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andymulesafc
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That Hummel strip still looks great around 25 years later.
hungry mouse
Central Defender
A lad I know reckons he went to school with him and he says he was a mag then.
Chappers
Striker
He may or may not have one. It doesn't matter one jot. The lad always gave everything for us, everything.
Its Him Again
Striker
He certainly did. Wonder how he would fit in with the current squad
Chappers
Striker
He would show some up for having no heart at all. You don't have to be the best footballer in the world to be a good footballer.
If that makes sense
Its Him Again
Striker
Would be very interesting indeed.He would show some up for having no heart at all. You don't have to be the best footballer in the world to be a good footballer.
If that makes sense
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My Boy Harry
Guest
I remember that game and incident well.This just popped up on Facebook. John Kay rowing the stretcher off the pitch after trying to run off a double break in his leg. I was there and remember thinking it was something minor and then being shocked when I found out the extent of his injury.
It was a different world back then compared to the rolling around in agony they do over a minor knock these days. Eeeeh I'm showing my age now like
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I know John Kay and his wife Carol well. They live at Bournmoor just up the road from me and john grew up with his brother Tony in Great Lumley. His brother died in a motor accident very tragically at a young age. John was really close to him.
His wife Carol worked with me for Chester le Street DC and you could not find a more down to earth lass, exactly the same as John. No airs, no graces and ironically and as far as i'm aware John was never a big football fan. He barely talked about the subject if you spoke to him about it. I'd be astonished if he had an NUFC tattoo on his arm. He did grow up with Billy (forgot his second name - played for the Mags in the play off defeat by us), who was also a right canny lad. John's best mate in football is Nigel Winterburn who of course he got to know through his time at Arsenal where he also got to know the likes of Charlie Nicholas. Winterburn and some of the Arsenal lads used to come up to Roker Park to watch SAFC occasionally if John was playing for us and they didnt have a game on. He is a really popular lad. I have a couple of good stories about him.
The summer he signed for us we used to play 5 a side with my mates on the Park View School all weather pitch on a Monday night. We invited John and my BIL (who was also a professional footballer) to play. What an eye opener.
first it became pretty obvious after after 60 seconds that you tackled John at your peril. Secondly we couldnt get the ball off either of them. They knew exactly how to shield a ball and once they got it you might have well of given us all another ball to play with.As a post script to that match I gave john a lift home to his house and got cracking on with both John and Carol. they had two Staffordshire Bull Terriers at the time. Both John and Carol were playing with them as we spoke and they looked soft as shite. Carol went out to do something the kitchen and John went to get us both a bottle of Grolsch. f***ing hell, as soon as they both left the room the atmosphere changed and the two dogs were f***ing snarling at me. I was shitting myself. As soon as John walked back in the room again the two dogs were rolling around on the floor as though butter wouldnt melt in their mouths.
When he was at Arsenal he got me tickets for a couple of games, one of which was the game circa 1982/83 where i think we won 2 v 1. Colin West and Ian Atkins from memory. We were in the main stand and there were a few SAFC fans dotted around us; two were sitting right in front of us and were about 40 or so. After about 10 minutes I heard one of them say to the other "smell the grass" and they were both chuckling to themselves. I started sniffing and couldnt smell grass at all; all I could smell was this pungent aroma emanating from their direction.
By the time the game finished the two SAFC fans were high as kites.I also remember bumping into John and Carol in the metro centre one day and we stood and had a bit craic on. He told me that he had been offered a contract in South Africa but when he heard that Mark Dennis would be playing alongside him he declined the offer saying that "one nutter was enough for any team".
Last time I saw john was on Chester le Street Front Street, a while ago now, and he told me that he was working on a government funded scheme with under privileged children. I think football was involved but it seemed to be more of a mentoring programme. Typified John really - never a one for flashy jobs or money or anything like that, just a normal, genuinely nice lad.
His wife Carol works for Cestria Housing, the off shoot of the housing department at the old CLS CC. As far as I'm aware she is in charge of the bit that looks after the old people and calls the emergency services if they pull the chord in their house...type of thing. not bad for a lass who started out as a housing clerk all those years ago.
I couldnt speak highly enough of both of them. A really nice couple. Pleased I know them.
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My Boy Harry
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Billy Askew!! ie the name I forgot from my post above.
