Crazy Gang..

[Putney Blade]

Just watched BT Sports film on Crazy Gang. Great film. Brutal team.

Few ex-Blades on show. Cork. Gale. Hodges (one of the best players we've had at BDTBL), Jones and of course Harry.

Remember going to Plough Lane. Never saw us win. Total shxt hole of a ground; but that's how they liked it…

UTB

 

[Jonboy60]

If hodges was one of the best,( I agree by the way) then vinnie Jones has got to be one of the worst.

 

[Deadbat]

Some of it was good (the documenatary) but a lot of it was over egged for the sake of shock element. A lot of it has been declared as utter rubbish by many of the players from the time and that Fashanu just talks for the sake of it.

Apparently Bassett and most of the Wimbledon players were furious with how it was edited and made them to look just a set of thugs. Fashanu has been criticised a lot since the showing - he comes across as an egocentric eccentric idiot who just says things for affect. In short he seems to have a screw loose. Some of it was interesting but downplays that they must have some footballers (Winterburn, Hodges, Scales, Beasant, Wise etc) who all were sold for a lot of money) to get up so many divisions and then go on and win the FA Cup.

 

[Swanseablade]

The clip of Harry playing for the Dons was interesting! Not saying it was a late tackle, he probably got there as quickly as he could!
Thought it was overall quite an amusing program tbh, albeit a bit over exaggerated with the cartoon clips etc.
Fash is genuinely a scary character tho; he is very articulate yet obviously a massive fckn looney.

 

[bornablade]

Did it show how the bxxstrds rolled over and died on May 7th 1994 at Goodison Park?

 

[cahill]

Did it show how the bxxstrds rolled over and died on May 7th 1994 at Goodison Park?

Good shout that. Everton 0-2 down to Wimbledon with about 20 mins left and then Hans Seegers the Wombles keeper, does his bit to concede 3 late goals. Result Blades relegated. Seegers one of 3 players investigated a couple of years later for throwing matches.

Always left a bad smell that episode.

Paranoid ! Moi ?

 

[judge]

They Deffo cheated that day
remember Graham starts shot ending up right in the middle of the goal with the keeper doing well to get out the way

 

[Silent Blade]

The clip of Harry playing for the Dons was interesting! Not saying it was a late tackle, he probably got there as quickly as he could!
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Eddie Gray was very quick footed. He always invited his opponents to tackle him but nearly always was quick enough to push the ball past his opponents. The best way to stop him was to kick him like Ron Harris did in the 1970 FA Cup final replay (he didnt get booked!)

 

[FTPE]

Hodges was my favourite player as a kid, I mean that age where I hadn't even picked him myself. My dad told me he was awesome so I latched on.
Hated Beesley loved Hodgers.
(If Beesley was good take it up with my old man not me)
I recorded that film and can't wait to watch it 2night

 

[Groucho Blade]

Was anyone else at Plough Lane the day they thrashed us 5-0? Dennis Wise was brilliant that day, ripped us to shreds. It may even have been his debut...

I also went the season we drew 1-1. It was the end of our fabulous winning streak. The Wimbledon boys did their best to throw it, but the ref was having none of it. Fash caught two corners but the ref only gave us a penalty for one of them. Very strange match.

 

[boo radley]

Did it show how the bxxstrds rolled over and died on May 7th 1994 at Goodison Park?

Did you expect to see copies of their betting slips?

 

[boo radley]

Was anyone else at Plough Lane the day they thrashed us 5-0? Dennis Wise was brilliant that day, ripped us to shreds. It may even have been his debut...

I also went the season we drew 1-1. It was the end of our fabulous winning streak. The Wimbledon boys did their best to throw it, but the ref was having none of it. Fash caught two corners but the ref only gave us a penalty for one of them. Very strange match.

Was at the game where Fash caught the balls. The ref (Danson?) wrote a piece after he'd retired about how it was the strangest game he'd been in charge of and thought his eyes deceived him so he did not give that pen at the far end from us.

 

[cooperblade]

Terry Gibson has blogged about it

http://www.terrygibson.london/#!Crazy-Gang-Documentary/c1zqn/90957FC4-BAF2-4F60-8BCE-D4094277F586

 

[Foxy]

Was at the game where Fash caught the balls. The ref (Danson?) wrote a piece after he'd retired about how it was the strangest game he'd been in charge of and thought his eyes deceived him so he did not give that pen at the far end from us.

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[Silent Blade]

Was at the game where Fash caught the balls. The ref (Danson?) wrote a piece after he'd retired about how it was the strangest game he'd been in charge of and thought his eyes deceived him so he did not give that pen at the far end from us.

Paul Durkin

 

[Pinchy]

Ah, the Golden Age when Hoof was king, with a bit of corruption thrown in.

