| Bob 70-71 Home
Latest
News
70-71
Teams
A-Z
Players
Search
the Site
FAQs
Quizlet
Quiz
Thirty
Years Ago!
Miscellaneous
Where
are they now?
Links
Guestbook
E-mail me
Chat
|
April 2002
Here's
a selection of the best emails I received in March - Bob
Hello
Bob,
can you tell me what Steve Kindon the ex
wolves/Burnley is doing now, also Dave Thomas the ex
QPR winger . Can you also confirm that Gordon
Taylor the PFA chief executive played for
Blackburn/Birmingham?
thanks, yours sincerely Dev
I don't
know where Dave Thomas and Steve Kindon are at present
but I'll ask on the site to see if anyone else does. And
yes Gordon Taylor is the Blackburn / Birmingham
(Bolton and Bury) player. In fact he's on my
site under Bolton Wanderers. Cheers Bob
I
believe there is a statue of Denis at Old Trafford. I
was wondering if you had a picture could you please
e-mail it to me? Thank you.
Mike.
I still haven't
seen this myself, is there someone who can send more
information ?
Hello
Bob,
Stuart here again. I e-mailed you a couple of
months ago when I first discovered your 70-71
website.
Now
that I know you're a Leeds fan, I thought I might
pass on a few thoughts I have long held about your
side's glorious past. First of all, the
media presentation of Don Revie's team - what the
hell was all that about? Although I'm a Scot up
here in Edinburgh, I couldn't help thinking they were
treated shamefully, and I quickly became a Leeds
"moral" supporter.
You would think Leeds, when they really emerged in
64-65, would have been seen as a welcome change from
the Liverpool, Manchester and London clubs in the
limelight at that time. But the media just
didn't see it that way. And just how many times were
Leeds robbed of a trophy? I can think of at
least 4 occasions when dodgy refereeing decisions
cost them one league title, one UEFA Cup, one
European Cup and one FA Cup final place.
The thing is, I just hate to remind any Leeds fan of
all this, because I know the wounds must still run
deep!
Did
you watch the "Match of the 70s" series a
couple of years ago? It was great apart from
one thing - Dennis Waterman's (script) comments on
Leeds. During the series we heard him say,
"Leeds - the old enemy", "Once again
Leeds had too many tricks up their sleeve" and
Leeds winning another match was "all too
familiar". He was so biased it was
unbelievable!
And then, to top it all, when the series
reached 1977, Don Revie was crucified for doing
you-know-what. Personally, I don't blame Don
Revie for leaving the job. He gave it his all,
but the media was heavily slanted against him right
from the start.
but anyway,
that's all history, as they say. I now think
Leeds have a cracking young manager with a great
Revie disciple at his side. Could well be on the
verge of something great here! I'll be watching
with great interest from up here. Best of luck!
Stuart
Saunders
Excellent
stuff Stuart. This may not have been meant for the
website as such, but 1) I wanted to share it with
everyone, and 2) I forgot to reply at the time, so this
might make up for that !
Dear
Bob ,
hope you can help, while on holiday I met Donald
Gillis who played for Bristol City in the early
seventies, he won a single scottish cap and was
transfered from Morton.
Me being a West Ham fan,we spoke about the players he
played against.Billy Bonds, Trevor Brooking, Frank
Lampard. 1970/1 puts the teams in different leagues,
perhaps he played 71/72/73, I cant find any other
site dealing with 1970 footballers, any ideas,
thanks.
Graham
Hi Graham, no there is a severe lack of 70s football sites,
I agree.
If I could find a
picture of Don in his footballing days, I could give him
his own page on the site.
Don was 19 in 1970, so he would have been playing
football in 70-71, though he didn't play in the Morton
first team that season. He did not move into English
football until 1973 when he was a part of the great
Bristol City side of the mid-Seventies.
He played 200 League games for Bristol City scoring 26
times.
His Cap was with
the Under-23's. His only other club was Bristol
Rovers, who he played for 80-82 season. I'll have to
trace his whereabouts in 70-71...!
Just
typed in 'Ken
Wagstaff' and delighted to find this entry.
I was a pretty decent player myself and I have been
watching football for longer than I wish to
admit, supporting Mansfield Town and Nottingham
Forest for over 40 years.
During this time I have seen many, many exciting
players with these teams: Peter Morris, Mike
Stringfellow, Gordon Hodgson, Kevin Bird and Duncan
McKenzie (yes - the one and only - he was on loan
twice) among many others for the Stags.
Dick
Le Flem, Ian Storey-Moore, Joe Baker, Duncan McKenzie
(again!), John Robertson, Tony Woodcock and Stan
Colleymore for the Reds.
But none
of them compared with Waggy, he was simply the
greatest! Just ask anyone who saw him play for the
Stags or Hull City - we all loved him! I know it sounds
'over-the-top' but I would go as far as to say that
he was the most talented English player I
ever saw - for any club!
He
was a superior version of Paul Gascoigne,
incredibly skilful with both feet, powerful - but
able to score goals for fun and show great respect
for the game he loved. His temperament and
sporting behaviour made Gascoigne look like a boy
compared with a man. He always played the
game as though he loved every minute of it, with a
cheeky smile and a friendliness which was a great
credit to his wonderful personality.
He could dribble like Stanley Matthews but was never
greedy - most of Roy Chapman's and Chris Chilton's
goal came from his pure genius. When Chilton joined
First Division Coventry City from Hull he never
really made it - they only
bought the lesser half of a great double
act!
