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Interesting to see that John Toshack made a rare public appearance at Real Sociedad, and received a hero’s welcome. He’s not been well and looks ill, to be honest, but it’s good to see him up and about. I did wonder what sort of reception he would get at Cardiff these days. To some he’d be a legend; to others, a Jack traitor; while there will be many who will remember him only as an ex-Wales manager. Bit sad, really.
Did well for Wales in the end, started a new generation by blooding the youngsters.Originally Posted by tforturton
Anyone who witnessed the Toshack/Clark years down the City will only have fond memories of Tosh. Very few if any Div 2 centre halves could cope with his aerial prowess and he was very underrated on the ground too. Liverpool knew they had a bargain when they signed him and his partnership with Keegan was pivotal for them.
As for his success with the Jacks, who cares, good luck to him, he was great for us and that's all that matters. I wish him well as he's obviously not in the best of health.
He wanted to Manage City, but the Board didn’t want him so he went to Swansea.
He was great for Cardiff, good for Wales but (unfortunately) fantastic for Swansea!
Magic player for city . I was totally gutted as a 17 year old when he was sold to Liverpool . We never got over it . Warboys came in too late .
Too young to see him play but thought he was great for Wales, and deserves some credit for what came after. He gave Bale and Rambo their debuts.
If you can imagine lots of crosses coming into the box and a City player being on the end of nearly all of them, that player was Toshack. I can't remember a single centre half who could compete in the air with him at the time. And his headers were powerful and invariably on target. A very sad time when he left us for Liverpool.
I only remember him as Wales manager and I guess in my mind that's how he still looked. Sad to see him looking so frail, think I almost forget how unwell he was reported to be at the time.
Great to see him honoured over there, must have been a great occasion for him and his family.
Ditto.
The gap cost us promotion.
Lost 3 aways in the gap IIRC?
First two games I ever saw as a 6 year old Tosh scored two against Birmingham and then a hat trick against Hull, and almost immediately he went to Liverpool. He was my hero then and has remained so for the following 55 years. Sad to see him looking so poorly. Keep going Tosh, you were one hell of a footballer.
I was shocked to see how frail he was.
Wonderful player for City. I was privileged to see him playfor us many times.
Tosh was my boyhood hero.
When we moved to England when I was 14, I used to go and watch him at Spurs...Arse...West Ham...in between watching the City at...Orient..Millwall..Cambridge etc...
Some of my best memories watching Toshack and Clark scoring goals for fun. Unfortunately it didn’t last long enough but I don’t blame Tosh for doing what was best for his career.
Arguably the most significant Welsh man in the history of the game taking into account both his playing and managerial experience.
My first ever Cardiff City 'hero'. Local Canton boy made good. My uncle used to go out drinking with his dad.
I'm sure he would get a great reception at Cardiff. His time with Wales was seen so much more positively afterwards than it was when he was manager. I think a lot of us appreciated that
his blooding of so many youngsters was absolutely the right thing to do.
Glad he's still with us. He was touch and go with covid a few years ago.
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