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Post by JoeinOz on Jun 16, 2011 23:00:11 GMT
70s players got up to just as much shenanigens as modern ones. More so in fact. Some of the stories about our 70s team are enough top see that. It's just that in them days people didn't have some idea that they are entitled to judge them and then decide that that the players are in fact 'role models'.  |
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Post by str8outtahampton on Jun 17, 2011 9:09:09 GMT
Agreed. For all sorts of reasons, and with some exceptions, it was generally possible for shenanigans to be pursued below the radar.
But I prefer to think that Bluto's excesses were confined to putting brown (rather than red) sauce on his chip butties.
As I suggested, the public line from players of that era (and I guess any time before the Premier League) tends to be very dignified, ie that they do not begrudge the wealth available today. I wonder in their private moments, however, whether they sometimes cast an envious glance at some of today's modest talent and think: "If I'd been born 30 years later, not only would I be earning at least £25,000 per week - but the technology to enable me to take pictures of my genitals, and forward them to ladies other than my wife, would be so much more affordable and efficient".
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Post by deadleg on Jun 17, 2011 9:32:37 GMT
Brilliant post.
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Post by Mozzaa on Jun 17, 2011 9:47:07 GMT
I know his niece...that's all I have on this really; got an autograph out of it like.
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Post by skelman on Jun 17, 2011 10:58:40 GMT
Don't forget John (Jack) Marsh - can see similarities with Wilko!!!!! Fiercely competitve RB, medium length black hair with a full fringe etc ;D
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Post by deadleg on Jun 17, 2011 11:52:36 GMT
I don't think Wilko's got a Golden Goal girl up the duff yet has he?
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Post by markimark on Jun 17, 2011 13:47:53 GMT
Bluto is a legend. Always will be. Enormously underrated. He and Smithy were one centre back pairings we ever ha. And then he went and scored when we demolished the Arse 5-0 in 1970, the season they did the double.
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Post by stayingupforbigbazza on Jun 17, 2011 13:52:45 GMT
He was indeed at the Cup Final
Saw him outside Wembley with Marshy
Both 70's legends
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Post by lawrieleslie on Aug 22, 2011 20:10:11 GMT
Players like Alan Bloor played many many times with injuries Cortisone jabs and get out there. Some are paying a heavy price now I think Smithy heads up a charity that helps ex-players with joint problems as a result of their careers. |
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Post by AlanHansen on Aug 22, 2011 20:15:22 GMT
OS,
His Mrs was Sandra and I too recall that she passed away a couple of years ago.
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Post by jonnynico on Aug 22, 2011 21:00:07 GMT
He used to go in the bookies in weston coyney every day after training, never said much.
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Post by terryconroyslegs on Aug 22, 2011 21:07:35 GMT
An absolutley superb player. All of Bobby Moore`s skill with a dash of Potteries steel. Modest unassuming but simply the very best defender.
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Post by johnnypotter on Apr 18, 2012 22:22:08 GMT
Towards the end of the 75-76 season, i was still helping out at the Vic. The night before, Alan Bloor scored our winning goal away at Man Utd. Overnight, someone had daubed '' Bloor'' just outside the main entrance. My task was to try to eradicate the writing before the players reported for training. The reason was.... the club were afraid Bluto would ask for a pay rise, straight up.
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Post by bigvigs on Apr 24, 2012 8:00:21 GMT
Had the pleasure of seeing Bluto's goal at Manure when we won 1- 0. As I recall Kevin "Bomber" Sheldon shot down the right wing towards the Scoreboard End and slung a ball into the box where, for some reason known only to him, Bluto had shot up the pitch to meet the cross with a bullet header. We were in the Paddock under the Main Stand and couldn't make ourselves known ... but what a great feeling of suppressed joy!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 10:30:18 GMT
Smith was Titanic But i think Alan Bloor and Alan Dodd were better footballers Bluto always seemed to have time and could even look casual Alan Bloor should have played for England, he was that good. At times I thought I used to see a little bit of Bobby Moore in Alan Dodd . |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2012 10:33:30 GMT
Alan was indeed a useful player; scored the odd goal too. My favourite memory of him was an article involving him in the souvenir magazine before the League Cup Final of '72. When asked "Favourite food?", Alan answered "Chip butty"..................those were the days; footballers lived like the man on the terrace. Still got that magazine ....chip butty ! What a bloke ! One of us indeed  |
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