Imperfect 10 - Tony Currie's autobiography

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Received mine on Friday. Just read a few pages from the early 70s seasons. Already brought back great memories.
 
Just finished it and as stated in previous posts, brought back some wonderful memories. Really made me think what ridiculous amounts players earn today and most of them weren`t fit to lace TC`s boots!
 
anglian blade said:
Hands up if you were given this as a Christmas present.
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My son gave me mine this morning . He told me that when he looked to buy it for me it was out of stock but that , after hours of trawling the net , he found a small bookshop in London which specialises in History books who had a single copy to which he immediately went and bought it for me .

It’s the way you bring ‘em up . :)
 
Isaw Joeshaw said:
The saying ‘ Comparisons are odious ‘ has never been more appropriate than that often drawn on here between TC and Sir James via a father / grandfather/ great grandfather and Uncle Tom Cobbley and all .

Having watched both of them many times , and whilst they were different types of players playing in different eras I would say that in terms of their skill sets , overall contribution to the team and ability to entertain there is hardly a hairs breadth between them .

I am more than content with the fact that our club has been blessed with having the services of two such outstanding footballers and find it both annoying and frustrating that some who have only seen one of them , or in some cases neither , should seek to draw comparisons .
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I was only a kid when TC played but remember him fondly. I was one of the thousands on the Kop who clapped him when Leeds spanked us at the Lane in the League Cup just after he’d signed for them. Hagen on the other hand I have no reference point as he was well before my time of watching the Blades since 1971. One thing I seem to remember (and if you could help with this I would be extremely grateful) is that I seem to remember an interview on tv with the great Bill Shankly when Liverpool were starting out on their epic run, around about the 1974 FA Cup final. Shanks was on about players he had seen back in the day and he gave his top 3 players of all time…… I’m sure Duncan Edwards was no. 1 and , I may be way off here, he named Jimmy Hagen as no. 2. I’m not sure if you have any recollection of this ISJS ? Nowadays it would be a quick YouTube search. I think it was a Saturday morning Grandstand interview.

If Shankly did in fact name JH as his no. 2 top player to Duncan Edwards than that alone should seal his name in the Blades top player of all time ?
 

Rufus Smalls said:
I was only a kid when TC played but remember him fondly. I was one of the thousands on the Kop who clapped him when Leeds spanked us at the Lane in the League Cup just after he’d signed for them. Hagen on the other hand I have no reference point as he was well before my time of watching the Blades since 1971. One thing I seem to remember (and if you could help with this I would be extremely grateful) is that I seem to remember an interview on tv with the great Bill Shankly when Liverpool were starting out on their epic run, around about the 1974 FA Cup final. Shanks was on about players he had seen back in the day and he gave his top 3 players of all time…… I’m sure Duncan Edwards was no. 1 and , I may be way off here, he named Jimmy Hagen as no. 2. I’m not sure if you have any recollection of this ISJS ? Nowadays it would be a quick YouTube search. I think it was a Saturday morning Grandstand interview.

If Shankly did in fact name JH as his no. 2 top player to Duncan Edwards than that alone should seal his name in the Blades top player of all time ?
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I’m not aware of the Shankly interview but , as you say , if he rated Jimmy second only to the awesome Duncan Edwards then there can be no higher praise .

As I’ve posted elsewhere , I hate comparisons between TC and JH and am just content with the fact that I had the pleasure and privilege of watching two players with such mesmerising skills and vision playing in a Blades shirt.
 
Rufus Smalls said:
I was only a kid when TC played but remember him fondly. I was one of the thousands on the Kop who clapped him when Leeds spanked us at the Lane in the League Cup just after he’d signed for them. Hagen on the other hand I have no reference point as he was well before my time of watching the Blades since 1971. One thing I seem to remember (and if you could help with this I would be extremely grateful) is that I seem to remember an interview on tv with the great Bill Shankly when Liverpool were starting out on their epic run, around about the 1974 FA Cup final. Shanks was on about players he had seen back in the day and he gave his top 3 players of all time…… I’m sure Duncan Edwards was no. 1 and , I may be way off here, he named Jimmy Hagen as no. 2. I’m not sure if you have any recollection of this ISJS ? Nowadays it would be a quick YouTube search. I think it was a Saturday morning Grandstand interview.

If Shankly did in fact name JH as his no. 2 top player to Duncan Edwards than that alone should seal his name in the Blades top player of all time ?
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Shankly used to say that the best player he had ever seen was Peter Doherty, the pre-war Irish international.

Mind you, Shankly used to say a lot of stuff like that.
 
Revolution said:
Shankly used to say that the best player he had ever seen was Peter Doherty, the pre-war Irish international.

Mind you, Shankly used to say a lot of stuff like that.
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My first clear recollection of an incident in a Blades match is that of Peter Doherty scoring against us .

This would have been in early 1948 when I was just turned 7 . I was aware of his ability before I went to the match having read about him and the fact that my old man had told me that , as an inside forward , he was second only to Jimmy Hagan .

Even at that young age , I noticed early in the match that he had that almost indefinable ability to ghost past players as if they weren’t there which I later discovered to be the hallmark of some of the truly greats .

