Hitcat Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Everyone raves about him, but I've never found him funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelowl Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 8 hours ago, @owlstalk said: Tony Kay - Sheffield Wednesday what a shirt that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 hour ago, owler66 said: Big Jack wouldn't have been there either Peter Swan would've been along side Bobby Moore we'll never know but he was well out the England picture in the 2 years before he was banned so it's unlikely .......he blotted his copybook at the world cup in chile and was never picked again .whether that was down to ability or his behaviour on that trip I don't know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshallovercome Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Buxtongent said: Remember seeing him against Maurice Setters, a hard man himself. First tackle put Setters in the bottom of the wall. He was a hard man and great to have on your side Personally, he was an arrogant, cocky b*****d. See you've met him too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoots but cant hit Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Hardest player ever made Norman Hunter Chopper Harris Hutch and all of those look like fairies. Great on the ball as well. If only..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetherave Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Very sad film made about the lad on the few years after the scandal when he was in Merseyside. Evertonians loved him. Harry Catterick knew his players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyboy66 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 45 minutes ago, torryowl said: we'll never know but he was well out the England picture in the 2 years before he was banned so it's unlikely .......he blotted his copybook at the world cup in chile and was never picked again .whether that was down to ability or his behaviour on that trip I don't know Ramsey blamed Springett and Swan for the 5-2 loss to France in the European Championship...never picked any of them after that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 9 minutes ago, daveyboy66 said: Ramsey blamed Springett and Swan for the 5-2 loss to France in the European Championship...never picked any of them after that swan never played under ramsey Davey .....like I said earlier he never was selected after the world cup in chile . think he upset the men in suit's over there . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jack the Hat Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 6 hours ago, REDOWL said: Let us down along with the others in the “betting scandal”. Still annoys me that good working folk were paying their hard earned money to be loyal to the mighty Owls. That loyalty was seemingly returned by betting against their own team if we believe all we are told and read. 4 hours ago, owler66 said: Funnily enough the match against Ipswich he supposedly bet against us he was MOTM They weren't on massive wages back then but they got decent win bonuses so what they used to do was bet on a loss so if they did lose they got the same amount as a win bonus. A lot of players did it but they got caught. They weren't deliberately losing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastleigh Owl Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 13 hours ago, Hitcat said: Everyone raves about him, but I've never found him funny. You're thinking of his lad Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Too young too see him play but for what he did I will always despise him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etchesketch Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 12 hours ago, daveyboy66 said: Ramsey blamed Springett and Swan for the 5-2 loss to France in the European Championship...never picked any of them after that He picked Springett again. Was in 66 World Cup Squad and won his last cap that season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlsdreamer Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Probably the best wing half to wear the blue and white. Just a pity he didn't always direct his interests onto the football field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jellybean Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 22 hours ago, attyjake said: Traditionally the shirts had the white stripe in the middle, this is how our new strip should be. obviously more modern though. don't give chansiri any ideas. he'll have us wearing faded black and white stripes next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie Sewell Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 I can't exaggerate just how good he was. He was consistently our best player ( apart from Springett) every game. When the People used to mark the players on Sunday he would be 9 or 10 most weeks. He was a box to box dynamo, hard tackler, great on the ball, could shoot. We used to wait outside the players entrance then and I never found him cocky or arrogant, just like other lads off Parson Cross, turning up in an old van, in a flat cap and donkey jacket. One Satdy he screeched to a halt, asked us what time it was, then sped off again towards Leppings Lane, returning just in time to get changed. I can still picture him leading the team out before the first game after the coach crash, ( when they used to run out at five to three with no warm up.) His head was completely swathed in bandages after being badly cut through being thrown down the coach. The first time he headed the ball everybody held their breath but he just shook his head and got on with the game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckwheat Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 Never saw him but I gather he was a top notch player. Mate who saw him never forgave him for jumping ship along with Catterick for a bigger club, Everton, just after we'd been League Title runners up. Don't think he was a particularly nice guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wexowl Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 1 hour ago, Etchesketch said: He picked Springett again. Was in 66 World Cup Squad and won his last cap that season. Yes seem to remember him playing against Austria letting in last minute goal and v Norway in run in to World Cup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etchesketch Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, wexowl said: Yes seem to remember him playing against Austria letting in last minute goal and v Norway in run in to World Cup? Yes Norway was his final cap. I always wondered who would have played if Banks had been injured. Was Springett or Bonetti seen as the number 2? No subs so you couldn't tell. Bonetti had just made his debut while Springett had played in loads of big games and the previous World Cup. Edited March 24, 2018 by Etchesketch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJMortimer Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 15 hours ago, steelowl said: what a shirt that is But it's a strong candidate for Neil's thread about shirts that don't fit the players though. That shirt would be too big for Chewbacca. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wexowl Posted March 24, 2018 Share Posted March 24, 2018 6 minutes ago, Etchesketch said: Yes Norway was his final cap. I always wondered who would have played if Banks had been injured. Was Springett or Bonetti seen as the number 2? No subs so you couldn't tell. Bonetti had just made his debut while Springett had played in loads of big games and the previous World Cup. Well Bonetti eventually got his chance of course but that --5-2 v France was played just after the very bad winter 1962 and Springett and presumably all the other team members hadn't played or trained properly for weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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