Kazimierz Deyna

[LongsightM13]

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First game I ever saw in the Kippax, Borrusia Monchengladbach at home in the UEFA Cup. Think it was Nicky Reid's debut, ended 1-1? Me and my brother sat on the big sloping wall flanking the central entrance to the Kippax.

 

[m7mcfc]

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First game I ever saw in the Kippax, Borrusia Monchengladbach at home in the UEFA Cup. Think it was Nicky Reid's debut, ended 1-1? Me and my brother sat on the big sloping wall flanking the central entrance to the Kippax.

Same for myself.

 

[kismet]

One of the most talented players ever to pull on the sky blue shirt

 

[Dirty Harry]

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First game I ever saw in the Kippax, Borrusia Monchengladbach at home in the UEFA Cup. Think it was Nicky Reid's debut, ended 1-1? Me and my brother sat on the big sloping wall flanking the central entrance to the Kippax.

Iirc Reid was played purely to combat 'the next big thing' at the time in Lothar Matthaus and pretty much marked him out of the game, fantastic debut.<br /><br />-- 19 Dec 2012, 07:50 --<br /><br />

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First game I ever saw in the Kippax, Borrusia Monchengladbach at home in the UEFA Cup. Think it was Nicky Reid's debut, ended 1-1? Me and my brother sat on the big sloping wall flanking the central entrance to the Kippax.

Iirc Reid was played purely to combat 'the next big thing' at the time in Lothar Matthaus and pretty much marked him out of the game, fantastic debut.

 

[sktooblue]

Anyone remember that other polish legend to grace Maine Road - Boniek? Single handedly dragged Widzew Lodz back from a two goal deficit, stood in front of the North Stand celebrating and someone jumped out of their seat about halfway up, ran down down the stand onto the pitch & lamped him. Priceless!!

 

[Otohime]

It's a bit offtopic but Boniek is also a Juventus legend, good mate of Platini's [i know, i know], managed the national team for a while and recently became the president of Polish FA.

 

[kismet]

Watching Silva and his magical displays I would have loved to see him play with Kazimierz Deyna , they would have been brilliant.

I Never forget when the European Champions came to Maine Road in October 1979 and Kaziu and the team destroyed them. Another great performance that day came from Tommy Caton.

Both players no longer with us , but never forgotten.

 

[Kazzydeyna]

My first proper hero in a side I actually got to watch (i was too young to see Tony Book play) , hence my username.

 

[petrusha]

Read the whole of this thread through, though most of the posts are years old. The comment by the then Stoke manager Alan Durban, about Deyna being on a different wavelength from his team mates, is spot on. I remember my old man used to say the same about him at the time, comparing the situation in that regard to the young Denis Law's first spell at Maine Road.

I always got the impression that he found it hard to adjust to the pace of the English game when playing in midfield, and his best displays for City were when he was employed as a striker. Even though he ultimately played only 30-odd league games for the club, he provided some good memories and I liked him a lot. His high-water mark with us came in the week when he scored the only goal in successive 1-0 wins at Maine Road in October 1979, against Boro on the Wednesday night and then Forest, reigning European Cup holders, on the Saturday.

 

[Blue Tooth]

Kaz used to glide across the Maine Road turf...a joy to watch.