SIMPLY THE BEST Another old picture

[sticks 1969]

Him and turner

[SecretSam]

Misses a sitter.

Makes up for it by scoring 25 yard worldie.

And he was astonishing in the air.

Nice bloke, too, by all accounts.

[MigratedRobin]

One of my childhood heroes along with Robbie Turner. 

[AG City]

My Dad wrote to Bristol City to see if they would send a player (e.g. a youth team or someone of that ilk) to help present the awards for the Yatton Junior FC presentations award in 1989 at Cadbury Country Club (now Cadbury House).

Bob Taylor said he would do it, and he travelled down and presented every award to about 100 kids from U9 right through to U15s  -and these presentation events went on for hours!  

What a legend on and off the pitch  

[Sheltons Army]

And on the 3rd February in the year of 1967

God was born 

[CyderInACan]

3 hours ago, SecretSam said:

Nice bloke, too, by all accounts.

Definitely 

[Tinmans Love Child]

Bob Bob super Bob!  How many did he score in the promotion season 35?  That was my first season as a fan, went to most games, I was gutted when he left!

[PHILINFRANCE]

28 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said:

Bob Bob super Bob!  How many did he score in the promotion season 35?  That was my first season as a fan, went to most games, I was gutted when he left!

A propos @Bob Bob Super Bob, where is he lately?

[Rich]

Sadly, in Jimmy Lumsden we had a manager who didn't know how to get the best out of Bob Taylor. He was sold to WBA and promptly scored 37 goals for them. I can't help thinking that at £ 250k I think, it was way to little and perhaps it was planned, by way of reducing his effectiveness, then value. 

[Robbored]

2 hours ago, AG City said:

My Dad wrote to Bristol City to see if they would send a player (e.g. a youth team or someone of that ilk) to help present the awards for the Yatton Junior FC presentations award in 1989 at Cadbury Country Club (now Cadbury House).

Bob Taylor said he would do it, and he travelled down and presented every award to about 100 kids from U9 right through to U15s  -and these presentation events went on for hours!  

What a legend on and off the pitch  

Nice thing to do but he didn’t have to travel far - he lived in Worle……..just a short drive along  the A370. 

[PHILINFRANCE]

8 minutes ago, Robbored said:

Nice thing to do but he didn’t have to travel far - he lived in Worle……..just a short drive along  the A370. 

So, if I understand this correctly.

Star player makes magnanimous gesture and devotes hours of his private time to bring pleasure to a number of young fans.

Star fan says it was no big deal really, as he only lives down the road anyway.

[Robbored]

1 minute ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

So, if I understand this correctly.

Star player makes magnanimous gesture and devotes hours of his private time to bring pleasure to a number of young fans.

Star fan says it was no big deal really, as he only lives down the road anyway.

Spot on. 

Lots of players over many many years have carried out  magnanimous  acts to local hospitals, youth club, junior football teams awards etc etc…….

Bob Taylor was one of many and really handy for him as lived close by. He was probably the nearest City player to Yatton at the time.
 

 

[Mike Hunt-Hertz]

43 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

So, if I understand this correctly.

Star player makes magnanimous gesture and devotes hours of his private time to bring pleasure to a number of young fans.

Star fan says it was no big deal really, as he only lives down the road anyway.

"Star" fan not fit to wipe the tagnuts from star player's ringpiece.

[Sir Geoff]

3 hours ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

A propos @Bob Bob Super Bob, where is he lately?

A few posts above you, I believe.

[PHILINFRANCE]

14 minutes ago, Sir Geoff said:

A few posts above you, I believe.

Ah.

Has he changed his user name?

[Tin Soldier]

3 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

Ah.

Has he changed his user name?

Shelton’s Army

[Robbored]

19 minutes ago, Tin Soldier said:

Shelton’s Army

That’s not very original.   

[brady bunch]

3 hours ago, Rich said:

Sadly, in Jimmy Lumsden we had a manager who didn't know how to get the best out of Bob Taylor. He was sold to WBA and promptly scored 37 goals for them. I can't help thinking that at £ 250k I think, it was way to little and perhaps it was planned, by way of reducing his effectiveness, then value. 

there was some very "dodgy" deals in those days, i suspect this one could have been one of them.

