

I used to live round the corner from Selhurst Park in the mid seventies. Difficult for a BHA supporter. But what a character Malcolm Allison was and a brilliant coach. Had problems as a manager though.