John Toshack

[HibbyDave]

Unsure if mentioned elsewhere but if so please feel free to merge:

I just read that John Toshack is in hospital in Barcelona. He has Covid related pneumonia.

Remember when he tore us a new at Liverpool away.
Despite that memory best wishes Tosh for a speedy recovery!

[Irish_Steve]

Along with Keegan and Steve Heighway, John Toshack was one of my first football heroes.

He was in the Swansea team that was the first club to play at Anfield after Bill Shankly’s death. As both teams lined up to show their respect, Toshack removed his Swansea tracksuit top to show his Liverpool top underneath

Can you imagine a player doing that today!

[darwenhibby]

Hope Toshack makes a full recovery
When I moved down here first time I was 6
We went to watch Liverpool v Leeds which was the big game in English football at the time
I adopted Liverpool as my English team
11, months later they put Hibs out the Eufa
Cup despised them since and always followed Man Utd because of this
As I say hope he gets well soon despite that fizzing hat trick

[Kato]

Turnbull almost signed him and saw him as a possible successor as manager.

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[blackpoolhibs]

Hope Toshack makes a full recovery
When I moved down here first time I was 6
We went to watch Liverpool v Leeds which was the big game in English football at the time
I adopted Liverpool as my English team
11, months later they put Hibs out the Eufa
Cup despised them since and always followed Man Utd because of this
As I say hope he gets well soon despite that fizzing hat trick

Didnt you have a pop at Moray for changing the team he supported as a boy? :devil:

[hibeg]

Turnbull almost signed him and saw him as a possible successor as manager.

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Really ? When was that, late 70s ?
I can’t remember where he went after Liverpool, was it back to Swansea ?

[Iggy Pope]

Huge figure amongst a generation. Hope he recovers well and soon.

[bigwheel]

Turnbull almost signed him and saw him as a possible successor as manager.

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Well recalled …yes, think he was at Swansea at the time - we did try to sign him at one point ….

[Iggy Pope]

Well recalled …yes, think he was at Swansea at the time - we did try to sign him at one point ….

I never knew that either, or if I did I have long forgotten. I’d love to see a press clipping of that story!

[ancient hibee]

Turnbull almost signed him and saw him as a possible successor as manager.

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At the time his cousin who was his spitting image worked in the west end of Edinburgh which caused a bit of excitement.

[darwenhibby]

Didnt you have a pop at Moray for changing the team he supported as a boy? :devil:

Who’s Moray G ? 🤷*♂️
If you look into my post I switched as a 6 year old from them to Man Utd because what they did to Hibs
They went one way we went the other unfortunately
My commitment has always been Hibs
That guy (Bolton Hibee) I’m sure he’s a nice guy
But will change his team like his whisky
Sure I saw him in the South Stand today
That moustache stands out a mile

[BoltonHibee]

Who’s Moray G ? [emoji1745]*[emoji3603]
If you look into my post I switched as a 6 year old from them to Man Utd because what they did to Hibs
They went one way we went the other unfortunately
My commitment has always been Hibs
That guy (Bolton Hibee) I’m sure he’s a nice guy
But will change his team like his whisky
Sure I saw him in the South Stand today
That moustache stands out a mile

East Stand. One club man me. The Hibees! [emoji8]

Hope Toshack makes a quick and speedy recovery [emoji120]


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[jacomo]

Didnt you have a pop at Moray for changing the team he supported as a boy? :devil:


Swapping your second team is no biggie.

Swapping your original team is an awful sin!

[Kato]

Well recalled …yes, think he was at Swansea at the time - we did try to sign him at one point ….I think he chose Swansea, was still with Liverpool.

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[Kato]

I never knew that either, or if I did I have long forgotten. I’d love to see a press clipping of that story!There was a EEN back page with the story, Iggy. 1977-78 ish.

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[blackpoolhibs]

Who’s Moray G ? 🤷*♂️
If you look into my post I switched as a 6 year old from them to Man Utd because what they did to Hibs
They went one way we went the other unfortunately
My commitment has always been Hibs
That guy (Bolton Hibee) I’m sure he’s a nice guy
But will change his team like his whisky
Sure I saw him in the South Stand today
That moustache stands out a mile
:devil:

[bigwheel]

I think he chose Swansea, was still with Liverpool.

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Good recall that ! Now that you’ve said it , sure you are spot on …[emoji106]

[Kato]

Good recall that ! Now that you’ve said it , sure you are spot on …[emoji106]Certain, random stuff sticks in the memory - but I can't remember the end of the movie I watched last night .

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[gbhibby]

At the time his cousin who was his spitting image worked in the west end of Edinburgh which caused a bit of excitement.
Was his name John Toshack? I worked with his relation who had the same name as Tosh.

[monarch]

Was his name John Toshack? I worked with his relation who had the same name as Tosh.
Yes his cousin’s name was John Toshack and he was the spitting image of the footballer. I worked beside the cousin in the late 60s and early 70s. Although John the footballer was born in Wales his family came from Dunfermline originally which made him eligible to play for Scotland but he chose Wales.

Great footballer, especially in the air.

[ancient hibee]

Was his name John Toshack? I worked with his relation who had the same name as Tosh.


Yes his cousin’s name was John Toshack and he was the spitting image of the footballer. I worked beside the cousin in the late 60s and early 70s. Although John the footballer was born in Wales his family came from Dunfermline originally which made him eligible to play for Scotland but he chose Wales.

Great footballer, especially in the air.

Yes.It was uncanny really. He came into the office I worked in and I asked him if he was John Toshack. He said he was and added "but not the one you're thinking about".

[BILLYHIBS]

Looking through old threads on here (Tom Hart) and my rusty memory it would appear Tom Hart initially had the brain wave of flying John Toshack up every week by helicopter and paying him 3k per week but that fell through and he opted for George Best paying him 2k per week :greengrin

[greenlex]

My kind of striker. Always thought there was a bit of the late Tommy Cooper about him. Just like that.

[gbhibby]

Yes.It was uncanny really. He came into the office I worked in and I asked him if he was John Toshack. He said he was and added "but not the one you're thinking about".
Small world isn't it. I remember seeing the footballer John Toshack at a few Hibs games in the past.

[BILLYHIBS]

Broke my 13 year old heart with this one

What was Big Cilla doing ?

https://youtu.be/tMA-xGeZ56Q

[gbhibby]

Thanks for posting the link first time I have seen that. Those were the days when European football was the norm for us. Always a special atmosphere on European nights.

[BILLYHIBS]

Hope he makes a full and speedy recovery

[cabbageandribs1875]

i see his son Cameron has joined the backroom staff at Leeds