Happy 80th Birthday Rodders!

blue b4 the moon said:
The amount of fans who wanted to get into the Chelsea game when he made his debut was crazy, struggled to get into the open bit between the NS & Kippax, just a solid wall of people.

Happy birthday Rodders, always smiled at that little buckle on your shorts.
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Was at that game too, in the North Stand, where my mates and I had temporarily relocated, and immediately fell in love with him (as a player, of course!). Recall seeing a young lad and his dad wearing QPR scarves in the queue to the turnstile, obviously big enough fans of his to travel up from London. What a great showman he was: my enduring memory of him is him nutmegging Gordon Taylor twice following a corner in a game v Birmingham: he did it simply to show he could! Heard him on a few podcasts in recent years and it’s clear he still has a love for City. Happy birthday Rodney!
 
M23 Citizen said:
He lives in Tampa and evacuated for the hurricane. His granddaughter was posting updates on his X account yesterday.

He says he’s back home now.

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True story i worked at Bukta sports wear in Stockport Tampa sent this over to Bukta as a sample as they wanted a new supplier, export boss knew i was a city fan and gave it to me ,sent this to Rodney on twitter he loved it ,this is around 1982 when i had hair.IMG_20241011_200451.jpg
 
mancblue55 said:
Was at that game too, in the North Stand, where my mates and I had temporarily relocated, and immediately fell in love with him (as a player, of course!). Recall seeing a young lad and his dad wearing QPR scarves in the queue to the turnstile, obviously big enough fans of his to travel up from London. What a great showman he was: my enduring memory of him is him nutmegging Gordon Taylor twice following a corner in a game v Birmingham: he did it simply to show he could! Heard him on a few podcasts in recent years and it’s clear he still has a love for City. Happy birthday Rodney!
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Yep 15 year old me in middle pen of North Stand that day.. Was a great day despite the draw, 53,000 swaying around, then aboutv58,000 when we beat Derby a few weeks after. Really felt like we'd hit the big time and he was absolutely idolised by our age group at school. Cant overstate that. Think it was the older ones who raised question narks against him. Did things I'd never seen with the ball . Was near hysteria when he produced an audacious flick or chip over the keeper.Never seemed to smash it.
Was too young to judge his team effectiveness but absolute box office.
 
mancblue55 said:
Was at that game too, in the North Stand, where my mates and I had temporarily relocated, and immediately fell in love with him (as a player, of course!). Recall seeing a young lad and his dad wearing QPR scarves in the queue to the turnstile, obviously big enough fans of his to travel up from London. What a great showman he was: my enduring memory of him is him nutmegging Gordon Taylor twice following a corner in a game v Birmingham: he did it simply to show he could! Heard him on a few podcasts in recent years and it’s clear he still has a love for City. Happy birthday Rodney!
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Thanks for sharing as I had that memory of Rodney nutmegging Taylor twice but could barely believe it - that was my 3rd game
 
Legal Alien said:
Happy 80th Birthday Rod.

He was my favourite player as a young kid.

I was too young to understand the "he ruined the team chemistry" stories but can remember my old man and uncles blaming him for us not winning the title, but me and my cousin just loved watching this skillful, brilliant player playing for City.

Oh Rodney, Rodney....
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My thanks to you all for your most kind thoughts and words .

However :
i) My birthday is in MAY . . .but never mind , I'll have a couple tonight anyway
ii) Bugger off, I may be a crotchety old sod , but I'm nowhere near 80
iii) Finally , and most importantly of all . . . where's my BLOODY CAKE ???
Cheers
 
Seem to remember going to my 2nd city match midweek against Newcastle I think and marsh tried a chip when it was easier to score and him turning round to the main stand with his arms outstretched,
A long time ago
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great player, plus he always shooting down all the numpties on Twitter in our corner
 
Dereck Jeffries 3 wd said:
Nice to see Derek and Tony very rarely get a mention on here!
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My memory of Derek Jeffrey's was that he was the John Stones of his day. Tony Towers? Fuck me! Decent player but my main recollection is wishing that he wouldn't shoot when he got an opportunity, as invariably it would finish up in 'row Z'.
Happy days though, from 66 onwards.
Who'd have thought we'd ever be the best in the world?
 
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