Reply With QuoteSuch a shame. He was the 'keeper when I first started going down NP. Not the tallest but a really good goalie, I remember him wearing a cap a lot. I was surprised when we sold him to Bournemouth for £5000. RIP Fred.
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Apologies if it's been posted already but just noticed on Sky ticker that our former goalkeeper has died aged 81.
He was our keeper just before I started watching City .RIP Fred.
Such a shame. He was the 'keeper when I first started going down NP. Not the tallest but a really good goalie, I remember him wearing a cap a lot. I was surprised when we sold him to Bournemouth for £5000. RIP Fred.
I'm another for who Fred was my first keeper & my jumpers for goalposts inspiration. RIP Fred
R.I.P Fred, our goalie when I first started going down the City from October '68 onwards
Rest In Peace Fred
RIP
RIP Fred
My favourite City goalie of all time. RIP Fred and thanks for the memories.
Sad. Like the others here, Fred Davies was in goal the very first time I walked through those rickety turnstiles as a kid. I remember his flat cap well. I also remember his terrifying tendency to dribble around opposing players in his penalty area.
'Davies is better than Yashin. Toshack is better than Eusebio, and (fill in the blank) are in for a thrashin'
Once saw Fred score five goals in a charity game at Ynys Park, Ton Pentre. If memory serves a certain John Charles also played in that game.
Bless Freddie Davies and bless Peter King, bless Barrie Jones as he streaks down the wing, bless 'em all.Originally Posted by jimmyscoular
RIP
Even in a time when goalkeepers were not the size they are today, he struck me as on the small side, but I can't say it was ever something that held him back.
I can remember he made his debut in a home match with Portsmouth on an absolutely awful, wet afternoon that left the pitch a quagmire. City were 3-0 up playing towards the Grange End at half time and ended up winning very comfortably by that score. However, I can remember being impressed by our new goalkeeper's professionalism as he asked the kids stood in the boys enclosure on the Grange End how long there was to go every few minutes, but the passing of the years has made me believe that it was much more likely that he was really concerned with how much longer he had to stay out in the lashing wind and rain.
RIP
Part of the almost nursery rhyme like mantra... Davies, Carver, Bell, Sutton, Murray, Harris.............. RIP Fred.
And Mine, R.I.P.
Well said. Great memories. A really good keeper who looked impressive in his flat cap ! RIP Fred
A favorite ‘keeper of mine. To emulate him I wore a similar cap during my time between the sticks, not that it did me much good.
RIP Fred.
Bob, I'm surprised that you and and another poster said that Fred was on the small side as that was not a memory I had of him. I therefore checked some of the old team photos online and in one of them he is stood next to Tosh, who was about 6' 2". They appear to be roughly the same height.
The one goalkeeper we had who certainly fitted into the small category was Dilwyn John. I don't think he could have been over
5' 8".
Allegedly knocking off Scoular's missus at the time - that's why he was transferred..
Rarely hear Barrie Jones mentioned, even by old-timers. I remember him being a bit of lightning, over on the left wing as I recall.
Yes, I remember that chant.
"Part of the almost nursery rhyme like mantra... Davies, Carver, Bell, Sutton, Murray, Harris.............. RIP Fred."
Hallelujah, Jimmy Scoular, Jimmy Scoular...
Right winger was Barry (number 7), Ronnie Bird was on the left wing.
Barrie Jones was a superbly gifted footballer. Unfortunately, he broke his leg away at Blackpool, which ended his football league career.
A game that sticks in my mind was an away defeat at Derby in 1969, the season they gained promotion to the First Division. City got beaten 2-0 but the general consensus was that Barrie Jones was the best player on the pitch that day.
What I didn't realise was that Plymouth broke the British transfer record for a winger when they signed him from the Jacks in 1964 for £45,000.
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