Chris Basham testimonial

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Ron_Justice said:
Can't remember the last Testimonial, well I can, it was TC's but I can't remember one since. Did we have one for Whithouse? Honestly thought they were thing of the past. Brilliant if he's getting one. Deserves everything the club can offer him.
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Testimonials were introduced as a reward for loyal players who earned next to nothing in their career.
Today's big earning players don't really need a testimonial, any ex players that are given one should donate a big chunk to charity.
 
Bladesman said:
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Love the way he describes it here, as a big send-off for all the players of that era who left without fanfare or after long injuries - he mentions Sharp, O'Connell and Enda but I'd put Duffy in that bracket too, sure we all thought he would be in that first Premier League squad.
 
Ron_Justice said:
Can't remember the last Testimonial, well I can, it was TC's but I can't remember one since. Did we have one for Whithouse? Honestly thought they were thing of the past. Brilliant if he's getting one. Deserves everything the club can offer him.
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Chris Morgan had his against Newcastle in 2015, he only played about 10 minutes at the end though.
 
Mentions quite a few names in the interview.

Duffy, Sharp, O'Connell, Martin Cranie, Egan, Enda, think he mentioned James Beattie as well.

Just saw that Michael Brown played and scored in a Spurs Vs AC Milan legends match the other day.
 
Tony_Kaufman said:
Spurs legend! 😂
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Was surprised when I saw him playing, same with Vorm in goal as well.

They had Berbatov upfront, who to me is more Man U legend than Spurs legend.

A bit nostalgic seeing Cafu and Pirlo playing for Milan again.
 
Past post war testimonials together with United career

1957 Len Browning 51-56
1958 Jimmy Hagan 38-58
1965 Joe Shaw 45-67
1966 Cec Coldwell (as player 51-67)
1967 Graham Shaw 51-67
1968 Alan Hodgkinson 53-72
1973 Len Badger 61-76
1974 Alan Woodward 63-78
1976 Harry Latham (player and coach 41-74)
1977 John Harris (manager 59-73)
1980 Eddie Colquhoun 68-78
1980 Mick Speight 69-80
1980 John Flynn 69-78
1983 Les Tibbott 79-82
1983 Cec Coldwell (as coach 67-83)
1986 Tony Kenworthy 76-86
1986 Tony Currie 68-76
1988 Colin Morris 82-88
1992 Paul Stancliffe 83-90
1992 Brian Smith 84-91
1993 Derek Dooley (admin/director 74-94)
2001 Dane Whitehouse (88-99)
2003 Simon Tracey 88-03
2014 Chris Morgan 03-14 (player and coach)

The ones for Browning, Smith and Tibbott were due to them retiring early because of injury. Others for long service,
 
Ron_Justice said:
Can't remember the last Testimonial, well I can, it was TC's but I can't remember one since. Did we have one for Whithouse? Honestly thought they were thing of the past. Brilliant if he's getting one. Deserves everything the club can offer him.
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Dane Whitehouse had one at the end of the 00/01 season.

The Current side vs Bassett era side, Warnock put himself up top and bagged a brace.
 

Ron_Justice said:
Can't remember the last Testimonial, well I can, it was TC's but I can't remember one since. Did we have one for Whithouse? Honestly thought they were thing of the past. Brilliant if he's getting one. Deserves everything the club can offer him.
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We played Malmo in one. I could be wrong but it might have been 1st time kop opened. Think it was Stancliffe.

I'll stand corrected I was only 11. But seem to recall the above.

Edit. Just seen list above.
 
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Rusty view said:
We played Malmo in one. I could be wrong but it might have been 1st time kop opened. Think it was Stancliffe.

I'll stand corrected I was only 11. But seem to recall the above.

Edit. Just seen list above.
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Yep. Malmo was Stancliffe. Usually we play Wednesday or an All Stars team, but as well as Malmo, we had Forest for Harris, Ipswich (his previous club) for Tibbott, Boro for Tracey and Newcastle for Morgan.
 
Rusty view said:
We played Malmo in one. I could be wrong but it might have been 1st time kop opened. Think it was Stancliffe.

I'll stand corrected I was only 11. But seem to recall the above.

Edit. Just seen list above.
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Dave Bassett played at right back for about 20 minutes doing a lot of running before he got out of breath, TC didn't last long as he suffered from a pulled muscle
 
Silent Blade said:
Dave Bassett played at right back for about 20 minutes doing a lot of running before he got out of breath, TC didn't last long as he suffered from a pulled muscle
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Not that it matters in a testimonial bit wasn't it something like 6 or 7 - 1 to Malmo.

Now you mention TC that brings back a vague recollection
 
Same day as the PoTY do... Might be a "tired and emotional" weekend if we do go up.
 
Rusty view said:
Not that it matters in a testimonial bit wasn't it something like 6 or 7 - 1 to Malmo.

Now you mention TC that brings back a vague recollection
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Yea and they took it very seriously, surrounding the ref when we scored a blatantly offside goal to pull a goal back.

They had their first team out and we included a long retired Edwards and Morris!
 
Everyone should be their for the legend Bash!

I need to forget my last memories of Fulham away where he got injured 😟
 

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