Your Memories Of Your Favourite Football Hardman `Bernie The Bolt Wright`

[TangerineToffee]

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That's West Ham I think. Sure that's John Bond back row far left

 

[ultra]

I don't think their careers overlapped but I would have enjoyed watching a defence trying to cope with a forward line containing Bernie Wright and Johnny Morrissey. Two genuinely hard guys!

 

[Mutzo Nutzo]

@cwright75 My dad remembers Bernie. He seems to believe that your dad was a shot putter (champion)? and also he was a big Rugby union player? My arl fella reckons he played football like he was playing rugby.

 

[cwright75]

@cwright75 My dad remembers Bernie. He seems to believe that your dad was a shot putter (champion)? and also he was a big Rugby union player? My arl fella reckons he played football like he was playing rugby.

dad played for england schools in rugby union - and his british schools shot put record to our knowledge still stands to this day set in 1968 - your dad has some knowledge thier mate !

 

[Joey66]

That's West Ham I think. Sure that's John Bond back row far left

Photos of Bernie the Bolt it was bad enough watching him play for us

 

[Joey66]

@cwright75 My dad remembers Bernie. He seems to believe that your dad was a shot putter (champion)? and also he was a big Rugby union player? My arl fella reckons he played football like he was playing rugby.

Not far wrong in fact spot on ......

 

[cwright75]

Not far wrong in fact spot on ......

for all the bad qualities , he had 1 or 2 matched by not 1 other player in the 70`s - every soccer hard man you mentioned there is a story of dad destroying them

 

[bring back the catt]

totally agree with you and it ashame , tackling is the skill thats been lost in the modern era

Good Afternoon young man. I remember your Dad quite vividly. A bit scary he was too.
I slightly disagree about the art of tackling being lost. There are too many cheats ( see lfc team sheets from 1958 onwards for a start) who fall, flop, whinge, dive, feign injury etc, etc This culture was given free licence to commit these acts when FIFA instructed that yellow cards would cease to be issued to these cheats, during the World Cup in 2006.
From then on, free rein was given, meaning that the art of tackling still remains, but the inept officials cannot discern when a good tackle is made.They instead choose to award the free kick to the player who yells louder, or falls on the floor clutching face/shin/bank statement. The recent case being when the arrogant git Mike Dean carded Digne, for winning the ball during the recent derby.
It is now licence for useless/corrupt officials to further favour their 'darling' teams to cheat with impunity, without re-dress.

 

[cwright75]

Good Afternoon young man. I remember your Dad quite vividly. A bit scary he was too.
I slightly disagree about the art of tackling being lost. There are too many cheats ( see lfc team sheets from 1958 onwards for a start) who fall, flop, whinge, dive, feign injury etc, etc This culture was given free licence to commit these acts when FIFA instructed that yellow cards would cease to be issued to these cheats, during the World Cup in 2006.
From then on, free rein was given, meaning that the art of tackling still remains, but the inept officials cannot discern when a good tackle is made.They instead choose to award the free kick to the player who yells louder, or falls on the floor clutching face/shin/bank statement. The recent case being when the arrogant git Mike Dean carded Digne, for winning the ball during the recent derby.
It is now licence for useless/corrupt officials to further favour their 'darling' teams to cheat with impunity, without re-dress.

always good to have diff opinions - esp good articulate 1`s like yours , thank you for dropping by

 

[bring back the catt]

another from walsall :

Bizarre Walsall matches
All about Walsall
Feb '19 - ...er a testimonial match in 70s , against Leeds. Think it was for Nick Atthey. Leeds had a european cup final coming up shortly. Not that that bothered Bernie Wright ,who, early on clattered Terry Yorath. Yorath walked off, making “psycho” gestures , and tapping the side of his head, towards Lord Bernard Wright. If so my abiding memory was of Bernie Wright flattening Terry Yorath and Yorath being subbed before he was sent off. Mind you, looking for retribution on Bernie wouldn’t have been the wised move , like personal on pitch suicide

So true. What Bernie did, was to not only take care of himself, he would also take care of his team mates.
He was like a mobile abattoir at times. Clattered those who offended.

 

[bring back the catt]

he will love this post , thank you , see he was alright really , i know his signature is easy , ive forged it a few timesView attachment 92197View attachment 92198

Your comment was funnier than perhaps it should have been. But funny, none the less.

 

[cwright75]

Your comment was funnier than perhaps it should have been. But funny, none the less.

that was a walsall jurno

 

[TangerineToffee]

Photos of Bernie the Bolt it was bad enough watching him play for us

This is a bizzare but entertaining thread I would say. Think Pool would take Bernie even now, warts, age and all. For sure. Wages wouldn't be great but those Pokies are still on the beach unopened or so I am told

 

[cwright75]

This is a bizzare but entertaining thread I would say. Think Pool would take Bernie even now, warts, age and all. For sure. Wages wouldn't be great but those Pokies are still on the beach unopened or so I am told

 

[cwright75]

Super MAC / Rather super bernie