by PNEpete » 01 Sep 2017 14:59
by From Despair To Where? » 01 Sep 2017 15:26
by PNEpete » 01 Sep 2017 15:43
by Ark Royal » 01 Sep 2017 16:30
by PNEpete » 01 Sep 2017 18:29
by Royality creeps In » 01 Sep 2017 19:00
PNEpete Hey Thank You From Despair To Where (& nice to meet you mate) for your extremely helpful reply. You've given me a much better idea of how your team played. I was sorry to read of the passing of Dean Horrix. I can tell that you & many other Reading fan's thought a great deal about him & remember him fondly. Yeah, Gary Peters. Eeeee .. I have such a lot of time for him pal. He got North End firing again in late 1994 & won us the old division 4 title in 1995/96. That was a wonderful season for us FDTW, where we just went for it right from minute 1 of every game home & away. I remember Stuart Beavon jnr well too for us. He was a hardworking forward, a channel runner, much like David Reeves used to be for us too. He didn't score many for us, but our team was fairly poor & didn't create many chances in the time he was with us, but I liked him a lot. Thanks a lot again for your help FDTW, I really appreciate your input. Take Care
by Mid Sussex Royal » 01 Sep 2017 19:43
by Mid Sussex Royal » 01 Sep 2017 19:44
by From Despair To Where? » 01 Sep 2017 20:37
Ark Royal Yes, pace out wide with Jerry Williams and Andy Rogers (and Gilkesy when he was in the team) serviced by a midfield that was told to hit diagonals and then get balls in the box for Senior, Horrix and Bremner. Senior was deadly in the box; outside the area he was a giraffe on skates, whose first touch was about his seventh. Keeper Gary Westwood said that Senior's secret was that he hit the ball so early. We battered teams late on, e.g. Plymouth at home when we were were 0-3 down with 25 minutes to go, but scored three in nine minutes to win 4-3. We were not pretty, but thanks to the 13, we had the title virtually sewn up by 1st January before the home game against Gillingham, which we lost. The record at that point was P24 W20 D2 L2 and we were NINETEEN points clear. Second half of the season was a more prosaic P22 W9 D5 L8. Branfoot got some insurance by signing Terry Hurlock from Brentford for what was then a club record £82,000. At that level, a better player than people gave him credit for, but truly a terrifying midfield destroyer.
by tmesis » 01 Sep 2017 21:17
From Despair To Where?
Senior was an instinctive striker. Sling the ball into the box and he'd find some way of getting part of his body into it and he wasn't afraid of getting a boot in the face in the process. Give time and space and he was clueless. We sold him to Watford and he returned via Middlesbrough. They'd taught him to play football but he never quite so prolific. Absolutely brilliant lower league striker though, even in a poor season would guarantee you 15-20 goals.
by Linden Jones' Tash » 01 Sep 2017 23:26
tmesisFrom Despair To Where?
Senior was an instinctive striker. Sling the ball into the box and he'd find some way of getting part of his body into it and he wasn't afraid of getting a boot in the face in the process. Give time and space and he was clueless. We sold him to Watford and he returned via Middlesbrough. They'd taught him to play football but he never quite so prolific. Absolutely brilliant lower league striker though, even in a poor season would guarantee you 15-20 goals.
Senior probably lost at least 5 goals a season when the backpass rule changed. He was an expert at lurking off a defender's shoulder and intercepting an underhit backpass or two.
He was a quite brilliant goal poacher. People dismiss such play as "goal-hanging" and say it's easy, but if it was easy, all strikers would do it. Being in the right place at the right time is a real knack. He was also pretty lethal in the air, although again from fairly close in.
It was a surprise that no league club came in for him after he left Reading. He was still only 30 at the time.
by Ark Royal » 02 Sep 2017 16:32
PNEpete Hello there Ark Royal & as with From Despair To Where, Thank You very much for giving me your time & trouble in explaining to me more about your team's 1985/86 formation & tactic's. You write really well mate, with great statistic detail & with some good humour too. I liked your description of Trevor Senior as a' giraffe with skates on outside the box' & his 'seven' first touch Thanks for telling me about how you dominated/won a lot of games late on (last 20 mins). Yeah, FDTW said much the same & that turnaround v Plymouth showed that & definetly also showed your team's determination & team spirit too. Hmmm .. I've just had a look at the league table from 85/86 & have seen that you got 94 points, which is fantastic. I knew Reading had started the season with a 'Perfect 13', but was quite suprised to read that you'd only won 9 from the last 22, with almost as many defeats (8).Also, what is well odd is that you won 13 away games, lost only 6, but had a minus goal difference. Eeeee .. Terry Hurlock, my word, I bet that name still strikes fear in many a retired player !! I didn't realise that he was at one time a Reading player. I recall his time at Millwall & when he played for Fulham. He was in their team when they played Preston up here in 1995. We had David Beckham playing for us at the time & I reckon it did him the world of good in discovering the Terry Hurlock's of this world Thanks again for your brilliant help Ark Royal & have a great weekend
by Henley Royal 1 » 02 Sep 2017 19:36
by tmesis » 02 Sep 2017 23:32
Henley Royal 1 Hi unbelievable season we would we be 20 points clear after Christmas and be played off the park away from home losing heavily at Gillingham ,Walsall 6 nil Bristol City albeit with the title wrapped up .Senior was great in the air the wingers Jerry Williams and Andy Rogers produced an endless stream of crosses Stuart Beavon must have hated playing in that side I loved the fact we were winning but the style of football was shocking .
by Sport Economist » 03 Sep 2017 09:41
by Franchise FC » 03 Sep 2017 10:12
by Sutekh » 03 Sep 2017 10:33
Franchise FC
That was the season of the 4-3 home win against Plymouth
3-0 down against the team that were second in the table at the time, and with only c20 minutes left.
For me that was the highlight of the season, not necessarily the 13 wins
by If you still hate Futcher » 04 Sep 2017 15:46
by grey_squirrel » 04 Sep 2017 18:51
Sutekh That was the season of the 4-3 home win against Plymouth
3-0 down against the team that were second in the table at the time, and with only c20 minutes left.
For me that was the highlight of the season, not necessarily the 13 wins
by Mr Optimist » 05 Sep 2017 06:57
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