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Bally with England's Captain Bobby Moore -

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We were in for Trevor Francis well before the Latch under Catterick .... Everton that..... what an addition he would have been for us - The Catt would not meet the asking price..... which was well under 1 million Clough paid for him .....
You couldnt blame Moores for tightening the purse strings. Catterick, after signing Kendall in 1967, signed nobody who you could call a "success".
Keith Newton 69
Henry Newton 70
Joe Harper 71
John Connolly 72
Rod Belfitt 72
Bernie Wright 72
David Lawson 72
Dai Davies 70
Steve Melledew 69
Mike Bernard 72

Connolly, probably the only one to come out with any credit.
 
You couldnt blame Moores for tightening the purse strings. Catterick, after signing Kendall in 1967, signed nobody who you could call a "success".
Keith Newton 69
Henry Newton 70
Joe Harper 71
John Connolly 72
Rod Belfitt 72
Bernie Wright 72
David Lawson 72
Dai Davies 70
Steve Melledew 69
Mike Bernard 72

Connolly, probably the only one to come out with any credit.
Harry had lost the plot, most of Bally funds were wasted Bernie Wright etc ....
 
You couldnt blame Moores for tightening the purse strings. Catterick, after signing Kendall in 1967, signed nobody who you could call a "success".
Keith Newton 69
Henry Newton 70
Joe Harper 71
John Connolly 72
Rod Belfitt 72
Bernie Wright 72
David Lawson 72
Dai Davies 70
Steve Melledew 69
Mike Bernard 72

Connolly, probably the only one to come out with any credit.
Trevor Francis was the first £1m footballer, when signing for Forest 78-79. Everton had shown interest in the early 70s, when he was around 21. He probably would have cost us £250,000. Him and Latchford would have torn up the league. I dont think we saw the best of Latch until Dave Thomas was signed.
A lot of wasted years for latch, partnering Telfer, Smallman, pearson etc
 

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