Tom Daley  RIP

Former town keeper Tom Daley has died he played under Bill Shankly for town and I had the pleasure of playing in the same side as Tom in the Sunday league.

RIP mate.

Did he ever get a 10 for his diving saving shots.

I knew Tom through the motor trade, a lovely man. RIP

Quoted from grimsby pete

Former town keeper Tom Daley has died he played under Bill Shankly for town and I had the pleasure of playing in the same side as Tom in the Sunday league.

RIP mate.

Yes Pete I remember Tom from his appearances in Bill Shankly's brilliant team..

Many years later, I remember one Sunday morning driving between Waltham
and Bradley when I noticed a match going on in the field alongside the road..
I parked up and watched the game from over the roadside hedge. The match
was between Bradley Utd and, I think, Lynton.

Tom was playing in goal and picked up the ball, gave it one hell of a welly, and
with one huge bounce on that awful surface went over the keeper at the other
end into the net.

To me, it was even more amusing as the opposing keeper was probably not
only one of the best, but certainly the most excitable goalies in the league
at that time .Were you playing that day?

I did business with Tom when he went into the motor trade and he was an
always an absolute gentleman th deal with.

Quoted from Caveman

Yes Pete I remember Tom from his appearances in Bill Shankly's brilliant team..

Many years later, I remember one Sunday morning driving between Waltham
and Bradley when I noticed a match going on in the field alongside the road..
I parked up and watched the game from over the roadside hedge. The match
was between Bradley Utd and, I think, Lynton.

Tom was playing in goal and picked up the ball, gave it one hell of a welly, and
with one huge bounce on that awful surface went over the keeper at the other
end into the net.

To me, it was even more amusing as the opposing keeper was probably not
only one of the best, but certainly the most excitable goalies in the league
at that time .Were you playing that day?

I did business with Tom when he went into the motor trade and he was an
always an absolute gentleman th deal with.

Yes it was Lynton and I played in that game,

We won 4-1 and apart from scoring  Tom passed to me twice to score  he had hell of a kick and with the wind behind him he could reach the other penalty area.

We were not normally a long ball team  but that day we were 1-0 down at HT and Tom's big kicks paid off.

Quoted from Caveman

Yes Pete I remember Tom from his appearances in Bill Shankly's brilliant team..

Many years later, I remember one Sunday morning driving between Waltham
and Bradley when I noticed a match going on in the field alongside the road..
I parked up and watched the game from over the roadside hedge. The match
was between Bradley Utd and, I think, Lynton.

Tom was playing in goal and picked up the ball, gave it one hell of a welly, and
with one huge bounce on that awful surface went over the keeper at the other
end into the net.

To me, it was even more amusing as the opposing keeper was probably not
only one of the best, but certainly the most excitable goalies in the league
at that time .Were you playing that day?

I did business with Tom when he went into the motor trade and he was an
always an absolute gentleman th deal with.

That was a semi final and we played Clee Park at Blundell Park in the final which we drew 0-0,

Losing 1-0 in the replay at the Findus Ground and I managed to score in last minute,

Lost in extra time though.

You must have been a decent player back then Pete 👍

Another thing I remember when we got to the final Tom said  whe could use his garage to train before the final.

When we got there it was full of cars so the ones who could drive put the cars out into the car park.

Tom got his flip chart out and before we could do any training we were surround by police,

Somebody had rang 999 and said thieves were nicking all the cars  

Quoted from cmackenzie4

You must have been a decent player back then Pete 👍

I was up to about 20 then back injury slowed me down and Bus driving turn me into a fat slow person so just played to try and stay fit Chris.

Quoted from grimsby pete

I was up to about 20 then back injury slowed me down and Bus driving turn me into a fat slow person so just played to try and stay fit Chris.

I played for Grimsby boys myself Pete (right midfield or right wing) played away at Leeds around 1983/1984 we got beat 4.0, I played a full season, I  also played for Yarborough United which was a decent enough team back then mate.

Quoted from cmackenzie4

I played for Grimsby boys myself Pete (right midfield or right wing) played away at Leeds around 1983/1984 we got beat 4.0, I played a full season, I  also played for Yarborough United which was a decent enough team back then mate.

I also played for the boys scored 10 goals in 5 games then went on to play for the juniors Harrry Wainman was the keeper. Work got in the way of training so just played local league after I started work.

I had the pleasure of playing with 2 top keepers lucky me eh ?

Good memories Pete, you did very well mate 👍

Quoted from grimsby pete

I also played for the boys scored 10 goals in 5 games then went on to play for the juniors Harrry Wainman was the keeper. Work got in the way of training so just played local league after I started work.

I had the pleasure of playing with 2 top keepers lucky me eh ?

You were a child prodigy Pete!

Thanks for posting about Tom Daley. Very nice chap and good company.

Quoted from TheRonRaffertyFanClub

You were a child prodigy Pete!

Thanks for posting about Tom Daley. Very nice chap and good company.

Born at the wrong time mate if I was at my best when Hull was in the Prem they might have paid Town £100,000 for me before finding I had gone off before I was 20.

That reminds me

Lovely man. Met him when I was a spotty faced schoolboy, who had a part time job as a petrol pump attendant to earn pocket money. He was selling cars from the site. Always pleasant and engaging.