Casino Posted May 9, 2015 Posted May 9, 2015 thatd be tony henry we hawked him around starting at 100k and got 18 Quote
Whites man Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 He told that story about Gerry McElhinney in the Lion of Vienna suite before a game a few seasons ago. Quote
COYW Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 I liked the anecdote about the not very commercially minded, commercial manager. Peter Reid was still playing for us when he took over, before we gave him away to Everton for £60K. I'd be interested to see what the team line-up was for his first match in charge away at Burnley and what we were left with by the final game of that season. Quote
bolton va va Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 I liked the anecdote about the not very commercially minded, commercial manager. Peter Reid was still playing for us when he took over, before we gave him away to Everton for £60K. I'd be interested to see what the team line-up was for his first match in charge away at Burnley and what we were left with by the final game of that season. I can't remember the ins & outs, but I don't think we had much choice but to "give him away " after Reid had refused to go to some lot who had offered us more money. Quote
Traf Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 I can't remember the ins & outs, but I don't think we had much choice but to "give him away " after Reid had refused to go to some lot who had offered us more money. Wolves £600,000 Quote
paulhanley Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 Jim McDonagh, Steve Whitworth, Mike Doyle, Jeff Chandler, Ian Moores and David Hoggan remained from the first day of 82/3 at Burnley when it came around to the final game at Charlton. We'd lost Peter Reid, Tony Henry and Chris Thompson as well as Paul Jones to injury. The remarkable thing about that season was that with two games remaining virtually half of the league was still not mathematically safe. Quote
Whites man Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 I can't remember the ins & outs, but I don't think we had much choice but to "give him away " after Reid had refused to go to some lot who had offered us more money. That was a couple of seasons earlier, before he was injured. Everton did us a favour in selling us Brian Borrows for only £5k but McGovern does us a story about us nearly not being able to get the money together. Quote
jturner Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 I think the team we had in August 1982 was stronger than the one we have now.Tony Henry is just what a 2nd Division midfield needs and Peter Reid was obviously better than Tony Henry Quote
Mounts Kipper Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 Today's situation has stark similarities to 82 with just a little bit of investment back then we'd have had a good chance of getting promoted to lose Henry, Reffearn and Peter Reid was a body blow and one we don't recover from for over 10 years. It seems sadly we're back in that similar scenario. Quote
Traf Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 Investment might not be far away if the papers are right today. Quote
Mounts Kipper Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 Investment might not be far away if the papers are right today. Which paper? Quote
Whites man Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 Today's situation has stark similarities to 82 with just a little bit of investment back then we'd have had a good chance of getting promoted to lose Henry, Reffearn and Peter Reid was a body blow and one we don't recover from for over 10 years. It seems sadly we're back in that similar scenario. 2 real quality players there. At that time we had average crowds of 7,000 with a break even figure of 17,000 so the board had no option. Quote
COYW Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 Today's situation has stark similarities to 82 It's nothing like it was back then. We owed money to the banks rather than a benefactor and they weren't interested in bailing us out. Not to mention that crowds were about half what they are now and there was no real TV income. We also had a stadium that was barely fit for purpose and no training facilities to speak of. Quote
Whites man Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 It's nothing like it was back then. We owed money to the banks rather than a benefactor and they weren't interested in bailing us out. Not to mention that crowds were about half what they are now and there was no real TV income. We also had a stadium that was barely fit for purpose and no training facilities to speak of. Other than that it is. Quote
Mounts Kipper Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 (edited) It's nothing like it was back then. We owed money to the banks rather than a benefactor and they weren't interested in bailing us out. Not to mention that crowds were about half what they are now and there was no real TV income. We also had a stadium that was barely fit for purpose and no training facilities to speak of. If anything it's worse now, check out the income received with what were spending on players wages add in another 8 million drop in income tweet season, the debt I agree shouldn't be an issue and the stadium and training ground now are brilliant but the imbalance in revenue received to overheads has never been bigger. Edited May 10, 2015 by Mounts Kipper Quote
COYW Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 If anything it's worse now No it isn't. We didn't have a pot to piss in back then and there was no prospect of ever having one either. No one in their right mind would have invested a penny into the club. Selling half the Embankment End and launching Burnden Lifeline effectively saved the club. Quote
Mounts Kipper Posted May 10, 2015 Posted May 10, 2015 No it isn't. We didn't have a pot to piss in back then and there was no prospect of ever having one either. No one in their right mind would have invested a penny into the club. Selling half the Embankment End and launching Burnden Lifeline effectively saved the club. I give up. Quote
COYW Posted May 12, 2015 Posted May 12, 2015 3-0 up away from home. What could possibly go wrong? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGX1B_4_xtw Quote
MickyD Posted May 31, 2015 Posted May 31, 2015 43 pages means it's likely that this has already been posted. 43 pages also means I'm not going to trawl through to check before posting. https://youtu.be/75IiE8E7gak Quote
SatanGreavsie Posted May 31, 2015 Posted May 31, 2015 3-0 up away from home. What could possibly go wrong? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGX1B_4_xtw I was there - fucking hell, 22 years ago in a few months time; where does it go? Odd thing is I never remembered their 4th being a pen. Quote
Biggish Dave Posted May 31, 2015 Posted May 31, 2015 I remember taking the piss sarcastically cheering when they got their 1st goal. To make matters worse, Shearer made his comeback from injury and scored a hat trick for jackburn too. Bad day all round Quote
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