Bit of a no nonsense centre half in his day, re-born under Clough at Forest. 75 years old. Sobering when players whose whole career you remember pass on.
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Bit of a no nonsense centre half in his day, re-born under Clough at Forest. 75 years old. Sobering when players whose whole career you remember pass on.
Kenny Burns , John Roberston , Tony Woodcock
What an incredible side they were
Football was the real deal back then
Now they are all diving like ponces
Clough’s Forest were an incredible team. A real joy to watch.
I think they and Ipswich are the only 2 teams in the English game, to have come up from the 2nd tier, and won the top tier title the following season. (Don’t quote me on that though) 😁
I’d say that’s correct, although Ipswich, under Alf Ramsey, were champions of both divisions whilst Forest were third, if I recall, in their division 2 promotion.
We actually beat Forest away in their promotion season, and they didn’t lose another home game for bloody ages. They gave us a football lesson at Ninian Park though.
Perhaps not correct. Apparently Liverpool, Everton & Spurs have done it.
I'm know I'm probably looking through rose tinted specs here, but as a 17 year old youth, that Forest side seemed to be the best away team I have ever seen at NP. A 3-0 tonking in November '76 at home and it could have been a lot more from memory. It's also the first time I ever saw a team been given the whole of one end of the ground, in this respect it was the Canton Stand. I can't recall any Forest fans on the Bob Bank which was probably a good idea seeing how many they brought down that day.
They were in the enclosure next to canton stand. In them days there was like a terrace on side of Canton that was like an overspill for enclosure. Don't think it had steps as such, but i certainly saw away fans in it back in them days. Wolves, Chelsea and forest among them. The Canton stand was a City end, but a few away fans did get in there and it was not unusual to see. I think season tickets were sold for that end, so city fans defo in there.
Spedger
Loved that stunt he did, Hanging off the long arm of a clock face on a building.
I remember them beating us 3-0 at NP that season mate. You are right in saying they gave us a football lesson. They did go up as 3rd place team, behind Chelsea and Wolves. May have been the first season 3 teams went up from 2nd tier to top tier.
I loved watching them the next season onwards. Lloyd and Burns were on a sort of downwards spiral in their career but Clough and Peter Taylor turned that around with them. R.I.P Larry Lloyd
Spedger
Didn't he come back as a manager later on and the crowd in the enclosure rip him a new one after he started arguing or maybe I'm remembering wrong.
Fraid I had a bit of a blind spot when it came to Larry Lloyd, I just thought he was a donkey centre half who was lucky to have Kenny Burns alongside him. The fact that Lloyd was in the England defence when they got beat 4-1 at Wrexham doesn’t seem a coincidence either.
Brian Clough always used to refer to Lloyd as a big head, but he clearly rated him and he was a regular in the Forest side that won those tournaments, so he must have been better than I was prepared to credit him with being.
RIP
He was an alliteration.
RIP Larry Lloyd.