Happy 75th Birthday to The King

[Jon Bon II]

 

[Knackered Blade]

This article is from the United programme on Saturday 27th April 1968.

 

[coolasanidiot]

Nobody has come even close Happy Birthday TC- THE BEST!!

 

[originaltrueblade]

Best player ever for us to date no one has got near him. The quality TC had left visiting fans questions outside the Lane. “Is Currie playing?” Never heard the likes of that before or since. He was that good pure quality. I was privileged to have watched him

 

[Northernsoulblade]

I was also privileged to see him grace the field at down town bramall lane and my abiding memory was when he sat on the ball as we were smashing Arsenal as a piss take of Alan Ball doing the same to us at Highbury

 

[BigBed]

This article is from the United programme on Saturday 27th April 1968.

Fucking Labour again, changing everything just to suit themselves!! Bastards!

 

[Knackered Blade]

This article is from the United programme on Saturday 27th April 1968.

 

[ancientblade]

I was also privileged to see him grace the field at down town bramall lane and my abiding memory was when he sat on the ball as we were smashing Arsenal as a piss take of Alan Ball doing the same to us at Highbury

it was at the lane where alan ball sat on the ball

 

[john Mathison]

Remember the legend that was Motty on MOTD, " a quality goal, from a quality player". Brian Clough, labelling the Currie/Woodward corner technique as undefendable , and commenting how he could not understand why Woody never got a full England call up.

 

[Bell4]

it was at the lane where alan ball sat on the ball

I was the ball

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Was behind the goal in the Bramall Lane end i was 13 and TC scoring in his debut with his head and we won 3-2.

Monday 26th Feb 1968.

 

[Overthehills]

Had the pleasure of a bit of Currie mentorship and tutorship as a nipper in the school of excellence. I remember initially I was quite daunted by him as he spent the majority of the time in a long, thick blades coat, simply stood with his arms folded. He didn’t really speak much, instead nodded his head or used facial gestures.

I remember him telling us all that “this up here (points at his head) is as important as these down here (points at his feet). Fantastic coach and role model.

 

[Paisley Blade]

Best player ever for us to date no one has got near him. The quality TC had left visiting fans questions outside the Lane. “Is Currie playing?” Never heard the likes of that before or since. He was that good pure quality. I was privileged to have watched him

Agreed.
The second most gifted player I've seen in 54 years of watching us is Ndiaye.
It took me ages to get over selling TC, same with Illiman.

 

[Blade58]

I was also privileged to see him grace the field at down town bramall lane and my abiding memory was when he sat on the ball as we were smashing Arsenal as a piss take of Alan Ball doing the same to us at Highbury

That was fantastic from TC

 

[Blade56]

One of the ones who dumped us for Leeds.







Felt like I’d been dumped by a reyt fit lass I was seeing

 

[Edgar Allan Poo]

The 13 year old me wanted to be Tony Currie. Many Happy Returns!

 

[Pittsburg Blade]

Felt like I’d been dumped by a reyt fit lass I was seeing

Dropped your copy of Penthouse?

 

[Silent Blade]

At the promotion reunion in 2011

 

[Klaatu Barada Nikto]

Had the pleasure of a bit of Currie mentorship and tutorship as a nipper in the school of excellence. I remember initially I was quite daunted by him as he spent the majority of the time in a long, thick blades coat, simply stood with his arms folded. He didn’t really speak much, instead nodded his head or used facial gestures.

I remember him telling us all that “this up here (points at his head) is as important as these down here (points at his feet). Fantastic coach and role model.

I went on one of those as well. Overheard his critique of me; "this one's decent but he just wants to muck about".

Which to be honest, was a thoroughly fair assessment.

 

[cahill]

At the promotion reunion in 2011
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TC and….and….and…?

 

[Silent Blade]

TC and….and….and…?

Me in the middle, Andy Pack on the left (we played cricket for Dronfield Contact in early 1980s)

 

[Paul1963]

Just been told there’s a special T.C programme on radio sheff tonight at 6

 

[Newbury Blade]

I interviewed TC in 1973 for the student newspaper in the same week he played for England in the World Cup calamity against Poland so he was a bit subdued but still gave up his time and it was a big thrill for me at the start of a long career in journalism. Not very professionally, I got his autograph, and of course still have it.

 

[Not_a_Cheat]

I was the ball

I was the ball