pillred Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 (edited) For anyone too young to know who he is go onto You tube and google his name and watch one of the greatest ever FA cup goals, he played for Hereford utd and they were playing Newcastle in the 3rd round in 1972 he sadly passed away today but leaves an indelible mark on FA cup history RIP Ronnie and thanks for the memory. Edited November 2, 2022 by pillred 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gazred Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 Lives on forever with that strike. It will always be replayed. One of those iconic goals synonymous with the FA Cup. RIP 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelton Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 That pitch,short shorts, policeman wearing helmets....proper football 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBB Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 Even growing up 10-15 years after that goal, in the late 80’s….. screaming “Radford” after cracking one from distance was standard procedure! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Gimme Shelton said: That pitch,short shorts, policeman wearing helmets....proper football Don't forget the delights of The Bull being paraded around beforehand.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedZepperin Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 RIP Ronnie Radford. Proper celebration too. Arms aloft. No nonsense. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 There never was or never will be ever a strike as clean as that!! Top bloke Ronnie Radford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon79 Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 Remember watching that goal on my VHS tape of 100 great goals I got for Christmas. COYR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 8 minutes ago, Simon79 said: Remember watching that goal on my VHS tape of 100 great goals I got for Christmas. COYR When we got our first VCR (VHS I’ll have you know too!) we went to the local video rental store, my bruv hired the Who “Kids are alright”, and I hired a compilation of the 1972 FA Cup run. Must’ve been early 80s. That goal was on it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Red Cyril Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 Great memory's of my young football watching days. It took my to my 12 th birthday to be allowed to go to Ashton gate on my own and my love for city to begin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy1968 Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 2 hours ago, BTRFTG said: Don't forget the delights of The Bull being paraded around beforehand.... I think Hereford away was my first - certainly among my first - away games back in the early to mid 80's. The bull was the raffle prize (at least when I was there) and didn't seem to mind being gobbed on my some of our more moronic 'fans'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonFoote'snephew Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 An iconic goal which was voted Goal of the Season and is why he's remembered. It was of course the equaliser which took the replay into extra time where Ricky George scored the winner. He only played 61 games for Hereford and only scored 6 goals. Its a sad day though so RIP Ronnie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 Hereford home to Portsmouth on Friday night, assume it’s the televised game….??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted November 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Davefevs said: Hereford home to Portsmouth on Friday night, assume it’s the televised game….??? It's on BBC2 and I player kick off at 19-55. Edited November 3, 2022 by pillred Opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 3 hours ago, REDOXO said: There never was or never will be ever a strike as clean as that!! Top bloke Ronnie Radford Jimmy Mann's against Forest must be there or thereabouts surely? As others have said, Ronnie's goal in the FA Cup with a young John Motson on commentary is iconic. First time I went to Edgar St with City, I was imagining Ronnie's Radford's goal in front of me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 (edited) 12 hours ago, REDOXO said: There never was or never will be ever a strike as clean as that!! Top bloke Ronnie Radford Try Pedro Richards at AG, 75/76, the Saturday after we'd won promotion to the top flight. Edited November 3, 2022 by BTRFTG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted November 3, 2022 Report Share Posted November 3, 2022 23 hours ago, Norn Iron said: Jimmy Mann's against Forest must be there or thereabouts surely? Shilton always says it's the best goal he's ever had put past him . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted November 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 (edited) I was in the ground that day when Jimmy Mann scored that goal along with the other 60,000 who seem to have all been there as well: laugh it was an amazing strike though a real one in a million. Edited November 4, 2022 by pillred Opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 16 minutes ago, pillred said: I was in the ground that day when Jimmy Mann scored that goal along with the other 60,000 who seem to have all been there as well: laugh it was an amazing strike though a real one in a million. I was too…in the open end. I’m so glad that the footage of it was found and restored. I can overlay the colour over the b@w in my mind when I watch it. A beauty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 If the net hadn't been in the way, I would've headed it back....albeit with severe concussion/knockout. 