IdiotTricky
Viv Anderson
Heard a lot of this before, but I could listen to him speak about life under Clough for hours.
Mark Crossley
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Steven Hawkings winger
I think he called him Jigsaw as well, for going to pieces when the ball came in the box
MansfieldRed
Jack Burkitt
During the Mansfield event at the Palace Theatre he did say that to be so. That during a match he yelled that to him.
Grenville 1898
'the Prince of Inside Lefts'
Le Tissier texts Mark Crossley on the 24th March every year (anniversary of his penalty save):
"You w**ker! 24th March is here again!"
Statto
Free Kick Specialist
Thing is with keepers like Crossley is that the backpass rule came in whilst they were players. Before that time keepers didn't have to kick the ball at all except from when they've chosen to drop kick it and from goal kicks, they could pick it up and then do what they wanted with it, that change coming in meant they needed more technique with their feet and of course that affected some more than others (not like now where the change came in way before some of them were born let alone training and playing professionally).
Crossley was a good shot stopper but not so good at the crosses/command of the area and distribution sides. Keepers are just a lot better in general.
Incidentally, we don't see drop kicks much these days do we? Keepers tend to just roll it out short now.
Crossley was a good shot stopper but not so good at the crosses/command of the area and distribution sides. Keepers are just a lot better in general.
Incidentally, we don't see drop kicks much these days do we? Keepers tend to just roll it out short now.
Notcher
Ian Bowyer
Norm lives quite close to me and he and his dad are patrons of a grassroots club that I ran a team at for about 10 years. It was Norms dad Geoff that started the club in 1979 so I've had quite a few chats with them over the years. Norm has always been good with his feet and was an outfield player, he only ended up in goal because the keeper didn't turn up one day and Norm fancied going in because he couldn't be arsed to run about. He liked it because he could still spray passes around but didn't have to run. If you look back at Norm's distribution it was always very good, he could easily hit the winger with a 60 yard diag pretty consistently.
GOBIAS
Ian Bowyer
Yeah was gonna say the same. Norm was good with his feet for the time. He went up front in a testimonial, might have been Pearce’s, and he scored an absolute rasper. Not saying that proves he was great with his feet, but I just remember him being able to kick well.
I'm Red Till Dead
Stuart Pearce
A very interesting watch.
Although you can't see a lot of it, the artwork behind Woody and Horlock seemed a little disquieting given Norms past mental health issues. There was a pistol beside a glass of whisky(?), a knuckle duster, plus what looks like a bear trap and possibly some knives. Of course it's only a small piece of a large picture that can be seen.
Fawazzock
Jack Burkitt
Randomly, feel like Norm doesn't belong in ex-players
Red Ray's Redlist
Geoff Thomas
He always used to find his right back on the half way line when everyone else on the pitch had pulled to the left for the long ball. Seemed to work every time too.
Notcher
Ian Bowyer
That's what I remember very well of his distribution for us. I've knocked a couple of balls about with him at the grassroots club I mentioned when he's been down and he can still zing a ball even at his age. Norm still lives in Hoyland and he's recently taken a role with a team close by to him called Wombwell Main.
Souvik
First Team Squad
i am here for this series " I haven't been back around here in years, but I am a legend in these parts" and "Its Mark here, manager of the Bally Bet All-Stars...and Forest legend"
Canadian_red
Jack Burkitt
I was there with the old man. Keegan came on, Pearce's brother gave him a penalty and norm scored. Did it end 6-5?
Ian Moore Gone Little
Geoff Thomas
Norm played the first half in goal, then came back on later as an outfield substitute. I remember him being desperate to score and eventually scoring but I don’t recall it being a penalty (unless you mean Psycho’s brother gave Keegan a penalty, because Keegan did indeed score a penalty when he and Terry McDermott came on for the last 10 minutes). Forest’s Steve Guinan also came on as a sub in that game, but for Newcastle. And it did indeed finish 6-5. It’s not many players/testimonials I’d make the midweek 200-mile round trip for, but I wasn’t going to miss Psycho’s for anything. A lot of people felt the same, as they had to delay the start so the 23,000+ crowd could all get in.
Souvik
First Team Squad
I was there for the psycho testimonial. That match was the reason Fergie said we would take it easy against Newcastle in the league game coming up (so that the testimonial would be against the league champions rather than runner ups), and led to Keegan's infamous "would love it" rant.
God. I hated Fergie
God. I hated Fergie
Ian Moore Gone Little
Geoff Thomas
Ah yes, I’d forgotten about that comment from Fergie. He was, of course, wrong, as we managed to get a hard-earned draw against Newcastle in the league game a few days before the testimonial. As for Keegan’s rant, amusing as it was, I think it was partly the result of his having headphones on and finding himself talking/ranting louder than he would’ve if he hadn’t got them on.
I was at the Psycho testimonial, gun to head I'd have said Keegan and McDermott came on but how you guys remember all these details is beyond me, I can't even blame a misspent youth as regrettably it wasn't even that misspent, I wasnt even old enough to blame the booze at that game being around 15 at the time
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Ian Moore Gone Little
Geoff Thomas
Well I did remember quite a lot about it but I checked the rest when I wrote about that game for the programme for the Newcastle game just a few weeks ago! As for how Cloughie1975 manages to recall things in so much detail I couldn’t tell you, but I’m very glad he does!
GOBIAS
Ian Bowyer
It is phenomenal how much pointless shit I do remember from 30 years ago when I was still a kid, or amusing stories, yet ask me what I did last night and I can barely remember
Canadian_red
Jack Burkitt
Sorry, ambiguous language. I thought Pearce's brother was reffing and gave forest a penalty so psycho could score on his big day.
Was Gary McAllister playing for us? My dad wished we'd signed him for real.
Was Gary McAllister playing for us? My dad wished we'd signed him for real.
Colin Addison
First Team Squad
We (Clough) would have signed him if he hadn't turned up wearing cowboy boots
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Ian Bowyer
Yea I think he might have been randomly.
Costanillas
First Team Squad
I’m glad someone’s piped up in Norm’s defence in terms of his distribution. The accuracy and pace of his balls out to the flanks were on a par with Ederson and Alisson Becker. He just didn’t do it all that often, which probably explains why his kicking game had never got the credit it deserves.