Did we talk about the board or investment in the 70s/80s? (2 Viewers)

[oakey]

For fans of a more mature vintage imagine a forum existed in the 70s or 80s.
Do you think we would have discussed all this shite about finance?
Would we instead have discussed the merits of Mick McGuire as a replacement for Dennis Mortimer? Perhaps whether David Cross could really score as many as Colin Stein?
How I miss that era.

Can it be that it was all so simple then,
Or has time rewritten every line?

 

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[rob9872]

80's when we lost Danny Thomas, Gary Thompson, Mark Hateley, Gary Gillespie etc yes,but can't remember about 70s I was too young. As long as I can remember we have always been a selling club and I accept thta, but we've previously found a way of replacing some of them whereas this is simply dire

 

[olderskyblue]

For fans of a more mature vintage imagine a forum existed in the 70s or 80s.
Do you think we would have discussed all this shite about finance?
Would we instead have discussed the merits of Mick McGuire as a replacement for Dennis Mortimer? Perhaps whether David Cross could really score as many as Colin Stein?
How I miss that era.

Can it be that it was all so simple then,
Or has time rewritten every line?

The talk was about the team, the result and....how we defended the west end from all the "invaders".

 

[oakey]

The West End
united
will never be defeated!

 

[derbyskyblue]

Ahh the west end. The good old days. What happy memories i have of that place. I would love to know which houses have been built on there.

 

[Macca]

Better times when money wasn't always needed for success. Don't remember the West End or HR being a feared venue for away fans though

 

[Covstu]

It was about the football back then not about businesses, sad but true!!

 

[olderskyblue]

Better times when money wasn't always needed for success. Don't remember the West End or HR being a feared venue for away fans though

I'm sure it wasn't, and the talk in the pub after the match probably wasn't an accurate reflection on what actually happened. It's the way myths are born isnt it?

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

Not completely true.....

I think my blackest day in the 70's was when I heard that Dennis Mortimer had been sold to Villa. I seem to recall the Chairman (a certain J. Hill) justifying the sale on the grounds that it would put us on a solid financial footing and allow us to exploit the situation when the other, less prudent, clubs ran into difficulty.

 

[sky_blue_up_north]

Yes, but Denis did go on the lift the European Cup... so you can't blame him for leaving. We did lose our star players then as well...

 

[rob9872]

At least he didn't go onto anything better with Villa like captaining them to league titles, European cup glory or anything silly like that

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

At least he didn't go onto anything better with Villa like captaining them to league titles, European cup glory or anything silly like that

True, that would have really pissed me off!!

 

[olderskyblue]

At least he didn't go onto anything better with Villa like captaining them to league titles, European cup glory or anything silly like that

Did anyone at the time think he was capable of that though? He was a good midfielder for sure, but that good?

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

It's a long time ago and difficult to be sure about what we thought at the time, but my memory is that we'd just bought Barry Powell and the two of them had struck up a very promising midfield partnership.

Dennis had also been a bit of a star with England under 23's (before the days of under 21's!) and I have a vivid memory of him being described as the "new Bobby Charlton" after one game for them.

I certainly remember hearing the news of his transfer in my parents' car on the way to spend Xmas with relatives. Buggered up my Xmas, even though I'm pretty sure we won at Wolves (my local team) on Boxing Day.

 

[rob9872]

I'm sure there are parallels with Stuart Pearce. Everyone doing their best City XI always seems to include him. He was fantastic after us, great for England and I was disappointed when he left us, but no more so than I am when a lot of players leave. I thought he was very good player for us but not outstanding and I never expected him to go on and do what he did or be such a great leader.

 

[sternslovchild]

Didn't some nutjob want to put squash courts underneath one of the stands in the 60's? He wanted to make the stadium something that was used 7 days a week.

MADNESS

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

My (somewhat ageing) memory says that I was much more upset by Dennis going.

Also by the time Psycho went, freedon of contract was in and it was much more difficult to hang on to players who wanted to go.

 

[rob9872]

Pearce was more my era - I 'm a mere whipper-snapper

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

Bloody kids...............

 

[Disorganised1]

Mortimer was often slated by fans who only went to home games - he was much more effective away from home where his patient game suited our style better.

I seem to recall the West End asking where his handbag was.....

 

[derbyskyblue]

It's a long time ago and difficult to be sure about what we thought at the time, but my memory is that we'd just bought Barry Powell and the two of them had struck up a very promising midfield partnership.

Dennis had also been a bit of a star with England under 23's (before the days of under 21's!) and I have a vivid memory of him being described as the "new Bobby Charlton" after one game for them.

I certainly remember hearing the news of his transfer in my parents' car on the way to spend Xmas with relatives. Buggered up my Xmas, even though I'm pretty sure we won at Wolves (my local team) on Boxing Day.

Err cofession time now. I do have relatives who are vile fans, to cut a long story short i went to vile park with them on boxing day (must have been around 75 or 76). Was in the holte end end with them and vile won 4-1 against west ham. Think mortimer scored that day on his debut. Sorry.

 

[Paxman II]

the information super highway was not around so we had scant info compared to today but in fairness the information today has become embellished with so much 'non' event stuff that in the '70's or '80's we would not have given earshot to. Today a banana gets thrown on the pitch at a friendly and it's racist and the press are all over it....back in the day no one would have given a dam 'cause you could think what you wanted without fear.