Ooo Vonky Vonky

Loved Vonky. My two favourite moments (on the pitch) were his goal at QPR away in the FA Cup fourth round, in his second season I think. We were depleted that day and QPR were a good side at the time, with Les Ferdinand, Andy Sinton etc, but Flitcroft put us ahead in the seond half and then Vonky just barged everything — ball, defenders, team mates — into the goal a few minutes later. One of my favourite ever awaydays.
Also, when we were short of strikers and Vonky played up front at home to Ipswich. It was pouring down and Vonky smashed one in from 20 yards after a back-pass stopped in a masive puddle. I think we went 2-0 up early on, before the ref abandoned the game. I'm sure we lost the replayed match later in the season!
Met Vonky once on a Friday night, him and a mate were in a takeaway in Longsight at about midnight. I said to him 'Are you playing tomorrow, Vonky?'. He leaned over me and said: "Does it look like I'm f***ing playing tomorrow?"
I nearly crapped my pants, but he's still one of my favourites of that era.
 
Remember him walking past us after we played at Anfield. The game had just finished and he was walking through a sea of scousers wearing a City Polo neck. Maybe a different generation but I cannot imagine that happenning nowadays.
 
LongsightM13 said:
Loved Vonky. My two favourite moments (on the pitch) were his goal at QPR away in the FA Cup fourth round, in his second season I think. We were depleted that day and QPR were a good side at the time, with Les Ferdinand, Andy Sinton etc, but Flitcroft put us ahead in the seond half and then Vonky just barged everything — ball, defenders, team mates — into the goal a few minutes later. One of my favourite ever awaydays.
Also, when we were short of strikers and Vonky played up front at home to Ipswich. It was pouring down and Vonky smashed one in from 20 yards after a back-pass stopped in a masive puddle. I think we went 2-0 up early on, before the ref abandoned the game. I'm sure we lost the replayed match later in the season!
Met Vonky once on a Friday night, him and a mate were in a takeaway in Longsight at about midnight. I said to him 'Are you playing tomorrow, Vonky?'. He leaned over me and said: "Does it look like I'm f***ing playing tomorrow?"
I nearly crapped my pants, but he's still one of my favourites of that era.
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Great minds and all that! If you look back about 3 posts that is pretty much what I said - apart from the takeaway experience. I'm sure though, that it was David White that put us ahead at QPR with that piledriver at the City fans end. What a day that was - were you in the pub right next to the ground that we took over? Every QPR fan that came in turned around sharpish when met by a bouncing mass of sky blue.
 
[quote="The Colonel"
Great minds and all that! If you look back about 3 posts that is pretty much what I said - apart from the takeaway experience. I'm sure though, that it was David White that put us ahead at QPR with that piledriver at the City fans end. What a day that was - were you in the pub right next to the ground that we took over? Every QPR fan that came in turned around sharpish when met by a bouncing mass of sky blue.[/quote]
My apologies Colonel, we were both posting the same thing at about the same time. Great minds indeed!
You're dead right. it was Whitey who scored the first that day. Flitcroft was in fact playing as an emergency centre half and was brilliant, alongside Vonky. As I remember, we were down in the corner at the end where both goals were scored.
The reason it's all a bit hazy is because yes, I was also in that boozer you mentioned, along with a few more along Shepherds Bush. To be honest, the QPR fans were sound. Always had a soft spot for them as they're a working class London club (unlike Arsenal/Spurs/Chelsea) and the pubs were all like the Nags Head, full of characters. Plus we had Stan Bowles, Rodney Marsh and Clive Wilson in common
 
Cobwebcat said:
Bobby Mac or Gerry Gow.
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Gerry Gow - coming away from Peterboros ground after the Quarterfinal in 81,look out of the car window and theres Gerry walking to the train station with two mates.

Not unusual in itself you may think but it was kicking off everywhere and he didnt appear to give a shit.
 
Surely Andy Morrison was our hardest of all hard men. If i caught him in bed with the Mrs i'd tuck him in and ask him if he needed a drink before i left :-)
 
Going back to that QPR game. It was my first away game and probably one of the best. I remember being sat outside a pub near the ground but we couldn't get in because it was absolutely rammed with blues. We ended up walking to an offy and buying a load of warm cans, drinking them outside the pub.
When the team coach arrived, it was mobbed by blues, and who was sat near the back wearing a nice salmon pink suit? A certain Mr Vonk. I remember a beaming smile on his face as the coached tried to get through the blues near the ground. Only hard men can look the part in pink suits!
 
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