Moff
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I can see how signing Tommy English would upset any fans, bloody hell he was useless.
I liked Melrose in the season he had with us, he scored a few, and then sodded off to Celtic.
Gordon Milne got us (LCFC) promoted to the top flight in 1983, he then kept us there on a limited budget. He upset some of the supporters when he swapped Jim Melrose for Tommy English (tbh neither of whom were particularly good). some fans demanded a change and they got their wish in 1986 when he was replaced by Bryan Hamilton, who promptly got us relegated.
cant believe terry yorath hasn't been mentioned in this thread.
Oh yeah, paired with Andy Blair or Ray Gooding...picked up Ray Graydon to balance out Tommy Hutch on the other wing.....Bobby McDonald another steal.......oh Milne was a good time at CCFC!
Not your best tit head !Oooh eee by gum. I remember tut days when the coal mines would leave your face as black as an African fella. Heh, that was before the days where you'd even know what an African fella looked like! These days you see 'em everywhere, not like in my day...
The 77-78 season was brilliant entertainment, basically playing 3-3-4 and abandoning any pretence of defending. We missed out on Europe by a whisker, and if I’m not mistaken we scored 75 and conceded 76! Some of the wins were indeed among the best performances in the club’s history. On the other hand, when it went wrong it really did go wrong – I was at Goodison Park for the 6-0 defeat and didn’t find it very entertaining at all. If we went a few goals down we’d just throw caution to the wind and adopt an even more attacking formation. The 7-1 loss at the Hawthorns the following year was similar, and it’s easy to see why Gordon Milne got criticised at times - but what I’d give to have a team like that again.
Not your best tit head !
The 7-1 defeat was my first away game. Different era I know but that Southampton result at the Dell was a shocker too. Was it Lloys's debut?
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Yes I forgot Yorath in my list of signings.
When GM signed Graydon he had City playing 4 4 2 with Yorath and Barry Powell the hard working midfield pair.
Before the thread fades away, anyone remember the game v Norwich at HR ?
This game had everything; both sides going flat out in attack, lots of goals including Wallace`s "bicycle - kick" one, near misses by both sides, and penalty dramas.
Norwich were 3-2 up at HT after City had been 2 up. City scored three in the second half and Norwich got another one. Then right at the end Norwich had a penalty which was saved. 5-4 to City.
I reckon there may well have been more entertainment in that one game than the total served up at the Ricoh last time in nearly a whole season !
The year we had Graydon (and then Nardiello) on the right and Hutch on the left, it was much more of a 4-2-4.
Bloody Hell, I remember that game - emotions all over the place. One of the few times I wasn't looking at my watch hoping for the end of the game.
Some one in managerial charge should let the current squad see the types of games we've been used to and how players in the past had a real pride in playing for OUR club and making it THEIR club.
I was there too.
The Norwich game was amazing. However I think there was a n even better game, my all time favourite, earlier in the season. We were playing Man City at HR, a night game in October. They came into the game unbeaten and as league leaders. We were hanging on a bit in the first half and went in 2- 1 down. In the second half we were transformed. Wave after wave of sky blue attacks reined down on their goal. They were conceding free kicks all over the place and must have collected 5 or 6 bookings as they tried to keep us at bay. Finally, just as it looked as though we would never score, the pressure told, the dam burst and 3 goals flooded in giving us a 4-2 win against an excellent team. Fergie got a hat trick (one of three or four that season) and Wallace the other. That second half performance was the finest I have ever seen by any team ever (yes I am biased). As I have said on here before, I think we would have beaten anyone that night we were so good. Although the formation was nominally 4 2 4, our wingers played as forwards and our full backs pushed right up the field. In reality the formation was often 2 4 4. Great games, great team, great manager.
Just looked up the team for that game. Sealey, Oakey, McDonald, Yorath, Holton, Coop, Beck, Wallace, Ferguson, Powell, Hutchison. The Man City team contained Corrigan, Kidd, Barnes, Royal, Hartford and Tueart.
Remember it well.
The night before I left home to start university!
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