[CyderInACan]

5 hours ago, Tinmans Love Child said:

Bob Bob super Bob!  How many did he score in the promotion season 35?  That was my first season as a fan, went to most games, I was gutted when he left!

Pretty sure it was 34 - would've been more had it not been for that injury v. Crewe (h) 

[Kingswood Robin]

3 hours ago, Robbored said:

Nice thing to do but he didn’t have to travel far - he lived in Worle……..just a short drive along  the A370. 

I mean that really is the important part of that memory that AG City shared with us.

[Offside]

22 minutes ago, CyderInACan said:

Pretty sure it was 34 - would've been more had it not been for that injury v. Crewe (h) 

Yep, I remember it being 34 too. He got a hat-trick in that Crewe game from what I recall, including a long distance volley. He scored some amazing goals. I was gutted when he was sold. 

[Robbored]

15 minutes ago, Kingswood Robin said:

I mean that really is the important part of that memory that AG City shared with us.

I’m not deriding Taylor at all - just pointing out that many footballers do magnanimous things for the benefit of the local community. I imagine is common practice in every professional football club.

Personaly I don’t see it as a big deal. 

[Rich]

48 minutes ago, Robbored said:

I’m not deriding Taylor at all - just pointing out that many footballers do magnanimous things for the benefit of the local community. I imagine is common practice in every professional football club.

Personaly I don’t see it as a big deal. 

Would you see it as magnanimous to provide things for the local community, or even the local football club and it's supporters? Oh! wait a minute.

Sorry RR.

[Portred]

3 hours ago, Mike Hunt-Hertz said:

"Star" fan not fit to wipe the tagnuts from star player's ringpiece.

Some posts on here just make you chuckle. This is the best of the year so far.

[Portred]

Not only that, me wife was moaning about how crap her day was. I read it, chuckled, she then knew I wasn’t listening to her, now I’m in the dog house !!

[AG City]

3 hours ago, Robbored said:

I’m not deriding Taylor at all - just pointing out that many footballers do magnanimous things for the benefit of the local community. I imagine is common practice in every professional football club.

Personaly I don’t see it as a big deal. 

Yeah when I got to meet him as a 9 year old to collect my award at Cadbury house obviously my immediate thought was it was no big deal for me because he’s only driven from Worle! 

Pathetic 

[PHILINFRANCE]

44 minutes ago, AG City said:

Yeah when I got to meet him as a 9 year old to collect my award at Cadbury house obviously my immediate thought was it was no big deal for me because he’s only driven from Worle! 

Pathetic 

Yes, that was sort of the point I was trying to make.

[Robbored]

4 hours ago, Rich said:

Would you see it as magnanimous to provide things for the local community, or even the local football club and it's supporters? 

Joe Bryan when at City helped out a local football club particularly when one of their player’s suffered a broken leg.. JB visited him in hospital and the actual club  - many footballers do magnanimous acts for the local community that often goes unnoticed.

[steviestevieneville]

9 hours ago, Robbored said:

Nice thing to do but he didn’t have to travel far - he lived in Worle……..just a short drive along  the A370. 

Credit where it’s due. You didn’t have to drive a minibus full of gas heads to Wembley but you did. Bet you’re glad they went up automatically this season 

[Harry]

10 hours ago, Rich said:

Sadly, in Jimmy Lumsden we had a manager who didn't know how to get the best out of Bob Taylor. He was sold to WBA and promptly scored 37 goals for them. I can't help thinking that at £ 250k I think, it was way to little and perhaps it was planned, by way of reducing his effectiveness, then value. 

If I remember correctly, Bobby Gould used to be one of the guests on the HTV sports round up. He commented that Bob Taylor was surely worth a million pounds. 
Gould then managed to get the West Brom job the next week and signed Taylor for £250k!!! 
“But you said he was worth a million last week!!” I’ve never forgiven him! 

[Robbored]

21 minutes ago, steviestevieneville said:

Credit where it’s due. You didn’t have to drive a minibus full of gas heads to Wembley but you did. Bet you’re glad they went up automatically this season 

Yep I am delighted that they went up automatically. They’ve been in L2 long enough and there’s nothing quite like a Bristol derby  at AG or the Tented village - better that Cardiff, Swansea or Swindon for atmosphere.

