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askewshair said:
This was right at the beginning of when I started going, but I found it ironic that Jarvis was the first when he was actually a winger, so won't have headed the ball as much as say Jeff Astle and Chillo.
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If I recall correctly, Alan Jarvis played most games as a midfielder (RH in old money) and got to head the ball quite a lot, goal kicks from both ends of the park. He couldn't have been heading as many forcefully hit balls with his head as CC & Astle did, but the balls were bloody heavy in those days, so it would have taken it's toll nevertheless.
 
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askewshair said:
This was right at the beginning of when I started going, but I found it ironic that Jarvis was the first when he was actually a winger, so won't have headed the ball as much as say Jeff Astle and Chillo.
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Jarvis played with the number 4, his position was midfield in the old sense of the word, so he did head the ball in a defensive mode. Not as much as Chillo or Mike Milner, but certainly more than a winger. Ray Henderson was the right-winger I think at that time you started going.
 
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John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. said:
Jarvis played with the number 4, his position was midfield in the old sense of the word, so he did head the ball in a defensive mode. Not as much as Chillo or Mike Milner, but certainly more than a winger. Ray Henderson was the right-winger I think at that time you started going.
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We're remembering the same here John (see post #62). I remember Ian McKechnie used to wallop his dead ball kicks high up the field, maybe 10 yards into the oppositions half, and Jarvis often got on the end of them to nod the ball either back towards Chris Simpkin, who pushed on up, or forward to one of the attacking players - Houghton or Simpkin, sometimes Chilton or Waggy. It's was a typical City strategy at the time, which meant Jarvis used his head ( literally) quite a lot. He attacked any long balls with his head from the opposition (dead ball kicks or clearances) out of their half as well. He was very good in the air despite not being the tallest of players.
 
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tigerscanada said:
We're remembering the same here John (see post #62). I remember Ian McKechnie used to wallop his dead ball kicks high up the field, maybe 10 yards into the oppositions half, and Jarvis often got on the end of them to nod the ball either back towards Chris Simpkin, who pushed on up, or forward to one of the attacking players - Houghton or Simpkin, sometimes Chilton or Waggy. It's was a typical City strategy at the time, which meant Jarvis used his head ( literally) quite a lot. He attacked any long balls with his head from the opposition (dead ball kicks or clearances) out of their half as well. He was very good in the air despite not being the tallest of players.
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Spot on, and how I remember it, Jarvis was more the defensive midfielder and Simpkin the attacking. Though both had goals in them.
 
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John Ex Aberdeen now E.R. said:
Spot on, and how I remember it, Jarvis was more the defensive midfielder and Simpkin the attacking. Though both had goals in them.
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The first time I went to Boothferry Park was for a reserve match. Simpkin went up to head the ball in his own penalty area and had a clash of heads with an attacker. He was laid on the floor with blood all over the place. As he was being treated a City fan in the North Stand shouted "Get up Simpkin! Get on with it!" I he was bandaged up and carried on for the rest of the match. Tough crowd in those days!
 
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petersaxton said:
The first time I went to Boothferry Park was for a reserve match. Simpkin went up to head the ball in his own penalty area and had a clash of heads with an attacker. He was laid on the floor with blood all over the place. As he was being treated a City fan in the North Stand shouted "Get up Simpkin! Get on with it!" I he was bandaged up and carried on for the rest of the match. Tough crowd in those days!
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I was at that game I think, I certainly remember Simpkin with a bandage around his head.
 
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