Especially on billy askew in the play offs at their place.
deleted user 785
Striker
He'd be out of his depth
Patch Lafayette
Striker
Possibly a foul, his forearm smash on Thompson was noteworthy also. At that time we had him and Owers and Ball who all loved getting stuck in. I think it was against Chelsea in the cup when Kay tackled Le Saux and Bally managed to catch him mid-air and boot him onto the cinder track. Something similar happened with the young lad West Ham had, not Kevin keen. The other tricky bollocks
Matt Hopkins
Winger
Yes but from your original post he wasn't a canny lad, might be now, but when he played at the mags he was a little arsehole.
Used to get down "the street" and he was fuckin full of himself, the ginger twat. Stopped me getting beans and chips once in Bowers cos him and his mate tried to pick a fight with someone and the counter went over. I was furious
Marty Moose
Striker
That was proper football. As shite as we were then (and we were shite) I'd go back in an instant. Cheap tickets, reasonably priced pies, that old boy selling pin bages on a match day, players driving shit cars with their names emblazoned on the side in cursive writing, the electronic scoreboard being fucked for years, abusing Roger themes as he froze his bollocks off on the roof in gale force winds. Halcyon days.
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Gentleman Jim
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I remember that game and incident well.
I know John Kay and his wife Carol well. They live at Bournmoor just up the road from me and john grew up with his brother Tony in Great Lumley. His brother died in a motor accident very tragically at a young age. John was really close to him.
His wife Carol worked with me for Chester le Street DC and you could not find a more down to earth lass, exactly the same as John. No airs, no graces and ironically and as far as i'm aware John was never a big football fan. He barely talked about the subject if you spoke to him about it. I'd be astonished if he had an NUFC tattoo on his arm. He did grow up with Billy (forgot his second name - played for the Mags in the play off defeat by us), who was also a right canny lad. John's best mate in football is Nigel Winterburn who of course he got to know through his time at Arsenal where he also got to know the likes of Charlie Nicholas. Winterburn and some of the Arsenal lads used to come up to Roker Park to watch SAFC occasionally if John was playing for us and they didnt have a game on. He is a really popular lad. I have a couple of good stories about him.
The summer he signed for us we used to play 5 a side with my mates on the Park View School all weather pitch on a Monday night. We invited John and my BIL (who was also a professional footballer) to play. What an eye opener.
As a post script to that match I gave john a lift home to his house and got cracking on with both John and Carol. they had two Staffordshire Bull Terriers at the time. Both John and Carol were playing with them as we spoke and they looked soft as shite. Carol went out to do something the kitchen and John went to get us both a bottle of Grolsch. f***ing hell, as soon as they both left the room the atmosphere changed and the two dogs were f***ing snarling at me. I was shitting myself. As soon as John walked back in the room again the two dogs were rolling around on the floor as though butter wouldnt melt in their mouths.
When he was at Arsenal he got me tickets for a couple of games, one of which was the game circa 1982/83 where i think we won 2 v 1. Colin West and Ian Atkins from memory. We were in the main stand and there were a few SAFC fans dotted around us; two were sitting right in front of us and were about 40 or so. After about 10 minutes I heard one of them say to the other "smell the grass" and they were both chuckling to themselves. I started sniffing and couldnt smell grass at all; all I could smell was this pungent aroma emanating from their direction.
I also remember bumping into John and Carol in the metro centre one day and we stood and had a bit craic on. He told me that he had been offered a contract in South Africa but when he heard that Mark Dennis would be playing alongside him he declined the offer saying that "one nutter was enough for any team".
Last time I saw john was on Chester le Street Front Street, a while ago now, and he told me that he was working on a government funded scheme with under privileged children. I think football was involved but it seemed to be more of a mentoring programme. Typified John really - never a one for flashy jobs or money or anything like that, just a normal, genuinely nice lad.
His wife Carol works for Cestria Housing, the off shoot of the housing department at the old CLS CC. As far as I'm aware she is in charge of the bit that looks after the old people and calls the emergency services if they pull the chord in their house...type of thing. not bad for a lass who started out as a housing clerk all those years ago.
I couldnt speak highly enough of both of them. A really nice couple. Pleased I know them.
I'll second that!
He always prefers to talk staffies rather than football, I did once ask him where his allegiances lay and he claimed he was "of course red&white ...although all his family are black&white".
They also have other breeds....one being black&white, lol.
So would i. Cracking post.
Deleted User 11453
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What was the shite car brand that the players had? Not skoda but from Eastern Europe.
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