He was 28 when he joined us - no age at all today - but seemed in classic '70's style to be a rather slow "old" player then. Bit like Graham Moore in 1967, who was only 26! I think he'd even been dropped by the Irish International squad before he joined us.
But, I thought him an asset in our Third Division side in the mid '70's. He played some decent games: I remember him doing particularly well at an away game at Hereford U in April '75. We drew 2-2. Turned out to be the point that definitely guaranteed us third place.
He was 28 when he joined us - no age at all today - but seemed in classic '70's style to be a rather slow "old" player then. Bit like Graham Moore in 1967, who was only 26! I think he'd even been dropped by the Irish International squad before he joined us.
But, I thought him an asset in our Third Division side in the mid '70's. He played some decent games: I remember him doing particularly well at an away game at Hereford U in April '75. We drew 2-2. Turned out to be the point that definitely guaranteed us third place.
In Rocky Road he bemoans Foley' s dismissal and not being Nelson' s type of player, having previously been coached by him at Millwall but he said that even Nelson realised he had his 'uses' in the Third tier.
I guess that the Nelson / Millwall connection is how we signed Harry Cripps who played a key role in the 1974/75 team.
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But, I thought him an asset in our Third Division side in the mid '70's. He played some decent games: I remember him doing particularly well at an away game at Hereford U in April '75. We drew 2-2. Turned out to be the point that definitely guaranteed us third place.
To be fair , there were a lot of knobs in that picture.
I guess that the Nelson / Millwall connection is how we signed Harry Cripps who played a key role in the 1974/75 team.