It,s that time of the week again where we old timers reminisce about the good old days when footballers were just ordinary blokes called Bill, George and Bert. When a player won a cap for his country it was purely on ability alone and NOT his latest hairstyle or tattoo.
Anyway, Maurice Norman, centre-half of our 60-61 double-winning team, bought from Norwich where he grew up, played over 20 times for England including the 1962 World Cup.
His career came to an unfortunate end on a rain-sodden night in 1965 in a friendly v the Hungarian national team.He went into tackle and broke BOTH his tibia and fibia (in those days that was a career over), 40,000 fans at WHL all heard the very loud CRACK !!! followed by a stunned silence. The blokes who stood near me affectionately called him "horse", he did look a tad equine it has to be said. I think we won 4-0 but I may be wrong. Anyone else there that night ?
He,s still alive at 80 and probably living back in Norfolk.
Old Codgers Corner - Maurice Norman
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"tibia and fibia"
Hate to be pedantic OP but its tibia and fibula
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The Mighty Tottenham Hotspur
I would love to have a pint with you tomorrow, but unfortunately the waterworks aint what they used to be, so straight to my seat unfortunately. I used to have the odd tipple n the Bell back in the day.
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🇬🇧 MARK.🇬🇧
Sandy did you have your overcoat and rattle?
Of course I did. The rattle was all part of the gear back in the day, bit like wearing the shirt now, but more dangerous.
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The Mighty Tottenham Hotspur
I would love to have a pint with you tomorrow, but unfortunately the waterworks aint what they used to be, so straight to my seat unfortunately. I used to have the odd tipple n the Bell back in the day.
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Sandy - senility setting in sann?
IT'S TODAY AT 3pm
posted on 24/1/15
"tibia and fibia"
Hate to be pedantic OP but its tibia and fibula
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Feel free, I, m a big fan of pedantry myself, I was going to say "tib & fib" but I didn,t think the illiterati on here would understand - should have gone with plain old double fracture. Apologies re lack of apostrophes but my keyboard has lost it, have to use the comma instead.
posted on 24/1/15
The Mighty Tottenham Hotspur.
comment by sandy brown (U20258)
posted 5 minutes ago
The Mighty Tottenham Hotspur
I would love to have a pint with you tomorrow, but unfortunately the waterworks aint what they used to be, so straight to my seat unfortunately. I used to have the odd tipple n the Bell back in the day.
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Sandy - senility setting in sann?
IT'S TODAY AT 3pm
FFS I thought today was Friday.
posted on 24/1/15
I, m a big fan of pedantry myself
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Hehehe
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http://youtu.be/EO_6qmBHLbo
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comment by sandy brown (U20258)
posted 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
The Mighty Tottenham Hotspur.
comment by sandy brown (U20258)
posted 5 minutes ago
The Mighty Tottenham Hotspur
I would love to have a pint with you tomorrow, but unfortunately the waterworks aint what they used to be, so straight to my seat unfortunately. I used to have the odd tipple n the Bell back in the day.
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Sandy - senility setting in sann?
IT'S TODAY AT 3pm
FFS I thought today was Friday.
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