Robin Friday

[Forbury Lion]

Where have the Robin Friday threads gone, a forum search only reveals three mentions of the man - Is the search broken?

Anyway, getreading.co.uk has a photo of Robin Friday celebrating *that* goal, I thought I would share it in case nobody else found it, I stumbled accross the pick of the past gallery is on a page hosting a Reading 1990's quiz, not the most intuitive place to look for a photo taken in 1976!

http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/berksh ... r-10926644

[One8Seven1*]

New desktop background, thank you Sir.

[Fox Talbot]

A favourite photo. Love all the smiles. It appeared on the front cover of The Legend of Robin Friday.

Spoiler alert. Apparently taken after Robin's 2nd goal that night - not after THE goal.

[stealthpapes]

lovely stuff.

[grey_squirrel]

Yeah it was after his second; scored close range.

Brilliant photo though which also encapsulated his no shin-pad, ankle rolled sock regime, nicely caricatured here also by Dennis Nelson!

He received GBH nearly every game; yet hardly ever missed a game, ever through injury.

Those were the days!

[LUX]

Pretty emotional seeing that photo. I was there, just shy of my 15th birthday.

I think of myself as an expert on that period, but I would have put John Murray at no.7. But that is indeed Nelson.

Easily my favourite ever season, didn't miss a home game ( too young to go away).

[The Cap]

Cheers Forbury. Was there that night and just seeing this picture brings it all flooding back. No shin pads, got hacked all the time..........what a pleasure to witness 'the greatest player you never saw'. God, how we could do with him now.

[Ark Royal]

Put simply, the greatest player ever to don the hoops. One of the great Elm Park nights, if not THE greatest. I still have the Evening Post from the day after.

[grey_squirrel]

It struck me looking at the line-up what an attacking, but lightweight midfield, we had out that night/at the time.

Presumably

Turner

Henderson - Hetzke - Youlden - Moreline (as you'd expect)

Murray - Carnaby - Dunphy

Friday - Hiron - Nelson

2 of Minty's hat trick were pens? IIRC.

[Biscuit_Boy]

[Ark Royal]

Great stuff, BB! Friday's goal really had the big dipper on it. It went over Johnson's left shoulder and actually hit the inside of side netting. I can still recall the sheer brute force of the shot.

Only goal I have seen since that is similar is Jimmy Quinn's against Wolves in 96 and Thierry Henry's against ManU in 07.

[strap]

Dewey eyed.

LOVED the man, a 16 year-old's man-crush about 40 years before such things existed!!

Even went out with his ex-wife on a couple of occasions late 70's. Shat myself at the time thinking of possible repercussions, so ened up being a complete dil! To be fair she was in our group at the pub - Jolly Brewers anyone remember it? (Now a oxf*rd Tesco Metro FFS!!!!). Oh well, nice memories if nothing else.

Happy daze - and I mean daze not days!!

[Biscuit_Boy]

Great stuff, BB! Friday's goal really had the big dipper on it. It went over Johnson's left shoulder and actually hit the inside of side netting. I can still recall the sheer brute force of the shot.

Only goal I have seen since that is similar is Jimmy Quinn's against Wolves in 96 and Thierry Henry's against ManU in 07.

Cheers Ark, ditto! I can't believe it'll be 40 years ago in a months time. It's a bit galling that there's no footage of it when you consider every game from Sunday league upwards is filmed these days.

[Victor Meldrew]

Was just about directly behind Friday's left hand on the edge of the South Stand about 8 steps from the back-our usual position until the kids started coming and sat on the wall at the back of the Tilehurst end..
Incidentally (no, I didn't remember this and got it from the records) our home record that season when we finished 3rd and got promoted was:
Played 23-W19 D3 L1 and scored 42 against just 9 !!!
Our defence obviously wasn't that good as away from home they conceded 42.
Lincoln, who won the league that season had a goals record of F 111 A 39

[lightning strikes]

http://www.panenka.org/pasaportes/robin-friday/

Decent spanish footy mag with article about the great man. Can't be bothered to translate, mostly info from the book.

[Sutekh]

So then, what happened to the proposed film?

[Franchise FC]

So then, what happened to the proposed film?

They couldn't make it as the number of extras required as the crowd for the Tranmere night was more than the population of England.

[Gordons Cumming]

New desktop background, thank you Sir.

Have had this view every time I open my laptop.

[Gordons Cumming]

So then, what happened to the proposed film?

They couldn't make it as the number of extras required as the crowd for the Tranmere night was more than the population of England.

I wasn't there..............................

[Franchise FC]

So then, what happened to the proposed film?

They couldn't make it as the number of extras required as the crowd for the Tranmere night was more than the population of England.

I wasn't there..............................

OK - maybe a few hundred thousand must've come in from Wales/Scotland/Ireland

Rather remarkably, apart from myself, I only know for certain of one other Nobber that was there for real.
(and it was still a dive for the penalty - as if diving is a new thing or brought in by foreigners - John Murray was exceptional at it)