Tony Currie!

[benn5712]

Yes, I remember Rodney Marsh. I remember him putting his studs into Mcallisters leg.

 

[Marcus Tullius Cicero]

I saw both Hagan and TC regularly and they both had that laid back style that sometimes made them appear idle ,but they both had the skill to outfox any opponent.Personally I think TC just edges it.One of Hagans favourite tricks was to let the ball go over his head ,then bring his foot up behind him and kick it back over his head forwards. I feel privileged to have seen most of United best players since I first went to the Lane in 1946 as a 6 year old.

Dont get me wrong, I worshiped TC from the Kop as a kid but our best ever player and has a stand named after him, I wonder who comments on here actually saw him play...

 

[Marcus Tullius Cicero]

But Tony was in central midfield running the show which Rodney although skilful wasn't,as he played further forward than TC...i never got the lazy tag.

Number 10

 

[Dnblade]

Dont get me wrong, I worshiped TC from the Kop as a kid but our best ever player and has a stand named after him, I wonder who comments on here actually saw him play...

Who else would you name the stand after then?

 

[Marcus Tullius Cicero]

Is it me or does anyone else remember the Currie days, those flashes of brilliance that took your breath away but were few and far between, well Woody, Ok I will pack it now as we seem to disagree and these are my memories not yours.....

 

[Bayingblade]

View attachment 42347 In my opinion, there are 2 candidates Jimmy hagan, or Tony currie. Having never seen hagan in the flesh, I’ll have to take my dear old departed dads word for it, that indeed hagan was the best he’d seen,..............................untill TC came along. So a man that’s seen both, justified to make a decision, picks TC, and I agree.

Interesting that Jonboy, because most of those I know who saw both say Hagan. Although all say both were sublime. I agree about TC because I saw him and worshipped him as a kid but I never saw Hagan, sadly. He was pretty good by all accounts...........

He must have been to be better than TC

 

[Hamburg Blade]

Who else would you name the stand after then?

Why name the stand after anyone?

 

[10-0 win]

TC in his days was the player to watch, he played with a smile , did the unexpected. Never thought of him as lazy, back in those days the forwards were just that and had less backtracking. Also goallies would never start from the back, they mainly kicked long as fast as possible. Looking on videos of the era you'll notice forwards 'backtracking' walking. I still see TC as top 5 of his era. Remember he turned down Arsenal, a move there would surely add to his englandcaps. They rarely picked players outside london,l'pool,leeds) The move to Leeds was financial-for the club-TC got the same wages.(also think he got more caps with leeds than us-)

 

[Hamburg Blade]

TC in his days was the player to watch, he played with a smile , did the unexpected. Never thought of him as lazy, back in those days the forwards were just that and had less backtracking. Also goallies would never start from the back, they mainly kicked long as fast as possible. Looking on videos of the era you'll notice forwards 'backtracking' walking. I still see TC as top 5 of his era. Remember he turned down Arsenal, a move there would surely add to his englandcaps. They rarely picked players outside london,l'pool,leeds) The move to Leeds was financial-for the club-TC got the same wages.(also think he got more caps with leeds than us-)

I seem to remember reading that the move to Leeds was because he had been promised that a team was being built with top signings but instead a couple were shipped out. My memory could be wrong and I can't remember where I read that.

 

[bladesince64]

Lots of people replying with honest and nostalgic comment.

Ask yourself why anyone would post such utter bollox and close this thread now.

 

[Marcus Tullius Cicero]

Go on then.... I'll join in.
Firstly in fairness to the o/p, I certainly heard the accusation more than once, especially in the early part of his time at United, before some got him fully.
I remember having a debate with a fellow blade at work about Currie around 69/70. I was waxing lyrical about his skill, power and poise, he sniffed and just said 'idle bastard'. Dismissed him just like that, two years later he worshipped him
To the untrained eye, Currie could appear but that was the mistake teams made to their cost.
Without doubt he was a supreme talent. Did he achieve what his talent deserved? Hindsight says probably not, but neither did plenty of others.
The Blades had his best years, and I'm thankful I enjoyed his theatrical brilliance.

So you were never frustrated knowing what he could do languid and disinterested for the whole game, a lazy pass when we had a runner. I am not against Currie but our best ever player stand, not for me...

 

[Blend-it-like-Harris]

Is it me or does anyone else remember the Currie days, those flashes of brilliance that took your breath away but were few and far between, well Woody, Ok I will pack it now as we seem to disagree and these are my memories not yours.....

"Flashes of brilliance" "Few and far between" - If I were wanting to wind up Wendy fans on PorkTalk this is what I'd be saying about Waddle or Paulo DickANNIO, and I'd be holding back a wry smile as I pressed the "Post Reply" button. TC didn't always merit a score of 10 for a number 10, but I can't recall sportswriters ever rating any player as high as him on a regular basis. Jack Whitham said he was the best player he'd ever played with or against, and big Jack scored 4 against Man Utd at Swillsboro' - the Man Utd team that included both Bobby Charlton and George Best. That endorsement might piss off more Wendy fans than the 20-odd thousand that still attend matches, but an ex-Owl saying that about TC should be sufficient evidence to destroy the "testimony" of Marcus Tullius Cicero. The politics of the Roman senate often tended to be self-serving biased bullshit too.

