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This bunch of home-grown boys, such as Kevin Drinkell, Tony Ford, The Moore Brothers, Gary Lund, Paul Wilkinson, Bob Cumming and the fantastic little Irishman Joe Waters as our captain, took the whole Football League by storm, sweeping all before them with a highest place of 5th in the old 2nd Division during that period. Although McMenemy’s team and the ones later assembled by Alan Buckley were all great teams, this one from about 1978 to the early 80s was easily the best and most talented Grimsby Town team I have ever seen. And best of all, they hardly cost a penny as most of them were nurtured through Town’s youth scheme by Tom Casey and later John Newman, followed by George Kerr who once said it got to the stage where he didn’t even need to talk tactics or tell the players what to do – they were so instinctively capable.
Bob wasn't home grown je was from Airdrie but he did come through the Town's youth set up after signing from Baillieston. Hardest man I've ever seen on a football pitch ever. |
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Bob wasn't home grown je was from Airdrie but he did come through the Town's youth set up after signing from Baillieston. Hardest man I've ever seen on a football pitch ever.
Agreed, apart from Pat Piggott ! |
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Bob wasn't home grown je was from Airdrie but he did come through the Town's youth set up after signing from Baillieston. Hardest man I've ever seen on a football pitch ever.
Norman Hunter will testify to that......... Also think he finished Allan Clarkes career with a fair but crunching tackle. Bobby was also one of the best players of that era especially running at defenders and cutting in. Chipped in with a fair few goals too. |
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| arryarryarry |
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Norman Hunter will testify to that......... Also think he finished Allan Clarkes career with a fair but crunching tackle.
Bobby was also one of the best players of that era especially running at defenders and cutting in. Chipped in with a fair few goals too.
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| Les Brechin |
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If he couldn't go round a player, he'd go through him. I wonder how long he would last on the pitch in this day and age. I can remember one game when Joe Waters was taken out badly by an opponent and someone shouted "It was Number 5 Bobby". Sure enough a few minutes later said number 5 was writhing around in agony after Bobby had introduced himself to him.  |
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Bobby was not that tall but could jump well,
Score a few with his head as well as both feet.
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One of my memories of that fantastic season was from
the away game at Bramhall Lane and reading in the matchday
programme their manager ( Harry Haslam, I think ) writing that
" Today's opponents had no right to be up there "
I don't know whether our players read them but we didn't half
stuff those words down his throat a few months later.
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One of my memories of that fantastic season was from
the away game at Bramhall Lane and reading in the matchday
programme their manager ( Harry Haslam, I think ) writing that
" Today's opponents had no right to be up there "
I don't know whether our players read them but we didn't half
stuff those words down his throat a few months later.
Remember that game well....we drew 1-1 around Christmas / New Year time A couple of weeks after we'd dumped them out of the cup at BP too Pretty good atmosphere on the day but nowhere near as good as that last game of the season! |
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| barralad |
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Not sure whether Haslam was still in charge but I'm pretty sure Sheffield United were relegated the very next season. Perhaps we just didn't deserve to be two leagues higher than them |
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This bunch of home-grown boys, such as Kevin Drinkell, Tony Ford, The Moore Brothers, Gary Lund, Paul Wilkinson, Bob Cumming and the fantastic little Irishman Joe Waters as our captain, took the whole Football League by storm, sweeping all before them with a highest place of 5th in the old 2nd Division during that period. Although McMenemy’s team and the ones later assembled by Alan Buckley were all great teams, this one from about 1978 to the early 80s was easily the best and most talented Grimsby Town team I have ever seen. And best of all, they hardly cost a penny as most of them were nurtured through Town’s youth scheme by Tom Casey and later John Newman, followed by George Kerr who once said it got to the stage where he didn’t even need to talk tactics or tell the players what to do – they were so instinctively capable.
Don't forget Terry Donovan a home grown product who signed for Villa for a 6 figure sum but had a promising career cut short by numerous knee injuries. The side of 78 - 81 where all good players but the team ethic was one of the best I have seen at BP both on and off the pitch. The club was buzzing then and a lot of the off the field stuff such as players training at local schools, always in the GET for good things like players presenting trophies at kids football doo's where all masterminded by Alec King who was a bit ahead of his time TBH. Some of the stuff now going on is similar so who knows maybe just maybe "this is our time"!!! |
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