The rest of the football world long ago consigned it to the garbage bin, where it belongs. In S2 we allowed it to live on for far too long. Shamefully, it remains the beating heart of many of our more sophisticated fans.

 

[Lord Bos of Eckington.]

Ah, the Golden Age when Hoof was king, with a bit of corruption thrown in.

The rest of the football world long ago consigned it to the garbage bin, where it belongs. In S2 we allowed it to live on for far too long. Shamefully, it remains the beating heart of many of our more sophisticated fans.

Agree , but i would settle for any type of football , if it got us out of league 1.

UTB

 

[Revolution]

Ah, the Golden Age when Hoof was king, with a bit of corruption thrown in.

The rest of the football world long ago consigned it to the garbage bin, where it belongs. In S2 we allowed it to live on for far too long. Shamefully, it remains the beating heart of many of our more sophisticated fans.

Fun fact:

1971-2 team: 10th place
1991-2 team: 9th place

 

[Pinchy]

Agree , but i would settle for any type of football , if it got us out of league 1.

UTB

But that's exactly the point, mate. History shows that the better footballers get the better results, and it ain't the Hoofers!

This tired old 'any style as long as we win..' claptrap is defunct everywhere except the badlands of S2. It really is too obvious for words to say that the better you play the more you will be successful, but sadly it's heresy to those still worshipping at the altar of Dinosaur Dave.

 

[Pinchy]

Fun fact:

1971-2 team: 10th place
1991-2 team: 9th place

...and absolutely no comparison in the quality of the football....

Do tell us more of the success story of Hoof and Hope. Those Wimbledon videos are in short supply. They fly out of the shops at such a rate. Such a loss for future generations who won't see it in all it's glory.

 

[Revolution]

...and absolutely no comparison in the quality of the football....

Do tell us more of the success story of Hoof and Hope. Those Wimbledon videos are in short supply. They fly out of the shops at such a rate. Such a loss for future generations who won't see it in all it's glory.

Wimbledon won the FA Cup.

What did we win recently?

 

[Pinchy]

Wimbledon won the FA Cup.

What did we win recently?

Oh dear, oh dear....

You really do my job for me don't you?....

 

[Revolution]

Oh dear, oh dear....

You really do my job for me don't you?....

Yes, Wimbledon won a cup, so I love hoof and am a cro-magnon and a supporter of the EDF or whatever else you accuse people of when they have the temerity to point out that watching David Weir's United pass around in their own half is less fun than watching Deane and Agana maul Chester.

Jesus wept.

 

[BusheyBlade]

Was at the game where Fash caught the balls. The ref (Danson?) wrote a piece after he'd retired about how it was the strangest game he'd been in charge of and thought his eyes deceived him so he did not give that pen at the far end from us.

This was my first ever match as a 10 year old. I met Vinnie Jones in the toilets in the players' bar afterwards. When moving house a few years back I found my programme from that match signed by most of the players from both sides. Also, and very bizarrely, I found a piece of paper in there with Keith Curle's address and phone number!

 

[Pinchy]

Yes, Wimbledon won a cup, so I love hoof and am a cro-magnon and a supporter of the EDF or whatever else you accuse people of when they have the temerity to point out that watching David Weir's United pass around in their own half is less fun than watching Deane and Agana maul Chester.

Jesus wept.

The unintended irony and self-contradiction of all this is worthy of an academic study.

 

[wizadry]

You have to learn more than one way how to play a game of football.It's all right saying this is right or that is right but even the top sides go direct time to time,and we certainly would have benefited in this league having more than one way of playing.It's too predictable playing a certain way.

 

[boo radley]

This was my first ever match as a 10 year old. I met Vinnie Jones in the toilets in the players' bar afterwards. When moving house a few years back I found my programme from that match signed by most of the players from both sides. Also, and very bizarrely, I found a piece of paper in there with Keith Curle's address and phone number!

And you were 10

 

[metty]

Terry Gibson has blogged about it

http://www.terrygibson.london/#!Crazy-Gang-Documentary/c1zqn/90957FC4-BAF2-4F60-8BCE-D4094277F586

A good mate of mine was playing at Lincoln City whilst Fashanu was there and he has the same opinion of him as Terry Gibson. He describes Fashanu as a total wanker who no one in the team could stand.

 

[Bladesman]

A good mate of mine was playing at Lincoln City whilst Fashanu was there and he has the same opinion of him as Terry Gibson. He describes Fashanu as a total wanker who no one in the team could stand.

Ive always assumed Fashanu to be a complete wanker and even his appearances on TV have done nothing to change my opinion of him.

 

[judge]

The unintended irony and self-contradiction of all this is worthy of an academic study.

Do you wear a monyckle pinchy ?