15-02-2024, 06:06 PM
(15-02-2024, 01:32 PM)foxleyblue Wrote:(15-02-2024, 12:28 PM)exterminator Wrote:(15-02-2024, 10:05 AM)foxleyblue Wrote:(14-02-2024, 10:40 PM)dsmg Wrote: The oldies among you will remember the WBA three degrees (Regis, Cunningham and Batson) of yesteryear. Well we have our own now and they all scored on Tuesday.
I remember watching WB knocking us out and then going on to win the FA Cup.
Was it Mark Hateley's dad Tony playing then?
No, that was Jeff Astle & Tony " Bomber" Brown.
Jeez, I get games so mixed up nowadays
I think Jeff Astel has dementia before he died (Boxers brain at the time)
Yes, Jeff Astle had dementia, IIRC his family have set up a foundation for former footballers suffering from dementia, mainly due to heading those old heavy leather footballs.
Interestingly both Ron Saunders & Ray Hiron along with many other centre forwards & defenders suffered from the same terrible disease.