How good was he - Alan Woodward

[LSF]

Eddie Holliday?

If it was Edwin Holliday, he certainly played 1st division football (for Wednesday).

 

[Pedro Verde]

Not true.

My Grandad's brother won three caps for England in 1959.

And he never played above the second tier.

Coincidentally, he was a winger as well.

Of course its true just because a 2nd tier winger won 3 caps in 59 doesnt make it not true

Ive given you 3 x examples of United players that didnt play for England that should have

You mentioned Coutts and Duffy and good players for United. Never played in the top flight
Carlton Palmer played for England and he was shite

Woodward was England class. I would hazzard a guess Woodward was miles better than your Grandads brother

You never saw him play As Ive said you know Fuck All about the quality of United players in the 60s and 70s

 

[wavy-blade]

I was fucking gutted i missed the great man's return to the Lane i was away on hol , if i would have know he was attending the match our Lass and kids would have been going on there own Miss you Alan

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Eddie Holliday?

Correct.

Whose cousin was of course Colin Grainger who played for the Blades.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

Of course its true just because a 2nd tier winger won 3 caps in 59 doesnt make it not true

Ive given you 3 x examples of United players that didnt play for England that should have

You mentioned Coutts and Duffy and good players for United. Never played in the top flight
Carlton Palmer played for England and he was shite

Woodward was England class. I would hazzard a guess Woodward was miles better than your Grandads brother

You never saw him play As Ive said you know Fuck All about the quality of United players in the 60s and 70s

Yeah, you seem to be at odds with what I'm saying.

I'm not saying Alan Woodward wasn't a good player, he was clearly a brilliant player who is fondly remembered by all.

I was simply asking why he never played for England.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

If it was Edwin Holliday, he certainly played 1st division football (for Wednesday).

Thank you, I didn't know that.

It's sketchy at the best of times to find records for that period.

 

[LSF]

Thank you, I didn't know that.

It's sketchy at the best of times to find records for that period.

I saw Holliday play for Wednesday a couple of times.
He was a touchline hugger, lots of pace, knocked it past the full back and ran. Beyond that he didn't appear to have any other tricks. Lots of wingers were like that back in the day.
Woody was a level above him in my opinion but as stated in other posts, at international level wingers were redundant after '66.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

I saw Holliday play for Wednesday a couple of times.
He was a touchline hugger, lots of pace, knocked it past the full back and ran. Beyond that he didn't appear to have any other tricks. Lots of wingers were like that back in the day.
Woody was a level above him in my opinion but as stated in other posts, at international level wingers were redundant after '66.

I feel honoured that you saw my uncle play.

We called him uncle but he wasn't really, just my Grandad's brother.

There's not many people left who can say they saw these guys play.

 

[Kenworthy’s Tash]

I've not seen him live as for obvious reasons but how good was he against the likes of deane..agana etc.

Miles better, a proper Rolls Royce of a player

 

[Zero dark thirty]

Miles better, a proper Rolls Royce of a player

Never watched him play live or Tony currie..would have liked to

 

[Blade55]

Great player Woody - Currie took headlines but Woody very underrated player in my opinion

 

[Silent Blade]

Thank you, I didn't know that.

It's sketchy at the best of times to find records for that period.

55 first division games for Wendy from 1962 to 1965

Eddie Holliday

 

[Silent Blade]

I was simply asking why he never played for England.

The best wingers in the 1960s were Bobby Charlton and Peter Thompson. Ramsey successfully switched Charlton to central midfield, he left Thompson out of the 1966 and 1970 World Cup squads. He stuck to the 4-3-3 formation. He did like Woody as a player and picked him twice for the Football League X1 matches but for full England matches he rarely picked a winger in his squads.

 

[PeterNdlovu081]

The best wingers in the 1960s were Bobby Charlton and Peter Thompson. Ramsey successfully switched Charlton to central midfield, he left Thompson out of the 1966 and 1970 World Cup squads. He stuck to the 4-3-3 formation. He did like Woody as a player and picked him twice for the Football League X1 matches but for full England matches he rarely picked a winger in his squads.

Good knowledge mate.

What kind of formation did England play in those days?

 

[Silent Blade]

Good knowledge mate.

What kind of formation did England play in those days?

4-3-3