 

[Jehovah]

As great a player as he was, I'm not sure he's cut out for management. At HT at Bramall Lane in a charity game, we found ourselves 3-1 down at the break. We looked to Currie in the dressing room for some inspiration and he said "Well, we're losing. Be nice if we won"

 

[Marcus Tullius Cicero]

Lots of people replying with honest and nostalgic comment.

Ask yourself why anyone would post such utter bollox and close this thread now.

Tony Currie comes from a different era if you had ever met him in those times you would have shat yourself he had shoulders wider than any door his thighs were massive and he was very aggressive that's how footballers had to be back then. I met him in a pub when I was a kid, he told me to fuck off, mind you he did stink of ale as footballers did then. Having said that I went back to my mates and told them that Tony Currie was in the bogs, they didn't believe me until he came out and they wanted to get an autograph, I advised against, they got within yards and turned around, he had that look about him, bit like you would never approach a local gangster. He wouldn't be welcomed into Wilders team of today, its totally different game.

 

[Speedracer]

So you were never frustrated knowing what he could do languid and disinterested for the whole game, a lazy pass when we had a runner. I am not against Currie but our best ever player stand, not for me...

You are a wind up merchant & I claim my £5.
If you really watched TC, which I very much doubt, you wouldn't be coming out with all this crap, you would be telling all & sundry how one of England's best ever players at the peak of his powers was regularly showing off his skills & doing things most other footballers couldn't even dream of trying.

 

[Marcus Tullius Cicero]

I smell something

Wash your arse...

 

[Sharrow Snuff Mill]

TC was sometimes languid but always alert and a master of vision and space. I remember once seeing Messi standing near the halfway line about 10 yards in from the touchline. The game was in progress but he stood still for two minutes. Lazy ? no, he had four opposition players within 10 yards of him, all concentrating on just him,and effectively out of the game. TC was alive to tactics like that. He always carried the weight of great expectations, yet consistently produced, and in such an entertaining manner rarely seen today.

 

[cahill]

Seriously, your Dad told you he was amazing...LOL. I come from that generation, we complained every week that he was lazy and drifted in and out of games, just had moments of brilliance. Would we sign him today, no way but we seem to still be paying him...

Yeah I agree he was mainly shit. One good pass every six weeks pffftt

 

[pommpey]

If Currie is our best ever player with his stats, well the Human League are the best band in the world.....

Dude. Now you're after a reyt kick up the fucking shorts.

I won't have anyone tell me that Susan ... sorry Susan-Anne Sulley and Jo-Anne ... sorry Joanne Catherall aren't blummen great singers and not jammy Birley slappers who just happened to be in the Crazy Daisy on the same neyt Big Phil was out on the piss and thinking about ABBA, now he was getting sued by Kraftwerk for the European tour support slot looking like dogshitola.

pommpey

ps: Human League v1.0 (i.e. Oakey/Wright/Ware/Craig-Marsh) were fucking astounding, just for the record.

 

[pommpey]

I seem to remember reading that the move to Leeds was because he had been promised that a team was being built with top signings but instead a couple were shipped out. My memory could be wrong and I can't remember where I read that.

That, and we built the South Stand.

Hmmm. Ground improvements. Sell good players.

Hmmmmmmm.

pommpey

 

[benn5712]

I seem to remember reading that the move to Leeds was because he had been promised that a team was being built with top signings but instead a couple were shipped out. My memory could be wrong and I can't remember where I read that.

On the front of the Stir. Signing a new contract, pictured with Dick Wragg(?) - someone put me straight here - TC was going to be the cornerstone
upon which a team was to be built. Had Geoff Salmons already gone or did he go soon after?

 

[GrayBlade]

TC was the only player in all my years as a Blade where the club wouldn’t announce he wasn’t fit to play as it would hit the gate. That’s how good he was.

People who didn’t support a United and didn’t live local would travel to Sheffield just to watch him play... like my brother in law who lived in Shropshire, that’s how good he was.

He turned out some games obviously not 100% fit and still got MOTM, that’s how good he was.

He entertained the crowd with some audacious football at times and left us smiling ear to ear. That’s how good he was.

He was with us nearly a decade, he didn’t piss off after a couple of years. He was a genuine long-term Blades legend.

Watching him catch the ball on his heel and sit on it while blowing a kiss to the crowd 5-0 up against Champions Arsenal is my stand-out moment in football.

He was never lazy, no more than any other player. Just like a lot of other classy players, he made it look so easy he didn’t have to charge about, but he could win a ball as well as pass it.

We’ve have plenty of great players but TC thoroughly deserves to have his name on the stand. I just wish more on here could have seen him first hand and made the connection. The OP is talking out of his arse.

