Cookieproof
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That would be Alf Lillis.I used to work at a builders merchant that Marks brother shopped at , he was a great fella too. A top blue and he f##kin hated Manu with a passion.
That would be Alf Lillis.I used to work at a builders merchant that Marks brother shopped at , he was a great fella too. A top blue and he f##kin hated Manu with a passion.
3-1 the 2nd replay. He was wearing gloves. If he’d have worn a suit of chainmail we wouldn’t have got near him that night. Unplayable. I once wrote a letter to Graham Taylor when he was manager at Villa and he wrote me a lovely reply. I mentioned the Watford game and Barnes that night, Taylor said in his reply, “I do vaguely remember that game, but to be honest, Barnes had so many brilliant games for me at Watford, they all become a blur”.Legend. His family used to all drink in the Parkside.
I still remember as a kid him scoring a diving header in the FA Cup game at home to Watford, thinking that was our year?
We drew that game and then the replay back at a Vicarage Road, but they came back to ours again for another replay and John Barnes destroyed us.
Wasn’t there a book written about that team?Only a 1986 Youth team pedantic like me could point out the 2nd leg was at Maine Road ;)
Legend. His family used to all drink in the Parkside.
I still remember as a kid him scoring a diving header in the FA Cup game at home to Watford, thinking that was our year?
We drew that game and then the replay back at a Vicarage Road, but they came back to ours again for another replay and John Barnes destroyed us.
One of the worst ever decisions made by the club , selling Lillis to Derby for a tosser like Christie and a few quid , always smirk when opposition fans sing WWYWYWS , i witnessed our club selling the fa,ily silver , players like Clive Wilson , Gary Flitcroft , Lillis , SWP all to keep the club afloat , so people get short shrift from me when they accuse City fans of being gloryhunters , we've been there and got the T-shirt , show me a Rag,Dipper or Goon that has been through the shit we have endured.
He wanted to claim the hatrick but one goal was a deflectionhttp://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/spor...old-trafford-to-wembley-in-24-hours-1-8397038
Always thought he got a hatrick at Wembley... apparently not. Then again struggle to remember a lot from that game.