Port Said Red

1 hour ago, Rob k said:

Yeah it was - it’s a shocker in my opinion, 3m to travel and has hit him on the roll and he’s given out. I’m not having that.

I can't believe they think their technology is good enough to track a ball that far.

There was the Yorkshire cricketer Peter Hartley who was known for his inconsistency. He was known as Daisy, as in some days 'e does, some days 'e doesn't.

25 minutes ago, Clevedon Red said:

Ross has certainly got all the makings of being a real fans favourite. Hopefully will be here for a good few seasons.

Probably only a couple of poor games before people start suggesting a League 1 loan for him though. 

24 minutes ago, lotusman said:

Probably 6 inches taller than our record appearance (both possible exaggerations) goalkeeper MIKE GIBSON.

Bit different in those days, it feels like every teen I meet these days is many inches taller than we all were in our teens in the 1970's.

53 minutes ago, Marvin said:

We nicknamed a boring bloke at work "Bomb scare", because as soon as he joined a group everyone would scarper in different directions.

The other one I know is a chap who worked on the oil rigs. This is probably something we shouldn't be laughing at in more enlightened times but..... Apparently he had found out his wife was having an affair and was planning on leaving him. After a few drinks he had decided to end it all by jumping off the rig with his bag of tools tied around his neck to take him under quickly.

Luckily, one of the crew found him in time, dragged him down from the rails and talked some sense into him.

For years after he was known as tank top", because he was an "incomplete jumper".. 

2 hours ago, Open End Numb Legs said:

......And one of the greatest comedy series ever seen.

Nicknames are an essential part of a sporting team. Remember one of the players in Mike Bassett's England side that complained he was the only one in the squad without a nickname?

I heard a great nickname the other day, not sport's related but it made me laugh. 

This guy in the pub told me his boss was known as "pothole", because you either wanted to avoid him or fill him in"

43 minutes ago, Bazooka Joe said:

Yeah, I remember and knew some from them long gone days.

Blackjack, Jiffy, Angus, Larry the Limp, Paddy Walsh, The Pascoes, John Feeney, Chris Saunders, Heavy Duty, Moussah, and Boner spring to mind.

Blackjack and Moussah had brothers who were well-known.

Some of those that followed City in those days, were bitter enemies “off the pitch”, who put their differences aside temporarily on match days.

 

Without wishing to belittle your memories Joe, I couldn't help read this and not think of "the Tiddlywinking Leapfroggers" as described by George in the last episode of Blackadder Goes Forth.

"George: Well, er, Jacko and the Badger bought it at the first Ypres front, unfortunately — quite a shock, that. I remember Bumfluff’s house-master wrote and told me that Sticky had been out for a duck, and the Gubber had snitched a parcel sausage-end and gone goose over-stump frogside.

Edmund: Meaning…?

George: I don’t know, sir, but I read in the Times that they’d both been killed.

Edmund: And Bumfluff himself…?

George: Copped a packet at Gallipoli with the Aussies — so had Drippy and Strangely Brown. I remember we heard on the first morning of the Somme when Titch and Mr Floppy got gassed back to Blighty.

Edmund: Which leaves…?

George: Gosh, yes, I, I suppose I’m the only one of the Trinity Tiddlers still alive. (Lummy?), there’s a thought — and not a jolly one."

I see Strangely Brown as one of the great names in British comedy.

8 minutes ago, Robbored said:

He opened with Atherton   - can’t recall who against or which venue but his batting weaknesses were cruelly exposed and he played only one test

I remember him taking a brilliant one handed diving catch against  Yorkshire at Clarence Pk in Weston during festival week. Ray Illingworth was Yorkshire captain at the time. Viv Richards played for Somerset that day and came in lower down the order 6 or 7 iirc. 

I think you may be getting mixed up. I think Popplewell may have had an MCC tour to his name, but I don't think he ever played for England. Mark Lathwell on the other hand did play two tests opening with Atherton and looked poor in a pretty poor England side.

1 minute ago, cidercity1987 said:

Not wrong is he

However I lay the blame squarely at Lansdown and Tinnion

I don't think there is anyone who is really going to be markedly better than Pearson was with the resources 

You know as well as I do that the guy was crying into his cider after the 'boro and Southampton games, and jumping for joy inside when Saturday was over.

His overarching default position, and that of this forum is negativity. Only here could two top quality wins against teams with a paper superiority, be overshadowed by one against a team that although poor were on an upturn of form and still had enough quality to go with a battling performance. Someone showed before the 'boro game that the points average required to get near the play offs was 2 points a game. Spot on after the first three games, lets see where it goes.

2 minutes ago, Gratz260689 said:

Where does it look like he’s being moved on? Pretty sure will only go out on a loan to gain experience like max did, I’ve seen him play a fair bit his size don’t make much difference his kicking and commanding of the area is better than max’s!! 

Just going by the thread in the Transfer Forum where a friends said that HWR told him he was going to be leaving to go to Bath C ity in the summer. 

16 minutes ago, spudski said:

Highlights up

https://www.bcfc.co.uk/video/highlights/highlights-bristol-city-u21-1-1-millwall-u21/

Wiles- Richards is one of the smallest goalkeepers I have ever seen at that level, no wonder it looks like he is being moved on.

