RIP Ronnie Radford

[Reggie Greenwood]

Ex Hereford United player Ronnie Radford has passed away age 79. 
scorer of the iconic FA Cup goal v Newcastle United on a typically muddy 70’s pitch. That goal kicked started John Motson’s career. 

 

Edited November 2, 2022 by Reggie Greenwood
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[Mucker1884]

Usually a goal like that takes the crowd by surprise.
On the countless times I've watched that back over the years, I've always loved the way the crowd noise builds expectantly, from the split second he let's fly.  It's like everyone just knew it was on it's way in, like a slow-mo of a 3 yard tap-in!

An all time classic.

Rest in peace, Mr Radford.  You deserve your rightful spot in FA Cup history.
xxx

[Guest]

What a classic, it is the archetypal underdog goal and will never be forgotten.

RIP Mr. Radford.

[Brammie Steve]

Historic figure in Hereford and Football legends.

David and Goliath lived again in 1972!

RIP Ronnie.

Condolences to your family.

[uttoxram75]

Great memories of when the Cup meant something. Watched that as a kid and tried countless times to copy that at school and down the rec.

RIP Ronnie Radford.

[Van der MoodHoover]

I think I saw that when it was originally on as a nipper. 

Wasn't that the equaliser? And there was a second Hereford goal that was the winner and wasn't bad either. 

[Reggie Greenwood]

18 minutes ago, Van der MoodHoover said:

I think I saw that when it was originally on as a nipper. 

Wasn't that the equaliser? And there was a second Hereford goal that was the winner and wasn't bad either. 

Yes won 2-1 in Extra Time good goal from Ricky George 

[Van der MoodHoover]

On 03/11/2022 at 19:42, Reggie Greenwood said:

Yes won 2-1 in Extra Time good goal from Ricky George 

And having just seen it on the BBC 2,i didn't realise that the Hereford manager was Colin Addison, later to be the Rams manager trying to arrest the post-docherty decline.