Marsh v Bowles: Rodney Marsh Geplaatst op juni 10, 2011 door doingthe116| Plaats een reactie After fifteen years is QPR back at the highest level. Despite the acorns on the Board (Flavio Briatore and Bernie Ecclestone), I find it beautiful. I've always had a soft spot for the club by that nice shirts and nice stadium. Last season they were champions with Adel Taarabt as the absolute flavor. An attacking player and a true enfant terrible. Know that they are there with QPR because Taarabt has two legendary predecessors: Rodney Marsh and Stan Bowles. Both are, by far, the best two players ever have attracted blue-white hoops. Time to look them both in the spotlight. Starting with Rodney Marsh. Rodney Marsh was on 11 October 1944 in the world. The world was still on fire, but it gradually became clear that Adolf and his corn expressing the short straw would attract. Marsh dad had fought in the war at sea on HMS Rodney. When it became apparent that his wife had given birth to a son, was not difficult to invent a name. That was Rodney. The Marsh family lived in Hatfield in Hertfordshire, so in between Barnet and Luton. It soon became clear that Rodney an above-average football talent and the clubs stood in line for him. It seemed obvious that a North London club could pick him, but eventually became West Ham. After a year left in all West Ham to Fulham, where he debuted at age 18. Marsh was a typical 9.5. No real rush, but not really a midfielder. Therefore he had much freedom to do whatever he wanted and because he did not meeverdedigen. Yet he did not break at Fulham. He suffered from injuries and in 1963 he got another goal even his hearing in one ear. It never came back. Fulham in three seasons he played 63 games, scoring 22 goals. All in the top division, where furniture was then Fulham. Marsh still wanted more and in March 1966 he signed for QPR, which is currently in the Third Division (now League One) play. Marsh was then 21 and no one understood the move. He was seen as a great talent, he just had some patience and then everything would be fine. Even stranger was found that two divisions Marsh suddenly went down. In the Second Division were some teams interested in him, but Marsh would like to QPR. The manager there had big plans for him and said Marsh does. Marsh played great in the remaining months and QPR finished in third place. The following year he was quite loose. In 53 games he made 44 goals. Not only that, because he was also a call for the English team, which had become world champion the year before. Marsh was a sensation. He could really anything with a ball. QPR was signed that season champion with twelve points ahead of number two and up to Middlesbrough 103 goals scored. But that was not all, QPR won the first prize in its history: the League Cup. It was the first year that the League Cup was not played two games, but at Wembley. Immediately, the importance of the cup so far. Many as 97,952 men came to the final match between QPR and West Bromwich Albion off. WBA was in those years no yo-yo team, but a regular at the highest level. Would I have to draw a comparison to now, it was a final between Everton and Brighton. WBA Jeff Astle had an absolute top player in the house and despite the good play of the Third Division QPR, West Brom was the big favorite in the final of 1967. For QPR was the first time at Wembley, while WBA have a lot of finals in the legs. In 1966 had won the League Cup in 1968 and The Baggies could well win the FA Cup, but this day was for QPR. There did not seem peachy keen for West Brom, because thanks to two goals from Clive Clark was 0-2 at half. QPR's players seemed intimidated by what they played such a big club at Wembley. Marsh had just **** on everywhere. He played the best half after the rest of his career and his teammates pulled them. He scored himself a fantastic way 2-2. He fillied almost the entire team of WBA, meanwhile dodging tackles, the ball finally through the post into the goal to explain. At that time West Brom had actually been defeated. Mark Lazurus finally took the verdict by the 81st minute to 3-2. QPR had the League Cup. The following year was again great QPR. Using a really elusive Marsh, the second caught and thus promotion to the top division enforced. For the first time in its history QPR would play there, because until that time it was a lift team between the second and third division was. The best news for QPR was Marsh continued, although there are many clubs attracted to him. Marsh liked the fact or in London, where he women, cars and money galore had. He was also an absolute superstar of QPR and he could do whatever he wanted. His years at the highest level was a big disappointment. Marsh hit in the preparation and was injured in late November back in business. At that time, QPR had actually been relegated almost certainly relegated. With only 18 points back in action, they flew from the top division. Then followed three seasons in the Second Division. QPR it was a real subtopper. They turned right along, but never really took them to promotion (only the top two promoted in those years). Marsh was a real attraction. He took all sorts of tricks and even scored a regular basis. Many people bought a ticket for him because you knew something was going to happen if he got the ball. At those moments rolled the "no-Rod, Rod-nee" off the stands. The highlight was a pot against Blackpool at home. Rodney Marsh made a hat trick, as only she could make Bergkamp, ​​with three global goals. The first was a solo from the midline, and he sixteen meters from the ball curled around the goalkeeper. The second a free kick into the top corner and the third came after a ball in the sixteen meters and then got four defenders and the keeper then uitkapte to finally score. No pictures of that hat-trick but his three goals against Birmingham City. That is especially the third really