Spot on as usual @bookertease. I’d forgotten that Keith Barrett, that swarthy moustachioed central defender, was a contemporary of Noel Ashford. Partnered by Alan Phillips against Middlesbrough but there was another central defender, receding hairline and a rather less prominent moustache, whose name will probably come back to me at 2am.
On reflection I suspect it may have been the guy whose name I can’t recall who partnered Phillips against Middlesbrough.
Hey ho.
I rang an elderly (even older) acquaintance to see if he could recall the name of Alan Phillips fellow central defender. He couldn’t but he made a comment about “those players would walk into today’s team” which I disputed. Truth is we’ll never know but I wonder if any other survivors of the “golden years” would agree with him.
Great player at the time, sadly my overriding memory of him is the unfortunate own goal at Blyth Spartans which put us out of the last ever FA Amateur Cup.
Something to thank Gary Waddock for at least eh !!
@Uncle_T said:
I feel Ainsworth was a more significant signing. If he hadn't been at Wycombe as a player I think it very unlikely he would have become manager; if he had not been manager over the period he has been I believe that Wycombe would very likely not be playing at this high a level this season; if he had not been manager I suspect we may never have signed Bayo.
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Spot on as usual @bookertease. I’d forgotten that Keith Barrett, that swarthy moustachioed central defender, was a contemporary of Noel Ashford. Partnered by Alan Phillips against Middlesbrough but there was another central defender, receding hairline and a rather less prominent moustache, whose name will probably come back to me at 2am.
Keith Mead
On reflection I suspect it may have been the guy whose name I can’t recall who partnered Phillips against Middlesbrough.
Hey ho.
I rang an elderly (even older) acquaintance to see if he could recall the name of Alan Phillips fellow central defender. He couldn’t but he made a comment about “those players would walk into today’s team” which I disputed. Truth is we’ll never know but I wonder if any other survivors of the “golden years” would agree with him.
Once again Keith Mead
Say it a third time and he'll appear...
Great player at the time, sadly my overriding memory of him is the unfortunate own goal at Blyth Spartans which put us out of the last ever FA Amateur Cup.
Good morning @ChasHarps ! I’ve surfaced at last. Yes, thanks for that and apologies for late acknowledgement.
Something to thank Gary Waddock for at least eh !!
Waddock led us to a very enjoyable promotion. The penultimate match away at Bury is one of my favourite ever Wycombe games.
It is the lot of most football managers that, whatever the highs and lows, their tenure tends to end in disappointment...