theowlsman Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Chatted to him at a car boot once. Very nice bloke, down to earth. He was sat in a chair selling his unwanted stuff. Leeds shirt, Rangers shirt, that type of thing. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 2 hours ago, theowlsman said: Chatted to him at a car boot once. Very nice bloke, down to earth. He was sat in a chair selling his unwanted stuff. Leeds shirt, Rangers shirt, that type of thing. Played 3 card brag with him Imre Varadi and a few more one night in a Hotel in london , was light when we packed in . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 On 01/02/2018 at 14:48, Tamworthowl said: Why does Mel's shirt have an advert on it, but Mick Lyons' doesn't. Much prefer the untarnished one. No doubt Lyons had shed two pints of blood on his and had to change shirts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parkfieldowl14 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 3 hours ago, theowlsman said: Chatted to him at a car boot once. Very nice bloke, down to earth. He was sat in a chair selling his unwanted stuff. Leeds shirt, Rangers shirt, that type of thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulva Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Scored a great goal for Leeds in front of the United Kop. To be fair to Mel, he kept the celebrations fairly low key. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james o connor Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 (edited) On 01/02/2018 at 14:38, matthefish2002 said: Sorry to be pedantic but was Luton, won 1-0. Crowd was only something like 16,000. Makes me laugh when people call Semedo, Nuhui or Bullen Wednesday legends and forget about people like Sterland. Lad from the Manor who supported and played for Wednesday over 300 times and went onto play for England (once). Nuhiu and bullen aren’t legends they are cult figures . Semedo was a player who said nice things to play at a level higher than he warranted . Not a legend Edited February 2, 2018 by james o connor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaliceInBlunderland Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 8 hours ago, Bramhall Owl said: And Duxbury (who Mel kept out of the U21 team) yet him and Stevens got loads of caps. Who says there is no big club bias in the England set up? Hahaha. Duxbury was so good that I'd forgotten all about him . I wonder if playing for Man U had owt to do with his international career? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiejohn Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Great player key in our promotion season and establishing in the top league. Should have won more caps especially when duxbury who was awful was playing. Gutted when he left but unbelievably we ended up with an even better right back which tells you how good Mel was it took a truly world class player to replace him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Owl Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 On 2/1/2018 at 13:11, wakefieldowl said: I remember xico scoring a screamer away at Oldham in a 3.1 win. We were in main stand with loads of other owls in there too I've met Mel a couple of times and is a fantastic guy. Talked to me for ages like an old mate....he loves Wednesday and hates pigs still. A true Wednesday legend Never seen a ball hit as hard as that one. We had gone behind to a very dubious penalty and Shelton had equalised for us. Got a corner up at their end and the ball was headed out and Mel caught it perfectly on the volley about 25 yards out. The ball stayed low, only about a foot of the ground and smashed into the bottom corner to Andy Goram's left. From the opposite end it looked at first as if the ball had narrowly missed and bounced back off the hoardings onto the back of the net. Goram was stood motionless and just turned to look at the ball nestling in the corner of the net at which point we went ballistic! The perfect volley and in many respects also the most perfect comedy moment for Goram's reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scilly owl Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 7 hours ago, MaliceInBlunderland said: Hahaha. Duxbury was so good that I'd forgotten all about him . I wonder if playing for Man U had owt to do with his international career? Duxbury had one of the worst haircuts of any footballer in living memory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramhall Owl Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 11 hours ago, MaliceInBlunderland said: Hahaha. Duxbury was so good that I'd forgotten all about him . I wonder if playing for Man U had owt to do with his international career? Surely not . He wasn't the first and or the last I suspect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optimisticowl Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 On 01/02/2018 at 14:38, matthefish2002 said: Sorry to be pedantic but was Luton, won 1-0. Crowd was only something like 16,000. Makes me laugh when people call Semedo, Nuhui or Bullen Wednesday legends and forget about people like Sterland. Lad from the Manor who supported and played for Wednesday over 300 times and went onto play for England (once). Council estates are where most professional footballers emanate from, it’s where you end up that counts, Mel used his ability to progress in life and succeeded, good on him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Down South Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I'm simply repeating what others have said, but knew Mel very well in his days playing for Three Feathers with Charlie Williamson, Carl Shutt and Brian Cox. Even after he'd signed for Wednesday he would play football with his mates on fields at the back of Pipworth Road school. A good friend of mine still sees him from time to time and reckons he's still the same - such a genuine bloke and true Wednesday legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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