Remember being there for his debut. IIRC it was a semi final of Lancashire cup (?) and there was a floodlight failure?TWO EYED WARRIOR wrote:Some of you will remember this guy playing for Wigan in the 80s and he was as tough as they come.
I stumbled across this interview and its a good watch and the guy has certainly been through it, thats for sure
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRrFuyfxHWg
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Remember him being injured at wigan for a while,rough and tough player.Short,but sweet stint. Mosty remember him playing at Manley[think it was Manley].Getting into a proper Brawl with Super star of the time.Gary Jacks.
Roberts Nailed him proper during a game.No Handbags,proper nocked the f... outa him[not on realy].I think ther was some court stuff followed it.
Remember his shirt framed at central park in the vice president lounge/bar/box area.
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Roberts Nailed him proper during a game.No Handbags,proper nocked the f... outa him[not on realy].I think ther was some court stuff followed it.
Remember his shirt framed at central park in the vice president lounge/bar/box area.
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Iirc never injuted. Crazy tackle numbers. Took on boyd, JACKSON and tamatai at a jps final and took it all but came out on top despite needing stitches to his mouth part of micron opening credits.
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Yeah,Micron Video.Bloody Hell.Comes back more and more now.Had it was Bell that that had the stitches in my fading memory.
Remember Ellery and Boyd i think at Maine Road.
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Remember Ellery and Boyd i think at Maine Road.
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Also, I think that he had a British Passport, so didnt count under the quota. Iirc he played for us against Saints in his first match, which was a surprise to all. Another rabbit pulled out of the hat by Maurice Lindsay. Ah.....great days!
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He was an absolute tackling machine. Didn't he do 60 tackles one game or something?
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Smashed Mick Cassidy when we played the Aussies.Mick got up and got on with it.These days he would have been off in every game.
SHOULDER CHARGE its called now.
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cpwigan wrote:Iirc never injuted. Crazy tackle numbers. Took on boyd, JACKSON and tamatai at a jps final and took it all but came out on top despite needing stitches to his mouth part of micron opening credits.
I remember him having stitches in his mouth and then going back on. I remember it being a final at Bolton Wanderers old ground if I'm not mistaken... Great player