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Post by Bushman on Nov 15, 2014 0:29:41 GMT
1973 v Fulham Loftus Rd. Mancini wore a wig in the warm up for a laugh. Venables and Hazell find it funny after the match.  |
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Post by timewaster on Nov 15, 2014 1:48:11 GMT
Did we normally have a magnum of champagne after a match
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Post by Macmoish on Nov 15, 2014 7:30:14 GMT
Believe that was our final home game of the season as we went up as CHAMPIONS
And the Wig as part of Mancini's joke - as talk of needing a new, younger, better center half than Mancini
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Post by Roller on Nov 15, 2014 10:26:13 GMT
From QPRNet's excellent interview with Terry www.qprnet.com/index.php/interviews-2/int-players/52-interview-manciniQPRnet.com: How did you end up wearing a wig on the pitch?
TS: We won promotion to the First Division and a scribe during the week wrote what a good side we were and what a credit to the First Division we would be. They went through the team and analysed us all like this, Phil Parkes – should play for England, Dave Clement – future international, Gerry Francis this and that etc etc. The only player that they said should be replaced as soon as possible was me. I think I only missed two games that season so it hurt a bit, you spend all season playing your best, you get promoted then before you’ve kicked a ball in the top flight people are writing you off saying “he’s crap, he’ll never make it”.
So after these write ups came out we played Fulham and I concocted this idea with Venables to wear a wig to confuse everyone. So I borrowed a wig from my wife and put it on before we went out, the place was packed out for the last game of the season, the crowd roared as we walked out and then you could hear this sort of murmuring going round “who the F*** is this, Mancini must have gone”. I always used to have a few headers before the game started and Venables knocked one up for me and I whipped the wig off and the crowd went berserk! I could have fallen over my feet that day and the fans would have thought it was a trick. I probably did actually! |
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Post by Bushman on Nov 16, 2014 13:02:23 GMT
Believe that was our final home game of the season as we went up as CHAMPIONSAnd the Wig as part of Mancini's joke - as talk of needing a new, younger, better centre half than Mancini We were runners-up. Burnley were the champions 1972-73. |
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Post by Macmoish on Nov 16, 2014 15:49:47 GMT
Gosh that's right
We and Burnley run away promotion teams - but they ran away a little more!
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