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I was blessed enough to start my journey in the late 80's, to the extent that it was in the mid-90's when someone like Jamie Forrester came along to give me a sense of what seemed poor in comparison (I've erased Murray Jones from memory so he doesn't count). It wasn't until the days of a well-past it Iffy Onuara and a never-even-had-it Laurens ten Heuvel before I realised what it was really like to have a poor strike force, even during that season we had Michael Boulding, Phil Jevons and an on loan Rankin chipping away with goals.
Birtles, Rees, Woods, Mendonca....yet Lump still sits amongst them and even higher than some in my list of all time favourite players. Birtles is probably the most like-for-like player I've seen in a Town shirt, not necessarily in their style or ability but more just in how everything was effortless and natural. You can imagine that they both just tried football one time and were instantly good at it.
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As good as Lump was, and he was very good, us older fans got to see Trevor Whymark for 4 seasons.
Imagine Lump, but just better at everything, and the best player I have seen in a town shirt.
Sadly has Alzheimer's now.
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Great comments on Lumpaldinho. One thing not mentioned that I would add is just how quick his feet were at times, made up for that lack of pace.
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I just remember Whymark he was absolutely class, as was Birtles.
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I had a "restricted view" seat in the Main Stand next to a column. The view wasn't actually restricted at all, but I just remember some idiot next to me spent the full 90 minutes moaning that we weren't closing them down.
I really enjoyed the game, proper blood and thunder like you say, and we were very unlucky to lose that game.
The only game we've lost that I really enjoyed was the 4-3 defeat against Arsenal in the FA Cup, mid 80's.
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I just remember Whymark he was absolutely class, as was Birtles.
Those were the days and very good they were.
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