Roger Osborne?

[Bobby Dandruff]

I think that lockdown may be starting to get to me as I read an article recently about Roger Osborne, the chap who scored the FA Cup Final winning goal for Ipswich and then had to go off as he was so overcome by the situation, and I was SURE that he had gone on to play for us at some stage (maybe on loan, and only for a few games?) but I can find NO record of this.

So from that, I MUST have imagined it, or can anyone else save my sanity? 🤷*♂️

[the other bob wilson]

You imagined it - confirmed on Wikipedia;-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Osborne

[Moodybluebird]

I think that lockdown may be starting to get to me as I read an article recently about Roger Osborne, the chap who scored the FA Cup Final winning goal for Ipswich and then had to go off as he was so overcome by the situation, and I was SURE that he had gone on to play for us at some stage (maybe on loan, and only for a few games?) but I can find NO record of this.

So from that, I MUST have imagined it, or can anyone else save my sanity? 🤷*♂️

I wouldn't swear to this Bobby but something in the back of my mind tells me that we were after him at some point but the deal didn't go through.

[the other bob wilson]

I wouldn't swear to this Bobby but something in the back of my mind tells me that we were after him at some point but the deal didn't go through.

Must admit there was something in the back of my mind to that effect as well.

[Bobby Dandruff]

I wouldn't swear to this Bobby but something in the back of my mind tells me that we were after him at some point but the deal didn't go through.

You and TOBW have made me feel a BIT better ;-)

[Former Labour leader]

You and TOBW have made me feel a BIT better ;-)

I dont remember any interest and my football memories stretch back a very long way.
🤨

[The Bloop]

Maybe there was some interest after we played them in the 3rd round that season?

[Moodybluebird]

I'm more convinced than ever that we were after him at some stage. How far our interest went or even if it was just papertalk, I honestly cannot remember but for the 2 Bobs and me to make the connection means there must be something to it. And yes Former Labour leader my memories go way back too, certainly a long time before the Roger Osborne mystery !! (Sounds like an Agatha Christie novel)

[Majorblue]

I think that lockdown may be starting to get to me as I read an article recently about Roger Osborne, the chap who scored the FA Cup Final winning goal for Ipswich and then had to go off as he was so overcome by the situation, and I was SURE that he had gone on to play for us at some stage (maybe on loan, and only for a few games?) but I can find NO record of this.

So from that, I MUST have imagined it, or can anyone else save my sanity? 🤷*♂️

I found it as it rang a bell with me.
Richie Morgan tabled a bid of 70,000 but he turned us down as he didn’t fancy moving across the country. However, it didn’t stop him going on a loan to Detroit.
In the article he claims he told Richi3 that he had a dodgy knee to get out of the move.
This comes from a Daily Mail article which I cannot link but it is found via a google search

[Majorblue]

I found it as it rang a bell with me.
Richie Morgan tabled a bid of 70,000 but he turned us down as he didn’t fancy moving across the country. However, it didn’t stop him going on a loan to Detroit.
In the article he claims he told Richi3 that he had a dodgy knee to get out of the move.
This comes from a Daily Mail article which I cannot link but it is found via a google search

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...years-ago.html

Scroll right down to near the end for the Cardiff element of his story.

[the other bob wilson]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...years-ago.html

Scroll right down to near the end for the Cardiff element of his story.

Great work Major

[BLUETIT]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...years-ago.html

Scroll right down to near the end for the Cardiff element of his story.

Well done, you’ve saved someone’s sanity by the sound of it

[The Lone Gunman]

Don't remember anything about Roger Osborne being linked with City, but I can remember Southampton winning the cup in 1976, beating Man Utd 1-0 with a late goal scored by Bobby Stokes.

Early in the 1976/77 season, City played Southampton at Ninian Park in the Football Combination reserves league. I think it may well have been the first game of that campaign. My father took me down there and I can remember being amazed that the man who'd scored the winning goal at Wembley a few months earlier was playing up front for the Saints at Ninian in front of a crowd of a couple of hundred. Of course, the FA Cup final was a much bigger deal back then. For a kid like me (I was nine at the time), it inconceivable that a superstar like Stokes should be playing our reserves.

[Cyncoed Slumdog]

Don't remember anything about Roger Osborne being linked with City, but I can remember Southampton winning the cup in 1976, beating Man Utd 1-0 with a late goal scored by Bobby Stokes.

Early in the 1976/77 season, City played Southampton at Ninian Park in the Football Combination reserves league. I think it may well have been the first game of that campaign. My father took me down there and I can remember being amazed that the man who'd scored the winning goal at Wembley a few months earlier was playing up front for the Saints at Ninian in front of a crowd of a couple of hundred. Of course, the FA Cup final was a much bigger deal back then. For a kid like me (I was nine at the time), it inconceivable that a superstar like Stokes should be playing our reserves.

Rather off topic but your comments make me nostalgic for the old Football Combination. It was a proper competition with teams containing reserves, promising youngsters and gnarled old pros. Crowds weren't too bad on occasions if a big team were the visitors and they were often very competitive games played on Saturday afternoons when the first team were away. Before the days of social media and score flashes would be given over the tannoy during the game.

[The Lone Gunman]

Rather off topic but your comments make me nostalgic for the old Football Combination. It was a proper competition with teams containing reserves, promising youngsters and gnarled old pros. Crowds weren't too bad on occasions if a big team were the visitors and they were often very competitive games played on Saturday afternoons when the first team were away. Before the days of social media and score flashes would be given over the tannoy during the game.

