Kazimierz Deyna

[BigJoe#1]

Fantastic footballer.

Those that saw him play towards the end of his career, myself included were privileged.

I saw him play several times.... didn't he score the only goal, a free kick if irc against Cardiff??

 

[petrusha]

Your memory may be a bit better than mine Petrusha, definitely mid-week last game but I had us trailing 1-3 and Deyna with a top corner job free kick, my memory says in the dying embers as I was on my way out and looked back (from what became the Gene Kelly stand) .
Either way, a fantastic player, couldn’t believe it when we actually signed him, absolute class with a footballing brain to go with it, a very sad loss.

Remember discussing it with this guy, a Villa fan, on Twitter a few months ago. Maybe Deyna scored on the stroke of HT when you were going out for a comfort or refreshment break?

 

[Dirty Harry]

Remember discussing it with this guy, a Villa fan, on Twitter a few months ago. Maybe Deyna scored on the stroke of HT when you were going out for a comfort or refreshment break?

I was just about to edit my post Petrusha to say that, yes I think you’re spot on there lol

 

[ralphi]

marco you are right that he died in a car crash. The police said if memory servers me right that he was drunk when the accident happened. Another think that I do remember was being at a buffet for him as well as Tadeaus Nowak and another Polish player that played for Oldham, both came over at the same time as Kazimierz Deyna. I remember at one game telling a City supporter to stop shouting at Deyna, because he was having a bad game, it was also about the time his wife was heavily pregnant and seriously ill and could have lost the baby. After this he asked me how I knew I said because my dad was speaking to him about how he was settling in in Manchester. and that's how I knew she was seriously ill.

City put Deyna up in The Sandpiper on his arrival (its in Joe Corrigans book) & he was a “drinker” can’t believe nobody has mentioned his winner at Leeds after us going 1-0 down, Paul Power headed the equaliser before kaziu Deyna hit one in the top corner

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Ha, the laughs on you apparently ;)



Now there's one I don't remember.

Why is the laugh on me?
Aage wasnt in the film.

 

[samarasra]

A great player, but City didn't see the best of him. A legend for Poland.

 

[lancs blue]

can’t believe nobody has mentioned his winner at Leeds after us going 1-0 down,

Cracking goal, very similar to Ali B's goal at Wednesday, Kaz jinked inside the defender just outside the box and with hardly any backlift smashed it past the keeper.

 

[aka blue jambo]

Remember watching him at Tynecastle ..4 team tourney with Hearts Hibs and Coventry
He stood out in a dire City team only topped by Coventrys chocolate strip :)

 

[Mr Fraser]

 

[Silva Citizen]

IMO still the best player ever to pull on a City shirt. I’d love to have seen how he would slot into the recent teams.