JGL07
Well-Known Member
Don’t you mean Jim Murray?I was at the Reading game having bunked off school (this is turning into York away), I'd forgotten Dave was playing for Reading. I remember him as a decent defender in the days just before we became brilliant, a team with players like Matt Gray and John Murray who I thought were top quality at the time.
I remember Dave Bacuzzi well. He looked ok but didn’t have quite the quality I would have expected from someone coming from Arsenal. Nevertheless he looked solid and reliable
When Mercer and Allison came in, Dave was soon sidelined. I suppose they didn’t really play with traditional fullbacks and preferred wing halves like Bobby Kennedy and Stan Horne in the fullback positions.
A couple of years later City won the First Division championship with Tony Book (a sweeper) and Glyn Pardoe (midfielder) in the fullback positions.
I don’t remember Dave playing in the match at Reading although I was there sitting a the wall at the back talking to a Swindon fan from Newbury as the goals went in.