3 minutes ago, Antman said:

which brands?

I can't remember the name of the one in Lidl, it was one of those "when it's gone it's gone" deals, but the one I am using right now is Flora, both as a spread and in block and it's very good. I bought Vitalite Spread in Tesco's today as it was £1.50 with the clubcard, but I haven't tried it yet.

I was told recently by our practice nurse that my cholesterol had gone up a bit in my last check up. I said I put this down to the increase in baking and cooking I was doing since lockdown and retirement, which meant my butter consumption had increased.

She suggested I try plant butter as it was very low in cholesterol. I was a bit sceptical as to how it would perform, but thanks to Lidl having a deal on that made it cheaper than dairy butter, I thought I would try it.

Well, I have to say, my sponges are moister, both short crust and puff pastries for savoury or sweet products have drawn some great reviews from family and friends, and on my check up last week the nurse confirmed that my cholesterol levels had returned to their previous levels.

If you look around you can find it in both spread and block form, and I would highly recommend it. I have tried several brands depending on price point, so far the results have been much the same for all, although some of the spread versions are easier to work with than others.

Give it go if you haven't tried it, let me know what you think.

5 hours ago, 1960maaan said:

That 22 year ban meant we didn't get to see what could have been a really brilliant side , I was a big fan of Barry Richards at the time too .

5 hours ago, TV Tom said:

Richards was very classy, Rice and Pollock were world class as well

When they came for trials, the rules didn't allow Gloucestershire to take both Richards and Proctor, so they had to make a choice. They chose Procter for the bowling option, but it could have easily gone the other way. Richards was probably the best batsman in the world for long periods of his career along side his namesake from the Caribbean. 

15 hours ago, glynriley said:

Sad news. Proctor and Zaheer made me fall in love with cricket after going to Neville Road with my Uncles. RIP Mike

Just posted the same to my brother.

10 hours ago, slartibartfast said:

When cricket was cricket and cricketers were cricketers ! Saw him so many times at Nevil Rd, Cheltenham and Gloucester, you just couldn't taker your eyes off him for a moment, wonderful player, great man , RIP !

So many things to remember, Hitting a hookshot into the benches at Nevil Road so hard that I thought the second sound was an echo, until I saw the ball bouncing back down towards  the pitch. The flattest 6 I have ever seen.

And this.... 4 wickets in 5 balls including Gordon Greenidge and his best mate Barry Richards. 

He always said he found it hard to bowl around the wicket in most English conditions because the ball would swing too much for him to control. But it all came right this day.

Try playing spot the ball with the last one.

One of my all time heroes and responsible for some of the best days I have ever had at cricket. So many stories to tell. 

My uncle went on several tours with him for his charity team. On one tour he got the taste for a particularly well known lager. When they came down to breakfast in the morning, he wasn't there. My uncle asked where he was "he's out" someone said, "Out?" "Yeah, Stumped Stella, Bowled Artois" 

Judging by our performances at Middlesbrough and then Southampton, I would suggest more walking football. 

Teamwork, angles, passing, positioning, all without exerting themselves greatly.

I think the issue has already been identified, not enough variation in our options. We miss a Semenyo type, witness his goal yesterday, if that type of player had been available in January and we could have done a deal we would have done. 

BT, said in his interview that it's a priority in the Summer, we still need mobility, but someone more physically equipped for these teams.

2 hours ago, Bedminster said:

To be fair, there was a wedding on Emmerdale Tuesday  

I think it's more likely that they settled down in front of the TV to watch them "gurt Sh•theads" get a hammering from Southampton. They always prefer us losing to them winning, and the what with it raining a bit and Stevenage being a long way and all that...... That went well for them though.

How prophetic this could be.....

14 minutes ago, RoystonFoote'snephew said:

Starting to look as if height could be a factor in City future goalkeeper. Josey is listed as 6'3"" while new signing Isaac Finch is 6'4"at just 17. Not sure about the heights of Duncan and Boyd but I suspect the latter is under 6' like HWR so that may not bode well if we go by the adage that a good big'un is better than a good littl'un. 

I think I am right in saying that Duncan is already over 6ft with some growing to do. If that's right then Max is/ will soon be our smallest keeper at 6-1. 

14 hours ago, James54De said:

Where does Mac Boyd fit in, if at all? 

He was on loan to Swindon Supermarine for the first half of the season, I don't know if that was extended though.

This seems as good a thread as any to put this. 
We took a little walk up Clevedon Pier today and went around the museum. in one area they have a list of people with links to the area and I noticed this.

It occurred to me that someone on here may even have memories of "young Johnny Ritchie"? 

It seems he wasn't there long, it's not even mentioned on Wikipedia, but I did find this. 

https://www.punk77.co.uk/punkhistory/sid_i_knew.htm

Excellent news, it's a position that can cost you a lot of money for a minimum amount of difference in performance, it's great that we have several young keepers on the books that are considered to have great potential. 

Just now, Pip King said:

I thought Case-Grande was something people ordered at Starbucks 

Or a posh estate agents.