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Replying to Freddie Pickering
19:45, Sat 11 Jul
I think in that Texaco Cup game it was a young kid...Steve Smith or summat, not Sprake. Might be wrong
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peejay 10:23, Sat 11 Jul
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Replying to Fat Buddha OBE
20:11, Sat 11 Jul
Fat Buddha OBEI think in that Texaco Cup game it was a young kid...Steve Smith or summat, not Sprake. Might be wrong
Think you are right about the Texaco cup game. The guy who played one game for Blues as a sub in the Texaco cup was Ritchie Blackmore.
Sprake did however get booed when he made his debut as a substitute for Dave Latchford.
Your mind gets muddled up at my age. Haho
newblueTo add. Jimmy Hill comes over like someone from outer space. That weird beard.
An artfully sculpted beard seemed more ominous and weighty back then.
Now they're everywhere, and on blokes that seem like they may well sympathise with Andrew Tate.
Headline tomorrow - 1971 in "different to 2026" SHOCK
Think it still looks weird now on that enormous chin. Looks like one of those villains in early tv sci fi: