rosie47 wrote:
Aliramone wrote:
rosie47 wrote:
if I remember correctly we signed him when martin allen randomly decided to transfer list a load of players in the middle of the season. he was solid enough but clearly towards the back end of his career and eventually dropped out of the starting xi.
I remember that well. Including my fave player at the time Matt Baker and IIRC the captain Ben Chorley. It was at that point I thought the sobriquet 'mad dog' was very apposite. He lost my respect after that hissy fit.
baker left at the start of the season I think. the story I heard was that he refused to go for a swim in willen lake as part of some kind of pre-season ‘bonding’ but I have no idea whether that’s true or not.
The Matt Baker/Martin Allen story I heard was that Baker introduced himself by saying "Hello, I'm Matt Baker your No.1 keeper" to which Allen replied,"No your not, I don't have any number ones." End of story and career basically.
Sounds like the 'stories' that went around in the old days were every bit as good and just as wide of the truth as they are today!!!