January 5, 20197 yr 6 minutes ago, Casino said: Talking about the old uns, how big a tragedy was it that Tommy Lawton slipped our net Him and Nat...im pretty sure we wouldn't be without a league championship if we could've teamed them two up It’s been said before but Alan Ball as well. Could have teamed up with Franny Lee and Freddie Hill.
January 5, 20197 yr 1 minute ago, Casino said: Are Lawton and lofthouse England's two best goals per game strikers? Yeah, but we only played mickey mouse countries at the time.
January 5, 20197 yr 4 minutes ago, Casino said: Are Lawton and lofthouse England's two best goals per game strikers? I think Nat was second to Stan Mortensen
January 5, 20197 yr Just read up on Lawton Bolton offered him a place but his grandad turned the offer down in favour of Rossendale United. That was a brave move.
January 5, 20197 yr Lawton was also Lofthouses hero and weren't they similar style of player? Doubt it would have worked them 2 up top.
January 5, 20197 yr Mortensen 23 in 25 (92%) Lofthouse 30 in 33 (91%) Lawton 22 in 23 (96%) All supposed legends but they hardly played any games between them. And I'm not stating that they aren't legends BTW. Mark Hateley played 32, scored 9!! Did they use PP's Bingo Machine to pick the team in those days?
January 5, 20197 yr 6 hours ago, jeep said: Mortensen 23 in 25 (92%) Lofthouse 30 in 33 (91%) Lawton 22 in 23 (96%) All supposed legends but they hardly played any games between them. And I'm not stating that they aren't legends BTW. Mark Hateley played 32, scored 9!! Did they use PP's Bingo Machine to pick the team in those days? Sort of - the team was picked by committee.
January 5, 20197 yr A very frail looking Tommy Lawton appears on Nat's This is Your Life. My Grandad reckoned he was the best header of the ball he'd ever seen
January 5, 20197 yr 12 hours ago, Mounts Kipper said: Lawton was also Lofthouses hero and weren't they similar style of player? Doubt it would have worked them 2 up top. Lawton was the top scorer in Div 1 immediately before WWII. He was still 19 when war broke out. He really missed out on his likely best years. Nat did not pull up trees during his teenage appearances (straight from a shift down the pit!) but things fell into place once normal football resumed. As they were only 6 years apart, and both from the same school, it is hardly surprising that he viewed TL as a hero. Difficult to see them being picked together in view of both being centre forwards when there was no flexibility in formations until Don Revie played a deep-lying CF in 1954. By then Lawton's career was all but over.
January 5, 20197 yr On 31/12/2018 at 15:07, MickyD said: I've already said in the other section that this was probably a close second in my list of favourite eras to watch the Wanderers. Very close to the Okocha/Djorkaeff era and only because it seemed every other player in the later team was also a household name. Just like we've all said about all those players, I just wish we'd seen them in their prime rather than towards the end of their careers. Thompson was just brilliant; imagine how good he was 10-15 years younger! T O TOM TOMO Thommo! (It was a chant it seemed to work at the time!) Almost exactly my thoughts Except that I would put Tomo ahead even of Le God and the others My favourite Wanderer of all
January 5, 20197 yr 5 minutes ago, bw@bw said: Almost exactly my thoughts Except that I would put Tomo ahead even of Le God and the others My favourite Wanderer of all 1st post after 10 years Keep it up
January 5, 20197 yr 21 hours ago, Mounts Kipper said: Lawton was also Lofthouses hero and weren't they similar style of player? Doubt it would have worked them 2 up top. In a Shearer & Ferdinand stylee?
January 5, 20197 yr 21 hours ago, Mounts Kipper said: Lawton was also Lofthouses hero and weren't they similar style of player? Doubt it would have worked them 2 up top. You've been watching Parky's sides too long.
January 5, 20197 yr 15 minutes ago, Duck Egg said: You've been watching Parky's sides too long. Who hasn't?
January 6, 20197 yr 13 hours ago, Traf said: Who hasn't? The missing 10k who have been boycotting for years
January 6, 20197 yr On 05/01/2019 at 09:39, jeep said: Mortensen 23 in 25 (92%) Lofthouse 30 in 33 (91%) Lawton 22 in 23 (96%) All supposed legends but they hardly played any games between them. And I'm not stating that they aren't legends BTW. Mark Hateley played 32, scored 9!! Did they use PP's Bingo Machine to pick the team in those days? Different eras. No 6 friendlies a year then. These stats are like full career England players.
January 6, 20197 yr Iirc, upon Nat's passing, an article explained that the actually scored many more for England, but they weren't official games. If they were added in, he would have had an incredible record.
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