Jason Mohammad 'the most overwhelmed he's been on TV' as he meets childhood Cardiff City hero
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Jason Mohammad 'the most overwhelmed he's been on TV' as he meets childhood Cardiff City hero
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...-most-28466842
Dave Bennett - what a player. Great memories of him and brother Gary at N.P.
My view is whilst dave was a very good player it was Gary at the back , with his reading of the game that we really missed when he left
A real silent but deadly sort of team member
He was handy if it all kicked off
Used to play snooker with Dave after training, this was back when Jason was a Spurs fan :wink:
Was he?!Quote:
Originally Posted by G rangetown Blue
Has been for years. Don't know why anyone swallows the guff about him being a City fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff
I guess they had a tough time back in those days when they were the only black players playing for City. My memory says that they were there at same time as Clive Charles but if the article is correct then they couldn't have been. I remember Cohen Griffiths who came later - he was a formidable defender!Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Cohen was a striker mateQuote:
Originally Posted by Gofer Blue
Charles was a few years before the deadly duo
Anyone remember Clyde Best? I'm pretty sure he was the only black player in the first division. So weird.
How do you know he didn't support City as a youngster.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan Lung
My son supports Chelsea because he and his mates found it more interesting to watch games on TV if they all supported different clubs. But he has always supported City anf would want them to eat Chelsea.
Wasn't he one of several ex City players who ended up at Barry? Think they used him more as an attacking midfielder, but I might be wrong there.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I always remember Cohen Griffiths playing on the wing?
Charles around 1975, Dave Bennett 1983, Cohen 1988 at a guess.
Me too!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
West Ham player?Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
He was primarily a forward, he wasn't a Chris fry type of wingerQuote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
His greatest goal for us in my opinion was his belter on his debut up at Huddersfield
He was never a winger although he could get out wideQuote:
Originally Posted by Des Parrot
Front two , off the main forward
https://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/news...cohen-griffithQuote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
The first black player I can remember is Leeds' South African winger Albert Johansen (probably spelt his surname wrong). After that came John Charles (Clive's brother) who was also a full back for West Ham in the mid sixties. West Ham were pretty exceptional in the early seventies as I believe they may have very occasionally had three black players in their side (Clive Charles, Clyde Best and Ade Coker), but it was when West Brom had Brendan Batson, Cyrille Regis and Laurie Cunningham as regulars in their staring line up in the late seventies that black players started to become commonplace in the game.
City had some black players before my time like Tommy Best, but, thinking back, apart from Clive Charles, I can't think of seeing any others in our team until the Bennett brothers arrived in 81/82 - they were joined for a few weeks by Godfrey Ingram and I seem to recall there was some sort of feeble attempt in the local media to refer to them as the Three Degrees just like the West Brom trio I mentioned earlier were.
I always used to say that Dave Bennett was my second favourite City player after Ian Gibson, but I think Sludge is right when he says Gary might have been more important to us - Gordon Owen did a great short term job in replacing Dave and I'd say Dave's talents came more to the fore at the higher level of the First Division. He was many people's choice as Man of the Match in Coventry's FA Cup Final win over Spurs in 1987 and I'd say he was was good enough to have been capped by England. Gary was some player as well, quick, good in the air and strong, he was a quality defender for us and didn't do badly as a striker for us at times - he's something of a legend at Sunderland and I believe he's still involved in match commentaries for them.
Steve Mokone was with us for the 59/60 season and played the first three games in the first team before playing regularly in the Combination team. He scored in the first game of the season - a 3-2 win over Liverpool!Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
"Steve Mokone - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Mokone
I wondered how long it would take for someone to say he was a Spurs fan when he was a kid. Who gives a shit. He always champions City these days on his tv programmes and social media.
Love the Bennets .
Gary was a giant.
Why do folk cry on television ??
Click bait ??
I like players of all colours and creed .
:thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
Exactly!Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
When he was a kid?….. He actually used to refer to Spurs as “us” on his radio Wales show…..Wynn Evans the same.Quote:
Originally Posted by J R Hartley
JMo’s Dad is a proper City fan ….drove the open top bus at the promotion parade.
City 1 Pompey 0
First half goal.Dave crosses from the right on to Hemmermans head.
Wynne Evans ?Quote:
Originally Posted by G rangetown Blue
Is he the fat go compare bloke ?
He's a spurs fan ?
And he now refers to us as we. He's seen the light, who cares how long it took him to get there?!Quote:
Originally Posted by G rangetown Blue
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Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa
I have seen Mr Mohammed down the games regularlyQuote:
Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa
Nicky Wire The Msnic from Blackwood CCFC territory ,ponces around in a spurs shirt
Can someone explain what a proper city fan is anyway? I'm getting a bit jumpy now that I may get found out at the Watford game coz I can't remember what year some random goal went in somewhere or I haven't been to enough aways or I don't have a Cardiff accent and that I'm no longer legally allowed to drive an open-top bus.
There are lots of different ways of being a city fan from being a week in week out home and away diehard to keeping up to date with the team from afar as lots of our clubs exiled fans doQuote:
Originally Posted by Citizen's Nephew
That's what unites us and separates us from the ctts wearing Liverpool tops walking up and down Queen Street then catching the bus home to Radyr
:ayatollah:Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Yes….Yes….and Yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Walking down to the beach just now, I had a retro City top on, Dave Bennett/Gary Bennett era type, a couple walks past us, he had a Chelsea shirt on, shouts ‘Bluebirds’ & ‘Do the Ayatollah’ to me in a Welsh accent. His shirt was blue mind, perhaps he was dyslexic? :hehe:
It seems Jason has ‘reset’ on a few things over recent years, it just took him longer than most to get on board with his home town club, I’m happy he did :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pedro de la Rosa
The more converts the better I reckon. Takes some a while to click that they look and sound daft proclaiming that they’re a Mancs or a Scouser when they couldn’t point out those places on a map.