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Post by crouchpotato1 on Mar 28, 2024 11:57:52 GMT
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Post by andystokey on Mar 28, 2024 12:32:41 GMT
RIP a proper defender played and won for Shankly and Clough. It doesn't get much better.
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Post by jimmygscfc1234 on Mar 28, 2024 12:33:04 GMT
Just one of Cloughie's many canny signings in that team. Still amazing what was achieved. RIP Big Larry. |
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Post by AlliG on Mar 28, 2024 12:50:15 GMT
I was a student in Nottingham back in 1977/78 and with playing football on Saturday mornings I often couldn't get back for Stoke games (especially away games), so I used to go and watch Forest to get my football fix. Larry Lloyd and Kenny Burns were a right pair of "orrible" centre halves around which Cloughie built a really tough defence. At the games I attended it always seemed to be that the Forest defence would completely smother the opposition and then late on John Robertson would cut in from the wing and they would win 1-0. R.I.P. |
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Post by maninasuitcase on Mar 28, 2024 13:45:13 GMT
Thought he was the silent comedian for a moment.
However it isnt.
RIP Larry
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Post by Gods on Mar 28, 2024 14:47:07 GMT
One of those players where you can't quite decide if he was a Liverpool or a Forest player.
Just checked him out on wiki, 150 games for Liverpool and 148 for Forest.
I forgot he chucked in 50 matches for Cov City in between.
A big lump of a defender, no unnecessary frills, a real job-in-hander.
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Post by jimmygscfc1234 on Mar 28, 2024 16:37:40 GMT
His middle name was Valentine!!! Forgot he was a Bristol boy too.
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Post by jesusmcmuffin on Mar 28, 2024 17:15:07 GMT
His middle name was Valentine!!! Forgot he was a Bristol boy too. Like the great Doonican His middle name was Valentine Couldn't imagine Larry Lloyd in a rocking chair in a nice sweater |
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Post by deeside2 on Mar 28, 2024 17:22:55 GMT
He was a solid and reliable defender who had great success at both Forest and Liverpool.
RIP
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Post by crouchpotato1 on Mar 28, 2024 17:28:14 GMT
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Post by tuum on Mar 28, 2024 17:39:55 GMT
Good player and by the sounds of it a good lad.
I only remember watching him for Liverpool can't recall seeing him in the flesh for Forest but I was quite hormonal in the late seventies amd Forest held little interest among Stoke,UFO, Scorpions etc.!
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Post by Caerwrangonpotter on Mar 28, 2024 17:53:54 GMT
Think Forest back then & think no nonsense defender who did his trade beautifully
Images of Star Soccer & European nights with a Football Special on ITV
RIP Larry
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Post by nottinghamstokie on Mar 28, 2024 18:12:51 GMT
Went into his Nottingham pub quite a few times.
Not in itself a great pub - imho - but he was always pleasant and welcoming.
RIP Larry
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Post by marylandstoke on Mar 29, 2024 17:41:50 GMT
One of those players where you can't quite decide if he was a Liverpool or a Forest player. Just checked him out on wiki, 150 games for Liverpool and 148 for Forest. I forgot he chucked in 50 matches for Cov City in between. A big lump of a defender, no unnecessary frills, a real job-in-hander. The mind went (wrongly as it seems) to Forest in my case. |
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Post by marylandstoke on Mar 29, 2024 17:45:53 GMT
I’m sorry to be an old curmudgeon but really, there is nothing going on in modern football that beats a story like that.  *on a personal level I have to go back to Mario Ballatelli’s bedroom curtain fire. Mint. |
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Post by lancer on Mar 29, 2024 18:54:10 GMT
Cast in the same mold as our very own Alan 'Bluto' Bloor.An absolute rock of a defender who made Smithies job much easier.
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Post by Gods on Mar 29, 2024 18:56:38 GMT
I also had it in my head that he was Welsh, I guess because of the name 'Lloyd', but it seems he was a Bristol boy, so nearly Wales, but not quite!
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Post by Gunslinger on Mar 29, 2024 18:58:35 GMT
So sad to hear about his passing.
RIP, Larry
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Post by iancransonsknees on Mar 29, 2024 18:59:29 GMT
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