Jimmy Grimble
Player Valuation: £20m
Had exactly the same experience at Anfield aged about 11, praying they wouldn't score any more.
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Jimmy Grimble
Player Valuation: £20m
If you believe everyone on here who says they got in for free, I'm surprised the official number was over 1000Used to have a £1 each bet between our little gang on what the attendance would be announced as, nearest was the winner and pocketed a nice little £20 or so. Ground would be rammed and 28k would be official attendance. #GoodTimes
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
Had a great conversation years ago with The late Gordon West who told me the players wages were topped up by a pound every 1000 the gate was over 40000,he would often look around when play was at the other end and think wow must be 60k in today,another 20 quid!!this particular game we were three or four up and it's near the end,westy must have been having a crowd glance and one flies in from thirty yards,his great mate labone rollocked him,"you were counting the crowd and you've gone and cost us our clean sheet bonus now"!! different times eh?!!Used to have a £1 each bet between our little gang on what the attendance would be announced as, nearest was the winner and pocketed a nice little £20 or so. Ground would be rammed and 28k would be official attendance. #GoodTimes
When he joined he had to buy real goalkeeping gloves out of his own wages as the ones provide by the club were very poor - how times change - Bally wages was justvabove a top Ford worker on the production line the first £50 per week men ......they had a harder job but he was a world class footballer needing sponsorship in his white boots (which were uncomfortable he dyed his good ones white , and got caught out)
It rained and the whitepaint washed off
bcblue1878
Player Valuation: £50m
Which lead to the “there’s more of us than that!” when the attendances were announced!
A great watch except for the lack of footage particularly our 2-0 win at the pit which was televised, but tears were shed listening to my hero relate the story of that team
My older brother told me a story about the comedy duo Labby and Westy were away at Blackburn and thick fog dropped the ref abandoned the game ......as it was a right peasouper Labby sneaked the team off leaving Westy stood put ther on his own thinking the game was still going on ignoring the home fans shouting hey mate it's abandoned getting to leave his goalline - he thought it was a trick until a trainer 5 minutes later went to get the fuming Westy
Here is a photo of that squad -1969/70- nice trophy then too - I can name them but no need -
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
Go on Joey mate, fella on right looking at photo of Roger Kenyon?
Just had Brunch -B Row L- TO - R Joe Royle - Labone - Westy - Rankin -Sandy Brown - John Hurst -
Middle row L-R Wilf Dixon Trainer - Jimmy Husband - Tommy Wright - Roger Kenyon - Howard Kendall - Keith Newton -
Front row L To R - John Hurst - Tommy Jackson - Manager The Catt - Alan Ball the Captain - Alan Whittle - Colin Harvey {the white Pele}
Dario Terracotta
Player Valuation: £70m
Have another look Joey,i reckon that's Steve Melledew,highly rated kid we signed from Rochdale I think,never made it,doh!!
rochdaleblue
Player Valuation: £50m
Yes I was born in that year.
tommye
Player Valuation: £100m
My arl fella says the same. He says 68-69 was the best football he’s ever seen us play.
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