sticks 1969 Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 Him and turner 4 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 Misses a sitter. Makes up for it by scoring 25 yard worldie. And he was astonishing in the air. Nice bloke, too, by all accounts. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MigratedRobin Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 One of my childhood heroes along with Robbie Turner. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AG City Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 My Dad wrote to Bristol City to see if they would send a player (e.g. a youth team or someone of that ilk) to help present the awards for the Yatton Junior FC presentations award in 1989 at Cadbury Country Club (now Cadbury House). Bob Taylor said he would do it, and he travelled down and presented every award to about 100 kids from U9 right through to U15s -and these presentation events went on for hours! What a legend on and off the pitch 9 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheltons Army Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 And on the 3rd February in the year of 1967 God was born Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 3 hours ago, SecretSam said: Nice bloke, too, by all accounts. Definitely 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 Bob Bob super Bob! How many did he score in the promotion season 35? That was my first season as a fan, went to most games, I was gutted when he left! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 28 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: Bob Bob super Bob! How many did he score in the promotion season 35? That was my first season as a fan, went to most games, I was gutted when he left! A propos @Bob Bob Super Bob, where is he lately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 Sadly, in Jimmy Lumsden we had a manager who didn't know how to get the best out of Bob Taylor. He was sold to WBA and promptly scored 37 goals for them. I can't help thinking that at £ 250k I think, it was way to little and perhaps it was planned, by way of reducing his effectiveness, then value. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 2 hours ago, AG City said: My Dad wrote to Bristol City to see if they would send a player (e.g. a youth team or someone of that ilk) to help present the awards for the Yatton Junior FC presentations award in 1989 at Cadbury Country Club (now Cadbury House). Bob Taylor said he would do it, and he travelled down and presented every award to about 100 kids from U9 right through to U15s -and these presentation events went on for hours! What a legend on and off the pitch Nice thing to do but he didn’t have to travel far - he lived in Worle……..just a short drive along the A370. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 8 minutes ago, Robbored said: Nice thing to do but he didn’t have to travel far - he lived in Worle……..just a short drive along the A370. So, if I understand this correctly. Star player makes magnanimous gesture and devotes hours of his private time to bring pleasure to a number of young fans. Star fan says it was no big deal really, as he only lives down the road anyway. 1 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 1 minute ago, PHILINFRANCE said: So, if I understand this correctly. Star player makes magnanimous gesture and devotes hours of his private time to bring pleasure to a number of young fans. Star fan says it was no big deal really, as he only lives down the road anyway. Spot on. Lots of players over many many years have carried out magnanimous acts to local hospitals, youth club, junior football teams awards etc etc……. Bob Taylor was one of many and really handy for him as lived close by. He was probably the nearest City player to Yatton at the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 43 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said: So, if I understand this correctly. Star player makes magnanimous gesture and devotes hours of his private time to bring pleasure to a number of young fans. Star fan says it was no big deal really, as he only lives down the road anyway. "Star" fan not fit to wipe the tagnuts from star player's ringpiece. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Geoff Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 3 hours ago, PHILINFRANCE said: A propos @Bob Bob Super Bob, where is he lately? A few posts above you, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 14 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said: A few posts above you, I believe. Ah. Has he changed his user name? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin Soldier Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said: Ah. Has he changed his user name? Shelton’s Army 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 19 minutes ago, Tin Soldier said: Shelton’s Army That’s not very original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brady bunch Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Rich said: Sadly, in Jimmy Lumsden we had a manager who didn't know how to get the best out of Bob Taylor. He was sold to WBA and promptly scored 37 goals for them. I can't help thinking that at £ 250k I think, it was way to little and perhaps it was planned, by way of reducing his effectiveness, then value. there was some very "dodgy" deals in those days, i suspect this one could have been one of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 5 hours ago, Tinmans Love Child said: Bob Bob super Bob! How many did he score in the promotion season 35? That was my first season as a fan, went to most games, I was gutted when he left! Pretty sure it was 34 - would've been more had it not been for that injury v. Crewe (h) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswood Robin Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Robbored said: Nice thing to do but he didn’t have to travel far - he lived in Worle……..just a short drive along the A370. I mean that really is the important part of that memory that AG City shared with us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 22 minutes ago, CyderInACan said: Pretty sure it was 34 - would've been more had it not been for that injury v. Crewe (h) Yep, I remember it being 34 too. He got a hat-trick in that Crewe game from what I recall, including a long distance volley. He scored some amazing goals. I was gutted when he was sold. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 15 minutes ago, Kingswood Robin said: I mean that really is the important part of that memory that AG City shared with us. I’m not deriding Taylor at all - just pointing out that many footballers do magnanimous things for the benefit of the local community. I imagine is common practice in every professional football club. Personaly I don’t see it as a big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 48 minutes ago, Robbored said: I’m not deriding Taylor at all - just pointing out that many footballers do magnanimous things for the benefit of the local community. I imagine is common practice in every professional football club. Personaly I don’t see it as a big deal. Would you see it as magnanimous to provide things for the local community, or even the local football club and it's supporters? Oh! wait a minute. Sorry RR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portred Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said: "Star" fan not fit to wipe the tagnuts from star player's ringpiece. Some posts on here just make you chuckle. This is the best of the year so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portred Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 Not only that, me wife was moaning about how crap her day was. I read it, chuckled, she then knew I wasn’t listening to her, now I’m in the dog house !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AG City Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Robbored said: I’m not deriding Taylor at all - just pointing out that many footballers do magnanimous things for the benefit of the local community. I imagine is common practice in every professional football club. Personaly I don’t see it as a big deal. Yeah when I got to meet him as a 9 year old to collect my award at Cadbury house obviously my immediate thought was it was no big deal for me because he’s only driven from Worle! Pathetic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 44 minutes ago, AG City said: Yeah when I got to meet him as a 9 year old to collect my award at Cadbury house obviously my immediate thought was it was no big deal for me because he’s only driven from Worle! Pathetic Yes, that was sort of the point I was trying to make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 4 hours ago, Rich said: Would you see it as magnanimous to provide things for the local community, or even the local football club and it's supporters? Joe Bryan when at City helped out a local football club particularly when one of their player’s suffered a broken leg.. JB visited him in hospital and the actual club - many footballers do magnanimous acts for the local community that often goes unnoticed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviestevieneville Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 9 hours ago, Robbored said: Nice thing to do but he didn’t have to travel far - he lived in Worle……..just a short drive along the A370. Credit where it’s due. You didn’t have to drive a minibus full of gas heads to Wembley but you did. Bet you’re glad they went up automatically this season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted May 18, 2022 Report Share Posted May 18, 2022 10 hours ago, Rich said: Sadly, in Jimmy Lumsden we had a manager who didn't know how to get the best out of Bob Taylor. He was sold to WBA and promptly scored 37 goals for them. I can't help thinking that at £ 250k I think, it was way to little and perhaps it was planned, by way of reducing his effectiveness, then value. If I remember correctly, Bobby Gould used to be one of the guests on the HTV sports round up. He commented that Bob Taylor was surely worth a million pounds. Gould then managed to get the West Brom job the next week and signed Taylor for £250k!!! “But you said he was worth a million last week!!” I’ve never forgiven him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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