 

[Marcus Tullius Cicero]

Who else would you name the stand after then?

Ah now there you have it,who

TC was the only player in all my years as a Blade where the club wouldn’t announce he wasn’t fit to play as it would hit the gate. That’s how good he was.

People who didn’t support a United and didn’t live local would travel to Sheffield just to watch him play... like my brother in law who lived in Shropshire, that’s how good he was.

He turned out some games obviously not 100% fit and still got MOTM, that’s how good he was.

He entertained the crowd with some audacious football at times and left us smiling ear to ear. That’s how good he was.

He was with us nearly a decade, he didn’t piss off after a couple of years. He was a genuine long-term Blades legend.

Watching him catch the ball on his heel and sit on it while blowing a kiss to the crowd 5-0 up against Champions Arsenal is my stand-out moment in football.

He was never lazy, no more than any other player. Just like a lot of other classy players, he made it look so easy he didn’t have to charge about, but he could win a ball as well as pass it.

We’ve have plenty of great players but TC thoroughly deserves to have his name on the stand. I just wish more on here could have seen him first hand and made the connection. The OP is talking out of his arse.[/QUOTE

I know it was revenge for when they stuck 5 past us and one of their players sat on the b

 

[flash-blade]

Seriously, your Dad told you he was amazing...LOL. I come from that generation, we complained every week that he was lazy and drifted in and out of games, just had moments of brilliance. Would we sign him today, no way but we seem to still be paying him...

You on Spice! TC was the best player SUFC have ever had

 

[Silent Blade]

On the front of the Stir. Signing a new contract, pictured with Dick Wragg(?) - someone put me straight here - TC was going to be the cornerstone
upon which a team was to be built. Had Geoff Salmons already gone or did he go soon after?

TC signing that contract was in summer 1973. A year later we sold his good friend Salmons.

 

[Marcus Tullius Cicero]

I am so very sorry

"Flashes of brilliance" "Few and far between" - If I were wanting to wind up Wendy fans on PorkTalk this is what I'd be saying about Waddle or Paulo DickANNIO, and I'd be holding back a wry smile as I pressed the "Post Reply" button. TC didn't always merit a score of 10 for a number 10, but I can't recall sportswriters ever rating any player as high as him on a regular basis. Jack Whitham said he was the best player he'd ever played with or against, and big Jack scored 4 against Man Utd at Swillsboro' - the Man Utd team that included both Bobby Charlton and George Best. That endorsement might piss off more Wendy fans than the 20-odd thousand that still attend matches, but an ex-Owl saying that about TC should be sufficient evidence to destroy the "testimony" of Marcus Tullius Cicero. The politics of the Roman senate often tended to be self-serving biased bullshit too.

Wow, sort of get the Waddle thing but to destroy my memories of being there and not agreeing with you. If there were internet chat rooms back then instead of pub tap rooms....

 

[benn5712]

TC signing that contract was in summer 1973. A year later we sold his good friend Salmons.

Thanks Silent.

 

[Espania blade]

TC was the only player in all my years as a Blade where the club wouldn’t announce he wasn’t fit to play as it would hit the gate. That’s how good he was.

People who didn’t support a United and didn’t live local would travel to Sheffield just to watch him play... like my brother in law who lived in Shropshire, that’s how good he was.

He turned out some games obviously not 100% fit and still got MOTM, that’s how good he was.

He entertained the crowd with some audacious football at times and left us smiling ear to ear. That’s how good he was.

He was with us nearly a decade, he didn’t piss off after a couple of years. He was a genuine long-term Blades legend.

Watching him catch the ball on his heel and sit on it while blowing a kiss to the crowd 5-0 up against Champions Arsenal is my stand-out moment in football.

He was never lazy, no more than any other player. Just like a lot of other classy players, he made it look so easy he didn’t have to charge about, but he could win a ball as well as pass it.

We’ve have plenty of great players but TC thoroughly deserves to have his name on the stand. I just wish more on here could have seen him first hand and made the connection. The OP is talking out of his arse.

This says it all really, Currie was a supremely talented footballer and a supremely talented entertainer - I was there!!
Les not forget the "others" though Woodward, Hodgy, Hockey (often gets over looked, he was a great entertainer),
Joe Shaw, Doc Pace, you could go on, BDTBL was full of talent in those days and let's not forget the man responsible for having those players - the great John Harris.

 

[Old Clegg]

The game against Stoke in 1975 was the best display I've ever seen by a Blades player, I was stood on the Bramall Lane end and couldn't believe seeing a welder, who'd worked Saturday morning and come straight to the match in all his working gear stood near us weeping as he told the Stoke fans that they were witnessing the second coming. Since the early 70's there hasn't been a player anywhere near as good, I'm sorry I never got to see Hagan though.
I have friends who are Wendy's who went to the Lane just to watch that team , especially TC. Each to their own but IMHO he's the best we've had in the last 50 years.

 

[Marcus Tullius Cicero]

John Harris Stand..