enjoy. All those actions that caused him an election for the English team on. Despite his quirky behavior, Alf Ramsey saw a value in him. It also saw Manchester City. In March 1972 the club was four points ahead of the rest and manager Malcolm Allison Marsh saw the missing piece to the title to win. No less than £ 200,000 he laid down for Marsh, an English record at that time and still a player from the second division. With a heavy heart Marsh took leave of QPR, the club had become his own in those years. In hindsight it was a foreign acquisition of "Big Mal", as the individualist Marsh did not match the collective City. Because the ball like he did with him, Marsh delayed the game a lot. It was totally and City missed the title. Eventually the fourth Man City (just a tip of Champion Derby County). Marsh pulled hair shirts, and said his style had been the reason that City had lost the title. Joe Mercer, Allison's predecessor, gave the end of the season with a sneer to his successor by saying that £ 200,000 had been an awful lot of money to lose the title. The year it was Man City eleventh, fourteenth and eighth. His adventure in Manchester was not a success, but he had his playing style a lot of admirers. Look at the cover of "Definitely Maybe" by Oasis. There you see a photo frame stand with Rodney Marsh in a City shirt. This course because Gallacher brothers big City fans and Marsh was a hero in spite of everything Manchester. After his time at Cork City moved to Hibernian in Ireland and then to the U.S. for the Tampa Bay Rowdies play. When the U.S. season was over, left Marsh for the last time for England to play his first club Fulham. They had also attracted George Best and Bobby Moore. Many neutral football fans came to Craven Cottage to those three players playing. Sport was not a success and Marsh went to the U.S. to again play for the Rowdies. In 1979 he stopped at the age of 35 he was finally playing football and coach at several American clubs. In the 1986-1987 season he has had another season to play for the Rowdies in the indoor football team of that club. He was still not forgotten and was the big superstar of the team. Then it was time to finally the shoes hanging on the willows. Marsh was still third career move and became a football analyst and one with very very strong opinions. In 1999 he made the promotion of Bradford City ridiculous and said she had no place in the PL. It also looked forward to that The Bantams were relegated straight away and Marsh responded to criticism from Bradford fans that he's at the center spot of Valley Parade as Bradford would have shaved would stay there anyway. With a victory on the final matchday against Bradford Liverpool took the net. Marsh kept his word and his hair was shaved. Even if pundit Marsh was very controversial and he was sacked by Sky Sports in 2005 after he made a joke about the tsunami. After participating in the UK's popular reality show "I'ma Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!" He was again accepted and so he still regularly on TV. Dit bericht is geplaatst in England, History, Players/Managers en getagd met Fulham, Manchester City, Queens Park Rangers, Rodney Marsh, Tampa Bay Rowdies. Bookmark de permalink.
Hi Northolt-QPR, A great read! OH if we had him now? Did you ever see him at the bush? if so, you know what I mean! And Stan the man, well what can one say? We , I have been very lucky and honoured to see and meet both of them at the bush and other places!
i also have met both Rodney and Stan and saw both grace our beloved hoops,as much as i love Rodney Stan was the better player,would loved to have seen them play together
I was also lucky enough to have met both Rodney and Stan, and would have to say that Stan was the better player.
Easy Marsh goals score and much defenders good goalie than can I read **** write comme ca. Here we go again... we done all this with the Taarabt bad fellow report last week. Northolt - you're 'avin' a laarf int ya?! I never knew Rodney had a hooped ship called HMS Adolf...
Well, Northolt-QPR it is very hard to chose, but I would put this forward. Rodney was a great entertainer but was not really a team man unlike Stan, he played for the team.. But saying that ,my god,(any god)on their day could not be touched on the field! Always remember the goal that Rodney scored v Birmingham when he had at least 3/4 players around him beat all and also the goalkeeper. I think you can still see it on the tube, if not try Match of the Day video its there! Sold in our shop about £10?? To answer you Northolt I can not say who was best, both of them. You and and all our fans will never see the like again! Yes, I know we have Tabs, but sorry not in their league.
As it was Marsh that got me hooked on the R's in the first place it has to be Roooodneeeeee! I'd swear that the ball was glued to his boot the way he drifted past defenders.
The golden era of our club was 66-76 and we were blessed to have two of the greatest English players of that era in our team. Rodney was a cocky, arrogant showman and to score 44 goals in a season, even then, is something special and will never be repeated. Perhaps he made a mistake moving to Man City, their fans blame his arrival for blowing their title hopes that season, who knows, but his replacement became the all-time legend of Loftus Road. Bowles was skilful with the best left foot you'll see, mesmerising opponents with a subtle drop of the shoulder and playing in 75-76 in a team that was a Rolls-Royce of football teams. Could they have gelled playing together? Possibly, it would certainly have been fun if the way Marsh & Best played at Fulham is anything to go by. At least we have the great memories of both.
No team could ever be big enough to have both Rodnee and Stan in the same eleven. Like Taarabt, one highly talented maverick is more than sufficient to confound and confuse opponents.
