So sad to hear about Mal. We were also at Runcorn that day, dodging all the trouble and yet still celebrating that goal! Didn't he also get our first at Rotherham in that famous FA Cup win? RIP
He certainly did! I was at both Runcorn and Rotherham. I always remember him scoring at the latter as we used to have a song (sung to the tune of "jingle bells") Which went ..
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to see the robins win away (repeat)
Riding through the snow to get to rotherham
To watch those super robins stick it up their bum
Malcolm Bailey scored,
Barry Howard got number two
And those super robins had stuffed it up their flue
oh jingle bells ... (etc)
Crude but very happy days!
Thanks for all the memories Mal - you were an absolute superstar for us.