Retire number 10 as a tribute to T.C. campaign

[Revolution]

I think its the 34 year connection that swings it. You would probably have to go back to George Waller pre WWII for someone connected with the club for a longer period.

Cec Coldwell?

 

[Grecian2000]

Me? I would ditch the statue idea entirely. Its all a bit Stalinist/Socialist Realist for me, but everyone seems to do it these days....

Don't mind the statues per se, but would prefer if they actually resembled the people they represent (eg like the Billy Bremner thing outside ER).

I have been working with a couple of Aussies for the last couple of weeks and, coincidentally, drove them to the station on Saturday morning via BDTBL just to show them what they'd missed by coming in the summer.
They were impressed by the look of the ground but when they asked who the statues were ("Are they your two greatest players?") didn't quite understand why only one of them was.

 

[Darren]

I think its the 34 year connection that swings it. You would probably have to go back to George Waller pre WWII for someone connected with the club for a longer period.

Cec Coldwell?

I could be wrong, but I think he managed 31 years. There was a big feature in the Green Un in 1982 about his 30 years at the club and he retired/was pushed out by Porterfield the following year.

 

[Kenilworth]

Talk of old Cec has reminded me that he used to acknowledge me with a wave as he was travelling into work every week day in his car and I was walking up Gladstone Road on the way to school.
This would have been late 70s.
I recognised him once on my journey and waved - so he smiled and waved back and it became a routine.
Never spoke to the feller though.

 

[broomhillblade]

Doing this would be almost as silly as, say, building a statue in the carpark of someone who never played for or managed us and whose family are all Wednesdayites.

He was managing director and played an important role for the club as a whole. He was very involved at all levels and worked closely with the various managers who came and went. He brought a level of sanity when the club needed a steady hand on the tiller.

A great man, and well deserving of the statue.

 

[Crouchy]

No offence meant to anyone personally. but it's a fucking stupid idea.

 

[kingston RAWW]

Forget I mentioned it. I like the idea of legends portraits around the ground though. Barry Butlin anyone? Just joking.

 

[Bladesman]

I think its the 34 year connection that swings it. You would probably have to go back to George Waller pre WWII for someone connected with the club for a longer period.

Me? I would ditch the statue idea entirely. Its all a bit Stalinist/Socialist Realist for me, but everyone seems to do it these days....

True

We could have a statue of a famous plastic nosed music artist outside our stadium.

 

[Sirius]

I mentioned the best of the lopt, or even the lot. Joe Shaw. And I couldn't remember what squad number Jinny Hagan wore. Besides which, he swanned off to manage Benfica, so that rules him out.

Jinny or JiMMy Did a magnificent job at Benfica, he was the best Blade I ever saw play. I agree with you about
Joe Shaw, who read the game so well. But, by your ruling he too would be inelligible becasuse he swanned off to Chesterfield.

 

[JohnDenver]

But, by your ruling he too would be inelligible becasuse he swanned off to Chesterfield.

Ah, but who can blame him for being seduced by the bright lights?

 

[Pinchy]

OK. So take his family out of the equation.

He still never played for us or managed us.
If I had a list of say 200 Blades related names and was asked to rate them as worthy of a statue he'd probably be somewhere between Ray Lewington and Monty.

Bottom three, then?

 

[kingston RAWW]

Then who is our most loyal hero, who didn't swan off to anywhere?

 

[Latters]

Then who is our most loyal hero, who didn't swan off to anywhere?

Dane Whitehouse, of course!

 

[kingston RAWW]

As mentioned in another thread. No number 10 in new squad numbers just announced???!!

 

[Kenilworth]

As mentioned in another thread. No number 10 in new squad numbers just announced???!!

That's only cos it would have been Willo's if he had signed

 

[TarquinDelouche]

We all know this means we've got a massive signing in the pipeline and we've promised him the number 10 shirt. Right?

 

[kingston RAWW]

Looks like it has been retired. It's been given to Blackman.

 

[stannyblade]

Looks like it has been retired. It's been given to Blackman.

Dont rate him then Kingston?

 

[kingston RAWW]

Lets see.