Paul Beesley

[Manuel Azaña]

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[Davalon]

Keith Gillespie would be also on Bert's Long John Silver list.

I would have added Gannon until he discovered he had a right foot away at Forest.

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

Keith Gillespie would be also on Bert's Long John Silver list.

The difference being that Gillespie could paint pictures with his strongest foot, Beesley couldn't trap a medicine ball with his.

 

[Manuel Azaña]

An Outstanding Professional

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

An Outstanding Professional

We're repeating forum content, but for every positive quote there are two equal and opposite quotes:

Quote from who is Leeds' worst ever player....

"He drifted around the lower leagues to the end of his career, briefly popping back up at Leeds as a youth coach. Whilst we moan about the dross who have played in recent years, Beesley remains one of those players who is always mentioned when dragging up the names of the crap to have passed through the club. A strong candidate to win this section."

He also features in the same discussion between Man City fans...

"Paul Beesley. A terrible player, to top it all he scores an own goal at Maine Road in a game V Bury. Bury won 1-0".

 

[shorehamview]

Keith Gillespie would be also on Bert's Long John Silver list.

Stephen Quinn too. He used to do plenty of turning on the spot to use his one decent foot.

 

[Cheets]

Using the subtitles, I gave up after 3 minutes as it seems that the software struggle to understand his accent!

Every other word began with 'F'. You're welcome.

 

[BushBlade]

I’m going to get pelters for this but ..... living proof you don’t have to be good at professional football to make a career out of it. Sorry but just my opinion.

UTB.

He’s not though. To even get to be a pro in those days (and now), you had to be stand out at youth level, playing for your city/county schoolboys side etc. As a kid, he was probably much better than anyone else at his school or he’d never have got into a club’s youth team.

Every year there are thousands of kids across the country who fail to make it through the youth teams, it was no different in those days. Just to become a professional you needed to be really good. My mate was on Chesterfield’s books as a kid so I have an idea of what it was like then.

 

[Silent Blade]

If it's any consolation Silent Blade I am 20 mins in and understand about half of it!

I remember reading in the Green Un that Jostein Flo and Jonas Wirmola were invited to open an event at Meadowhall. Paul Beesley was asked to go with them to be the "interpreter". At the event Jonas (who spoke impeccable English) had to do the interpreting because the the newspaper reporters struggled to understand Beesley!

 

[Yellarbellyblade]

Brilliant

 

[andy m]

Stephen Quinn too. He used to do plenty of turning on the spot to use his one decent foot.

Left footed players tend to be more one footed. It's to do with the way the brain works.

 

[N20 Blade]

Unless your name is Gabbiadini

Always remember the standing ovation he got from the kip next game against spurs in the league cup. He was always popular. Did he score v Burnley in the fa cup when we drew 2-2?

 

[blade67]

Tells a story about Charlie Hartfield getting stuck into the pigs before the 2-0 at the Lane. He wasnt in the squad and Bassett said to him 'when they arrive get into the tunnel and cause as much bollocks as you can' and off he went! Pinned palmer up by the throat! Tells a good one about Sunderland away from the year before too. Great set of lads that squad, still my favourites for everything they accomplished

No 2 for me behind the Adkins side.... Sorry, meant last season. Last year was genuinely my favourite season ever.

 

[diplomat]

I would have added Gannon until he discovered he had a right foot away at Forest.

I still have my doubts about that goal. Was he just trying to control it? #rightshovel

 

[bonnet de douche]

Best time as a blade with beez and co .... we were rag tag and bobtail team ....some funny times ..great heart we had then ..and occasionally some good footy ...

 

[Tunstall Fred]

Always remember the standing ovation he got from the kip next game against spurs in the league cup. He was always popular. Did he score v Burnley in the fa cup when we drew 2-2?

I think he did, Lane end.

 

[Russ]

I think he did, Lane end.

Yep I remember it. Blades were losing but two late goals levelled it and we won the replay.

 

[Tunstall Fred]

Yep I remember it. Blades were losing but two late goals levelled it and we won the replay.

The replay a lot of us never got to see because of something that happened on the M62.

High winds and dangerous lampposts I think it was, that stopped Unitedites getting to Turf Moor

 

[maxtheblade]

They're interviewing Matt Kilgallon for the same podcast this afternoon - be interesting to hear what he says about his time at the Lane

 

[maxtheblade]

Yep I remember it. Blades were losing but two late goals levelled it and we won the replay.

I remember Bassett on the season review video saying that the ref was going to call it off after half an hour due to frozen pitch - said they'd give it five minutes in which time Burnley went 2-0 up in front of 8000 travelling fans and realised they had no choice but to continue!

 

[N20 Blade]

I think he did, Lane end.

Weren’t Burnley in the 4th then? From memory they filled the entire away end and 1/4 of the south stand.

 

[Tunstall Fred]

Weren’t Burnley in the 4th then? From memory they filled the entire away end and 1/4 of the south stand.

Think you may well be right,even though we didn’t get to the replay, I can remember the next nights Star, and Sir David of Bassett was upset by the racist taunting of Littlejohn and Deano by the Burnley fans

 

[N20 Blade]

Think you may well be right,even though we didn’t get to the replay, I can remember the next nights Star, and Sir David of Bassett was upset by the racist taunting of Littlejohn and Deano by the Burnley fans

Yeah I listened on the radio and the commentator couldn’t believe the racist abuse. I also remember the fact the game started with half the away support still outside. Never seen us play there so hopefully will this season.

 

[diplomat]

Weren’t Burnley in the 4th then? From memory they filled the entire away end and 1/4 of the south stand.

They had A block in the south stand. The crowd was given as about 22k but from the kop seemed nearly full to me. Maybe the wings of the kop were empty but everywhere else looked full to me.

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

The replay a lot of us never got to see because of something that happened on the M62.

High winds and dangerous lampposts I think it was, that stopped Unitedites getting to Turf Moor

I think there had been a crash & it was snowy if I remember. Got to the ground with about 15 mins to go, so turned around and went home. You’re right BD & AL got awful abuse that night.

 

[Silent Blade]

They had A block in the south stand. The crowd was given as about 22k but from the kop seemed nearly full to me. Maybe the wings of the kop were empty but everywhere else looked full to me.

We had been having dodgy turnstile operators for years until John Thurman "trapped" them when he was our CE in late 1990s

 

[N20 Blade]

They had A block in the south stand. The crowd was given as about 22k but from the kop seemed nearly full to me. Maybe the wings of the kop were empty but everywhere else looked full to me.

Exact opposite nowadays! I always remember Swansea at home in the 3rd last game of the season. True no away fans but every seat taken and the kop and John street packed but only 15k!!!

 

[diplomat]

Exact opposite nowadays! I always remember Swansea at home in the 3rd last game of the season. True no away fans but every seat taken and the kop and John street packed but only 15k!!!

One of my favourite games that one. That was the season I started going regularly. My first witnessing of a pitch invasion.

 

[diplomat]

We had been having dodgy turnstile operators for years until John Thurman "trapped" them when he was our CE in late 1990s

How did he trap them?

 

[BushBlade]

How did he trap them?

Put some cheese in a milk bottle