Quotes/anecdotes

[frankiegth]

Has anyone got any interesting or amusing anecdotes they've heard first hand (rather than read) from famous sports people. Be them at sportsman's evenings or on the field so to speak.

Three seasons ago we played Burton Albion and it was (at the time) our record attendance, so the atmosphere was fantastic. Brian Clough was there to cheer his lads team on. Anyway Hucknall lost 2-1 after Burton scored two late goals.

As we were making our way from the ground the great man himself spoke to a friend of mines youngster.

"What did you think to that then?" Inquired Cloughie.

"It was great, but we should've won" he replied.

"There's a world of difference between should have and did, and don't be late for school in the morning young man".


My mate told me the next time I saw him, his lad was awake all night because he was frightened to be late for school in the morning.

Cloughie, that man just oozed charisma by the bucket full. How many teachers or even dads would like to have that sort of influence on their children.

[Col ISIHAC.]

Had a lot of respect for Cloughie - a true one-off.

Not quite in the same league - literally, not in the same league, but H&W formed a very good relationship with Gordon Strachan while he was at Southampton.

We played Soton in a pre-season a couple of years back. It was the season after they had been in the FA Cup final against Arsenal. Now. SOME local sides, who say "Yeah, no probs guv - we'll bring the first team down" and get fans all excited, then turn up with a couple of has-beens, a media pundit and last year's Widow Twankey from The Kings Theatre. Not Mr Strachan.

The side that started at Cardiff, started against us. True, they only played for about 20 minutes, before being replaced en masse, but the full side was there, and stayed there signing autographs - as did Mr Strachan, who spent the entire game chatting to ball boys, fans, our board, anything that moved, in fact He is a genuine football man, that one. I managed to get close enough to thank him for his efforts, and all he said was a promise is a promise - & it brings his first team down to earth to remind them where some ex academy players end up

Like it!

[notbonehead]

At a certain game played in the E Midlands last night in Conf N, a striker for the home side zoomed in from behind *cough* on a defender who had the ball and shouted, 'Man on!' - at which point the defender booted the ball into touch and conceded a throw-in

[ojiveojive]

A friend of mine who's a ref tells me he would have given a free kick for ungentlemanly conduct.

[pies]

I think Crapshalton had a similar problem against Accrington in the Trophy, which meant that rather hilariously, the bobbins conceeded a last minute equaliser!