> No I haven't made it up. I'm pretty sure Huddersfield offered to take him > on > loan towards the end of his last season when he was not playing - but he > said he didn't want to go. (maybe a trawl through the list archive might > reveal > a mention of this)
At the very least this is a re-writing of history. Batty's troubles started way back with the arrival of Venables. The press reported Venables as saying that Batty would not play in his team. A fact later confirmed by Ridsdale who said he supported Venables decision. At the time a story circulating was that Venables had slagged Batty off for an England performance. (remember Venables and Hill on TV?) Batty took exception to this and "something" occurred that "upset" Venables who carried on with a vendetta. I had hoped Batty's book would give us the "inside" but I suspect that the publishers lawyers may have blacked it out. regards, Mivhael (D'sD) _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist 6 in a bloody row!
