nuneatonowl1 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Lincs Owl said: Peter Springett is in that photo. He became a policeman based in Barnsley. On duty at some Barnsley v Owls games. After he'd retired of course. He also worked out of West Bar, often patrolling London Road. I worked out of Woodseats police patrolling the opposite side of London Road. Lovely bloke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuneatonowl1 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 I was a copper joining back on New Years Eve in 1984. Hugh Dowd was on the same initial intake as well as Ray Mountford, the old Rotherham keeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scilly owl Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 16 hours ago, Wing Back said: Jon Beswetherick is a copper. Or was....... He was relieved of his duties because outrun by a little old lady who had stolen a bag of Werther’s Originals. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soldierboyblue Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 20 hours ago, Daniele Giovanni said: Can't see any one from today's crop doing this once they retire, the great Johnny Fantham Used to get a haircut in there quite a bit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Crawshaw Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 5 hours ago, Sefton owl said: Brian Joicey was a car salesman at the Talbot place on Suffolk Road. I spoke to him when I was looking at a Talbot Sunbeam in the 80's, didn't buy it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 2 hours ago, nuneatonowl1 said: I was a copper joining back on New Years Eve in 1984. Hugh Dowd was on the same initial intake as well as Ray Mountford, the old Rotherham keeper Played againt Ray Mountford in the midweek league when he was playing for a police team. I'm glad Hugh Dowd didn't play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkskaphil Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 I was photographing Millie Bright for an adidas campaign a couple of years back and I thought I recognised her agent but wasn't sure where I'd seen him before. Later on I was talking to her mum (some of her family had come along for the shoot) about being a Wednesday fan and she mentioned that the agent used to play for us, which was when I realised it was David Reeves. Had a good chat with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animis Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Didn't one of our 80s players end up working in a travel agents in Meadowhall or Rotherham? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willie Henderson Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 6 hours ago, Sefton owl said: I like his 'under new management' banner in the window. He's put that to good use over the years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 3 hours ago, beswetherick said: Des Walker became an HGV driver after retiring Yes I remember reading Des Walker was dong that. I know he played just before the wages really, really rocketed but would have thought he made more than enough to be financially secure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beswetherick Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 9 minutes ago, matthefish2002 said: Yes I remember reading Des Walker was dong that. I know he played just before the wages really, really rocketed but would have thought he made more than enough to be financially secure. “You’ll never beep Des Walker!” 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulOwl Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 17 minutes ago, Animis said: Didn't one of our 80s players end up working in a travel agents in Meadowhall or Rotherham? i thought it was Yoann Folly..... or was he the one who worked in JD sports in M/Hall.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plonk Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 3 hours ago, nuneatonowl1 said: He also worked out of West Bar, often patrolling London Road. I worked out of Woodseats police patrolling the opposite side of London Road. Lovely bloke Hugh Dowd couldn’t have lasted long as he was a social worker at limb Lane kids home too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Crawshaw Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 6 hours ago, Sefton owl said: I remember reading this interview with Dave Cusack (3rd right at back) a few years ago. Quite sad, memory loss he put down to all the blows on the head he received. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/7938628/dave-cusack-millwall/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannofan Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 It's often reported that one of our most popular players , Gary Bannister, is now a hotel maintenance man in Birmingham. I find it weird that he's going about a job, unrecognised by many ( maybe a few Coventry and WBA fans? ) ..might even have some young ones working with him who have not got a clue that he had 25'000 + fans watching him week in week out, and that he played top flight football ( albeit for QPR ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopefulOwl Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 it just shows the massive gulf from what players used to earn to nowadays... no doubt they were on good wages at the time compared to joe public but nowhere near enough to set them up for life.... must be so frustrating for some of them that were half decent earning pittance compared to someone playing in the prem these days on 50k a week and not even making the first team..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniele Giovanni Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 5 hours ago, Lincs Owl said: Memmotts. How did you know that? My first job 1963. My dad was a client there for years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Bach Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 https://www.smhomeandgardencare.co.uk/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniele Giovanni Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 Ronaldo crashed his car in a tunnel years ago, he left it there and bought another 30 mins later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuneatonowl1 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Nut said: Played againt Ray Mountford in the midweek league when he was playing for a police team. I'm glad Hugh Dowd didn't play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now