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Post by Wynn Chester on Jul 10, 2021 8:21:24 GMT
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Post by bodiesstuntdouble on Jul 10, 2021 14:57:27 GMT
Sad to lose a solid former England player on the eve of the big game. I always remember his goal against Hungary sent England to Spain '82.
Great forward for Ipswich during their late 70s/early 80s heyday.
RIP Sir
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Post by coyote on Jul 10, 2021 17:15:05 GMT
Sad news, he was always a player I liked when I was a boy. And 68 is no age these days
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Post by jjmolloy on Jul 10, 2021 22:43:48 GMT
Given the dominance of Liverpool etc at the time he attracted a lot of attention, this Irish kid saw him on Match Of The Day and in the pages of Shoot! magazine. RIP
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Post by jno on Jul 11, 2021 5:44:47 GMT
Paul Mariner - one name that kids on my street pretended to be when we played football on the street in the 80s. He was huge back in the day.
As JJ days, the cover of Shoot! He was a real idol.
It's a sad loss on such a big occasion and actually it would be quite fitting to remember him before today's game. I really hope they do.
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Post by sandy on Jul 12, 2021 17:42:52 GMT
As a fellow mullet fan, I loved his early 80s haircut!!
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Post by wayne2467 on Jul 15, 2021 12:53:51 GMT
Good reliable player- remember him well in the excellent and entertaining Ipswich side
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Post by chopper on Jul 16, 2021 20:44:26 GMT
Sad news, with a Plymouth Argyle link, both as a player and briefly manager.
He was a very useful centre forward, probably could have gone to a bigger club, whilst with the ‘over achieving ‘ Ipswich team. Obviously went to Arsenal. Also remember seeing him playing for Pompey at Argyle in 86/87 season.
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Post by barrythebook on Jul 25, 2021 17:53:32 GMT
Until a couple of years ago I was regular listener of the Alan Brazil breakfast show on TalkSport.
Brazil mentioned Paul Mariner on many occasions and always highlighted what a great player he was.
He also opined what a hard man Mariner was and remembered clearly Mariners tactic of kicking his opposite number in the shins whilst the teams were in the tunnel waiting to go onto the pitch and advising them that whenever they got near the ball he was going to kick them up in the air!
Hardly Queensbury rules but good old fashioned football that we all enjoyed.
RIP.
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Post by steve99 on Jul 25, 2021 18:59:44 GMT
I recall an uncle of mine saying his team's centre half used to punch forwards in the kidneys when they went up for a ball. That'd put you off a header. I had an Ipswich strip to wear for school football when Bobby Robson put together those great sides in the late 70s. The Blues had a real charisma about them then, with Paul Mariner, Alan Brazil, John Wark, Arnold Muhren, etc.
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Post by barrythebook on Aug 6, 2021 21:10:54 GMT
I had an Ipswich strip to wear for school football when Bobby Robson put together those great sides in the late 70s. The Blues had a real charisma about them then, with Paul Mariner, Alan Brazil, John Wark, Arnold Muhren, etc. What a team that was. Good times. |
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Post by chopper on Aug 9, 2021 20:15:09 GMT
I had an Ipswich strip to wear for school football when Bobby Robson put together those great sides in the late 70s. The Blues had a real charisma about them then, with Paul Mariner, Alan Brazil, John Wark, Arnold Muhren, etc. What a team that was. Good times. Indeed, they were a great side in the era. Only slowly declining after Robson left to manage England. I remember you telling me that story about him intimidating players in the tunnel, didn’t he also used to “backwards head Butt “ at corners, clearly recall the Talksport story. They concluded that him, Lampard senior and Billy Bonds were amongst the hardest of the hard (but fair in the later two cases) of the era, amongst many hard men. |
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Post by chopper on Aug 11, 2021 20:00:34 GMT
Also, whilst on this subject - wasn’t Andy Gray of Villa, Wolves & Everton another noted hard man in that Talk Sport feature?
A FB Plymouth Argyle group led the tributes to him, with a series of photos in Argyle and mainly Ipswich days, along with an Arsenal and England photo, no Pompey one though….. I wonder why!?!….
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