Never to the dark side Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 a very good read https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59031148 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 There was also a good article in the Guardian at the time of his death. @Roger Red Hat posted it here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 Worth splashing out for the book, good read. To think, if Dicks hadn't be so slow, Keegan could have had the luck to play for us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Balls Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 Just spotted this as well. Fascinating and given the players that we picked up from Scotland and elsewhere in the late 60s and 70s who became the core of our promotion-winning team, presumably on the basis of his scouting, you could easily suggest we owe him a lot more than many of our fans (including myself) have ever realised. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 14 minutes ago, 1960maaan said: Worth splashing out for the book, good read. To think, if Dicks hadn't be so slow, Keegan could have had the luck to play for us. Football is full of stuff like that though, isn’t it? AD was ahead of his time, Tony Collins lived in Rochdale & he always referred to him as his “branch manager in the North” rightly pointing out how many more league clubs were nearer to his home than Bristol for scouting opposition & players. Not many others did this type of thing then. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 3 hours ago, GrahamC said: Football is full of stuff like that though, isn’t it? AD was ahead of his time, Tony Collins lived in Rochdale & he always referred to him as his “branch manager in the North” rightly pointing out how many more league clubs were nearer to his home than Bristol for scouting opposition & players. Not many others did this type of thing then. Bet Keegan regrets it now though 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 Was a good 15 min documentary on sky sports the other week about black people in sports and he was a big part of the feature. Probably on catch up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Dr Balls said: Just spotted this as well. Fascinating and given the players that we picked up from Scotland and elsewhere in the late 60s and 70s who became the core of our promotion-winning team, presumably on the basis of his scouting, you could easily suggest we owe him a lot more than many of our fans (including myself) have ever realised. Never got the credit he deserved. Nor did John Sillett. Would AD have achieved what he did without them I wonder? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Swan and Cemetery Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 Like the story in the BBC article that Sir Alex and him didn’t get on when he was at Man U, partly due to our triumph in the Anglo Scottish Cup over Sir Alex’s St Mirren. Another example of how Kevin Mabbutt haunted Man U over the years… Nemesis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 16 minutes ago, The Swan and Cemetery said: Nemesis Never the same after Gabriel left. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 5 hours ago, GrahamC said: Football is full of stuff like that though, isn’t it? AD was ahead of his time, Tony Collins lived in Rochdale & he always referred to him as his “branch manager in the North” rightly pointing out how many more league clubs were nearer to his home than Bristol for scouting opposition & players. Not many others did this type of thing then. Because most clubs were in the north, Midlands, London, in clusters of clubs, and had less need to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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