An old friend of mine, John Brindley, has collaborated with ex-Saint Terry Curran on his autobiography. 'Regrets of a Football Maverick' is out next month and I'm sure it will be worth reading. For all you youngsters out there you will have to ask your dad who he is!! The older generation will know he scored the winning goal for us that took us to Wembley in 1979. The front cover has a nice pic of him with Big Mac on cup final day.
Hi Sussex I remember that semi final really well. Curran was a quirky player and if memory serves never scored a league goal for saints.
He almost didn't score that night! About 28 touches if I remember right. But what a night. Leeds were a huge team and had stuffed us in the league before that 2-2 at Elland Road in the first leg and we all feared the worst. Sadly Chris Nicholl saved that for the Final!
Scoring certainly wasn't a regular habit for us! Seem to remember he banged in a lot of goals the following season but for Sheff Weds!!
Anyone read Lawrie Mac's diary of that same season? That's worth a trip down memory lane, not for it's quality of writing, but for the nostalgia.
I was in the Archers road that night under the A to Z board next to the not happy Leeds fans, and i seem to remember Currans celebrations had some thing to do with that. I also went to Leeds on a very cold night when we pinched a 2-2 draw, i think Steel got sent off ? and they weren't to happy that night either. In fact there was something quite nice in seeing a unhappy Leeds fan in those days, probably our 7-0 football lesson had something to do with that.
I do enjoy reading books about players from the 50s 60s and 70s so many players from those times had interesting lives with real stories to tell .I read lots of footy biographies but i am never drawn to modern day reads . Whats to tell left school joined football academy met blonde scored a couple of goals got famous bought Porshe married blonde had kid called it ridiculous name blah blah blah boring no give me your Terry Curran any day
