Apologies Wally, I got it wrong for some reason I could have sworn he played in the colour clash game but I must have dreamt it cos he was injured at the time, otherwise he gets 100+ England caps and we would have beaten the germans in turin.
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Happy 50th birthday to Paul Lake....
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mscenterh750
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Legend, hero, talisman. Lakey fits all those words perfectly.
The sky was the limit for him and I honestly don’t think, he’d have played for any other club, apart from us. It’s such a shame that a glittering career, was very sadly cut short. He needs a statue outside the academy.
Happy birthday Paul.
The sky was the limit for him and I honestly don’t think, he’d have played for any other club, apart from us. It’s such a shame that a glittering career, was very sadly cut short. He needs a statue outside the academy.
Happy birthday Paul.
imrebanana
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I suppose it's time to stop hoping he's coming back ;) . Was anyone else at the Blackburn training ground at a game arranged to help his comeback ? One of our finest players and top pundit.
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xgorton
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1-1 ?At the time he was the best City player I had seen since Colin Bell, I remember when there was a colour clash and we wore our away shirt(maroon I think) in the home game versus spurs, he had such a top game that Gascoigne resorted to trying to wind him up at any opportunity by constantly making fun of Lakey's ears, certainly worked a treat for us as we beat them in a great game.
xgorton
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His birthday is in October.Legend, hero, talisman. Lakey fits all those words perfectly.
The sky was the limit for him and I honestly don’t think, he’d have played for any other club, apart from us. It’s such a shame that a glittering career, was very sadly cut short. He needs a statue outside the academy.
Happy birthday Paul.
mscenterh750
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For fucks sake, saw the thread and thought it was today!His birthday is in October.
mscenterh750
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I thought we won 2-1?1-1 ?
mscenterh750
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We won that game 2-1 with goals from Redmond and Ward (pen). Lakey didn’t play in that game, but I do remember Gazza winding him up, I think it was either the 1-1 draw at home in our first season after promotion or when we played them away on the first game of the 90/91 season, in which Lakey captained the team.At the time he was the best City player I had seen since Colin Bell, I remember when there was a colour clash and we wore our away shirt(maroon I think) in the home game versus spurs, he had such a top game that Gascoigne resorted to trying to wind him up at any opportunity by constantly making fun of Lakey's ears, certainly worked a treat for us as we beat them in a great game.
xgorton
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Spot on,I thought you was on about when Lake played that was 1-1 season before warm August afternoon.I thought we won 2-1?
jimmygrimblesboots
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When you see a player like Michael Johnson toss his career away and then look at what happened to Lakey it is the perfect example of life being unfair at times , actually think if Lakey had fulfilled his potential he would have gone to a bigger club , our best players were always being cherry picked at the time.