01-06-2022, 04:02 PM
Reply to foxyblue.
I played alongside Ray Crawford when he ran the youth team and played in the reserves. Thourougly nice bloke. I liked him a lot.
I had a run of games in the reserves. I was 17/18 at the time. This was when Ian St. John was the manager would have been around 1977 ish? We had about 15 professionals signed on.
The first team went away - only 11 of them, it was the days before subs. The rest and the youth team made up the reserve matches.
My Pompey career, If I was to have had one, was ended with a broken leg playing against Duisburg under 21's in Germany.
Strength in depth? pah! You will never win anything with kids...where have I heard that before?
I played alongside Ray Crawford when he ran the youth team and played in the reserves. Thourougly nice bloke. I liked him a lot.
I had a run of games in the reserves. I was 17/18 at the time. This was when Ian St. John was the manager would have been around 1977 ish? We had about 15 professionals signed on.
The first team went away - only 11 of them, it was the days before subs. The rest and the youth team made up the reserve matches.
My Pompey career, If I was to have had one, was ended with a broken leg playing against Duisburg under 21's in Germany.
Strength in depth? pah! You will never win anything with kids...where have I heard that before?