ramsbottom Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Great article about Alan Hinton in The Guardian, didn't realise he was so popular in the States. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/apr/19/alan-hinton-soccer-nasl-white-boots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewetube Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 Nice article, I love the fact that he was proud of his nickname. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loweman2 Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 I had the pleasure of spending an evening with him a few years ago, he comes over every November and is still big mates with john o'hare, my dad is mates with john aswell so john Turned up unannounced one evening at my dads with Alan for a cup of tea, my old man rang me up and told me to get round asap, spent about three hours with them having a real good chin wag about the good old days, all very surreal but two legends of DCFC and two of the nicest guys you could ever meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 9 hours ago, ramsbottom said: Great article about Alan Hinton in The Guardian, didn't realise he was so popular in the States. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/apr/19/alan-hinton-soccer-nasl-white-boots Thanks for posting that, it's a great read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted April 20, 2016 Share Posted April 20, 2016 He's pretty active on Twitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PodgeyRam Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Great player back in the day from what I've heard and seems like a nice chap. Some of the older people I know still talk about his crossing ability today. 26 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said: He's pretty active on Twitter? Yep, especially considering his age, not many 60+ year olds on twitter. Does seem to have some, shall we say very American political views, which I suppose is to be expected having lived over there so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringerBell Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 5 hours ago, Carl Sagan said: He's pretty active on Twitter? Yeah he is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashz09 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 43 minutes ago, StringerBell said: Yeah he is? Really? Are you sure? You got proof? If not I want to see proof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringerBell Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 23 minutes ago, Ashz09 said: Really? Are you sure? You got proof? If not I want to see proof? I'm positive? No question about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclej Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I asked him once how he found his man so accurately? He said he didnt aim for their head, or their forehead, but a spot on their forehead. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4derby Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 28 minutes ago, StringerBell said: I'm positive? No question about it? U say? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kevin Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 Great story about Gladys ,when he first came to Derby some of the existing players made remarks about shall we say his lack of robustness. BC took them out on the BBG pitch and told them anyone who could run the wing with a brick wall two feet away was brave enough for him . Great player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loweman2 Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 12 hours ago, loweman2 said: I had the pleasure of spending an evening with him a few years ago, he comes over every November and is still big mates with john o'hare, my dad is mates with john aswell so john Turned up unannounced one evening at my dads with Alan for a cup of tea, my old man rang me up and told me to get round asap, spent about three hours with them having a real good chin wag about the good old days, all very surreal but two legends of DCFC and two of the nicest guys you could ever meet. Here are the boys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StockholmRam Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 I had the pleasure of meeting him at Cathedral Quarter hotel a few years ago. I was doing some work for the club at the time and was invited to the private party after the " Best Rams XI" night at The Quad... I have to be honest and say I was slightly awestruck by those in attendance.. I've been lucky enough through the years to work with and meet some real legends in the music industry but this was altogether different. A real list of Rams and football legends. Roy Mac, David Nish, Archie, Colin Boulton, Alan Hinton,Dave Mackay...blimey even John Motson and Graham Richards were there. Alan was just charming. Very made up and emotional night for him. Had a lovely conversation with him about the kids 50p corner which I used to stand in at BBG and reminded him that he used to smile to us when he came over to take corners from that side. John Motson said that he was unfortunate to play in a time where England didn't use wingers otherwise he would have had many more caps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dordogne_Ram Posted April 21, 2016 Share Posted April 21, 2016 59 minutes ago, King Kevin said: Great story about Gladys ,when he first came to Derby some of the existing players made remarks about shall we say his lack of robustness. BC took them out on the BBG pitch and told them anyone who could run the wing with a brick wall two feet away was brave enough for him . Great player. Spot on King Kev! Stanley Mathews never had a good game at the BBG for this very reason. His accuracy with crossing the ball was legendary, as those who saw Ronnie Webster's goal against Man City in the 71 / 72 season will attest. Ron sent a long diagonal cross to Gladys, who was on the half way line in front of the Popside. Ron kept running towards the Normanton End and had a lot of ground to make up, but after comprehensively beating his full back, Gladys had to delay his cross just long enough to allow Ron to get within range. Over came the pin-point cross a yard in front of Ron, still two yards short of the penalty area, who threw himself forward to score with a bullet header from almost 30 yards, certainly the longest and most spectacular header I have ever witnessed. It was on YouTube at one time, may still be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 On 21/04/2016 at 08:46, King Kevin said: Great story about Gladys ,when he first came to Derby some of the existing players made remarks about shall we say his lack of robustness. BC took them out on the BBG pitch and told them anyone who could run the wing with a brick wall two feet away was brave enough for him . Great player. Not being picky, but I got the impression it was Peter Taylor who said it. He seemd to have a lot of respect for Peter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kevin Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 4 hours ago, Phoenix said: Not being picky, but I got the impression it was Peter Taylor who said it. He seemd to have a lot of respect for Peter. Might well have been ,mists of time and all that ,it was more about Alan than who said it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LesterRam Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 he has had some ups and downs in his life, what a great player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 This may be my memory playing tricks but I think that he also lost money in a business venture at about the time his son died and he was leaving. That plus his popularity meant that around 20,000 of us went to his testamonial match at the BBG, which was a pretty unheard of figure for that sort of game, and the proceeds helped him to move to the States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dordogne_Ram Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 3 hours ago, ilkleyram said: This may be my memory playing tricks but I think that he also lost money in a business venture at about the time his son died and he was leaving. That plus his popularity meant that around 20,000 of us went to his testamonial match at the BBG, which was a pretty unheard of figure for that sort of game, and the proceeds helped him to move to the States. Over 24000 at his testimonial, which came after the death of his son, and he trusted a business associate too much with his investment and his business folded. Everyone felt for him and turned up to support him in his hour of need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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