I was trying to remember the name of the Liverpool defender who brought ohare down for the pen.i remember it was a very controversial decision at the time.the media were all over it.And Phil Thompson explaining in hi post match interview that he was "sick as a parrot" because the ref had given a penalty when he, Thompson, had deliberately hacked O'hare down just outside. It did mean more even then.
AhaI was trying to remember the name of the Liverpool defender who brought ohare down for the pen.i remember it was a very controversial decision at the time.the media were all over it.
A few seasons later I don't recall anyone other than City fans giving any attention to Alf grey ruling out Kevin Reeves header in the league cup semi final.maybe because it wasn't shown ' live ' iirc.
It was something very strange.Aha
illegal jumping?
Interesting points you make 're Shilton.The goalkeeper at the other end (who Clough later bought for a then world record for a GK) allowed a shot to squeeze under his body which should have been a routine save for an international GK. There again, I thought Shilton was very overrated and had serious shortcomings particularly a lack of height and mobility towards the middle and later parts of his career.
I was told by the City surgeon at the time that Allison chose and negotiated to buy the player not Swales.
I was trying to remember the name of the Liverpool defender who brought ohare down for the pen.i remember it was a very controversial decision at the time.the media were all over it.
A few seasons later I don't recall anyone other than City fans giving any attention to Alf grey ruling out Kevin Reeves header in the league cup semi final.maybe because it wasn't shown ' live ' iirc.
That penalty shootout, think it was v West Germany, watch Shiltons' dives, he just flops to one side on each of his attempts, no spring in his legs whatsoever, he'd well and truly gone by that stage, disappointing, knowing that we were likely out after the first penalty, he wasn't getting anything that wasn't hit straight at him :-(.The goalkeeper at the other end (who Clough later bought for a then world record for a GK) allowed a shot to squeeze under his body which should have been a routine save for an international GK. There again, I thought Shilton was very overrated and had serious shortcomings particularly a lack of height and mobility towards the middle and later parts of his career.
I've always had a bit of sympathy for Daley, I've said before, the press were out to break him before he'd kicked a ball in my view, he was a good player and put in quite a few 8/10 performances for us, and yet the next day they'd score him 5's and 6's at best.Allison said when looking back at his career that his biggest regret was coming back to City. Steve Daley said he signed a TEN year contract when he joined us and was totally deflated when the move proved so disastrous. The harder he tried the worse it got for him with the crowd expectation proving too much for him to overcome. He realised the only option for him was to move abroad and left for Seattle. Allison always said he agreed a fee for Daley of £600,000 with Wolves over the phone but then returned from holiday only to find Swales had gone and offered £1,437,500 which Wolves of course snatched his hand off at and never mentioned their previous negotiations with Allison !
I bet they banked that cheque with some speed !
Was at Maine rd for both those matches,the Tues night midweek game for both David White goals partc stands out,the Kippax was bouncing.No one disputes that Allison chose the players. But in Tony Book's autobiography, he definitely states that Swales negotiated the fees and I think that Tony was probably better placed than anyone to know.
Liverpool had the benefit of ludicrous media favouritism, even in those days, and that's remained constant between then and the present. I remember in 1991, I'd been in Russia for the summer and flew back into Heathrow on the day we beat Forest 2-1 at Maine Road with that header by Andy Hill from the edge of the box. (I clearly remember listening to it on the radio while staying over with some mates in London).
Two days later, I was back at my parents' house and watched the Granada Friday evening football preview show Kick Off, hosted by Elton Welsby. Because I know I returned when we beat Forest, I can date that to precisely 16 days after we won 2-1 against Liverpool, the game in David White's second goal was a Geoff Hurst-style effort, coming down off the bar. And, even more than two weeks after the event, Granada devoted five minutes of their show to bleating about White's effort not having crossed the line.
It was sickening, but typical. I started watching football in the mid-seventies, and the media has pumped out nauseating pro-Liverpool propaganda like that for as long as I remember.