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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: RockyRobin on July 21, 2007, 12:36:42 PM
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On my drunken journey home last night from Liverpool Street to Cheshunt I thought it would be funny to say to this guy that he must be an Arsenal fan (we were in Tottenham territory).
Anyway he was a Tottenham fan so naturally the conversation turned to Alty. This guy had been at our first match with them and he said he remembered that he wasn't all too surprised at the result as Tottenham were on a terrible run including a 5 love humping against Arsenal.
He did however say he remembered that we had a player called Heathcote! Graham must have made some impression Norf of the river!
GRAHAM, GRAHAM HEATHCOTE, HE'S THE GREATEST MAN IN HISTORY!!
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On my drunken journey home last night from Liverpool Street to Cheshunt I thought it would be funny to say to this guy that he must be an Arsenal fan (we were in Tottenham territory).
Anyway he was a Tottenham fan so naturally the conversation turned to Alty. This guy had been at our first match with them and he said he remembered that he wasn't all too surprised at the result as Tottenham were on a terrible run including a 5 love humping against Arsenal.
He did however say he remembered that we had a player called Heathcote! Graham must have made some impression Norf of the river!
GRAHAM, GRAHAM HEATHCOTE, HE'S THE GREATEST MAN IN HISTORY!!
It was probably due to the dodgy moustache that GH was sporting at that time....!
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I would have thought we were probably rather tach heavy in those days?!?
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I would have thought we were probably rather tach heavy in those days?!?
You're not wrong!
Just dug out the programme from the 1979 FA Cup tie against Tottenham and the Alty team photograph shows the following players with facial hair:
Stan Allan (moustache);
Jeff Johnson (moustache);
Mal Bailey (beard);
Peter Eales (beard);
Graham Heathcote (moustache);
Mickey Brooke (beard);
John Rogers (moustache);
John King (beard);
John Davison (moustache);
Ivan Crossley (beard).
Have Alty ever fielded a more hirsute team?!
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So who was the odd one out then?
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Barry undercoat and 2 gloss Howard I would've thought...
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So who was the odd one out then?
Of the 12 players who featured in the first of the Tottenham FA Cup ties, only John Owens and Barry Howard were clean shaven.
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And Graham Tobin who was a sub in the reply was clean shaven too (too young to need to shave)