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Bit of an old racist by all accounts.
RIP good old fashioned footballer
I hope that no one posts something like that about you the day after you pop off. He was a football legend.Quote:
Originally Posted by ken smith
My two main memories of Tommy Smith were of him scoring an unlikely goal in a European Cup Final and then, about a year later, "welcoming" Ossie Ardilles and Ricardo Villa to Britain by kicking them both up in the air in a League Cup tie between John Toshack's jacks and Spurs - I went to that game and watched from a packed North Bank.
RIP.
So was John Terry.Quote:
Originally Posted by dml1954
Do a Google search
Think the pretty Tommy Smith, is still in good health .
I wish football was still played like that, great days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks
I’ve seen no evidence that Ken Smith is a racist.Quote:
Originally Posted by dml1954
RIP Tommy. Part of the first football dynasty that I remember
His headed goal in the European Cup Final is an abiding image. Shame that it’s likely that heading a ball for all those years contributed to his Alzheimer’s
Great footballer, pretty despicable views on race.
I suppose people's views will depend on whether you feel you can separate the artist from the art
https://www.thisisanfield.com/2018/0...adictory-life/
Used to give Howard Gayle , the Liverpool born black striker terrible racist grief , Gayle said it ruined his confidence as a young player
Legend or not , he was a racist