Interesting thought and being very old I can remember the comment from the Bolton Manager, Bill Ridding, when he took at look at a local lad playing for a local (Farnworth) school 5 miles from Burnden Park (and leading me a dance every time we met, which wasn't all that difficult!). The lad was small and frail but with bags of talent and determination. Ridding replied to the scout, "Ahm 'aving no bl**dy jockeys in my team". The lad went to Blackpool, Everton, England, World Cup etc, yep, name of Alan Ball!!!
Them were't days of Hartle and Farrimond, who now wouldn't be big enough to be Kean's bodyguard.
and both legends in their own right.
Ey up WhiteBic, another owdtimer, who were the other "H" named cloggers? I remember they gave my namesake a pasting once on a very wet and slippy Burnden, I can still feel the pain!
I played against Ball and my memory was of a little annoying carrot top who was too quick and cocky by half for me....
Best wishes to thi fer next season
Look no further than the recent England forwards. Crouch, Heskey, SKD, now Carroll ....all big men with questionable skills shall we say,
Rooney is our best hope and he is relatively small but has some skill. My own favorite is Defoe who is also smallish.....and can't get a game hardly. Lennon is another one ....more skill than most....so doesn't play much ....So I agree with the poster for the most part.
This is so true it's scary. Their is probably an English Messi finishing his shift in tesco right now.
Accountants are employed to find ways in which to pay the least amount of tax legally possible. It seems Messi has been paying the least amount of tax possible, legal or otherwise. OP, do you have some sort of crystal ball?
Haha brilliant foresight dubbed
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posted on 8/6/12
Interesting thought and being very old I can remember the comment from the Bolton Manager, Bill Ridding, when he took at look at a local lad playing for a local (Farnworth) school 5 miles from Burnden Park (and leading me a dance every time we met, which wasn't all that difficult!). The lad was small and frail but with bags of talent and determination. Ridding replied to the scout, "Ahm 'aving no bl**dy jockeys in my team". The lad went to Blackpool, Everton, England, World Cup etc, yep, name of Alan Ball!!!
Them were't days of Hartle and Farrimond, who now wouldn't be big enough to be Kean's bodyguard.
posted on 8/6/12
and both legends in their own right.
posted on 8/6/12
Ey up WhiteBic, another owdtimer, who were the other "H" named cloggers? I remember they gave my namesake a pasting once on a very wet and slippy Burnden, I can still feel the pain!
I played against Ball and my memory was of a little annoying carrot top who was too quick and cocky by half for me....
Best wishes to thi fer next season
posted on 9/6/12
Look no further than the recent England forwards. Crouch, Heskey, SKD, now Carroll ....all big men with questionable skills shall we say,
Rooney is our best hope and he is relatively small but has some skill. My own favorite is Defoe who is also smallish.....and can't get a game hardly. Lennon is another one ....more skill than most....so doesn't play much ....So I agree with the poster for the most part.
posted on 23/7/13
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posted on 23/7/13
posted on 23/7/13
This is so true it's scary. Their is probably an English Messi finishing his shift in tesco right now.
posted on 23/7/13
Accountants are employed to find ways in which to pay the least amount of tax legally possible. It seems Messi has been paying the least amount of tax possible, legal or otherwise. OP, do you have some sort of crystal ball?
posted on 23/7/13
Haha brilliant foresight dubbed
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