Mark Lawrenson/Pointless

[JC Footy Genius]

Great player, so so pundit, terrible dress sense.

 

[maltaseagull]

Probably THE best ever. Maybe Vicente could run him close.

Maybe, but hard to compare. He played 152 games for us whereas Vicente managed 32. Both were class, Vicente had the flair though.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Maybe he'll mention us when we're above Liverpool

 

[Peter Grummit]

Lawro, never stops giving...

https://vine.co/v/ih3idv2vZYv/embed

Watch his eyes just before he says "it". Did Gabby flash him a la Sharon Stone? No, of course not.

PG

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

I've met him a few times. Always speaks fondly about the Albion when he is not on the telly. His sense of humour doesn't appeal but I suspect he could say the same about mine. It doesn't make him a prick IMO.

Corrected for you.

 

[GT49er]

He would have walked into the England team for many years had he been eligible. By far the best Albion player I have ever seen.

Should never have let himself be talked into being 'Irish'. His grandad should have steered well clear of that glass of Guinness...........

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Wish one of the Match of the Day production team had pointed out that he was bursting out of his tailored signature shirt last night. Looked sloppy and rather unprofessional.

Yes it does sometimes appear that Lawro shops at 'Man At Oxfam'.

However all that should really matter is his ability to play football, and he was, by far and away, the best player ever to represent ther Albion, in my opinion.

Preston were his home town club, and the team that he still supports, whilst at Liverpool he had a lot of success and won trophies.

So maybe it should be no great surprise that little old Brighton don't get much of a mention in his conversations.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Should never have let himself be talked into being 'Irish'. His grandad should have steered well clear of that glass of Guinness...........

Yep, applies to inumerable others too. Even our very own Mr.Hughton may have won an England cap or two.

 

[Megazone]

I imagine The Alaskan independence party rate Lawrenson a lot higher now.

 

[Ernest]

He also sent something for the Gulls Eye fighting fund auction in 1990.


As did Stuart Hall, Robert Maxwell and Graham Taylor.

I remember some very SORDID rumours about Lawrenson in the early 80's

 

[Papa Lazarou]

The most startling thing to come out of this thread is that Meridian's Goodbye Goldstone programme (which I was on) was award winning!

Maybe it played into the demographic that liked pirates, with Bill Archer donning the eye patch?

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

The most startling thing to come out of this thread is that Meridian's Goodbye Goldstone programme (which I was on) was award winning!

Maybe it played into the demographic that liked pirates, with Bill Archer donning the eye patch?

Bill Archer wearing that infamous eye patch, it was almost pantomime stuff! Did he realise how ridiculously he came across?