Remember that Watford game - you're right, they played us off the park. Mind you, we were shit.
He will always be remembered for that documentary which was classic comedy. If nothing else it showed a man passionate about the game. RIP > On 12 Jan 2017, at 22:10, Damian Walsh <pussaydam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Farewell indeed to a man who was cruelly used by journalists when he should > have been feted as Mr; Klopp or Mr; Guardiola (sp?) are today. > > We went down as Watford went up in '82 so when we were drawn against them, > at home, in the league cup a couple of years later I turned up at Elland Rd > expecting a long ball barrage scrap of a match. > > They played us off the park with sublime movement and extraordinary > technical skills. One of their goals, I think the third, started in their > penalty area in front of the kop, passed by 2 or 3 of their players and was > in our net in what seemed like less than 10 seconds.There was no obvious > Leeds team at all on the pitch whilst they did this. > > That match made a huge impression on me; At a time when Glenda Hoddle was > the British press'es "world's greatest footballer", here was a team that > with just as much skill who could cut you to the bone without any fannying > about and didn't need some Argy thug (though he was a good footballer) to > keep the other team away. > > What would the world look like for Leeds fans if Taylor had got a Man U gig > with Fergie out on his ear? > > And finally, like many acts who make a lot of money - Wilko was a pale > imitation of an original. > > Damian > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 6:49 PM, Rick Duniec (@ntl) <ri...@ntlworld.com> > wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >>> Amazingly he too shared my love of the music of Peters and Lee! >>> >> >> so that's just you, Graham Taylor and the London Mafiosi's. >> >> RIP to a decent man. Too few of them in football from what I've seen. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leedslist mailing list >> Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk >> /mailman/listinfo/leedslist >> To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org >> >> >> MARCHING ON TOGETHER >> > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > > MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER
