Nero Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Great piece about Wednesday and Stoke legend John Ritchie. My first Wednesday hero. Underplays how we bought him from Stoke for 75k then sold him back for 25k 2 years later after he scored 37 goals in 77 games. Stoke won league cup, we were relegated. Thanks Danny Williams, our original Jos https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-sheffield-wednesday-john-ri 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetsheri Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, Peacenocchio said: Great piece about Wednesday and Stoke legend John Ritchie. My first Wednesday hero. Underplays how we bought him from Stoke for 75k then sold him back for 25k 2 years later after he scored 37 goals in 77 games. Stoke won league cup, we were relegated. Thanks Danny Williams, our original Jos https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-sheffield-wednesday-john-ri Good to see we’ve always been dire in the transfer market 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quist Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Very good header of ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAnotherShez Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Think he once got 4 against us before we bought him. It's the only way of stopping him scoring against us was Eric Taylor's comment when he was signed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 31 minutes ago, Peacenocchio said: Great piece about Wednesday and Stoke legend John Ritchie. My first Wednesday hero. Underplays how we bought him from Stoke for 75k then sold him back for 25k 2 years later after he scored 37 goals in 77 games. Stoke won league cup, we were relegated. Thanks Danny Williams, our original Jos https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-sheffield-wednesday-john-ri Wasn’t he replaced by Alan Warboys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Snooty Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Love headed goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 47 minutes ago, Peacenocchio said: Great piece about Wednesday and Stoke legend John Ritchie. My first Wednesday hero. Underplays how we bought him from Stoke for 75k then sold him back for 25k 2 years later after he scored 37 goals in 77 games. Stoke won league cup, we were relegated. Thanks Danny Williams, our original Jos https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-sheffield-wednesday-john-ri Williams can be blamed for many things but selling Ritchie wasn't one of them … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howards back Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 He always played good against us for stoke so glad we bought him not sure but didn’t we sell our best winger ( Sissons) just after we bought JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sternlad Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Don’t think Sissons was there till after Ritchie had gone back to Stoke. He (Ritchie) was playing in the 5-4 Manure classic in 1968, he scored one I think that day. I’ve a feeling Sissons was at Hillsborough in 1970’s when I was at Westfield cos he did some coaching at the youth club there if I remember rightly. He (Sissons) once turned out for Westfield staff in a match I watched from the touchline...bet the manager didn’t know about that high risk behaviour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 10 minutes ago, brazilowl said: He always played good against us for stoke so glad we bought him not sure but didn’t we sell our best winger ( Sissons) just after we bought JR sissons signed the season after Ritchie left ….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatzooma Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sternlad Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 14 minutes ago, brazilowl said: He always played good against us for stoke so glad we bought him not sure but didn’t we sell our best winger ( Sissons) just after we bought JR Could it have been David Ford that left around that time, or Jack Whitham or McCalliog or Wilf Smith , quite a few of the 66 cup final team left in that period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 3 minutes ago, sternlad said: Could it have been David Ford that left around that time, or Jack Whitham or McCalliog or Wilf Smith , quite a few of the 66 cup final team left in that period. mccalliog and Ritchie left at the same time ,having just spent £100,000 on tommy craig the club had to get the money to cover the cost and those two were sacrificed was always my take on why they left . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pastor Kidneys Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 We've had a few that we're equally as bad or worse than Danny Williams. He was in charge at a time of decline as were Dooley, Ashurst, Burtenshaw and then in later years we came across Eustace, Turner, Yorath and the infamous Dutch legend that is Jos who IMO ranks alongside Eustace as the most inept managers we've ever had. At least Eustace can claim to have been a more than decent player for us. Jos on the other hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sternlad Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 13 minutes ago, torryowl said: mccalliog and Ritchie left at the same time ,having just spent £100,000 on tommy craig the club had to get the money to cover the cost and those two were sacrificed was always my take on why they left . Aye that’s about right...my memory is poor at best. Was Jackie Sinclair in the same team as Sissons? Warboys at centre for’ard? It all gets a bit vague....wish I’d kept all those programmes! Then of course Brian Joicey and Dave Clements arrived from Coventry...there’s a picture of them somewhere on here with Sissons I think. This is a flippin nightmare, trying to get all these old “players” in the right order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 28 minutes ago, sternlad said: Aye that’s about right...my memory is poor at best. Was Jackie Sinclair in the same team as Sissons? Warboys at centre for’ard? It all gets a bit vague....wish I’d kept all those programmes! Then of course Brian Joicey and Dave Clements arrived from Coventry...there’s a picture of them somewhere on here with Sissons I think. This is a flippin nightmare, trying to get all these old “players” in the right order Sinclair, warboys and sissons played in the same team ……. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewsburyowl58 Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 3 hours ago, Lord Snooty said: Love headed goals Big fan of big Dave then !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash60s Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Big John Ritchie oh yeah Didn't look the most athletic but very effective Andy McCulloch quite similar IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Owl Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Scored 2 in the first match I saw against Chelsea December 1966. We won 6-1. Think McCalliog and Fantham scored as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howards back Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 7 hours ago, torryowl said: sissons signed the season after Ritchie left ….. Thanks for that. Memory is not as good as it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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