Happy 70th Birthday to Geoff Salmons

[Silent Blade]

Still looks young for his age. He is pictured at Pastures Lodge, Mexborough, last March with my mate who I played football and cricket with. A very good player for us

 

[Tunstall Fred]

Vital part of the Golden Team,what a left foot,what blistering pace.

Happy Birthday Sammy,and thank you.

 

[bladebloke]

Happy Birthday Geoff, great player.

 

[steve26272]

trust you be starting a thread in about 40 years when it's Connor Salmons 70th??

happy birthday Geoff btw. UTB

 

[UnitedBlade]

Another we shouldn’t have sold ....

Terrific player.

 

[Guesty]

Vital part of the Golden Team,what a left foot,what blistering pace.

Happy Birthday Sammy,and thank you.

My Dad's favourite player from that team. Although Salmons was a popular player I suspect he wasn't the favourite of many given the competition!

 

[HighfieldBlade]

Nice photo. Does Geoff Salmons live in Mexborough?

 

[Bayingblade]

Scored the first goal I ever saw at Branalll Lane in a 1-1 draw with Man U. April 4th 1972.

Happy birthday Geoff

 

[beatific blade]

He was a mate of my grandparents, neither of whom are still with us.

He saw me play a game for my primary school. He told my nan I "could go all the way" so she went out and bought me an England shirt immediately.

Shame I didn't start supporting the Blades until I was 8 or 9 or this story might be a little more poignant for me.

Decent bloke. Well liked.

 

[Silent Blade]

Nice photo. Does Geoff Salmons live in Mexborough?

He did own Pastures Lodge. Not sure if he still lives there but he still goes to the pub he used to own

 

[Groucho Blade]

Wonderful player...wish we had him storming down the left wing now!

 

[Silent Blade]

Scored the first goal I ever saw at Branalll Lane in a 1-1 draw with Man U. April 4th 1972.

Happy birthday Geoff

John Connaughton was Man U's keeper that night. I think Salmons meant to cross the ball. Attendance was 45,045 which is still the highest crowd I went to a match at the Lane

 

[Tunstall Fred]

Wonderful player...wish we had him storming down the left wing now!

Agreed,also wish we had the blonde haired number 10 alongside him,pulling the strings

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Wonderful player...wish we had him storming down the left wing now!

I was crammed into the front of the terrace for a Liverpool match, and heard Tommy Smith shout “fucking hell” as Geoff zoomed past him again..

 

[ucandomagic]

If we hadn’t built that fucking stand with debt we would never have had to sell him in 74, and then we would never have been relegated with that team.

That’s a lesson we should never forget. Don’t bet the farm on an uncertain future. Patient evolution is all that works in the long run unless you have bottomless funding.

Real Magic Takes Time

 

[oldblade]

Wonderful player...wish we had him storming down the left wing now!

He might be a bit slower now though........

 

[Tunstall Fred]

He might be a bit slower now though........

It has to be done,might as well be me...........he would still be faster than Dean Unseen Hammond though.

 

[1889]

John Connaughton was Man U's keeper that night. I think Salmons meant to cross the ball. Attendance was 45,045 which is still the highest crowd I went to a match at the Lane

I was at that game too, 10 year old stood holding on the railings at the front of the kop as the ball sailed over Connaughton and into the net.

Couldn’t believe it when we bought him just a few weeks later

 

[oldblade]

It has to be done,might as well be me...........he would still be faster than Dean Unseen Hammond though.

And probably a bit more visible.

 

[INTAKE BLADE]

Happy birthday Geoff
I remember going on leppers lane when chezzy played the pigs, Geoff scored in a 3-3 draw,1980 I think it was, top man

 

[originaltrueblade]

Absolutely great player and a very important link in that wonderful team. Should never have been sold.
If I had a fiver for every time I said that over the years it would be some tidy some now
Happy 70th Geoff you brought great memories that have never faded.


Just found this info

Biography: A midfield player he played in the Football League between 1967-81. He made a total of 449 appearances in the Football League. He finished his playing career at Gainsborough Trinity. After this he ran the Manor Farm Pub in Old Denaby with his wife. They then went on to own the Pastures Lodge pub in his native Mexborough. They have left there in recent times and continue to live in Harlington.