Happy 80th Birthday Rodders!

[manclad]

The original City Rodders turns 80 today.
I was doing my mock o- levels in March 1972 and I remember a school friend bringing a newspaper into school and Rodney's signing for City was plastered all over the back pages.
He was a very divisive signing for City, we should have won the 1st Division in 1972, but ended up fourth instead.
But he was a great talent and a skilled dribbler, and he was a real crowd pleaser and adored by many City fans.
Happy Birthday Rodney.

 

[Damocles]

I know someone who has met him over there and tells me he's a smashing bloke. Think he's the only one, mind.

 

[bakerdave76]

Happy Birthday,i remember this game at Maine road one of the first European football games i went to .2/2 and Rodney scored.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

The amount of fans who wanted to get into the Chelsea game when he made his debut was crazy, struggled to get into the open bit between the NS & Kippax, just a solid wall of people.

Happy birthday Rodders, always smiled at that little buckle on your shorts.

 

[the blue panther]

He divided the fans like no other. I was one of those who was undecided about him. Seems that the players were divided about him too later. He entertained on and off the pitch and was one of the few pundits worth listening too back in the day, with a great sense of humour.

 

[Legal Alien]

Happy 80th Birthday Rod.

He was my favourite player as a young kid.

I was too young to understand the "he ruined the team chemistry" stories but can remember my old man and uncles blaming him for us not winning the title, but me and my cousin just loved watching this skillful, brilliant player playing for City.

Oh Rodney, Rodney....

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

Happy Birthday,i remember this game at Maine road one of the first European football games i went to .2/2 and Rodney scored.View attachment 134651

If that's the September 72 game, it was the first City game in my life.

 

[J.G.Blue.]

Still all these years later one of the most skillful players I have ever seen in a city shirt.

 

[its a Barm]

Good guy, we were in the commonwealth bar couple of years after we opened he walks in goes the bar ( just been sacked by sky ) and says loadly has anyone got any jobs going so funny had the place in stitches

 

[bakerdave76]

If that's the September 72 game, it was the first City game in my life.

Yes it was ,my sister found it in a charity shop in Bournemouth and sent it to me ,send me a pm of your address you can have it if you want.