Seeing all these birthdays for players I use to watch does make me feel old, those Demon Internet days were good though!
I saw the headline and thought, 'How does he know?' I have a bath once a year, whether I need it or not and today's the day. Unless I'm mistaken, that photo of the real Captain Morgan was taken after our FA Cup win against Aston Villa, who were top of the Premier League at the time. Morgs' smile possibly reflects the fact that he is a lifelong Birmingham City fan.
Correct, sir. And I do believe all Morg's family were there cheering him on. Brief summary of the game to refresh memories: The day had started badly for the hosts with the news emerging that record signing Stan Collymore had gone AWOL before the match, and things quickly got worse when Simon Morgan headed Fulham into the lead after eight minutes. The centre-back leapt highest at the near post to meet Steve Hayward’s corner and steer it into the net, sending the 4,000-strong travelling fans into delirium. please log in to view this image Fulham showed no fear against our more distinguished opponents and we came close to doubling our advantage when Paul Peschisolido – who, along with Geoff Horsfield, caused the home defence no end of problems – hit the post. But we wouldn’t have to wait long for our second, as Hayward went from provider to scorer when his long range effort took a nick of Peschisolido to wrong-foot goalkeeper Michael Oakes just before the interval. The Villans went all out for a way back into the match in the second half, but the Fulham centre-back trio of Kit Symons, Chris Coleman and Morgan held firm, much to the delight of boss Kevin Keegan who was in euphoric mood post-match: “You’ve got to look back to the history of this football club over the last 20 years to know what today means,” he said. “It takes us on to the next stage. We’re going places and the momentum is with us.”
