Whilst eating my lunch and reading the EDP I read a letter which amounted to a personal assault on Michael Turner. It concluded that he was our worst defender since Charlie Billington. With all the recent doom and gloom on here suggesting that being relegated with the current squad, current Manager, debt free and with parachute payments will be the end of the world it got me thinking about what really were bad times at Carrow Road. It might explain why the likes of Dave, Redruth and myself cannot get too worked up about our current position.
I first went to Carrow Road in 1950. In the early/mid 50's we were in Div 3 South which was the lowest league. We finished bottom and had to apply to stay in the league. In todays world we would have been relegated to the Conference. In the end the Club went bust and if it were not for a public appeal led by the EDP, Arthur South and Geoffrey Watling the Club would have ceased to exist.
Can you imagine the standard of player we had in those days? Charlie Billington was a centre half with the turning circle of a World War 1 battleship, was too short to be of any use in the air and had this incredible knack of being able to run with his legs wide apart. Every opposition centre forward used to nutmeg him and before he could turn round the ball was in the net. Many oldies reckon he was our worst player ever but I think they have forgotten Cameron Buchanan maybe because he only played 3 games. Nobody knew where he came from - he just arrived! He was billed as a goal scoring centre forward but when he waddled out we all burst out laughing. He had the build, mobility and footballing ability of a sumo wrestler. The only surprise is that he lasted 3 games.
60 years ago we could only dream of being in the position we are in today so the next time you want to moan about Michael Turner or Steve Morison think about Charlie Billington and Cameron Buchanan and realise how lucky we are to support NCFC at this time. Any other oldies have memories of those times?
I first went to Carrow Road in 1950. In the early/mid 50's we were in Div 3 South which was the lowest league. We finished bottom and had to apply to stay in the league. In todays world we would have been relegated to the Conference. In the end the Club went bust and if it were not for a public appeal led by the EDP, Arthur South and Geoffrey Watling the Club would have ceased to exist.
Can you imagine the standard of player we had in those days? Charlie Billington was a centre half with the turning circle of a World War 1 battleship, was too short to be of any use in the air and had this incredible knack of being able to run with his legs wide apart. Every opposition centre forward used to nutmeg him and before he could turn round the ball was in the net. Many oldies reckon he was our worst player ever but I think they have forgotten Cameron Buchanan maybe because he only played 3 games. Nobody knew where he came from - he just arrived! He was billed as a goal scoring centre forward but when he waddled out we all burst out laughing. He had the build, mobility and footballing ability of a sumo wrestler. The only surprise is that he lasted 3 games.
60 years ago we could only dream of being in the position we are in today so the next time you want to moan about Michael Turner or Steve Morison think about Charlie Billington and Cameron Buchanan and realise how lucky we are to support NCFC at this time. Any other oldies have memories of those times?
),Dean Coney and of course the legend that is Michael Theoclitoris !
fatty matty patty. what a dick.
