Wilderness Years

Harvest

heyho That's bizarre.

oneallanclarke

From memory, Manny Cussins agreed to the signing of Barnes and Andy Gray at the same time. The Barnes signing went through at more than Cussins had expected and he decided he wanted a look at Gray before giving the final okay. He and Clarke went to watch him play in a midweek game, Gray put in a poor performance and Cussins decided not to pay the asking price.

heyho

oneallanclarke yead that will be about right although they were also looking at a midfielder (Clarkes triangle) I think from WBA.

Mega_Armageddon_Chickens

I thought Barnes did well in the second division 83/84 after Betis but we were flirting with relegation then until Lorimer came back. Oh and that bloke from Thackley, Tony Brown.
I can't wait for 85/86, a season I remember as one of unrelenting misery.
And my opinion of Barnes is changed forever now I know of James Last.

Harvest

Foxy_Dread

I used to watch football in this period and think I was as good as most of our team. Anyone else?

Jon

Foxy_Dread No but I’m a really, really bad footballer.

albert_herbert_hawkins

Foxy_Dread i reckoned I was a better player than Hird but then played with a couple of former Leeds apprentices and found out just how wide the gap was in reality.

Mega_Armageddon_Chickens

I used to watch football at this time and wonder how we went down. I'm starting to understand. Clarke didn't exactly believe in stability did he?

heyho

Mega_Armageddon_Chickens he once told my folks he was 'a simple man at heart'.

He has always been 110% loyal to Leeds (yes like others I know) and from the times I have been in his company I would say that is something he expected of his players - loyalty (and effort). For whatever reasons I dont think he got that from them all.

At my dads funeral he was genuinely upset and even more so when he saw the state of my mum. A very genuine man.

Harvest

Cap doffed to these lads. Looking forward to next season. Grimsby away opening day, what could possibly go wrong?

Raposa

Depressing viewing that.
Came away from that Brighton game thinking we were safe.

Jon

Raposa We all did. Still the best atmosphere I’ve ever experienced at a match.

Mega_Armageddon_Chickens

I've never forgotten those selective bans from the FA as well.
As I recall they did something similar for the cup semi in 87 where the two players concerned were allowed to play in a rearranged game but not the later semi as part of a two game ban. I'd probably need to check that though.

Those two goals v Brighton are still two of the best and most exciting goals I've seen at a match.

Bod

Anyone go to the West Brom game?

heyho

Bod No, but I remember where I was. On the edge of Cross Flatts Park, bloody freezing and raining, huddled around a getto blaster listening to it. I left alone and tears in my eyes

Raposa

Bod
Yep.
Total carnage.
Word was out even on the coach on the way down that we were on the pitch if we lost.
Police had different ideas obvs.
Lasting memory for me was the look of resignation on the staffs faces in the service station on the way back when our lot practically ransacked the place.
Shelves emptied within minutes .

Foxy_Dread

Yes I went down.

I also remember Barnes being clean through at 0-1 and someone scythed him down.

After being arrested a couple of times in the grounds the season before, I always stood strategically to not be an easy nab. Had a good view of the fence taking on the movement of a snake and its own momentum bringing it down.

white_dragon

I was at West brom and did a bit of fence removal. Got whacked on the arse by a coppers truncheon, had a right bruise. Mayhem outside as well , remember a burger van going over.
Couple of us went to Stoke as well , Sniffer was right WBA rolled over , west brom fans cheered every stoke goal we fucked off half time, seemed like a done deal.

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