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Post by Los Alfareros on May 17, 2023 14:28:10 GMT
Paul Maguire... a most unlikely looking professional footballer, had the look of a binman!!
I can't believe his trademark corners have never been replicated, a deft chip to Big Bren at the front post and the lads anticipating the flick on at the back... it really was impossible to defend against. Ooh Georgie Berry!!
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Post by Scrotnig on May 18, 2023 17:13:49 GMT
The great escape as we beat Wolves 4-0 to stay up. Paul Maguire with all four and a less than committed Alan Dodd in the Wolves defence! Going into the match we were 20th with relegated Notts County and Wolves below us (they would both be relegated again 12 months later) Ipswich 41 50 Sunderland 41 49 West Brom 41 48 Birmingham 41 47 Coventry 41 47 Stoke 41 47 Notts Co 41 41 Wolves 41 29 We simply had to win and rely on one other team slipping up because of our goal difference. Incredibly, only Birmingham did fail to win and went down, although it turned out that we would have scraped it as our thumping victory got our goal diff below Coventry's. So joyous scenes at the end as we looked doomed at Christmas and i think we were around 10 points from safety and in terrible form. Then we signed Huddy again and off we went. The great escape was complete and thanks to that we could look forward to 84-85............ Interesting that there were 9 Midlands clubs in the top flight that season with Forest, Villa and Leicester and the other 6 occupying the bottom 6! This was actually my first ever Stoke game! Or more specifically, the first one I actually attended. Went many times the following season. And as I often say, if that shitshow didn’t put me off, I’m not sure anything will. Three wins all season, mutter, grumble. As bad as we’ve been many times since, we’ve never been quite that bad again.
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