Sure enough , that’s just what he did in the build up to his goal which he then calmly passed into the bottom corner of the goal right in front of where I was standing to give Huddersfield a 1-0 victory .
 
finlaytheblade said:
Hopefully the promotion to division 1 in the early 70's will take a fair chunk of this book.
TC,Woody& Co's greatest time as blades ,I think its the 50th aniversary of that feat this season.
Hopefully the club will commemorate it .
For me and plenty of other blades I'm sure enjoyed that period better than any since.
TC & Woody and of course the rest in their pomp!
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Seemed to like the Leeds period better
 
Isaw Joeshaw said:
My first clear recollection of an incident in a Blades match is that of Peter Doherty scoring against us .

This would have been in early 1948 when I was just turned 7 . I was aware of his ability before I went to the match having read about him and the fact that my old man had told me that , as an inside forward , he was second only to Jimmy Hagan .

Even at that young age , I noticed early in the match that he had that almost indefinable ability to ghost past players as if they weren’t there which I later discovered to be the hallmark of some of the truly greats .

Sure enough , that’s just what he did in the build up to his goal which he then calmly passed into the bottom corner of the goal right in front of where I was standing to give Huddersfield a 1-0 victory .
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Yes I was probably there then. I always remember the Derby team at that time had a very fine trio at 8.9,and10 of Raich Carter, Jack Stamps and Peter Doherty. Did he go from Derby to them.? I also remember him coming to the Lane late on in his career with Doncaster, one Xmas time if my memory is correct. Great player.
 
Got TC's book. Doesn't mention the happy times he had in the Hyde Park, Dronfield back in the day.
 
Isaw Joeshaw said:
My first clear recollection of an incident in a Blades match is that of Peter Doherty scoring against us .

This would have been in early 1948 when I was just turned 7 . I was aware of his ability before I went to the match having read about him and the fact that my old man had told me that , as an inside forward , he was second only to Jimmy Hagan .

Even at that young age , I noticed early in the match that he had that almost indefinable ability to ghost past players as if they weren’t there which I later discovered to be the hallmark of some of the truly greats .

Sure enough , that’s just what he did in the build up to his goal which he then calmly passed into the bottom corner of the goal right in front of where I was standing to give Huddersfield a 1-0 victory .
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ISJS - I'm not old enough to have seen Hagen (started in 1966) , but, according to my Dad, my Uncle Stan (Rhodes) was his deputy when injured. My Dad said he only played about 30 games for Utd. Can't find any stats about him anywhere, but he also played for Leeds in the 50s, and went on to become Worksop Town's top goal scorer ever until someone beat his tally in the 90s. Do you recall him, or know where his stats may be found? Also SilentBlade may be able to help?
 
Alan Birchenall's hair said:
ISJS - I'm not old enough to have seen Hagen (started in 1966) , but, according to my Dad, my Uncle Stan (Rhodes) was his deputy when injured. My Dad said he only played about 30 games for Utd. Can't find any stats about him anywhere, but he also played for Leeds in the 50s, and went on to become Worksop Town's top goal scorer ever until someone beat his tally in the 90s. Do you recall him, or know where his stats may be found? Also SilentBlade may be able to help?
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Alan Birchenall's hair said:
ISJS - I'm not old enough to have seen Hagen (started in 1966) , but, according to my Dad, my Uncle Stan (Rhodes) was his deputy when injured. My Dad said he only played about 30 games for Utd. Can't find any stats about him anywhere, but he also played for Leeds in the 50s, and went on to become Worksop Town's top goal scorer ever until someone beat his tally in the 90s. Do you recall him, or know where his stats may be found? Also SilentBlade may be able to help?
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Not a name I recognise and Silent’s reply above is probably the reason why !
 
Alan Birchenall's hair said:
ISJS - I'm not old enough to have seen Hagen (started in 1966) , but, according to my Dad, my Uncle Stan (Rhodes) was his deputy when injured. My Dad said he only played about 30 games for Utd. Can't find any stats about him anywhere, but he also played for Leeds in the 50s, and went on to become Worksop Town's top goal scorer ever until someone beat his tally in the 90s. Do you recall him, or know where his stats may be found? Also SilentBlade may be able to help?
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Big Hitter said:
Yes I was probably there then. I always remember the Derby team at that time had a very fine trio at 8.9,and10 of Raich Carter, Jack Stamps and Peter Doherty. Did he go from Derby to them.? I also remember him coming to the Lane late on in his career with Doncaster, one Xmas time if my memory is correct. Great player.
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Yes , he played for Derby in the 1946 FA Cup winning side then asked for a transfer and went to Udders .

Len Shackleton , himself no mug as an inside forward , described him as a “ genius among geniuses “ and commented on his remarkable body swerve which coincides with my recollection above of him ghosting past players as if they weren’t there .
 

Enjoying it immensely but a couple of early references suggest our hero thinks Kiev is in Russia.

Come on Tone who are you really working for? Huh? Huh? Or should I say T C Ovich....? 👀
 
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