Steve Livingstone

Quoted from Les Brechin

Livvo was a great player.

He was only a sub in this game but he turned it round when he came on.

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I love it and I hate it when these great clips are posted. Wonderful to watch but really pisses me off when I see what a fantastic team we had then. Difficult to see any of the current squad getting a game against those who played that night.

Absolutely brilliant and that Leicester side were no slouches either

Loved the shirt that season too

No wonder old farts like me are constantly harping on about the past

I remember being sat in the Main Stand once and Livvo was more or less on the touchline facing us when he tried an audacious (Tony Rees) back heel only for the ball to catch his trailing foot and it went out for a throw in to the opposition. I took my life in my hands and shouted " No Livvo...please leave those to the experts" to which he looked up at me and just grinned and nodded! Top player and top bloke!

Vastly underrated in my opinion. Predominantly a big man bought to give us an alternative but he was my most definitely no slouch on the deck either.

Genuinely just a hard player who you just wouldn't want to mess with. The Teale clip always makes me smile when they walk off together shaking hands and smiling having tried to kill each other seconds before.  Don't get that these days.

In the modern game Livvo would last about three seconds every game.  Probably one of the last of the proper physical type players who could give it, take it and then laugh about it afterwards.

The battering he gave Leicester is the obvious memory but the one a few years later against Tranmere's John Achterberg was probably more important and was crucial in avoiding the drop that year.

Livo was a fully committed Player who never went missing so to speak  you knew when when he put the shirt on he was up for it, lacked pace but had the skill to play at Championship level scored some memorable goals for us and was truly liked.

Livvo,

Big strong fearless a players player,

He made things happen in the box for his strike partners,

When he finished playing he said he loved being at Grimsby every game was a battle,

AND

He was up for it every game.

Conlon was not fit to lace Livvo's drinks, let alone his boots!

Didn't he get his skull fractured against derby when we was in the old 2nd division. Think it was a bald headed dirty Italian that did it! Can't remember his name?

Quoted from Spatchcock

Didn't he get his skull fractured against derby when we was in the old 2nd division. Think it was a bald headed dirty Italian that did it! Can't remember his name?

He was knocked out by Danny Higginbottom in that match and it took about 14minutes to get him treated and stretchered off,

The Italian Ravernelli   ( excuse spelling) wanted the game called off because he was so upset and thought Livvo was going to die.

Quoted from forza ivano

i seem to remember him scoring a smash n grab winner at Fulham one year when it went in off his backside

Think I was at that game.  In my memory it was QPR.  Maybe he did it there as well!

Solid, 100% effort, never shirked anything , great foil for other maybe quicker or skillfull partners.....such a sad end when that tw@t Higgingbottom went through the back of him...stretchered off, fractured skull but says it all about the man that he came back after that inury...it was a shame, although entirely understandble that he looked more nervous as player after that and had lost something from his game.

Also a player of that era that used to frequent meggies on a Saturday night so mixed with fans freely.  Had a mate from Middlesborough who did say that Livvo's family were quite notorious up there and not a family to mess with...he embodied that on the pitch.

Still boo whenever Higgingbottom turns up as a pundit on TV or radio. Tw@t.