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Cant help smiling to myself . Being mid 40 odd i never saw Sir Tom play. Having a piss the other night 2 mins after the sensational goal from Aggy , a bloke of about 65 appeared next to me . I said , " what about that pal , Finney never scored em like that did he ? " He said " you must be joking , he scored em like that every other week ! " I laughrd all the way home , I should have known.
 
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With them old boots on, he'd have been lucky to get his legs up that high, Sir Tom probable scored many a wonder goal, but Paddy's goal was special, for him and against possible the strongest team in the division, anyway were you never told not to talk to strangers, especially in a toilet...LOL 😉
 
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Never saw Finney score a goal like Paddy, but do remember playing Man City when big Bert was in goal. City were all over us, particularly a palyer called Gratrix I think. Finney got the ball twice and dribbled through what seemed to be the whole City side. We won 2-0!
 
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diehard said:
Cant help smiling to myself . Being mid 40 odd i never saw Sir Tom play. Having a piss the other night 2 mins after the sensational goal from Aggy , a bloke of about 65 appeared next to me . I said , " what about that pal , Finney never scored em like that did he ? " He said " you must be joking , he scored em like that every other week ! " I laughrd all the way home , I should have known.
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I didnt see Sior Tom either, but apparently he was that good and he did score goals to equal Agyemangs.

A work mate of mine told of a match he went to at one of the Bristol clubs. He was doing his National Service and went with about 12 mates from all over the country. Sir Tom was in the middle and a cross came over. He leapt like a salmon for the ball and my mate said to me, he was at least two feet above any other player. He then placed, yes placed the ball in the top corner. His mates were going absolutely crazy and couldn't believe how high he leapt and where he put the ball. My mate said he was applauding the goal and his mates were saying "Jeff, arent you excited by the goal" to which he replied "I see that every week from him"

A true story.

However the goal on tuesday was certainly something special and every credit.
 
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diehard said:
Cant help smiling to myself . Being mid 40 odd i never saw Sir Tom play. Having a piss the other night 2 mins after the sensational goal from Aggy , a bloke of about 65 appeared next to me . I said , " what about that pal , Finney never scored em like that did he ? " He said " you must be joking , he scored em like that every other week ! " I laughrd all the way home , I should have known.
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So you're the guy who followed me into the bog after I went for a quick leak? Perv
 
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keith750cc said:
With them old boots on, he'd have been lucky to get his legs up that high, Sir Tom probable scored many a wonder goal, but Paddy's goal was special, for him and against possible the strongest team in the division, anyway were you never told not to talk to strangers, especially in a toilet...LOL 😉
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I've no problem with fans considering Patrick's goal to be the best they've seen....but when Mr Finney played and scored, North End were playing against the "strongest teams in the division" as you say, every week......PNE were also one of 'em to boot!! We've all waxed lyrical about good players that we've seen, (Mooney, Fuller, to name just a couple), as well as the best goal that we've witnessed.... but you've got to remember, that the reason so many older fans rant on about getting into the Premiership and "being back where we belong", simply reflects the memories and aspirations of another era; the best players in the whole country were at Deepdale every other week, scoring glorious goals......... and Finney was quite simply..........the best player in the country.
 
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Finney is quite rightly revered by not only Preston fans of his era, but of all fans of that era, and we were very lucky to have him at Preston. I was fortunate enough to see his last two seasons at Deepdale, but also consider myself fortunate also to see a player for the next couple of seasons that was only half a step behind Finney in my opinion..............and I am referring to Peter Thompson.

Had it not been that Peter Thompson reached his peak just at the time when Sir Alf Ramsey decided that at that time wingers did not play a part in his international plans, it is my opinion that Peter Thompson could very easily have played a similar number of times for England as did Sir Tom (76 caps).

As it was, Thompson I believe only received about 12 caps for England, and never really reached the dizzy heights that other earlier English wingers did. It is all about timing, and had Peter Thompson been born a decade or so earlier, maybe he would be talked about at Deepdale in the same breath as Sir Tom.

North End's best three players for me since the fifties were Tom Finney, Alex Dawson and Peter Thompson. The fifties and early sixties was a golden era for PNE producing many excellent players on top of those just mentioned, such as Gordon Milne, Alan Kelly Snr, Gemmill, Kendall, Lawton, Hannigan etc etc.

But the last few seasons, and hopefully the next few will also throw out names that may be remembered for many years........Macken, Nugent, Davis, and now possibly even Agyemang........especially after that goal.......🙂 .
 
