BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[Herbie6590]

Portman Road disappointment 

 

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

Used to rate Jason Dozzell, always hoped he'd sign for us. Think it was him that broke O'Keefe's leg at the DE of the ground?

[A Northern Horde...]

That's right you kids,not that long ago our club was playing in European Competition...haven't we done well.

[Herbie6590]

Nicky “Run Forrest...Run” Reid comes up with an unlikely winner...

 

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

@Herbie6590 who's the commentator? 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, Herbie6590 said:

Nicky “Run Forrest...Run” Reid comes up with an unlikely winner...

 

Looks like we rode our luck a bit there, great goal from Speedo.

[simongarnerisgod]

they were an absolute nightmare to play against,it was literally a fast ,ariel bombardment for the whole 90 minutes

[Ianrally]

On 21/11/2020 at 18:29, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Yeah it looked tricky underfoot. Lucky nobody got injured.

Was there not some doubt that the game wouldn’t even go ahead because of fog? 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

32 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

they were an absolute nightmare to play against,it was literally a fast ,ariel bombardment for the whole 90 minutes

Yep the guy who scored their goal looked a handful in the air. Not so good on the ground though.

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

14 hours ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

@Herbie6590 who's the commentator? 

@Herbie6590 is this thing on??

[Elvis Biro]

14 hours ago, simongarnerisgod said:

they were an absolute nightmare to play against,it was literally a fast ,ariel bombardment for the whole 90 minutes

Didn't they have that plank John Rudge as manager? He was an absolute disciple of the the route 1 'style' of play, coupled with as much shithousery as they could get away with. Awful manager, awful team. God knows how they ended up in the play-offs with us.

[Leonard Venkhater]

20 minutes ago, Elvis Biro said:

Didn't they have that plank John Rudge as manager? He was an absolute disciple of the the route 1 'style' of play, coupled with as much shithousery as they could get away with. Awful manager, awful team. God knows how they ended up in the play-offs with us.

John Beck

[Exiled in Toronto]

42 minutes ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

John Beck

I remember that game well. The midfielders never looked up, they all just played first time balls down the wings, no thought of actually passing to each other.

[Herbie6590]

1 hour ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

@Herbie6590 is this thing on??

“This thing” may be but clearly I am not ?‍♂️

I don’t know for sure tbh but I think it might be a former member of this forum...

[speeeeeeedie]

 

27 minutes ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

John Beck

He did very well at Cambridge. He had his methods. Everything long. Ball boys with towels. Watering the corners so the ball stuck when it landed. He also had a lot of good players at his disposal. Dublin and Claridge to name two who played years in the Prem.

He was at PNE for a while too. The football there was dire. The astroturf wasn't conducive to his tactics.

[Leonard Venkhater]

4 minutes ago, speeeeeeedie said:

 

He did very well at Cambridge. He had his methods. Everything long. Ball boys with towels. Watering the corners so the ball stuck when it landed. He also had a lot of good players at his disposal. Dublin and Claridge to name two who played years in the Prem.

He was at PNE for a while too. The football there was dire. The astroturf wasn't conducive to his tactics.

Based on percentages, I think. I am sure early Graham Taylor and Basset at Wimbledon had a similar approach ...I think it came from a statistical approach by Charles Hughes, whoever he was

[Herbie6590]

Just now, Leonard Venkhater said:

Based on percentages, I think. I am sure early Graham Taylor and Basset at Wimbledon had a similar approach ...I think it came from a statistical approach by Charles Hughes, whoever he was

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Reep

originator

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hughes_(football_manager)

disciple

 

 

 

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

25 minutes ago, Exiled in Toronto said:

I remember that game well. The midfielders never looked up, they all just played first time balls down the wings, no thought of actually passing to each other.

He was famous for putting sand in the 4 corners to hold the ball up.

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

23 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

“This thing” may be but clearly I am not ?‍♂️

I don’t know for sure tbh but I think it might be a former member of this forum...

Interesting, I love the enthusiasm whoever it is. 

[arbitro]

6 minutes ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

He was famous for putting sand in the 4 corners to hold the ball up.

Also the radiators on full blast in the away changing room and salt in the tea. He also had luminous signs in the four corners at Cambridge so his defenders could aim for them. I was refereeing Preston Reserves when he was there and at every kick from the opposition keepers hands the Preston centre half would shout either jacks, queens, kings or aces. On one occasion Chris Sully didn't go with the command and played them onside which nearly resulted in a goal. Gary Peters (Becks number 2) went apoplectic at Sully who, in his defence said he was confused between kings and queens. It transpired that each shout was a code to do something in unison. 

On another occasion I was refereeing at Lincoln when he was there and at 2.55 the police entered the home dressing room and arrested him in front of the team. He was charged with some tax evasion thing, from memory based on the cigarette and booze run from France.

Quite a character.

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

Just now, arbitro said:

Also the radiators on full blast in the away changing room and salt in the tea. He also had luminous signs in the four corners at Cambridge so his defenders could aim for them. I was refereeing Preston Reserves when he was there and at every kick from the opposition keepers hands the Preston centre half would shout either jacks, queens, kings or aces. On one occasion Chris Sully didn't go with the command and played them onside which nearly resulted in a goal. Gary Peters (Becks number 2) went apoplectic at Sully who, in his defence said he was confused between kings and queens. It transpired that each shout was a code to do something in unison. 

On another occasion I was refereeing at Lincoln when he was there and at 2.55 the police entered the home dressing room and arrested him in front of the team. He was charged with some tax evasion thing, from memory based on the cigarette and booze run from France.

Quite a character.

Haha, brilliant, does indeed sound like a 'character. It was hoofball on steroids really, total percentages. He did amazing with that Cambridge team so it was certainly effective. 

[arbitro]

Just now, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

Haha, brilliant, does indeed sound like a 'character. It was hoofball on steroids really, total percentages. He did amazing with that Cambridge team so it was certainly effective. 

It was something different and original that opposition managers took time to come to terms with. A bit like Sheffield United with their overlapping centre halves. 

[Elvis Biro]

2 hours ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

John Beck

Mea culpa. John Beck. Still a twat.

[den]

2 hours ago, speeeeeeedie said:

 

He was at PNE for a while too. The football there was dire. The astroturf wasn't conducive to his tactics.

Beck was loved by north Enders Speeeeeeedie. 
The days of “the gentry” down at Deepdale.

[Herbie6590]

4 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

“This thing” may be but clearly I am not ?‍♂️

I don’t know for sure tbh but I think it might be a former member of this forum...

Here you go @Hoochie Bloochie Mama