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Post by mcscooby on Dec 11, 2007 19:36:22 GMT
[shadow=red,left,300]Big[/shadow] Bren' is great. Discuss  |
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Post by Morg72 on Dec 11, 2007 19:41:31 GMT
What a debut!!!!
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Post by JoeinOz on Dec 11, 2007 21:21:50 GMT
I also liked him.
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Post by bigbren on Dec 12, 2007 17:19:50 GMT
He couldn't turn on a car park but he gave his all for Stoke!
Many happy days watching that near-post corner routine - Paul Maguire (Beckhamesque - ie. only in the team for set pieces) would land a corner kick on Big Bren's head at the near post, who deftly flicked it on for whoever (occasionally Georgie Berry if memory serves!!) to nod it in. Get in there!
Saw the same routine against Norwich the other week, maybe Tone's been watching some old tapes of Star Soccer??
Does anybody remember the 4-4 Luton draw? Big Bren pivoted and lashed a 'hit-and-hope' in from about 40 yards that day. Am I right or have I finally lost it?
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Post by Staying up for Grandadstokey on Dec 12, 2007 19:30:18 GMT
 Recently watched a video of the Luton 4-4 draw.Me thinks your memory may be playing tricks,Bren's goal was a cracker from about 20 yards.I'll always remember that classic flag displayed at Meadow Lane in the 1978 promotion match "Big Bren strikes at 3"
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on Dec 12, 2007 19:34:22 GMT
One of my all time favourite players - not the most skillful but brilliant header of a ball and always gave his best.
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Post by Linx on Dec 12, 2007 21:04:50 GMT
Seen him once or twice at the Brit in his club blazer. Doesn't he work for club hospitality or summat?
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Post by bogus on Dec 12, 2007 21:33:11 GMT
I remember a cracking header away at Saturday's opponents, Blackpool.  |
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Post by mcscooby on Dec 13, 2007 0:01:42 GMT
Seen him once or twice at the Brit in his club blazer. Doesn't he work for club hospitality or summat? Not sure but I was lucky enough to get tickets from him for my 21st birthday to the first home league game at the Brit....we lost to Swindon  |
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Post by Northy on Dec 13, 2007 7:25:38 GMT
Mylesgrandad, that Meadow Lane game was 79
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Dec 13, 2007 8:45:57 GMT
Big Bren, also one of my favourite John Cleese lookalikes from yesteryear.
If memory serves me right, he is the only Stoke player ever to score with his first touch of the ball (v Hull, I think it was)
Was also a very decent centre half BTW and played there quite a bit at the twilight of his career!
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Post by lordb on Dec 13, 2007 8:57:36 GMT
saw him score a top goal away @ Maine Road,turned on the proverbial sixpence & the ball was in the net before Corrigan had even blinked.
Was surpassed only by Trevor Francis perfect chip on the run over Fox in the last minute.
What I really admired Bren for was his consistent ability to hit the wall between the seats & the paddock (Boothen stand) when booting the ball away,cleared the fence every time.
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Post by izod on Dec 13, 2007 9:02:29 GMT
Has to be one of my all time favourite Stoke memories, we get a corner, Big Bren comes on as a sub for his debut, runs into the penalty area and heads the ball into the net. Classic |
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Post by JoeinOz on Dec 13, 2007 10:43:29 GMT
Remember when he did the front post flick ons from Maguires corners in 82/83? That was ace. John Motson said Paul Maguire taakes a better corner than Eder!
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Post by soicowboy on Dec 13, 2007 11:08:58 GMT
Great guy- great player for us
Regularly in the Waddington suite- also 'scored' on his Republic debut v Wales but the goal was later given as an own goal as the defender got the last touch
The Luton goal was from just outside the box- the week before the famous Notts County game we drew 0-0 with Newcastle- Bren did hit a 35 yard screamer that nearly broke the crossbar- remember talking to their centre half Mick Martin re it years later- was an unbelievable shot
Remember Motty saying that Joe- also that Bren hated folk pronouncing the 'g' in his surname
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Post by JoeinOz on Dec 13, 2007 11:23:13 GMT
He scored a brilliant header to beat Man Yoo in 82/83. Ace.
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Post by soicowboy on Dec 13, 2007 11:28:40 GMT
Also v Arsenal on the opening day in the 2-1 win where Georgie Berry scored on his debut.
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Post by JoeinOz on Dec 13, 2007 11:35:50 GMT
Remember the run by Chambo to set up Brens goal? That was dazzling. Afterwards Barker said that "Brens been waiting four years for a cross like that"
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Post by soicowboy on Dec 13, 2007 11:51:50 GMT
Absolutely-Chamberlain turned Kenny Sansom inside out that day- to be fair Graham Rix was outstanding for them as well
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Post by JoeinOz on Dec 13, 2007 12:18:13 GMT
Sansom said he wasn't marking Chamberlain that day because he was in a different role. YEAH YEAH!! OK Kenny i believe you mate....thousands wouldn't!  |
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Post by lordb on Dec 14, 2007 13:15:50 GMT
All praise Michel Plaitini
why?
it was his proposal to bring in the back pass rule,thus ending Kennny Sansoms carear & Liverpools tactics @ a stroke.
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Post by stokiegary on Dec 14, 2007 13:37:15 GMT
didnt we used to use the same corner kick with mark chamberlain taking it as well?
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Post by JoeinOz on Dec 15, 2007 1:54:28 GMT
Chambo's cornersw were always too low for the front post flick trick. Bren had to stoop so low he looked like a diseased John Cleese!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2007 7:44:56 GMT
In his Stoke City debut as a 75th minute substitute in the home match against Hull City on 8 March 1978, Stoke were waiting to take a corner when he came on and he went straight to the penalty area and headed home the cross into the back of the net. In actual game time he had not been on the pitch for more than five seconds and this must therefore be one of the quickest debut goals ever scored. I was at that match as a 10 year old  |
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Post by JoeinOz on Dec 15, 2007 8:24:19 GMT
Dadason did something similar.
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Recently watched a video of the Luton 4-4 draw.Me thinks your memory may be playing tricks,Bren's goal was a cracker from about 20 yards.I'll always remember that classic flag displayed at Meadow Lane in the 1978 promotion match "Big Bren strikes at 3"
