Mel Holden / Bob Lee

[Roy Race]

"Mel Holden rules the sky"

[Kid Galahad]

Originally Posted by Roy Race

"Mel Holden rules the sky"

Super Mel was the banner of the day iirc.

[parsonx]

Originally Posted by Wigan Mudslide

Alex Sabella scored a belter too.

Think that was the blades goal of the season,

[GTG]

Originally Posted by rowley2

Just seen this. Bob Lee getting in the box and doing damage? Must have missed that!

Got 3 of the 6 against West Brom!

I have a strange memory which I would be interested to know if anyone else shares, or whether I dreamt it. After a couple of seasons, Big Bob was converted into a 'stylish midfield player'. I think it was the morning of the 4-1 win in Newcastle which would make Knighton responsible for the quote which adorned the back pages that morning. "This man will play for England"!

[Floyd]

Originally Posted by Major Major

Right you bastards.

Anyone who watched the last 20 games or so of the 1976/77 season would have a soft spot for those 2 lads.I will accept Bob was a bit crap but was whole-hearted (I know...). But Mel was in a different league. He was a confidence player. Got off to a bad start in a poor team and couldn't score in a brothel. When Arnott, Elliott and Rowell combined after Christmas, the team was transformed. and so was Mel. He confidence sky-rocketed and he became an excellent centre-forward for that period. I do remember either a friendly/testimonial//League cup tie, forget which, at St James', when Mel was the best player on the pitch. From being a joke player, he turned into a forward to be reckoned with. Didn't stay with us for too much longer, possible we now know why. Just don't denigrate his memory - he was, on his day, fuckin awesome.

Complete revisionist claptrap. Talk about tinted spectacles. Aye I've got a soft spot for them, a bog in the west of Ireland. Neither of them were footballers as long as their arses pointed in a downward direction. For Gods sake, Holden was exhibiting signs of the debilitation which would eventually kill him and people on here are saying he wasn't that bad?!

Colin West scored an absolute peach of a goal against the Mags at the landfill and THE best goal I've ever seen live but he was still shite and no amount of history re-writing will change that.

[Jack Ford]

Neither of these 2 compare with Brett angell

[Major Major]

Originally Posted by Floyd

Complete revisionist claptrap. Talk about tinted spectacles. Aye I've got a soft spot for them, a bog in the west of Ireland. Neither of them were footballers as long as their arses pointed in a downward direction. For Gods sake, Holden was exhibiting signs of the debilitation which would eventually kill him and people on here are saying he wasn't that bad?!

Colin West scored an absolute peach of a goal against the Mags at the landfill and THE best goal I've ever seen live but he was still shite and no amount of history re-writing will change that.

Shame on you. Mel was poor for part of his time at Roker, whereas at times he was simply on fire. Simple as. And for those times, he is remembered fondly by most fans.