My father used to take me to plenty of Football Combination games, mainly because they were often played on Saturday afternoons. As there was only one substitute allowed in those days, I think reserve matches were of much greater interest to the average fan as the team would often contain genuine first team regulars who for whatever reason were out of favour that week, whether it be form or fitness. The Football Combination also seemed to be a considerable step up from youth team football, so the youngsters who featured usually had a decent chance of making it to the first team in due course.

I'm not 100% certain about this, but I think as season ticket holders we used to get into the Football Combination games for free. Were there vouchers in the back of the season tickets for such matches or did you just have to show your season ticket at the gate? Not sure, but we used to go to lots of those games whatever the arrangements were.

[StraightOuttaCanton]

Don't remember anything about Roger Osborne being linked with City, but I can remember Southampton winning the cup in 1976, beating Man Utd 1-0 with a late goal scored by Bobby Stokes.

Early in the 1976/77 season, City played Southampton at Ninian Park in the Football Combination reserves league. I think it may well have been the first game of that campaign. My father took me down there and I can remember being amazed that the man who'd scored the winning goal at Wembley a few months earlier was playing up front for the Saints at Ninian in front of a crowd of a couple of hundred. Of course, the FA Cup final was a much bigger deal back then. For a kid like me (I was nine at the time), it inconceivable that a superstar like Stokes should be playing our reserves.

On a similar note I had an almost identical experience in 1973 when Sunderland played us 2 days after winning the FA Cup... it’s perhaps my earliest football memory (I was 6) but remember to this day that Billy Hughes from that Sunderland team was my first footballing hero. The FA Cup was fantastic from 1972 all the way through until the late 80’s for me

[Bobby Dandruff]

On a similar note I had an almost identical experience in 1973 when Sunderland played us 2 days after winning the FA Cup... it’s perhaps my earliest football memory (I was 6) but remember to this day that Billy Hughes from that Sunderland team was my first footballing hero. The FA Cup was fantastic from 1972 all the way through until the late 80’s for me

I remember that game! I was 9.

How could these now-household names be suddenly coming to play us!

[the other bob wilson]

On a similar note I had an almost identical experience in 1973 when Sunderland played us 2 days after winning the FA Cup... it’s perhaps my earliest football memory (I was 6) but remember to this day that Billy Hughes from that Sunderland team was my first footballing hero. The FA Cup was fantastic from 1972 all the way through until the late 80’s for me

I was 17 and felt exactly the same way - I was also in a state of shock when we best them 4-1 down here seven months later.

[splott parker]

The FA Cup was truly magical, I’m reminded of a sad anecdote, after he was finished up by the City and before he took over at Newport I spoke to him on a bus stop on Greenway Rd, Rumney. Weirdly he was door to door selling jewellery so he told me, looking back he may have been under a driving ban, hence being in the bus shelter, I was so surprised that such a famous man was actually waiting for a bus. Anyway he shook my hand after we spoke and for ages after I regarded it as a massive thing that I had touched the hand of a man who’d held the FA Cup, the FA Cup meant that much to me.

[splott parker]

The FA Cup was truly magical, I’m reminded of a sad anecdote, after he was finished up by the City and before he took over at Newport I spoke to him on a bus stop on Greenway Rd, Rumney. Weirdly he was door to door selling jewellery so he told me, looking back he may have been under a driving ban, hence being in the bus shelter, I was so surprised that such a famous man was actually waiting for a bus. Anyway he shook my hand after we spoke and for ages after I regarded it as a massive thing that I had touched the hand of a man who’d held the FA Cup, the FA Cup meant that much to me.

Jesus, I’m still so overcome, I forgot to mention that it was Jimmy Scoular

[BLUETIT]

The FA Cup was truly magical, I’m reminded of a sad anecdote, after he was finished up by the City and before he took over at Newport I spoke to him on a bus stop on Greenway Rd, Rumney. Weirdly he was door to door selling jewellery so he told me, looking back he may have been under a driving ban, hence being in the bus shelter, I was so surprised that such a famous man was actually waiting for a bus. Anyway he shook my hand after we spoke and for ages after I regarded it as a massive thing that I had touched the hand of a man who’d held the FA Cup, the FA Cup meant that much to me.

Jesus, I’m still so overcome, I forgot to mention that it was Jimmy Scoular

When I first read it, without the name, I thought it was about Brian Harris

[Former Labour leader]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...years-ago.html

Scroll right down to near the end for the Cardiff element of his story.

Wow. Hadn't seen that....memories are made so this.

[life on mars]

I found it as it rang a bell with me.
Richie Morgan tabled a bid of 70,000 but he turned us down as he didn’t fancy moving across the country. However, it didn’t stop him going on a loan to Detroit.
In the article he claims he told Richi3 that he had a dodgy knee to get out of the move.
This comes from a Daily Mail article which I cannot link but it is found via a google search

Great memory ,I do remember the fuss in the press, as the fee at that time was high

[Jordi Culé]

It’s threads like this and their outcomes which makes this message board worth the visit.

Well played all.

[Moodybluebird]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...years-ago.html

Scroll right down to near the end for the Cardiff element of his story.

Brilliant work Major ! Saved my blushes somewhat 👍