Charlie George Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 One of those that started us on our way to become League Champions. RiP Willie. GB SPORTS, Magicman, Dordogne-Ram and 15 others 2 15 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nogbad van 50 Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 9 minutes ago, Charlie George said: One of those that started us on our way to become League Champions. RiP Willie. IslandExile, Foreveram, Ted McMinn Football Genius and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramekin Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 28 minutes ago, Charlie George said: One of those that started us on our way to become League Champions. RiP Willie. Absolutely. He was the missing piece in that midfield just like Ebou was to our current team. Very sad when he left but Archie came and the rest is history. Reggie Greenwood, Kathcairns and Dordogne-Ram 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadAmster Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Me Mam loved the little fella. RIP Willie. Kathcairns 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rambalin Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Worked has a paperboy for Willie when he owned the newsagents in Melbourne. Super bloke, Rip Willie hales300k, DarkFruitsRam7 and Reggie Greenwood 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premier ram Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Never saw him play but heard so much about him RIP Willie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimeram Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Great player. Great guy hintonsboots 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSSWORD Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Went round to his house with a mate of mine to ask if he would sign a banner we had made for winning the second division . Thought he might be a bit annoyed us turning up like we did ,but he was fantastic about it invited us in for a while and seemed honoured in a strange way that we wanted his name on it. We led the parade though town with it it was quite large,a memory ill never forget and a quality player and gentleman ill never forget either........WILLIE..WILLIE..LA..LA..LA. RIP Sir. IslandExile, Patrick Rams, GB SPORTS and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 The player who completed Clough's promotion team and made us ultra competitive in Division 1. RIP Willie. Sufferingfool, Patrick Rams, Magicman and 3 others 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimeram Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 13 minutes ago, Crewton said: The player who completed Clough's promotion team and made us ultra competitive in Division 1. RIP Willie. Yes he was the missing piece of the jigsaw in 1968/69 NG2Ram and Crewton 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal is a Ram Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 (edited) My dad also described Willie as the missing piece. I'm sure he would have been saddened to hear of the loss of another of his heroes. A top man, by all accounts. RIP Edited June 11 by Animal is a Ram hales300k and IslandExile 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elwood P Dowd Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 A bundle of energy, RIP Willie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB SPORTS Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Rest in peace wee guy, today is truly a very sad day. Patrick Rams and Reggie Greenwood 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimeram Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Nearing the end of key games when we were winning I loved the way he used to take the ball to the corner flag to stop the opposition getting the ball. He was bloody good at it too CROSSWORD, Brammie Steve, nogbad van 50 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKHunter Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 RIP Willie. I was really young when he played but do have vague memories of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilkleyram Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 As @Animal is a Ram and @oldtimeram have said he was the player that turned a good side into a very good side that got promoted in 68/69. As much as his playing ability it was his attitude, his toughness that changed that side. Archie was of similar stock but a better footballer. Ignore Willie’s goal and appearance stats because his contribution to our successes was far, far greater than they would suggest. It is not too fanciful to say that without him we wouldn’t have gone so far so quickly he was that important a player. Kathcairns, MickD, Dordogne-Ram and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richinspain Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 Very sad news. I was only 5 when he signed for us, so can't state categorically that I remember him, but in my mind I do. Very sad day. RIP Willie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dordogne-Ram Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 He was being man marked all over the pitch in one game, so went and stood alongside their left back, taking his original marker with him. The press said he had a “poor game”, “was never in it” etc, but everyone else had an absolute field day with the space he had created!! Thanks for the memories “ you belligerent little scouser” (as BC once described him. RIP and “sleep well young man.” DavesaRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spender Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 He was only 5' 4" tall but no player that has ever pulled on the Rams' shirt has ever had a bigger heart than Wee Willie Carlin; although his captain, Dave Mackay, matched him in that department. Clough and Taylor had tried to sign him from Carlisle in 1967, shortly after they arrived at Derby but Carlisle, managed by our previous manager, Tim Ward, refused to sell and reported Derby for making an illegal approach to their player. Clough appeared at an EFL tribunal and the case was chucked out after just 10 minutes. By then, Willie had been sold to Sheffield United.Asked about that after he retired years later Clough said "Of course we tapped him up, that's how we worked and we tapped him up again when we signed him from Sheffield United. That's how we got in and signed players before other clubs knew they were available." The week before he joined the Rams, Willie had run the show at Bramall Lane when the Blades beat us 2-0, Willie scored the second after putting Colin Addison in for the first. With the Rams sitting winless in the relegation zone, Taylor implored Clough to go in again for Willie. Arthur Rowley had joined the Blades from Shrewsbury as manager in the close season. Taylor knew that Rowley and Carlin had 'previous history';A couple of seasons before, when playing for Halifax at Shrewsbury, the two had clashed near the dugouts and Willie had kicked a bucket of water over Rowley. Taylor knew that Rowley would never forgive that and would let Carlin go if the offer was right and so it proved. When the transfer was complete, Taylor advised the Derby fans that Willie was the final piece of the jigsaw and they should back Derby to win the Second Division that season; he was spot on with that bit too. On the run in to the season we secured promotion on Easter Saturday by beating Bolton 5-1 at home with Willie on the score sheet. We took revenge against Sheffield United with a 1-0 home win two days later. The next Saturday we went to Millwall and little Willie headed us to a 1-0 win beating the giant Barry Kitchener to a cross; it clinched the championship for the Rams with two games still to go. Having helped the Rams to fourth place in Division One in the first season back up Willie's sudden departure broke his heart and at the time many of us felt the same way. But in just two years he had become a Rams Legend forever; a key player on the rapid path to the club becoming Champions in 1972. RIP Willie - reunited with his Captain tonight. Reggie Greenwood, Dordogne-Ram, JJs dms and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavesaRam Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 He was my first boyhood hero. I was a similar all-energy midfielder covering every blade of grass, and I was a short-ass as well. We only differed in that he could play a bit, too! Reggie Greenwood and IslandExile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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