Nut allergy aside Sparkey pal, I will bet that in the very first minute of the very first game....a player will be chopped to the ground...in a Ron Harris style scissors kick! That will set the tone for the whole event! Usually carnage....although I note Holland and Italy not involved! Masky’s right thou knows! Why is Sparky always on about his nuts?
Ahh.....Chopper Harris - now there's a player's player I had the privilige to watch at SB. Just entering my teens when I first saw him cripple Eddie Gray in the '70 Cup Final on the box and then got to watch him loads of times in real life a few years later. Osgood and Hudson were the class - Chopper was the steel. Sexton ****ed the team up and they were never the same force again after the mid 70's. With regards the nuts Masky - mine are still attached and it looks like yours are on the fence.......
Dave Sexton had to ring Ron Harris's wife with some bad news after one particular game....'Bad news love....Ron's broken a leg' .Her reply was 'Whose?'.
Recall Glenn Loovens dispatching a 16 year old Theo Walcott at Ninian but nothing compared to some x rated tackles by Phil Dwyer. Him sorting out that cheating Joe Jordan in 1st minute in Wales v Scotland at Ninian top of the list
That Leeds v Chelsea cup final replay in 1970 was carnage. Players got away with some atrocious fouls.
Mel Sutton "imposing himself" on a young Trevor Francis at St. Andrews, 1969 I think, was worth watching. 40,000 Brummies chanting "Animal animal" at Mel in response.
Mel Sutton, that's a blast from the past. A shot from our Mel could break the onion bag or the corner flag !! We used to call him Sell Mutton.
