Such a shame the brother and sister had to leave. Apart from the remaining parents the only genuine people that were in the race. The three spoilt brats left leave a sick feeling in the stomach.
I have it from a reliable source that young Ben doesn’t belong in the England Squad as he doesn’t fit the stereotypical footballer profile. In other words he is an intelligent, articulate young man.
Such a shame as he is a Rolls Royce of a footballer.
I once heard a story that John Vinicombe was in a pub at an away game, when an Albion fan from Worthing, who didn’t necessarily agree with his analysis, presented a jobby to him on a dart board With the comment ‘Vinicombe eats turds!’
Sometimes Stavros used to walk up and down the train after the match asking for the blinds to be pulled down as we would be going through some dodgy areas. He was right at Maine road as the bricks came through the window shortly after!
Late 70’s I think, got the coach to Wolves away and I ended up sitting next to some good looking blonde. Turned out she was something to do with the NF. She wasn’t actually going to the game but meeting up with some like minded people in Wolverhampton!
Fortunately for me, my second op was private thanks to my wife’s work health cover. All done within a month of the consultation. First one on the NHS took about 6 months from diagnosis but things were different back then.
I’ve had two ops by open surgery about 20 years apart. Biggest problem after the op is getting out of bed or a chair. It has to be done in stages. Two weeks signed off work is the norm but don’t go lifting weights any time soon after the op. Best to get it done as you don’t want a strangulated...
Way back on the way home from Tranmere in a league cup mid week game, I was at motorway services having a piss when Tony Currie, Steve Wicks and Tommy Docherty walked in. Round about the same era on the train back from West Brom I shared a carriage with Sir Alf Ramsey, Malcolm Allison and the...