I cannot ever recall Waggy being booked for a
foul or arguing about a decision - he must have been
a ref.'s dream - just like Paul Gascoigne! -
remember his antics in the 1991 FA Cup
Final?
What a pity he didn't join Spurs, Manchester United,
Forest or Derby. Under a certain Mr Clough he
would have gone on to play for England many times -
indeed he should have been in the 1966 World Cup team
- he made Roger Hunt look like a Sunday morning
player!
Cloughie
did indeed try to sign him for Derby after he
turned them inside out in an FA Cup tie at the
Baseball Ground - but Hull City wanted a king's
ransom for him, even though he was well into his 30's
by then.
Yes - Wagstaff was the greatest! Long live Waggy
- the King!
John Wilson
What a
great email, thanks for that, John. I never saw him play
in the flesh, but the way you write about it I'm prepared
to believe every word !!!
Re: He
was a superior version of Paul Gascoigne
Great quote that
one !
Thanks
for that
I've just found an article about him on the official
Hull City website http://www.hullcityafc.net/ (Past
Players) - even more hyperbole than I could
manage!
I quote: 'Injury would
finally catch up with him however and a cartilage
operation which saw him sit out a large portion of
the 72/73 was the first signal that Waggy was
descending from his seat with the Gods to join the
mere mortals of professional football'
John Wilson
Thanks again, John
Hi,
Bob don't know who the hell you are but I
discovered your site by
accident . It is just what I've looking for '
so much info about my idols of
yester
year.
Thanx for doing what you do.
All the best
Bill Birch.
Cheers Bill - it's
always good to get some positive feedback, thanks
Hi,
great website. (Thanks !- Bob)
Can you possibly help me? Can you tell me who
was the nominated England substitute for the 1966
World Cup Final, but never played on the day.
I desperately need the answer to help me complete a
sports Quiz.
Thanks
Chris Tuzinkiewicz
Well, Chris, I
presume it was a trick question, because in the 1966
World Cup there were no substitutes.
Bob
In what year were substitutes first used in
league football?
Cheers
Bob (Brooks)
Hi Bob,
1965-66 - Keith Peacock of Charlton
Athletic
was the first ever substitute on 21 August 1965.
Hi
Bob
Can you please answer two questions to settle a
bet?
What year did the 4th Division of the football league
commence and were Wolves in the 4th Division before
Hull City?
Regards
Alan
Eaton
Hi Alan, the first 4th Division season was in 1958-59.
Hull City's first season there was 1981-82, Wolves didn't
go there until 1986-87.
Dear Mr.Dunning,
I have looking around for quite a while for someone
who have some info on football history. I first
became a fan of the game around 1966 West Ham became
my team and to this day I still support them.
As a youngster I have memories of reading the Sunday
newspapers looking at the match reports the
photograhs league tables etc. On Sat night I would
stay up to watch match of the day, with Ken
Wolstenhome. My first season as a full fan was the
1967-68 season, so any books videos or info would be
very welcome.
I do have the 'Match of the Day' video of the sixties
but that is just a broad sweep, what I would like to
find are videos from Star Soccer, I believe it was
the forerunner of the 'Big Match', commentators if my
memory is correct was by Peter Lorenzo then later
Hugh Johns
Most notably I remember games being shown during
1967-68 were Fulham v West Ham, Spurs v Man Utd,
Chelsea v West Ham (both games), Arsenal v West Ham,
Fulham v Liverpool (George Cohen's last game through
injury).
Once the 'Big Match' started I used to love watching
it with my fave commentator of all time Brian Moore.
The 1st season for BM was 1968-69 I would dearly love
to see some of those games again, if you have any
idea of where how who from I would be grateful
Also are there any books available that have all the
old 1st Division results scorerers line-ups say from
around 1960- onwards.
Thank you for your time, sincerely, Richard
Stevens.
Hi
Richard, good to hear from you. Perhaps
you can start the 67-68 website !!! I have listed some of
the places that do sell memorabillia at :
http://ds.dial.pipex.com/bob.dunning/links.htm#commercial .
In
particular http://www.soccer-books.co.uk/ has a lot of the books
with football statistics and videos. Their off-line shop
has many, many more interestring things than their
on-line store. Also the auction sites have many
amazing memorabilia.
Maybe someone reading this will be able to help you out
with the 67-68 videos you are after, but I don't think
they have ever been made commercially available.
Anyway, stay in touch it is good to find another fan of
the era.
(Also see FAQ and Commentators)
Sir.
I am in the process of writing a fictional novel - as
yet untitled - covering the period from 1962 through
to 1970. It's about the Cunningham family who live in
Potters Bar, Herts.
But the question is I'm trying to get hold of some
information relating to the above mentioned seasons,
as both the father and son are regular attendees at
Chelsea FC matches, and ideally I would like to know
where it is possible to get hold of details (eg
fixture lists et al) for the seasons in question.
Any information would be muchly appreciated together
with anything else you may feel relevant. Many thanks
Ian Fuller
Do you know the
nice thing about this website is I get previews of
novels, books, films and football documentaries.
Admitedly the previews are at the 'ideas' stage,but still
! Anyway, Ian, the site you need is at http://www.silverstone.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Chelsea/frontpage.htm
See more April 2002
news at the following ...
|
|
