I thought it was £25 million we are due to fork out for him. The murky world of football finances might have confused me. Whatever the fee he's been a dreadful signing especially given our situation.
That's right - I think we drew 5 or 6 in a row around Oct/Nov when Latchford was injured. Billy Bingham reckoned we'd have won a few of those if he'd been fit.
74/5 was a strange season though - Derby champions with 53 points, Luton and Chelsea ( :)) relegated with 33. Very tight, but we had...
Carlisle, Sheff Utd and Luton - the stuff of nightmares. 2-0 up against Carlisle at home and Sheff Utd and lost 3-2, 1 up at Luton, battered them, let in two goals in 4 minutes and lost.
Lost the league by 3 points :(
The one against Chelsea? Still one of the best goals I've seen.
Puskas, the Panathinaikos manager, was at that game and picked Jimmy out as one of our most dangerous players. Took them about 5 minutes to crock him.
Did well at Luton after he left us - a lovely player to watch when he was in...
Alan Waddle (cousin of Chris) scrambling on the ground in the game where he fluked the winner just minutes after Mick had a goal wrongly disallowed.
Probably the only goal he scored for them.