Players Now Deceased Whom You Watched In Person Many Years Ago
He's so well thought of that one of the hospitality lounges at Bootham Crescent is named after him, and there's a vague muttering about a campaign to have a statue of him at the new ground if that ever gets built. Sadly I'm too young to have watched him in that mid-80s period, but I did see him get a run-out in a testimonial in the 90s (possibly Tony Canham's) so at least I have seen him on the field. As with TRLB's story from Carlisle, he was one of the first black players to make a significant contribution at York, where racist chanting was still fairly common when I started going around 1990 even after having had Walwyn as a massive fans' favourite just a few years previously. Folk are strange...
Mockswing wrote: Seconded, was superb at York City, especially in partnership with John Byrne, when York won the 4th Division Title in 1984 with 101 points.
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