I liked Harper and the role of sweeper he often played for City.
I'd never seen anyone play sweeper before for City( too young for Nicky Reid v borrussia Munchengladbach in europe) and was really excited to see us play this system. The match at Everton under Kendal. Was dull as dishwasher but...we were bottom of the league at the time and playing Everton at home who I think we're reigning Champions..
That point gained started a remarkable run of form which took us off the bottom of the league and gave us confidence,leading to our first away win in 5 years in the Top division at Villa Park a few weeks later..Villa were top of the league ,title favourites,..we won 2-1 with a gritty committed performance roared on by a huge vociferous away following
If Kendall hadn't taken over when he did City were going down,our away performances were absolutely crap before then, no back bone,no leadership and a team of young inexperienced players under Mel Machin
It's easy to judge the Kendall days in a bad light now...but at the time bringing in seasoned pros was just what we needed...I loved the fact that City became hard to beat and players like Harper Reid Ward and Quinn never shirked a tackle,stuck to the game plan and showed up away from home ,every time.
Thank God we didn't go down that season,Harper played his part,despite the ' ugly ' Football.