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livosnose
January 11, 2017, 5:15pm
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Some of those pictures are fantastic makes Shaun Pearson look like a girl private !


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January 11, 2017, 5:30pm

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Quoted from livosnose
Some of those pictures are fantastic makes Shaun Pearson look like a girl private !


The Lawrie McMenemy era was just before my time following Town, but he looks like a giant in those pictures.
And that's allowing for the fact he is stood between Alan Ball and Kevin Keegan



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Not much got past Chris Nicol. He was like a giant magnet when he played for us. Balls would somehow be attracted to his bonce and before you knew it we were on the attack again.

Don't know the technicalities but agree all that heading must have had an effect on players.

Sad outcome to a great career


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We aren't allowed to teaching heading the ball in PE lessons any more because of this worry, we're supposed to stop the kids from doing it as well, but well...


I don't mind Roy Keane making £60,000 a week. I was making the same when I was playing. The only difference was I was printing my own - Mickey Thomas

The area you are trying to protect at corners is the goal - Chris Kamara

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I think a ban on heading the ball direct from a goal keepers clearance has been mentioned as a solution, which seems plausible. It was the big goalie hoofs direct on players heads that were the highest proportion of 'damage causing' headers according to the article. Once the ball bounced no problem in heading it. The other crosses, lofted passes etc caused far less impact on the head.
That's how I remember it anyway but then again I have headed a ball in my youth so I might be wrong!
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January 11, 2017, 7:45pm

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It wasn't too bad heading the ball when I played. As long as you avoided the laces !!


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Quoted from KingstonMariner
Not much got past Chris Nicol. He was like a giant magnet when he played for us. Balls would somehow be attracted to his bonce and before you knew it we were on the attack again.

Don't know the technicalities but agree all that heading must have had an effect on players.

Sad outcome to a great career


He was great with players off the park as well. This was the team of Drinkell, Wilkinson, Lund & co and Nicholl was such an experienced and clever bloke I'm sure Wilkie for instance would say he was a big influence. The partnership with Kev Moore was almost invincible.

The trouble with this kind of brain damage is that you don't know what else it has affected apart from the memory. It can alter personality and lead to all manner of life changing issues which might explain his current situation.



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A ban on headers would certainly make taking corners interesting
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I am at an age where I remember the old laced up Leather balls believe me you did not want to head one of those wet through.

Even dry heading the laces was a headache.

Alternatively when it dried out it went completely out of shape and became a uncontrollable bag of wind.
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Quoted from Civvy at last
It wasn't too bad heading the ball when I played. As long as you avoided the laces !!


state of you and at your height you must have had plenty of laces to the head
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