18 minutes ago, Davefevs said: I was too…in the open end. I’m so glad that the footage of it was found and restored. I can overlay the colour over the b@w in my mind when I watch it. A beauty. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted November 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 28 minutes ago, Norn Iron said: If the net hadn't been in the way, I would've headed it back....albeit with severe concussion/knockout. I reckon it would probably have taken your head clean off :laugh:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted November 4, 2022 Report Share Posted November 4, 2022 7 hours ago, pillred said: I reckon it would probably have taken your head clean off And another 2 fans behind me. The net saved a few lives that day. Just as well Jimmy scored! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 (edited) On 02/11/2022 at 20:26, REDOXO said: There never was or never will be ever a strike as clean as that!! Top bloke Ronnie Radford On 03/11/2022 at 00:19, Norn Iron said: Jimmy Mann's against Forest must be there or thereabouts surely? As others have said, Ronnie's goal in the FA Cup with a young John Motson on commentary is iconic. First time I went to Edgar St with City, I was imagining Ronnie's Radford's goal in front of me! On 03/11/2022 at 08:41, BTRFTG said: Try Pedro Richards at AG, 75/76, the Saturday after we'd won promotion to the top flight. I was at both games. Which makes us all gentlemen of a certain age range. I was sat , luckily for me in the Dolman right in line with Jimmy’s hit. Screamer with no doubt and probably the best strike seen at AG. I saw a recording was found. The two goals are very comparable of course, but Radford was running on to a knock back. If I remember Jimmy had the ball at his feet before he hit it. Not that makes a difference. I’ll call it a tie for the cleanliness of the strike as I don’t think Jimmys was better nor worse. The Saturday after Portsmouth we played Notts County if memory serves. What I remember is losing and running on the pitch. It also struck me that there was a lot more terrace space compared to the Portsmouth game and have no recollection of their goal! Edited November 5, 2022 by REDOXO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 29 minutes ago, REDOXO said: I was at both games. Which makes us all gentlemen of a certain age range. I was sat , luckily for me in the Dolman right in line with Jimmy’s hit. Screamer with no doubt and probably the best strike seen at AG. I saw a recording was found. The two goals are very comparable of course, but Radford was running on to a knock back. If I remember Jimmy had the ball at his feet before he hit it. Not that makes a difference. I’ll call it a tie for the cleanliness of the strike as I don’t think Jimmys was better nor worse. The Saturday after Portsmouth we played Notts County if memory serves. What I remember is losing and running on the pitch. It also struck me that there was a lot more terrace space compared to the Portsmouth game and have no recollection of their goal! Joe Bryan’s goal v Man Utd was the purest strike I’ve witnessed live. Top 4 goals I’ve ever seen live, in no order. Bryan v Man Utd Mann v Forest Newman v Newport Tomlin v Huddersfield (or was it Wednesday?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 7 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Joe Bryan’s goal v Man Utd was the purest strike I’ve witnessed live. Top 4 goals I’ve ever seen live, in no order. Bryan v Man Utd Mann v Forest Newman v Newport Tomlin v Huddersfield (or was it Wednesday?) Yes he hit that well didn’t he. You knew he was going to hit it as he made the little stutter steps. Tomlin hit a ball really neatly and with power, pity about that penalty. I believe there was a dressing room melt down at the end of the game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 On 05/11/2022 at 12:53, REDOXO said: I was at both games. Which makes us all gentlemen of a certain age range. I was sat , luckily for me in the Dolman right in line with Jimmy’s hit. Screamer with no doubt and probably the best strike seen at AG. I saw a recording was found. The two goals are very comparable of course, but Radford was running on to a knock back. If I remember Jimmy had the ball at his feet before he hit it. Not that makes a difference. I’ll call it a tie for the cleanliness of the strike as I don’t think Jimmys was better nor worse. The Saturday after Portsmouth we played Notts County if memory serves. What I remember is losing and running on the pitch. It also struck me that there was a lot more terrace space compared to the Portsmouth game and have no recollection of their goal! Pedro Richards stonked a straight one at Cashley from about the halfway line toward the East End. Ball didn't swerve. Super Cash (sic) put both arms up to catch it and it sailed through the gap. Stupendous strike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 1 hour ago, BTRFTG said: Pedro Richards stonked a straight one at Cashley from about the halfway line toward the East End. Ball didn't swerve. Super Cash (sic) put both arms up to catch it and it sailed through the gap. Stupendous strike. I was on the open end that day. Kinda might explain it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candygram for mongo Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 Great goal by Radford for Hereford but the thing I’ll always remember is the pitch being invaded by thousands of green parka’s 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted November 6, 2022 Report Share Posted November 6, 2022 JET's goal vs the Gas was pretty well hit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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