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Nice sentiments about the jailed alcoholic Alby, but I used to speak to him quite often after hound trails in the Kendal area when he had the Hare and Hounds in Bowland bridge, where only his England and Liverpool memorabilia adorned the walls. He was very, very fond of waxing lyrical about his obvious hero, a certain Mr Shankly, and the glory days at Liverpool, but he never, ever mentioned his time at Preston, or for that matter Bolton. Great player all the same, sold up at Bowland bridge and went to live in Harrogate the last I heard
 
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Wish people would move on, there is more to PNE than Finney! What has he EXACTLY given back to the club ??????????????????
 
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Well, apart from sign his book for me outside Deepdale and posing for a photo with others (you see him doing this sort of thing very often)

He hasn't actually done anything for me.

That isn't the fecking point!

Take all the footballers there are and have ever been and think about which players you would have in a world eleven, Finney would be in the starting line-up. Think about how amazingly good he must be for that to be the case.

Now, think about the fact that you can clap eyes on the guy - one of the world eleven - every single saturday by attending a game at PNE.

He's done buger all for me - but what he's done for football and for PNE is astounding and THAT is why he is so revered. To not understand this either means you are not a PNE fan or you are too young to understand the magnitude.

So, either grow up sonny or go away.
 
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Still waiting!!!!!!!!

So signing his autograph for you WOW so what, am talking about what he did after he retired. What did he do FOR PNE?? what did he give back?? nothing, zero, a big fat nothing.Was happy (and still is) to live off the back of PNE, even though he was going to move to Italy, yeah great loyalty that.

Wake up and smell the coffee 😡
 
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meddows said:
Still waiting!!!!!!!!

So signing his autograph for you WOW so what, am talking about what he did after he retired. What did he do FOR PNE?? what did he give back?? nothing, zero, a big fat nothing.Was happy (and still is) to live off the back of PNE, even though he was going to move to Italy, yeah great loyalty that. See he got all the contracts for the new stands though 😉
Wake up and smell the coffee 😡
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What the hell are you on about with this statement.

It is pointless even trying to explain to yourself what he has ever done for North End.
 
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pbc373 said:
What the hell are you on about with this statement.

It is pointless even trying to explain to yourself what he has ever done for North End.
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Not even going to try and explain, do your homework on it THEN get back to me 😡
 
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meddows said:
Still waiting!!!!!!!!

So signing his autograph for you WOW so what, am talking about what he did after he retired. What did he do FOR PNE?? what did he give back?? nothing, zero, a big fat nothing.Was happy (and still is) to live off the back of PNE, even though he was going to move to Italy, yeah great loyalty that. See he got all the contracts for the new stands though 😉

Wake up and smell the coffee 😡
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Are you one of those bloody hoodie types who goes around desecrating that lovely statue of Tommy Finney? If Aunt Fanny got a hold of you she'd give you a bloody good hiding.

Well, I've heard it all now. If it weren't for people like Tommy Finney then there probably wouldn't even be a Preston North End, and you'd be speaking bloody German and eating sauerkraut for your breakfast. He were a bloody tank driver in the war you see, and also a bloody ambassador for the British Army. How you can slag him off is ridiculous.

You ungrateful little scrote. Tommy has done plenty for this town and for the football team. He probably doesn't feel much like traipsing out on the pitch most of the time but he does it because he loves the people of Preston. He regularly comes to Aunt Fanny's cafe for a nice cup of tea, a slice of cherry pie and a chat about the old times. Ooooh, he's a lovely man.

You however are a snotty little turd who ought to get back to your community service before Aunt Fanny gives you a good twatting with her walking stick.
 
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Aunt Fanny said:
Are you one of those bloody hoodie types who goes around desecrating that lovely statue of Tommy Finney? If Aunt Fanny got a hold of you she'd give you a bloody good hiding.

Well, I've heard it all now. If it weren't for people like Tommy Finney then there probably wouldn't even be a Preston North End, and you'd be speaking bloody German and eating sauerkraut for your breakfast. He were a bloody tank driver in the war you see, and also a bloody ambassador for the British Army. How you can slag him off is ridiculous.

You ungrateful little scrote. Tommy has done plenty for this town and for the football team. He probably doesn't feel much like traipsing out on the pitch most of the time but he does it because he loves the people of Preston. He regularly comes to Aunt Fanny's cafe for a nice cup of tea, a slice of cherry pie and a chat about the old times. Ooooh, he's a lovely man.

You however are a snotty little turd who ought to get back to your community service before Aunt Fanny gives you a good twatting with her walking stick.
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Well said!
 
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meddows said:
Not even going to try and explain, do your homework on it THEN get back to me 😡
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No please do, because from what I can see you came out with a statement that you can't back up. A potentially slanderous one at that.
 
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pbc373 said:
No please do, because from what I can see you came out with a statement that you can't back up. A potentially slanderous one at that.
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Quoting legal shit now are we?? bellend. your now on my ignore list!!!! 😡
 
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