Tommy Lawrence RIP
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Re: Tommy Lawrence RIP
RIP Tommy Lawrence came from a golden era of British Football when foreign internationals were Scottish Welsh or Irish, tackling was allowed diving was un heard off Physio.s were called trainers and didn't wear disposable gloves fans stood up managers sat down and Bovril was the half time drink of the masses
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Re: Tommy Lawrence RIP
and houses were freezing cold, you had to go to the toilet outside and all the information you ever needed wasn't just a fingertip away, you actually had to listen painstakingly to the radio for an age or go a library and study if you wanted to research something!TJU'S wrote:RIP Tommy Lawrence came from a golden era of British Football when foreign internationals were Scottish Welsh or Irish, tackling was allowed diving was un heard off Physio.s were called trainers and didn't wear disposable gloves fans stood up managers sat down and Bovril was the half time drink of the masses
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Re: Tommy Lawrence RIP
According to Tommy Smith, another hard man from a bygone era, Lawrence was the hardest man he met in football. Smith said that if the ball came over he and Yeates had to get out of the way because Lawrence would take them out as well as the opposition if they got in the way.
Lawrence's description was that you didn't get sent off in those days, so if anybody was going to score he just took them out.
Lawrence's description was that you didn't get sent off in those days, so if anybody was going to score he just took them out.
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aye lad, but we were 'appy.......and houses were freezing cold, you had to go to the toilet outside and all the information you ever needed wasn't just a fingertip away, you actually had to listen painstakingly to the radio for an age or go a library and study if you wanted to research something!
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Re: Tommy Lawrence RIP
Luxury!pricey5 wrote:and houses were freezing cold, you had to go to the toilet outside and all the information you ever needed wasn't just a fingertip away, you actually had to listen painstakingly to the radio for an age or go a library and study if you wanted to research something!TJU'S wrote:RIP Tommy Lawrence came from a golden era of British Football when foreign internationals were Scottish Welsh or Irish, tackling was allowed diving was un heard off Physio.s were called trainers and didn't wear disposable gloves fans stood up managers sat down and Bovril was the half time drink of the masses
We used to 'av t' crawl t' game on all fours. Stand in terrace streamin' wit' p*ss, eat maggot pie at 'alf time.
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Aye, but if you told the youth of today that, they wouldn't believe you!Cal's Spongebag wrote:Luxury!pricey5 wrote:and houses were freezing cold, you had to go to the toilet outside and all the information you ever needed wasn't just a fingertip away, you actually had to listen painstakingly to the radio for an age or go a library and study if you wanted to research something!TJU'S wrote:RIP Tommy Lawrence came from a golden era of British Football when foreign internationals were Scottish Welsh or Irish, tackling was allowed diving was un heard off Physio.s were called trainers and didn't wear disposable gloves fans stood up managers sat down and Bovril was the half time drink of the masses
We used to 'av t' crawl t' game on all fours. Stand in terrace streamin' wit' p*ss, eat maggot pie at 'alf time.
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I miss David Coleman with the tele-printer on Grandstand at 20 to 5 on saturdays.....
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Re: Tommy Lawrence RIP
I remember my first ever visit to Anfield in 1968 seeing the great Tommy Lawrence, Ian St John, Chris Lawler, and others. What I’ll never forget is the atmosphere which could be felt before you even entered the ground. The kop in those days were standing and the noise was incredible. Liverpool were playing Leeds in my first visit when Gary Sprake dropped a routine cross for a ‘tap in’ with the kop spontaneously bursting out in a song called ‘Careless Hands’ Geat days and fantastic memories. Lawrence was absolutely huge, but despite this very athletic. They don’t make them like that anymore!!!