Offside Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 Sad news. I don’t remember seeing him play, but he featured prominently in one of the Shoot annuals I had as a kid, so a name I was always familiar with. RIP Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 Always enjoyed watching him on The Big Match weaving his way past three or four players before unleashing a thunderbolt into the top corner. A debonair handsome fella that graced the field of play. Will be long missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Sinclair Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 Sleep well Sir - when I was getting into football he was at Portsmouth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stortfordred Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 Style, substance, class. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollydog Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 7 hours ago, stephenkibby. said: I remember Mariner and Billy Rafferty playing up front for Argyle they were a very potent duo. round about the time Cheese and Tom were starting to put it together for us. Boxing Day in our promotion season. 2-2 I recall. Whilst he made his name nationally after leaving Argyle he will be much missed here in Devon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted July 10, 2021 Report Share Posted July 10, 2021 I loved Paul Mariner and I loved that Ipswich Town team too - I always remembered a superb header he scored vs Liverpool I think it was, and when I was playing as a youngster I always tried to replicate that heading technique - I finally scored one that was probably nowhere near the same, but I still charged off yelling ‘Mariner’ with arms aloft. Mr Gerry Gow also told me some brill stories of his rivalry with Paul Mariner - he reckoned he had Mariner terrified in the tunnel before every game vs City and he said when we were relegated from the top level Mariner yelled at him “thank f@ck I won’t have to see you again” - but Gerry subsequently joined Man City and played vs Ipswich early in the next season ... and Mariner was terrified again! RIP Paul - a great centre forward - rest easy fella ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Davey Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 great player loved wathcing him play in that great ipswich team. R I P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted July 11, 2021 Report Share Posted July 11, 2021 22 hours ago, Ronnie Sinclair said: Sleep well Sir - when I was getting into football he was at Portsmouth he played alongside clive whitehead in that promotion winning season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeneys Penalties Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 20 hours ago, archie andrews said: he played alongside clive whitehead in that promotion winning season... Mariner played alongside Clive Whitehead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedred31 Posted July 12, 2021 Report Share Posted July 12, 2021 The news showed a clip of Mariner scoring against Hungary in 81 to secure World Cup qualification. I remembered suddenly that that was my first England game and I felt old and nostalgic and embarrassed that I’d not remembered that it was Mariner who scored, though I can everything else about that evening. He was 28 then and 68 when he died. I was 16 then and 56 now. Blimey it goes quickly. Thanks Paul and rest in peace. For the younger posters, try and enjoy it- put your foot on the ball and look up occasionally, or it just whizzes by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted July 13, 2021 Report Share Posted July 13, 2021 23 hours ago, Sweeneys Penalties said: Mariner played alongside Clive Whitehead? Yup.... And ian baird was in the same team... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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