)Royal Bison Google images seems to have quite a few?!
5. Did you ever revisit the Stork Hotel?
I drove past it a good few years ago with my mate Scott Selby (he taught me a lot about the Boro and its history) obviously its not there now but it brought back fantastic memories just driving down the street. What a place! John and Eleanor and all of their family were so fantastically friendly to me that I could never thank them enough. They were massive Boro fans and looked after all the lads in their like their own.
When I watch ‘Life on Mars’ on the TV it reminds me of the Stork! All the local constabulary in there, drinking, telling stories and I think sometimes they even stayed past licensing hours!!!
Myself and Ashley Fothergill were in there (what a great lad he is, lives in New York now) and when Trevor Senior joined we had such a laugh, he is one of the funniest people I have met along with Trevor Putney and Neale Cooper at the Villa. Me and Trev Senior used to get on famously and we were constantly together, we used to slaughter him about his dress sense, so we said right we are taking you down town to sort you out. So we took him to Big Cyrils shop (Zone?) and kitted him out, he still looked like a binman! Like he said, clothes just don’t suit him!!
Once at Maiden Castle, Colin Todd was giving out a bollocking about something and he said to Trevor “Are you laughing at me?” and Trevor said “No, I’ve just got big teeth!!” Brilliant!! In San Jose Bruce asked him to warm up and he just rubbed his arms twice and said “I’m ready!” He was great, great for the spirit and an important factor in us going up; his goal scoring record was incredible.
I remember the week we played Leicester, the build up to the game was crazy, the whole town was absolutely buzzing and it seemed that everybody thought it was a formality. Everywhere me and Trev went people would be telling us what their plans were and what they would do when we won etc. When we got back to the Stork, Trev said to me “I’ve got a horrible feeling about Saturday”, I said “Bloody Hell Trev don’t say that mate” and he said “Everybody is just too confident, I don’t like it”. And he was right, we froze.
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Gordons Cumming Thanks Roadrunner.
The big Hat Painting image is just what I wanted. Perfect.
Where did you get it from?
hutch My favourite Reading player EVER, his goalscoring record was incredible and even a part time goalie for us as well, the Southbank used to love it when he was in goal down the Town (away) end.
Jackson Corner One of our best ever players and he never wore hoops!
Fox TalbotJackson Corner One of our best ever players and he never wore hoops!
Funnily enough I asked him that very question once and he said he did once: in a pre-season friendly when he first joined in 1983 before we went to the Agentina strip.
What amazed me was that he actually bothered to remember a detail like that - great bloke.
PS He may also have worn the hoops in some legends game in the early years at the Madstad.
wolsey I'll never forget:
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Him going off with a head injury against Chesterfield, coming back on with something that was more like a turban than a bandage, AND still managing to score a hat-trick,
wolsey His swallow dive in instalments that got Paul Futcher sent off,
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If you still hate Futcherwolsey I'll never forget:
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Him going off with a head injury against Chesterfield, coming back on with something that was more like a turban than a bandage, AND still managing to score a hat-trick,
I thought that was Stockport (midweek evening game at EP)wolsey His swallow dive in instalments that got Paul Futcher sent off,
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Oh how we cheered - some sort of revenge for what his twin brother did to Hicks (see user name)
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