Sir Les

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Mister Slush said:
The Hull Daily Mail reporting that 'Sir' Les Mutrie has died today at the age of 65 following a long battle with cancer.

Apologies if someone has already posted this or if it should be on another thread.

One of my earliest "heroes", not least for THAT goal in the 4-1 drubbing of Sheff United back in 83/84.
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Sorry to here that Les has gone . Great player at the time and scorer of some brilliant goals . A Friday night at the old show ground , it's nil nil with minutes to go and Les dribbles threw the Scunthorpe defence before putting the ball into their net . Gone but not forgotten - great memories .
 
Mister Slush said:
The Hull Daily Mail reporting that 'Sir' Les Mutrie has died today at the age of 65 following a long battle with cancer.

Apologies if someone has already posted this or if it should be on another thread.

One of my earliest "heroes", not least for THAT goal in the 4-1 drubbing of Sheff United back in 83/84.
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I've just noticed this thread.
Bloody he'll RIP.
Yeah I remember that Goal it was excellent.
I'd love to be able to have that sort of game and atmosphere now.
What I far cry from the greed filled charade it is today.:emoticon-0119-puke::emoticon-0101-sadsm
 
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Citygirl said:
Sorry to here that Les has gone . Great player at the time and scorer of some brilliant goals . A Friday night at the old show ground , it's nil nil with minutes to go and Les dribbles threw the Scunthorpe defence before putting the ball into their net . Gone but not forgotten - great memories .
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It's funny, the Sheff Utd game (and goal) is the one that always comes to mind first when thinking of Sir Les, but that one at Scunthorpe probably summed up the man's ability just as well if not better. Plus the fact it came at a time when the hosts, under John Duncan, were flying - enjoying their best start to a season for umpteen years - and City had drawn a few too many so really needed the win (hope the memory's not failing me here). There were over 7,000 in the Old Showground, City played in that cracking white away shirt and Les scored the late winner at our end. Cue pandemonium.

The other one that stands out was the four-goal haul against Hartlepool in the last game before the Receivers were called in. Less than 3,000 rattling around Fer Ark and I'm sure Les was a guest on ITV's football highlights show the following day?

Finally, nice coverage on Sportstalk last night, including a worthy contribution from Rich G.
 
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Thanks for the memories and goals big man,especially against the Blunts.

Sad day.


Cancer OUT
 
Mister Slush said:
I remember two of them very well, as recounted here some time back.

And as OLM points out, his age was incorrectly quoted in the original HDM piece. Not that it makes much difference. RIP.
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Just had a read of your link , you quote us taking 2K support to Spurs , are you have a laugh as we took many than that from what I recall . I was only 16 and in the seats behind the goal with loads of City and we had half the packed terrace to the front of me . Their main stand was closed for an upgrade but still think the crowd numbered 37 K . It was our biggest day out for years .
 
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Mister Slush said:
It's funny, the Sheff Utd game (and goal) is the one that always comes to mind first when thinking of Sir Les, but that one at Scunthorpe probably summed up the man's ability just as well if not better. Plus the fact it came at a time when the hosts, under John Duncan, were flying - enjoying their best start to a season for umpteen years - and City had drawn a few too many so really needed the win (hope the memory's not failing me here). There were over 7,000 in the Old Showground, City played in that cracking white away shirt and Les scored the late winner at our end. Cue pandemonium.

The other one that stands out was the four-goal haul against Hartlepool in the last game before the Receivers were called in. Less than 3,000 rattling around Fer Ark and I'm sure Les was a guest on ITV's football highlights show the following day?

Finally, nice coverage on Sportstalk last night, including a worthy contribution from Rich G.
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That game at Scunthorpe was the first time I had seen the new white away shirt , could even have been been it's first outing , and caused me some confusion . The game had just started and had to work out which team were City .
 
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Citygirl said:
Just had a read of your link , you quote us taking 2K support to Spurs , are you have a laugh as we took many than that from what I recall . I was only 16 and in the seats behind the goal with loads of City and we had half the packed terrace to the front of me . Their main stand was closed for an upgrade but still think the crowd numbered 37 K . It was our biggest day out for years .
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Agreed it was our first big game for years. We had about 4k there. I was in the terracing. Happy days yet ot shouldn't of been . Since hearing about Les Mutries death ive been having a good think about the early 80,s period. Good times with good mates. Some i see and some i dont.Thats life. Yep ill be city till i die..
 
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Agreed it was our first big game for years. We had about 4k there. I was in the terracing. Happy days yet ot shouldn't of been . Since hearing about Les Mutries death ive been having a good think about the early 80,s period. Good times with good mates. Some i see and some i dont.Thats life. Yep ill be city till i die..
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A lot of the lads I knew from the 80's have died. :(

A good reason for me to keep going.
 
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Citygirl said:
Just had a read of your link , you quote us taking 2K support to Spurs , are you have a laugh as we took many than that from what I recall . I was only 16 and in the seats behind the goal with loads of City and we had half the packed terrace to the front of me . Their main stand was closed for an upgrade but still think the crowd numbered 37 K . It was our biggest day out for years .
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I seem to think that was the number quoted at the time in the HDM? But it wouldn't surprise me if they under-cooked it. It was a standard thing for them to do back then and well into the Eighties (the League Cup tie at Man Utd in the mid-80s being another prime example). It used to rile me up all the time.
Perhaps I should have used the words "A reported two thousand..."?
 
City Man said:
https://www.hullcitytigers.com/news/articles/2017/201718-a-minute-for-les/

Good to see the club learning from their previous mistakes (Jimmy McGill) and reacting to the passing of Les, inviting his family down for the Forest game (doesn't say if they'll have to pay to get in though).
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Quite. The initial obituary on the website had concerned me that Les's death was just going to pass the club by to an extent, but - while this sort of thing is what most well-run clubs as a matter of course - it's good to see City doing this, and I'm sure the gesture will be very much appreciated by Les's family. Fair play to them.
 
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