Speedway
06-08-2017, 02:33 PM
Very much enjoyed reading this piece in The Scotsman today.
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/interview-chic-charnley-the-ultimate-journeyman-1-4522979
I wonder where Rod got his reputation for being tight with money from?
Excerpt:
Nothing says Chic Charnley like the manner of his leaving Hibs after Alex McLeish replaced Duffy, the team in dire straits. “I knew I wouldn’t play. He [McLeish] knew what I was like. I was not his kind of player. When he arrived I didn’t go in for two days. Then at my first training session, I said to him: ‘Should I just go and see Rod Petrie?’ ‘Aye that’s what to do’. “So I negotiated my release. There was £500 we were haggling over. “Billy McNeill’s office was just across the way – he could see us. I was like: ‘No I am not going’. It was only £500. I said: ‘Look why don’t we toss a coin? He [Petrie] was like: ‘What?’ “‘Let’s toss a coin. There’s Big Billy over there.’ So he tossed the coin. I called heads and won. Years later Billy signed his book for me: ‘To Chic, you still won the toss’.”
http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/interview-chic-charnley-the-ultimate-journeyman-1-4522979
I wonder where Rod got his reputation for being tight with money from?
Excerpt:
Nothing says Chic Charnley like the manner of his leaving Hibs after Alex McLeish replaced Duffy, the team in dire straits. “I knew I wouldn’t play. He [McLeish] knew what I was like. I was not his kind of player. When he arrived I didn’t go in for two days. Then at my first training session, I said to him: ‘Should I just go and see Rod Petrie?’ ‘Aye that’s what to do’. “So I negotiated my release. There was £500 we were haggling over. “Billy McNeill’s office was just across the way – he could see us. I was like: ‘No I am not going’. It was only £500. I said: ‘Look why don’t we toss a coin? He [Petrie] was like: ‘What?’ “‘Let’s toss a coin. There’s Big Billy over there.’ So he tossed the coin. I called heads and won. Years later Billy signed his book for me: ‘To Chic, you still won the toss’.”