Trotters' Ultimate Legend

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Re: Trotters' Ultimate Legend

Post by bobo the clown » Sun Dec 16, 2012 10:39 pm

Lord Kangana wrote:My dad always raves about him Bruce. Said he had a cracking eye for a goal.
Then your dad's right.

He simply "knew where the goal was". It wasn't always the case & at an age somewhat older than Sordell currently is he was pretty hit & miss. However, he hit a golden streak and his link up with Frankie W was amazing.

A 'proper' player who never made a fuss, was never on the front pages & he deserves to be remembered.
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Re: Trotters' Ultimate Legend

Post by Harry Genshaw » Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:32 pm

Neil Whatmore. Now you're talking. My first football hero as a kid and one of my best memories was going mental as a 12 year old when he scored with a diving header at Maine Road.

Funny though in that I think of him as a great player for us before and after Worthington. It was more Gowling and Frankie together no? :conf:
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Re: Trotters' Ultimate Legend

Post by CAPSLOCK » Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:35 pm

It was
Whatmore played midfield if he got a game
His best period was with Steve Taylor
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Post by bobo the clown » Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:00 am

Steve 'Road-runner' Taylor. "Beep-Beep". So fast his shadow couldn't keep up.

Regarding Watty, es, you're correct. When we went up we bought Gowling to play there & Watmore dropped back. The guy had scored 31 goals & we bought a replacement (I looked it up).

So he dropped back & that year scored a mere 18.
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Re: Trotters' Ultimate Legend

Post by CAPSLOCK » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:46 am

Was he not back up front by then, following Worthingtons departure to Birmingham?

Followed at the beginning of the next season by Whatmore himself?

Must admit, I didn't realise he was so successful in the top league
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Re: Trotters' Ultimate Legend

Post by TANGODANCER » Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:20 pm

CAPSLOCK wrote:It was
Whatmore played midfield if he got a game
His best period was with Steve Taylor
Kinell, that's a blast from the past. Him and Whatmore had a spell where they were almost untouchable. Ran defences ragged.
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Re: Trotters' Ultimate Legend

Post by Midnite » Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:25 pm

What about about Franny Lee...139 apps..92 goals.

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Post by TANGODANCER » Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:38 pm

Midnite wrote:What about about Franny Lee...139 apps..92 goals.
Excellent shout. He was excommunicated for going to City but a real crowd-pleaser. His pitch-lenght run ups for penalties were legendary. I knew him quite well at one time but my abiding football memory of him has always been his dust-up with Norman Hunter. That really was the stuff of legend. :mrgreen:
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Post by Midnite » Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:49 pm

That would have been a good dust up...Franny wasn't very tall...5'7 and a bit but usually weighed about 12 stone or more :)

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Re: Trotters' Ultimate Legend

Post by Worthy4England » Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:07 pm

Midnite wrote:That would have been a good dust up...Franny wasn't very tall...5'7 and a bit but usually weighed about 12 stone or more :)
Whilst The Wanderer would never condone violence. It's always worth a watch, to see why. :D

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Post by TANGODANCER » Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:13 pm

Lest we forget, I'm dropping one in for Dave Hickson. :wink:
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Post by Andy Waller » Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:25 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:Lest we forget, I'm dropping one in for Dave Hickson. :wink:

Higson or Hickson?
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Post by TANGODANCER » Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:30 pm

Andy Waller wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Lest we forget, I'm dropping one in for Dave Hickson. :wink:
Higson or Hickson?
Sorry, not concentrating enough. Higson. :oops:
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Re: Trotters' Ultimate Legend

Post by Andy Waller » Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:42 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:
Andy Waller wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:Lest we forget, I'm dropping one in for Dave Hickson. :wink:
Higson or Hickson?
Sorry, not concentrating enough. Higson. :oops:

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Re: Trotters' Ultimate Legend

Post by bobo the clown » Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:36 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:
Midnite wrote:What about about Franny Lee...139 apps..92 goals.
his dust-up with Norman Hunter. That really was the stuff of legend. :mrgreen:
Apart from Todd v Collymore and maybe on a par with Keegan v Bremner the best pitch-fight in British football in my view.
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Re: Trotters' Ultimate Legend

Post by Bruce Rioja » Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:41 pm

bobo the clown wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:
Midnite wrote:What about about Franny Lee...139 apps..92 goals.
his dust-up with Norman Hunter. That really was the stuff of legend. :mrgreen:
Apart from Todd v Collymore and maybe on a par with Keegan v Bremner the best pitch-fight in British football in my view.
Behave. He didn't land a single punch, the fat little get!
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Post by Lost Leopard Spot » Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:43 pm

Bruce Rioja wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:
Midnite wrote:What about about Franny Lee...139 apps..92 goals.
his dust-up with Norman Hunter. That really was the stuff of legend. :mrgreen:
Apart from Todd v Collymore and maybe on a par with Keegan v Bremner the best pitch-fight in British football in my view.
Behave. He didn't land a single punch, the fat little get!
Hunter wins on points. Some lovely little back shuffling going on there!
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Re: Trotters' Ultimate Legend

Post by Midnite » Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:27 pm

No...Lee won that with a knockdown in the second round :)

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Re: Trotters' Ultimate Legend

Post by TANGODANCER » Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:37 pm

Way I remember that, they had a coming together and Franny got a bang in the mouth, then he suddenly realised he had a hole right through his lip and went a bit mental.
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Re: Trotters' Ultimate Legend

Post by bobo the clown » Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:52 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:Way I remember that, they had a coming together and Franny got a bang in the mouth, then he suddenly realised he had a hole right through his lip and went a bit mental.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QALdVum0xEk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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