M18CTID
Well-Known Member
Been wanting to start a topic about him for ages but never got round to it.
Has there ever been a more odious character associated with our club? I know Swales comes close for many of us but for me, Maddock was on an altogether different level - a downright obnoxious bastard and for the life of me I've no idea why Swales got him involved in the club. Surely even he had better mates that could've done the job?
I'll never forget in the wake of Reid's sacking, when Maddock was asked a question by a reporter about what football qualifications he had his utterly laughable response went something along the lines of "I'll have you know that when Ron Atkinson got the job at Old Trafford, the talks were held at MY house".
An unfortunate side issue of Maddock's appointment was that City's historian at the time was a guy called John Maddocks - a thoroughly nice bloke by all accounts but who found himself on the end of abuse from some City fans that didn't have a clue that they were 2 different people. I'll never forget being on the Kippax for that Friday night game against Coventry, in the wake of Reid's departure and just prior to Horton being announced, and the chant going up of "Singing die die Maddock, fucking die". Half the blues were singing "Maddocks" instead of "Maddock" and I had an utterly fruitless task trying to correct the fans around me. Happy days!
Has there ever been a more odious character associated with our club? I know Swales comes close for many of us but for me, Maddock was on an altogether different level - a downright obnoxious bastard and for the life of me I've no idea why Swales got him involved in the club. Surely even he had better mates that could've done the job?
I'll never forget in the wake of Reid's sacking, when Maddock was asked a question by a reporter about what football qualifications he had his utterly laughable response went something along the lines of "I'll have you know that when Ron Atkinson got the job at Old Trafford, the talks were held at MY house".
An unfortunate side issue of Maddock's appointment was that City's historian at the time was a guy called John Maddocks - a thoroughly nice bloke by all accounts but who found himself on the end of abuse from some City fans that didn't have a clue that they were 2 different people. I'll never forget being on the Kippax for that Friday night game against Coventry, in the wake of Reid's departure and just prior to Horton being announced, and the chant going up of "Singing die die Maddock, fucking die". Half the blues were singing "Maddocks" instead of "Maddock" and I had an utterly fruitless task trying to correct the fans around me. Happy days!