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April 10, 2020, 2:09pm
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You would see him winding up for the tackle as he ran towards the man with the ball, it must have scared the living sh*t out of little skinny wingers. Often he took the ball, the man and anybody daft enough to be close by. After a couple of early crunches from him opposing players would often want nothing more to do with the game.

Not a skilled craftsman but gave everything for Town. Some of our teams in the last 20 years would not have been so sh*t if he'd been in the team, he wouldn't have allowed them to be.

Legend is overused in football, but he is a Town legend.


Not wanting to turn this into a BC thread, but Bob was a real Jekyl and Hyde character. My house backed on to his when he lived in Johnson St and a nicer bloke you couldnt wish to meet. Quiet and almost to the point of being shy when you spoke to him, he was somehow transformed into a totally different character when he pulled a pair of boots on. To see him having a kick about with the young kids in the street and then to watch him on the pitch, was a transformation. The rumour in the street was that prior to a game, he would be fed raw meat poked through the bars of a cage before he was let out on to the pitch. Great guy and a terrific player.












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He was/is a great bloke and I agree completely. Lovely dry sense of humour. Smaller than he seemed on the field but he was such a well built lad with a low centre of gravity he could take on opponents of any size. Remarkably good in the air too.


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Quoted from Boris Johnson
In the flesh, at a ground, TV and vid clips do not count

George Best
Jimmy Greaves
Ference Puskas
Alf Di-Stefano
Norbert Stiles


I'll go along with that. I'd add Gordon Banks Stanley Matthews Alan Ball Jackie Bestall Eric Cantona Jack Charlton Ronaldo Nat Lofthouse
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