Drinks All Round: The Autobiography

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TONY Hamilton continues his search for ex-Grimsby Town players to see where they are now, what they are doing and asks about their days at Blundell Park. He talks today to one of Grimsby's most prolific strikers, Kevin Drinkell. Lewis Ferguson's stunning Bologna form catches Paolo Maldini's eye as Mark Hateley reveals legend's rave review I was just trying to settle into a new club and get the fans on my side. We got off to a good start and the 5-1 game was There were others the club could and maybe did consider. John Aldridge had scored 34 for Oxford United as they won promotion to the First Division* for the first time in their history – although he was never likely to drop a division having just won promotion with the club.

Although it was interesting to get an insight into all the work being done behind the scenes, it is obviously the players and management who we remember the most. So, it was good to see Mike Brolly trotting over to the corner flag to send another ball in, particularly as his two goals were crucial as Town beat Everton 2-1 in the League Cup, in front of over 22,000 spectators in October 1979. I was listening to this game on my transistor radio as I had school the next day and got my radio out again for the quarter-final with Wolves. A year later, he made the move to Chester, before he was forced to call time on his playing career early due to an ankle injury, having made more than 100 professional appearances. As it was, the eventual signing of Drinkell made a lot of footballing sense. The only doubt surrounding him at the time was that he seemed to have been at Grimsby Town for ages, having made his debut for the club in 1977, when he was just 16. That had been Trevor Senior, then at Reading, who having contributed 41 goals for Reading during their Division Four promotion-winning season of 1983/84, followed up with another 27 the following campaign. 68 goals in two seasons. No wonder Brown, amongst others, had taken note.I didn’t know the history of the fixture or how competitive it would be. I had played with Woodsy (Chris Woods) at Bernard also managed the clubs reserves, and acted as interim assistant manager for a short while under caretaker manager John Fraser. He’d been at the club ever since, scoring regularly, but, despite all that, never getting a move to even a slightly bigger club, never mind one with the sort of top-flight pedigree and aspirations that Norwich had.

Upon his arrival, we were informed by Celtic fans – where he spent an unproductive time – that he was ‘no Gary Hooper’, and that we were wasting our time if not our money. How wrong they were in terms of the latter, although he’s certainly no Gary Hooper! Ryan Gauld and Billy Gilmour's Euro 2020 Scotland hopes boosted as Oli McBurnie's injury changes squad outlook Four minutes after the break Richie had a great chance when Hughes and keeper Westwater clashed going to a high all but his net bound shot was cleared of the line by May.It’s not a nice feeling when you have something after so long then it’s taken from you straight away. No one wants to be second best in Glasgow, it affects your whole life. Taking the kids shopping or the wife out for a meal, you want to do everything feeling like you’re the best.” Captain during those promotion-winning seasons, the gifted Irishman arrived from Leicester City on an initial loan deal in 1976. And such was his impact, the move was then made permanent. He was selected in the divisional teams of the season for both 1978/1979 and 1979/1980, popping up with several crucial goals, including one to seal promotion. A staggering 28 of his 65 league goals for Town came from the penalty spot. Clive Wiggington We needed that mindset – we are the best team, we have the best kit, the best pitch – just improving every little bit. That’s certainly the way it seemed to go. We proved that year we were the better team.

That has been the big thing for Morelos this year. He might not score as many goals domestically but has come to the fore in the big games in Europe and now against Celtic.

Drinkell knows the club has pushed the boat out to stop Celtic’s title dominance and players may need to be sold before the new man can bring his own targets in. Gerrard may also come calling for some of his former players. Football photographic encyclopedia, footballer, world cup, champions league, football championship, olympic games & hero images by sporting-heroes.net". Rangers B team bosses David McCallum and Brian Gilmour have been put in charge and will take the team into the weekend.

A decent team then, with a good manager. Yet one that still managed to get itself relegated. Football is, of course, littered with the sad fates of teams deemed “too good to go down”, a phrase which, in reality, is nonsense. If you go down, it’s because you weren’t good enough. And, collectively, the Canaries of that season were not – even though all of the players listed above (with the exception of Gossy) had been part of the team that won that season’s League Cup, beating Sunderland 1-0 in the final. Drinkell said: “The other side of the debate, and he got better at it last season, is the discipline situation. Celtic had won the Double the previous season but there was no baggage with us, we just wanted to go out and win it. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5. Channon was, feasibly, old enough to be the father of some of the younger players in the club’s first-team squad, a role he happily took on in a non-literal sense, acting as a footballing guide and mentor for more than one of them during his time at Carrow Road.

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If there is competition for places, you can be coming out of the team when you think you should be in it and then being in the team when you maybe have a niggle. The manager just needs everyone to have a really calm and solid pre-season, have everyone scratching at each other to all be different options and all be available to the manager. That’ll put him in the right position because it has been proven in the past when they have had to rely on a not-consistent Morelos that it’s not healthy to be relying on one person.” Despite scoring on his debut against his hometown team, Grimsby, in the Football League Cup, his goalscoring form deserted him at Highfield Road (he failed to score in any of his 15 league appearances in the 1990–91 season, [4] and after a short loan spell with Birmingham City in the autumn of 1991 he began his coaching career in Scotland with Falkirk. He coached and managed Stirling Albion, gaining promotion to the First Division as Second Division champions in 1996, before becoming Montrose manager in 1998. But in 10 minutes the keeper had no chance when a cross from the right was deflected and from 18 yards RIX shot Into the corner of the net.