Quincy. Had a few skills. Shame he was in the list of worst ever players
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Quincy. Had a few skills. Shame he was in the list of worst ever players
We agree on something!Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Gibson and Vincent were both good players,especially Gibson.
That Farrell performance is the stuff of legend.
I'd only been following football for a few years and I had never seen a performance like it.
It's 50 odd years ago now and I don't think I have really seen many, if any, like it since.
Think it was a saturday afternoon though wasn't it?
Amazing performance. Could never understand who he didnt repeat it, even occasionally.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Apologies I have just checked back and 3rd May 1966 was indeed a Tuesday night.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elwood Blues
Unusual for City because I seem to recall that Scoular preferred to play on Wednesdays.
Fantastic player, he could throw his hips and drop a shoulder and some of the crowd would move. I always feel he is criminally underrated when people compare Welsh greats.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
Billy Ronson, Barrie Jones, Ian Gibson. But Whitts outshines them all.
Craig Noone's performance away to Man City was one of the most skillful performances I've seen someone have in a City shirt. Shame he was so inconsistent as he was clearly talented.
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Originally Posted by Elwood Blues
The game took place on Wednesday 4 May and the following Saturday 7 May we lost 9-0 at Deepdale
I was there and I could have sworn it was played in daylight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Mort
I think Billy Ronson was more industrious than skillful.Quote:
Originally Posted by cardiff55
Still the best goal I have ever seen in person. WTF was he doing in the 4th Division?Quote:
Originally Posted by Park Life
Yes I thought it was daylight as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Former Labour leader
I suppose being May and a 7.30 start it would have started in the sun (if there was any!)
I can picture Farrell tearing down the wing, Bob Bank side, like it was yesterday, then cutting inside to score.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elwood Blues
Real shame he never hit the heights again. I know he liked a drink, but so did most footballers at the time.
According to wiki Farrell left for S Africa after leaving Bury. Just out of interest does anyone know his whereabouts. I did find a Greg Farrell on facebook, but unless somone recognises him 50 years on there is no info on him being a former footballer.
Suprised nobody has mentioned Tarki Micallef
Garth blue your obviously a big fan of Tarki but I would say lethal lynex had more skill than him and he couldn't trap a bag of cement !
Alan Curtis Indeed
What a great great player
Treated disgracefully by some of our fans because he used to play for swansea
Andy legg after a few wobbles ? Bluebird legend
he presented me with an award onceQuote:
Originally Posted by Garth Blue
It was football based
I was at the Farrell, but, for some reason, my main memory is of the Middlesbrough centre half scoring a hat trick - I was only ten mind.
Was it true about the "fingers" nickname?
Yes Paul, i recall him being referred to as “Fingers” Farrell and was supposed to be related to a theft conviction before he arrived down here. I recall someone saying it was whilst he was at Birmingham City.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
Have you heard the rumour that he was sold after money left in the dressing room went missing Rob? It could be made up because of that earlier conviction of course.Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Mort
Greg Farrell
Barrie Jones
Ivor Allchirch
Think he was convicted of burglary after he left City, nit heard of the rumour about missing money in the dressing roomQuote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
It’s a long time ago but I am sure that he was referred to as “fingers” whilst he was a City player. The stories going around at the time involved a burglary and stealing the contents of a gas/electricity meter. Whether the detail Of the story is true or not who knows. I don’t remember any stories about theft from the dressing room.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef
Sad thing is he was such a talented player. The game against Middlesbrough he was absolutely brilliant in the 5-3 win. One of if not the best games by a City player I’ve ever seen.Quote:
Originally Posted by Enoch Mort
Someone told me about the thefts from the dressing room years after Farrell had retired and I've never had much of an opinion one way or another about how true it was. This passage from a website I have access to implies that his sale was for another reason and it would appear that he eventually returned to this country from South Africa;-
"A George Swindin signing, he was a alarmingly inconsistent winger who could give the best of players a hard time on his best days, but on his worst, and they seemed to outnumber the best, he was somewhat less than effective. He is mainly remembered for his performance against Middlesbrough in a bottom of the table clash at the tail end of the 1965-66 season which both teams had to win to avoid relegation. He got a goal, turned in a brilliant display, and City won by 5-3 in a game that has come to be known as "Farrell's Match". He had started out in League football with Birmingham City in March 1961 following his apprenticeship there, but only made 4 League appearances for them before joining City. His time with the club ground to a halt when he got a suspension for getting sent off at home to Crystal Palace on Boxing Day 1966 and after that he was never a regular in the side, as Jimmy Scoular transferred him away to Bury just before that season's transfer deadline. He finished the 1966-67 there, before embarking on a very sucessful 1967-68 season, becoming something of a terrace favourite as a result. Unfortunately the 1968-69 season was something of a nightmare, with a cartlilage problem making further progress impossible. He evetually left Bury in the summer of 1970 after 83 League appearances in which he scored 15 goals, emigrating to South Africa, where he played for Cape Town for a number of seasons. He returned to live in the UK during the 1990's, and although resident in the Midlands, he has been reported as in attendance at Gigg Lane on a number of occasions."
In my opinion it is the best individual performance I have seen by a City player. It was a great shame that he infrequently reproduced only a fraction of that level of performance. Some years ago I saw a poll of the Bury FC Legends and he was in the top 3 so he is remembered as a special player there as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef
Ian Gibson.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
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Originally Posted by welshwarrior
McPhail
That's a great trio Cleve.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cleve van Leef
Probably before most posters time on here but an incredibly skilful player was Brian 'Daisy' Walsh. Unfortunately, he wasn't always effective, hence the nickname.
I'm amazed no one's mentioned Eddie Johnson who scored one of the most memorable goals at Ninian....."USA, USA, USA".
it was fantastic seeing him score that goal , so pleased for himQuote:
Originally Posted by Dorcus
As others have said, Ian Gibson has to be top of the list with Greg Farrell, on his day, close behind