1. Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

Hull City v Leeds United MATCH THREAD

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Proud Tiger, Mar 4, 2012.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
  1. OLOF

    OLOF Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    26,847
    Likes Received:
    39,519
    #861
  2. OLOF

    OLOF Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    26,847
    Likes Received:
    39,519
  3. Stuart Blampey

    Stuart Blampey Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 26, 2011
    Messages:
    10,664
    Likes Received:
    41
    GARY SPRAKE:

    "I didn't have to get involved. The story was already written. They'd had a dossier on him for two years, had statements from people like Bill McGarry and Francis Munro [Wolves' manager and captain respectively] saying the same about Revie.

    "I spoke the truth when I said I knew of two games he tried to fix. Some Leeds players can't get over it. I'm the black sheep because I've said something 'wrong' about the great Don Revie. He was a fantastic manager, but flawed. He was often too cautious and negative, filling our heads with boring dossiers about inferior teams instead of letting us off the leash. When he finally did, in '72, we thrashed Southampton 7-0 and Manchester United 5-1 and were absolutely brilliant.

    "But I stand by what I said. Near the end of a season, Revie would ask certain people [opponents] whether they would like a nice holiday. Because I said that, some team-mates have blown me out of the family... I told the truth in '78. Not one person sued me. When I had to finish at Birmingham, aged 28, no one from Leeds got in touch. The bribery story broke and suddenly I had calls from Billy [Bremner] and Don. A testimonial and a job were offered. Revie arranged to meet me at a Leicester hotel. My solicitor went instead. The paper paid me £7,000. If I'd taken what he offered, I could have made £20,000. But it was about principle, not money. My conscience is clear."

    Sprake still has cordial relations with some former Leeds players, including Charlton, Cooper and Terry Yorath. He believes those who "bear a grudge" include Clarke, Jones and Paul Reaney. "Paul and me were best mates. We went everywhere together - even shared double beds! When he broke a leg at West Ham in 1970, putting him out of the FA Cup final and the World Cup, I spent the night at the hospital.

    "I wrote to Paul asking if he'd contribute to the biography. He replied saying, 'We disagree with what's in it'. How could 'they' know what's in there? It's not a kiss-and-tell thing. I've learnt to accept I'm not welcome at Leeds, even though I still have feelings for the club. Theirs is the result I look for first and I'm really hoping they can get up via the play-offs. Maybe attitudes will change if they read the book."

    Sprake would welcome a reconciliation and was delighted that Eddie Gray, to whom he had last spoken in 1973, hugged him before they aired their differences on Radio Leeds. Gray has pledged to seek his readmission to the fold, but an imminent return is unlikely. Sprake has lived too long with the contempt of ex-comrades to hold his breath."

    Shame on Leeds.
     
    #863
  4. Stuart Blampey

    Stuart Blampey Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 26, 2011
    Messages:
    10,664
    Likes Received:
    41
    #864
  5. DMD

    DMD Eh?
    Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    68,797
    Likes Received:
    60,764
    Revie was banned for 10 years, effectively ending his career, reportedly for a mistimed press release. To most it's obvious there was more to it than that, hence the continued comments.

    Would you have laid back and let the stories run and accept the end of your career if you were innocent, or would you have appealed or sued those that have never dropped the allegations?
     
    #865
  6. OLOF

    OLOF Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    26,847
    Likes Received:
    39,519
    Someones getting angry, because their argument is getting ripped to shreds, why don't you **** off to the Grimsby board you ****ing clown<laugh>
     
    #866
  7. DMD

    DMD Eh?
    Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    68,797
    Likes Received:
    60,764

    A moment of self realisation.
     
    #867
  8. Stuart Blampey

    Stuart Blampey Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 26, 2011
    Messages:
    10,664
    Likes Received:
    41
    Sounds like you're the one throwing a histon whoops I meant hissy fit, my spud-cultivating friend, to be sure at all
     
    #868
  9. OLOF

    OLOF Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    26,847
    Likes Received:
    39,519
    You ****ing losers will be saying we bribed the four points from you this season, get over it you sad ****ers, you'll never win anything, you'll never be a big club, you'll stay in the lower leagues forever.
    go pester Grimsby<laugh>
     
    #869
  10. OLOF

    OLOF Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    26,847
    Likes Received:
    39,519
    starting with the racism now eh, <doh>
     
    #870

  11. PLT

    PLT Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    27,122
    Likes Received:
    18,183
    No.
     
    #871
  12. DMD

    DMD Eh?
    Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    68,797
    Likes Received:
    60,764
    Both clubs are currently at about their career average position give or take a few places.
     
    #872
  13. Stuart Blampey

    Stuart Blampey Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 26, 2011
    Messages:
    10,664
    Likes Received:
    41
    Since when was there a race defined as 'spud cultivators'?
     
    #873
  14. OLOF

    OLOF Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    26,847
    Likes Received:
    39,519
    correct<ok>
     
    #874
  15. OLOF

    OLOF Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    26,847
    Likes Received:
    39,519
    what are spud cultivators?
     
    #875
  16. Carmine Galante.

    Carmine Galante. Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2011
    Messages:
    12,778
    Likes Received:
    6,265
    How come you support the England B team ?

    Are you really Irish or just another English born pretender?
     
    #876
  17. Simon21-LUFC

    Simon21-LUFC Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jun 4, 2011
    Messages:
    5,585
    Likes Received:
    92
    Funny how we lost the games we were accused of trying to fix, yet still "won everything through bribery"

    129173141718094201.jpg
     
    #877
  18. OLOF

    OLOF Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    26,847
    Likes Received:
    39,519
    What the **** as it got to do with you numbnuts?
     
    #878
  19. Stuart Blampey

    Stuart Blampey Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Dec 26, 2011
    Messages:
    10,664
    Likes Received:
    41
    begorrah, the foighting oirish of leeds!
     
    #879
  20. DMD

    DMD Eh?
    Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    68,797
    Likes Received:
    60,764


    Nah, think about it. The successful ones are bound to keep quiet about it.
     
    #880
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.

Share This Page