Did Rodney Marsh Cost City the League Championship in 1972?

[cibaman]

I could never understand Tony Book's treatment of Marsh. He seemed to indulge him much like Tevez last year. He was skipper and an ever present. Then abruptly kicked out for persistent bad behaviour. Could never understand why, if that was the case, he wasnt first stripped of the captaincy and/or dropped. Always wondered what really happened.

 

[bluemanc]

Rod himself says yes & though he's probaly right mitigating circumstances do exist.
We lost Corrigan for 7 of the last 8 games, had that not happened we would have won the League.

 

[cibaman]

Rod himself says yes & though he's probaly right mitigating circumstances do exist.
We lost Corrigan for 7 of the last 8 games, had that not happened we would have won the League.

Its fair to say that Corrigan in 1972 wasnt the same Corrigan that we came to know and love. I cant remember any City fans at the time suggesting that his loss cost us the league.

 

[mackenzie]

Rod himself says yes & though he's probaly right mitigating circumstances do exist.
We lost Corrigan for 7 of the last 8 games, had that not happened we would have won the League.

Its fair to say that Corrigan in 1972 wasnt the same Corrigan that we came to know and love. I cant remember any City fans at the time suggesting that his loss cost us the league.

In fact Corrigan was a bit of a laughing stock before he won back his confidence and proved that he really was a great keeper.
I just remember Keith Macrae; now that was a bad time.

 

[ali benarbia's studs]

listen to you lot....looking for scapegoats again ....

 

[mammutly]

I remember hearing Franny Lee say that he would look up for a cross only to see Marsh on the touchline "juggling the balll like a bloody seal"

The fans took to him at the time though:


Ohhhh Rodney, Rodney.
Rodney
Rodney,Rodney, Rodney, Rodney,
Rodney Marsh

 

[cibaman]

Rod himself says yes & though he's probaly right mitigating circumstances do exist.
We lost Corrigan for 7 of the last 8 games, had that not happened we would have won the League.

Its fair to say that Corrigan in 1972 wasnt the same Corrigan that we came to know and love. I cant remember any City fans at the time suggesting that his loss cost us the league.

In fact Corrigan was a bit of a laughing stock before he won back his confidence and proved that he really was a great keeper.
I just remember Keith Macrae; now that was a bad time.

Indeed. MacRae was signed in 73 to replace Corrigan. Big Joe got his place back at the end of the 74/75 season. But really it was the 75/76 season when he was finally accepted by the fans.

I can remember when we played QPR in a December 75 game. They were top of the league and after Corrigan made a blinding save a few fans started singing "Corrigan for England". It was actually sang in jest but then you could almost see the fans realising "actually he might be that good". It bacame a bit of a ritual, we'd sing "Corrigan for England", the opposition fans would piss themselves laughing and then watch in disbelief as Joe had a great game.

But nobody would have sung that in 1972.

 

[urmston]

I remember hearing Franny Lee say that he would look up for a cross only to see Marsh on the touchline "juggling the balll like a bloody seal"

The fans took to him at the time though:


Ohhhh Rodney, Rodney.
Rodney
Rodney,Rodney, Rodney, Rodney,
Rodney Marsh

Yes, we had to make the best of it, but it still rankles that we should have won the league that year, and in 1977 too for that matter.

 

[mackenzie]

Its fair to say that Corrigan in 1972 wasnt the same Corrigan that we came to know and love. I cant remember any City fans at the time suggesting that his loss cost us the league.

In fact Corrigan was a bit of a laughing stock before he won back his confidence and proved that he really was a great keeper.
I just remember Keith Macrae; now that was a bad time.

Indeed. MacRae was signed in 73 to replace Corrigan. Big Joe got his place back at the end of the 74/75 season. But really it was the 75/76 season when he was finally accepted by the fans.

I can remember when we played QPR in a December 75 game. They were top of the league and after Corrigan made a blinding save a few fans started singing "Corrigan for England". It was actually sang in jest but then you could almost see the fans realising "actually he might be that good". It bacame a bit of a tradition, we'd sing "Corrigan for England", the opposition fans would piss them selves laughing and then watch in disbelief as Joe had a great game.

But nobody would have sung that in 1972.

I remember a joke doing the rounds at the time; Corrigan was so bad today that he decided to end it all after the game by throwing himself in front of a bus. Trouble is the bus went underneath him.

 

[mancityvstoke]

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