That would go down very well in Blackpool.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Stanley Matthews did play top flight football for Blackpool aged 457 though.
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13-02-2021 10:15 PM #121
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13-02-2021 10:22 PM #122This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I’m with Sir Matt
Gordon Smith retired at 40
I saw him on the pitch at Easter Road in 1970 for the FC Schalke 04 Friendly and he looked fit enough to play
Pretty sure we were the first club to tour South America
We taught the Brazilians how to play football
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14-02-2021 12:33 AM #123
Just about the only decent bit of business Matt Gillies did at Forest, Ray, bringing Peter in. Gillies was incredibly unpopular after replacing ex Busby Babe Johnny Carey as manager but to be fair to him, he was having pretty well every decent player Forest had at the time sold from under him. Forest were unique at that time having a committee running the club and they made life more or less impossible for Gilies to be successful.
Peter was succesful and really popular at Forest but he was ultimately too good for a previously very good side a couple of years prior that was in steep decline. Bill Shankly spotted his abilty and as you know, the rest is history.
Great and versatile player of many and varied talents and a great favourite of yours and mine.
What a player.
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As a 13/14 YO in 1970 the FF team seemed like a lifetime ago and they last played together in 1955, so only 15 years and this game doesn't seem anywhere near 51 years ago!
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14-02-2021 07:53 AM #126
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I am afraid there were lots of tours by UK clubs in the early 20th century to promote the game there.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_football_clubs_tours_to_South_America#:~:t ext=Southampton%20F.C.%20was%20the%20first,Notting ham%20Forest%20F.C.%20in%201905.Last edited by FilipinoHibs; 14-02-2021 at 07:57 AM.
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14-02-2021 08:24 AM #128
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Pretty sure it was Corinthians as they had images wearing their England caps from back in the day
The South American team came over here and they had a neat wee Stadium stuck up a back street
Worth a watch if you can find a stream
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14-02-2021 08:41 AM #130This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Corinthian Casuals
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14-02-2021 09:43 AM #131
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" If Gordon Smith had been English ,we would be talking about him,as we do Matthews and Finney"
I paraphrased that quote from memory.
I did read it years ago.
I wish i could remember who said it.
But it always stuck with me.
It may have been Sir Matt,even if he did say "we"Last edited by Mick O'Rourke; 14-02-2021 at 06:21 PM.
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14-02-2021 11:21 AM #134
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14-02-2021 12:15 PM #137
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Was there another hibs player that went to Arsenal at the same time as Peter? Have had a chat a couple of times with a chap in our local that said he'd went down at the same time. Could never work out who he was.
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14-02-2021 02:37 PM #140
I am sure it was Tom Finney who was asked how he felt being voted the best winger in the world, his reply was something along the lines that that chap Smith at Hibs would have something to say about that.
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14-02-2021 04:04 PM #141
Peter Marinello was at a family wedding a few years ago, sat and had a chat with him, lovely guy and happy to chat about his time at Hibs & football in general.
Robert, Sharon & Peter Marinello (2).jpg
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14-02-2021 04:13 PM #142
Found this interesting profile on the HIBS website:
http://www.hibshistoricaltrust.org.u...eter-marinello
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14-02-2021 04:28 PM #143This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
The marker,Jimmy Briggs, was the same guy that shattered 17 yr old Jimmy O'Rourke's leg a few years earlier and set Jimmy back years.
Jimmy Briggs likely could not catch Peter, or he would have nailed him.Last edited by Mick O'Rourke; 14-02-2021 at 04:37 PM.
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When Gordon was working his magic at ER ,Celtic fans would rave about Charlie Tully and the Govan mob would champion Willie Waddell ......
"But the cocky wee Gordon's the pride o' them a' "
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At least players of that era knew class among peers ,even if English pundits and journalists did not(know much about Gordon)
Tommy Docherty once said in an interview that Matthews was better than Smith.
But having spent most of his playing career in England,Doc would have maybe have seen Matthews a lot more than Smith
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His biography ‘Prince Of Wingers’ by his son Tony is an excellent read
Brings a tear to a glass eye
As I said above the FF when they were on the pitch at the Schalke game Smith looked as fit as a fiddle
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14-02-2021 07:16 PM #147
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I always thought Finney was better than Matthews who was a one position man.Finney could play anywhere along the front. When Preston played Edinburgh Select at ER he was centre forward and a class above anyone else on the park.Two memories of Matthews- England were playing Brazil in a friendly and were tanking them I stood in PTs electrical department watching the match on the way home from school-a common thing to do those days-Stanley went skating past the left back for the umpteenth time who chased after and pulled off a textbook tackle unfortunately for a rugby player. The ref just gave him a sympathetic pat on the head. Stanley came with Stoke to play Hearts in a friendly.Think he was over 50. Davie Holt was left back-hard as nails of course-told me afterwards he was terrified to tackle him in case he went down in history as the man who killed Stanley Matthews.
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PTs !! Patrick Thomsons for the younger viewers, more recently Argos on the North Bridge
AH
I, as a schoolboy, delivered Davie Holts milk when he played for hertz and lived in Clerwood
I worked with the "dummy"
I would collect the milk money on a saturday morning.
Most times,Davie would answer the door, pay his bill and give me a good tip .
I would usually have my Hibs scarf on, as i would be off to the game when milk run collection finished
He always said good luck.. Nice man and a very good footballer.
I also delivered Tommy Walkers milk on another run in Barnton !!!Last edited by Mick O'Rourke; 14-02-2021 at 07:34 PM.
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I am sure i wont be alone in saying ,that particularly for us older gadjies who have been on lockdown and shielding for near a year,your threads on History and quizzes,etc have been something to look forward to on the forum.
Its been great viewing the utube links of games, either i have completely forgotten, or was there and still forgot due to drink !
Keep up the good work and cheersLast edited by Mick O'Rourke; 14-02-2021 at 08:10 PM.
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