Robin Friday

jrcafc

Sorry should have put this in my last thread but only just came across it.

My dad is always going about this guy as he saw him play on quite a few occasions

http://d3d4football.com/blast-from-the-past-robin-friday/

Going to grab a copy for my dad for xmas! Players like this just don't exist anymore

stonemuse

The book is worth a read, quite a character.

DaveMehmet

Thought it was a bank holiday in Liverpool

Uboat

I read the book back in the 90s. I can't remember all the details but I remember that in spite of all the laddish comedy it's actually quite a sad book. He could have done so much, but was kicked out of the game, literally.

Edit - by 'the book' I mean 'The best player you never saw' not this one.

Carter

Robin Friday was definitely an enigma

The story about kicking Mark Lawrenson in the face and then shitting in his kit bag.

I give Robin Friday his due, he absolutely didn't take any shit off anyone

Chippycafc

I live 10 miles from Reading and work with several royal fans. They talk about him witth great fondness.

Uboat

Carter said:

Robin Friday was definitely an enigma

The story about kicking Mark Lawrenson in the face and then shitting in his kit bag.

I give Robin Friday his due, he absolutely didn't take any shit off anyone

And in that moment he truly acted for the nation.

Ormiston_Addick

Read a great thing about him in WSC once, he was a great player but an absolute nutter apparently.

Oggy Red

Total legend in Reading.

He had it all except self discipline, otherwise he surely would have played in the top division.
So sad how he self-destructed.

MrLargo

PopIcon

A film was In the pipeline, not sure if it ever got made.