RIP Geoff Goodall

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I wasnt aware Gary Sinclair announced Geoff's passing during half time last Saturday. A friend has just brought it to my attention a few minutes ago.
He is far right in the back row in the below photo that was taken in the 2007 reunion of the 1971 promotion squad.

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He was our physio for a long time before Martin Peters sacked him. He often would have a chat with my dad outside the players entrance at some away matches in the early 1970s. Geoff's dad would bring his coupons to our house as my dad was a Pools collector. My dad said Geoff was a good local footballer and cricketer.

https://www.sufc.co.uk/news/2018/september/geoff-goodall-rip/
 



Didn't have a good day Gary Sinclair. There's the injury time gaffe, followed by announcing Geoff Goodall as a former coach!
Don't know who does his research, but they need to improve...
Lovely bloke Geoff, he sorted a couple of injuries out for me in my younger days and helped my recuperation from a double fracture of right leg.
RIP.
 
RIP. Think I can remember him always wearing a white doctor's coat in all the photos from that era.

Looking at that photo. On Saturday I had a long chat with a Rochdale fan who was on his way to Coventry who told me he was a neighbour and good friends with Eddie Colquhoun when Eddie lived in Bury. He asked me if I remembered Eddie........
 
Don’t remember the guy but RIP all the same to a fellow Blade.

Nice photo btw. I recognise 4 on the back row: Currie, Salmons; Woody, Helmsley. And 3 on the front row: Badger, Dearden and Colquhon.

Who are the others?

(I feel bad about not recognising them all but how many of them would remember me from the 1970’s eh? None of em I can tell yer!).
 
I’m sorry to hear this news.

Along with the likes of John Short, Harry Latham and Cec Coldwell, his was a name you were familiar with, working away behind the scenes for the club we all love. He’s associated with a great period in our history and Len Badger’s tribute on the website is well expressed, as you’d expect.

RIP, Geoff Goodall.
 
Cerberus Blade said:
Don’t remember the guy but RIP all the same to a fellow Blade.

Nice photo btw. I recognise 4 on the back row: Currie, Salmons; Woody, Helmsley. And 3 on the front row: Badger, Dearden and Colquhon.

Who are the others?

(I feel bad about not recognising them all but how many of them would remember me from the 1970’s eh? None of em I can tell yer!).
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Barlow, Addison and Ford are the ones you didnt identify
 
LSF said:
Didn't have a good day Gary Sinclair. There's the injury time gaffe, followed by announcing Geoff Goodall as a former coach!
Don't know who does his research, but they need to improve...
Lovely bloke Geoff, he sorted a couple of injuries out for me in my younger days and helped my recuperation from a double fracture of right leg.
RIP.
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LSF , who is the player between Speight and Dearden?

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Silent Blade said:
Barlow, Addison and Ford are the ones you didnt identify
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Thanks.

I should have known Barlow as I met him once but he’s obviously changed his hairstyle since then, I’m assuming he’s on the top row first left?

Addison was in the early 70’s team and I’m assuming he’s on the back row between Woody and Helmsley? He still looks very young!

And that means Ford is front row between Badger and Dearden?

Salmons doesn’t seem to have changed a bit since 1970!
 
He was a chiropodist in Dronfield and as a kid it was a real thrill for me to have my veruccas treated by someone who was on the SUFC team photo. One night he was really late for our appointment. The next night I read that Haslam had moved upstairs, Martin Peters had taken over as team manager and SUFC had dispensed with Geoff's services. RIP Geoff.
 
Silent Blade said:
I wasnt aware Gary Sinclair announced Geoff's passing during half time last Saturday. A friend has just brought it to my attention a few minutes ago.
He is far right in the back row in the below photo that was taken in the 2007 reunion of the 1971 promotion squad.

2874905405.jpg


He was our physio for a long time before Martin Peters sacked him. He often would have a chat with my dad outside the players entrance at some away matches in the early 1970s. Geoff's dad would bring his coupons to our house as my dad was a Pools collector. My dad said Geoff was a good local footballer and cricketer.

https://www.sufc.co.uk/news/2018/september/geoff-goodall-rip/
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R.I.P Geoff
 
Cerberus Blade said:
Thanks.

I should have known Barlow as I met him once but he’s obviously changed his hairstyle since then, I’m assuming he’s on the top row first left?

Addison was in the early 70’s team and I’m assuming he’s on the back row between Woody and Helmsley? He still looks very young!

And that means Ford is front row between Badger and Dearden?

Salmons doesn’t seem to have changed a bit since 1970!
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Correct
 
Geoff was my Uncle. My Nanna's brother.

A top, top man. Actually a big Wednesday fan (Badge left that out of the eulogy! :D ) but was from the generation that often watched both. He worked at the lane when my dad was a kid and he got his free tickets and our love affair with The Blades began - on a freebie from a Wednesdayite! :)

A lot of the old guard whome I spoke to about Uncle Geoff spoke very highly of him as a physio - he gave them a lot of protection that many others didn't get at that time.

I tore my Cruitiate Ligaments when I was 15 and Uncle Geoff helped me during my recovery.

He went into the back room of his surgery one day and reappeared with a huge iron boot with bars sticking out of the side to put weights on. It was all rusty and the straps were worn. It looked some form of medieval torture device.

"I'm not bloody using that" I said to him.

"It was good enough for Tony Currie" he replied.

....and off I went with it!
 



Shalalalafenoughty said:
A much more sensible generation, for me. The rivalry back then was fierce but friendly with none of the ridiculous hatred that you get nowadays.
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Yep, he obviously had a soft spot for United having worked there and kept in touch with all the ex pro's.

He was a brilliant footballer as well and used to play keep ball on his back garden with us as kids trying to get the ball off him. Can't remember we ever did and he'd have been pushing 60 back then.
 
R.I.P geoff was an unsung hero! and nice to read the many memories, lots of us remember him and his white coat :)
 
Presty said:
Geoff was my Uncle. My Nanna's brother.

A top, top man. Actually a big Wednesday fan (Badge left that out of the eulogy! :D ) but was from the generation that often watched both. He worked at the lane when my dad was a kid and he got his free tickets and our love affair with The Blades began - on a freebie from a Wednesdayite! :)

A lot of the old guard whome I spoke to about Uncle Geoff spoke very highly of him as a physio - he gave them a lot of protection that many others didn't get at that time.

I tore my Cruitiate Ligaments when I was 15 and Uncle Geoff helped me during my recovery.

He went into the back room of his surgery one day and reappeared with a huge iron boot with bars sticking out of the side to put weights on. It was all rusty and the straps were worn. It looked some form of medieval torture device.

"I'm not bloody using that" I said to him.

"It was good enough for Tony Currie" he replied.

....and off I went with it!
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I remember him well, as a decent man, the go to person for injuries and that he was a Wednesday fan. Last time I saw him he made a point of reminding me of the fact. RIP Geoff.
 



Mick Speight looks a mean bugger, my next door neighbour in those days was a midfielder at the lane (Richard Harwood) and he told me how Mick throttled him in training, I forgot why, possibly slacking, and 2 doors down from me was Albert Broadbent ex Wednesday keeper who used to wait at the window to give me the thumbs down if we lost (quite irritating) but he was an ok bloke, with people passing like Geoff has it gives us all a chance for folk to reminisce about days gone by. Utb
 
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