I’ve had a drink with Lee in my local, somehow we ended up sat with his group of mates - Someone in my group must’ve known someone in his.I used to work with lee the groundsman dad, lee used to get us tickets for the home matches
Go on, tell us. How old?Eric Nixon when on loan at Carlisle Utd, I was a mascot and put him as my favourite Carlisle player so I could get a photo with him, people on loan not usually picked so there was a few faced being pulled.
I was also a bit old to be a mascot as well tbh but my mates dad was match sponsor but he didn't want to be a mascot as he hated football.
I was at Wilbraham around that time but a bit younger than Roger Palmer. Erik Nixon was in my classAh, small world ! My Dad was Mr Johnson who taught Physics & Maths at Wilbraham for many years, became Deputy Head then acting Head.
He's a really lovely man & been a fantastic Dad, but by his own admission probably came over as rather strict (borderline fierce) as a teacher, with the younger kids ! Discipline & all that.
Wilbraham was a great school for creating / nurturing footballers in those days & had really successful teams, I believe, so you must have been pretty good ?
Yeah loads of kids from our end of Longsight went to Burnage, even though Central was miles nearer. Think it depended where your primary school was
Just as I thought Trautmann couldn’t go any higher in my estimation, it turns out he even had really lovely handwriting.I went to Bert Trautmann's testimonial match in 1964 and got his autograph. Then I met him again at The Etihad shortly before he died where he signed my book.
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Stood next to him whilst having a piss at services on way to Southampton.Didn’t feel it was appropriate to ask for a picture!Once saw Mike Summerbee having his dinner in a Jamaican cafe in Ardwick in the early 1990s.
I was the worst of a really good team! Half of them signed schoolboy forms with clubs at 16, City, a couple of lads to Stoke and one of my mates at Bolton. Roger obviously ‘made it’ and Nigel Hart (Johnny Hart’s youngest) also carved out a career in the lower leagues. I think Paul, his older brother, also passed through Wilbraham’s doors as did Clive Wilson.Ah, small world ! My Dad was Mr Johnson who taught Physics & Maths at Wilbraham for many years, became Deputy Head then acting Head.
He's a really lovely man & been a fantastic Dad, but by his own admission probably came over as rather strict (borderline fierce) as a teacher, with the younger kids ! Discipline & all that.
Wilbraham was a great school for creating / nurturing footballers in those days & had really successful teams, I believe, so you must have been pretty good ?