LaticsPete

Blissett. Anyone else?

Well Bobby Moore did , and scored for us.

Was in the summer of 1967. A tour to the apartheid-wannabe Rhodesia, and to Malawi. Won 10 out of the 11 matches played.

Either that or he’s saying he’s off in the direction of Wigan

Urinals we have known and loved the old Notts County ones were a splash palace too. No roof and overflowing urine

In 70/71

Don’t want to get into an argument BP but you did say bottom league when talking about David Best ( who I agree was an outstanding keeper)

Best was when we were in Div 3 - and paying bigger wages than most due to being bankrolled by Ken Bates

Well to be accurate our gates went to 17000 for his debut from over 9000 previously.And only reached 17000 on one more occasion in that first season. And why is it rubbish to say it was a different time? Players had less security or financial rewards and former top flight players were happy to drop down to maintain an income. At the same time we had for example Spurdle - ex City FA Cup finalist. It could be argued that players were mercenaries bthen too if only because they needed the money .

It was a different time BP

Snob

Silly boy. But it doesn’t matter if you disagree with me. I can’t force you to be right.

Not something LaticsGary ageees with .....

Photo fail

How many have there been?

A glib response

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It’s the last 20 mins that might be crucial. Word gets through that Plymouth are losing so Bowyer brings a couple of main players off and Rochdale get a winner.

Come on , stay positive. The fourth will be Saturday

Russian Winters: The Autobiography Andrei Kanchelskis De Coubertin Books, 2017 Hardback, 248pp, £20 A Lithuanian surname, Ukrainian mother, childhood in the Soviet Union, British passport and capped for Russia. Just from that one could guess that Andrei Kanchelskis was destined to have a career that spanned several countries and would be influenced by cultures and politics from each of them. With the World Cup in Russia imminent he has brought together not only stories from his playing and managerial days but also personal insight into present day life there and football there. Growing up and developing as a young footballer was in a society that was still a controlled one, with little in the way of luxuries but support for many who shone at sport. Kanchelskis was a boy in Kirovograd , and was selected for a football academy in Kharkov (although his first love was ice hockey). Even though he was initially told he was too little and too slow his perseverance and talent earned him a contract with Dinamo Kiev. Like all Dinamo teams it was part of the security and police forces network and although he still had to do national service it was only three months and he proudly writes that he’s now proficient in assembling and using a Kalashnikov! Moving from Kiev to Shakthar Donetsk gave him more certainty of first team football and stability, important at a time the Soviet Union was beginning to break down. Kanchelskis points out how fortunate he was as a footballer; the Donetsk supporters were mainly miners still working in conditions that were dangerous and demanding. Shakthar players were taken down the mines to see the conditions and it was a sobering experience. The emergence of private enterprise saw agents appear for players and it was an agent-arranged move to Manchester United with Kanchelskis not knowing who he would be signing for even when he was on the flight to England. As part of Ferguson’s team his impact was immense, a flying winger who scored goals frequently, although he found the manager difficult to adapt to. Kanchelskis certainly comes across as someone with self-confidence and who isn’t afraid to voice an opinion, attributes that led to an erratic relationship with Fergie. A move from Old Trafford was almost inevitable and Arsenal, Liverpool and Middlesbrough were all interested. Joe Royle, manager at Everton, was the successful suitor (after telling Kanchelskis that Middlesbrough was “like Chernobyl”) and there’s clear mutual admiration between the two, with Joe writing an afterword in the book, and resigning the player for Manchester City later. Moves to Glasgow Rangers, Fiorentina, Southampton, Saudi Arabia, and back to Russia followed, a playing career that finished at Krylia Svetov in 1996. Less success came with management in Russia and Latvia, but there are few who ever saw him play that would begrudge him accolades as a footballer. Against a background of both Russian and Italian Mafia involvement, bombings, backhanders and politics, the Kanchelskis story is a good one to read.

Ah, Mr Floppy

Plank.

Nixon tweets that Brighton are likely to put a bid in for him.

Your third posting in less than an hour in different threads all basically saying the same thing Are you the terrible terrible troll?

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