The season Leicester got promoted to League One (old money) as champions with the Blunts we beat them 3-0 at BP, plus drawing at Filbert St. 0-0. Season before was the 4-1 around Easter time...They scored early if memory serves me right, then City turned it on and put in a sound performance. Shilton hated BP. He might have mentioned it in his autobiography, but don't quote me.
14 Mar 1970 Hull City v Leicester City L 4-1 League Division Two 05 Dec 1970 Hull City v Leicester City L 3-0 League Division Two 31 Oct 1973 Hull City v Leicester City L 3-2 League Cup was at all 3
Shilts had to carry on for two reasons He loved the game And He was a massive gambler boiled my piss when Lineker piously announced how disgraceful it was the gambling in the England squad when Michael Owen was taking Rooney to the cleaners for fifty grand around 2004 time? Guess who used to run the book for the England squad with shilton late 80’s and 90 World Cup ??
Don't worry its an age thing as I have my moments too . Couldn't tell you who the Forest goalie was that day , but I could tell you who it wasn't . I could be wrong but seem think that one of Shiltons last Stoke appearances was at BP late summer 77 . Think it was a heated battle nil nil draw . Garth Crooks got loads of abuse and could have been sent off .
Does Burridge still have the record for the oldest geezer to play in an English football league match?..I'm sure there might be a bloke in Japan, or somewhere, who played into his 60's....Budgie must have been 45.