I exchanged messages with some gashead buddies after their spectacular 7 goal win against Scunny and reminisced about the craic we had back in the Sawyers Arms days - they were good times with the friendly and amusing  banter between us all.

[Bristol Oil Services]

3 minutes ago, Harry said:

If I remember correctly, Bobby Gould used to be one of the guests on the HTV sports round up. He commented that Bob Taylor was surely worth a million pounds. 
Gould then managed to get the West Brom job the next week and signed Taylor for £250k!!! 
“But you said he was worth a million last week!!” I’ve never forgiven him! 

And it's his son now running that side of things??

[Bristol Oil Services]

6 hours ago, CyderInACan said:

Pretty sure it was 34 - would've been more had it not been for that injury v. Crewe (h) 

Produced some Bob tees with '34' on the back, in 1990, and no comments /complaints thus far. I think @GrahamC might've drawn our attention to the error had we been wrong ....

[steviestevieneville]

12 minutes ago, Robbored said:

Yep I am delighted that they went up automatically. They’ve been in L2 long enough and there’s nothing quite like a Bristol derby  at AG or the Tented village - better that Cardiff, Swansea or Swindon for atmosphere.

I exchanged messages with some gashead buddies after their spectacular 7 goal win against Scunny and reminisced about the craic we had back in the Sawyers Arms days - they were good times with the friendly and amusing  banter between us all.

[Rich]

14 hours ago, Harry said:

If I remember correctly, Bobby Gould used to be one of the guests on the HTV sports round up. He commented that Bob Taylor was surely worth a million pounds. 
Gould then managed to get the West Brom job the next week and signed Taylor for £250k!!! 
“But you said he was worth a million last week!!” I’ve never forgiven him! 

It really does raise the question of why so cheap.

Just as Cureton was sold to Reading, which seemed very quickly and much lower than the usual £1m for top scorer in the third tier.

I'm not linking the reasons for why they both left though.

[CiderJar]

1 hour ago, Rich said:

It really does raise the question of why so cheap.

Just as Cureton was sold to Reading, which seemed very quickly and much lower than the usual £1m for top scorer in the third tier.

I'm not linking the reasons for why they both left though.

He'd had a hamstring injury, and back then they were difficult to come back from, not many counted on Super-Bob being quite so Super.

 

[Rich]

3 hours ago, CiderJar said:

He'd had a hamstring injury, and back then they were difficult to come back from, not many counted on Super-Bob being quite so Super.

 

His hamstring injury was late in the previous season, 89/90, making a comeback for the last six games I believe. He wasn't sold until the following January, approximately seven months later. He was fit and playing in the new season but, instead of giving him a run of games, he was in and out of the side, so ultimately not scoring, Wayne Allison or Nicky Morgan being preferred. His best season we were playing with two wide men and Turner, providing lots of chances. The second season, we played mainly with one wide player (Dave Smith)? Gavin was sold in the August. Given a run of games by WBA, he scored 8 times in 19 games that first season and, followed it up with a return of 37 goals the following season. Surely our medical team and WBA medical team would have known if he'd had a serious problem.

[Merrick's Marvels]

5 hours ago, Rich said:

It really does raise the question of why so cheap.

Because we were run by rank amateurs. 

[CiderJar]

13 hours ago, Rich said:

His hamstring injury was late in the previous season, 89/90, making a comeback for the last six games I believe. He wasn't sold until the following January, approximately seven months later. He was fit and playing in the new season but, instead of giving him a run of games, he was in and out of the side, so ultimately not scoring, Wayne Allison or Nicky Morgan being preferred. His best season we were playing with two wide men and Turner, providing lots of chances. The second season, we played mainly with one wide player (Dave Smith)? Gavin was sold in the August. Given a run of games by WBA, he scored 8 times in 19 games that first season and, followed it up with a return of 37 goals the following season. Surely our medical team and WBA medical team would have known if he'd had a serious problem.

Yes, but ultimately the feeling was that he hadn't fully recovered from his injury (hence being in and out of the side) and it best to cash in while we could. You over estimate the standards of our medical teams over the years. 

[Rich]

On 20/05/2022 at 06:54, CiderJar said:

Yes, but ultimately the feeling was that he hadn't fully recovered from his injury (hence being in and out of the side) and it best to cash in while we could. You over estimate the standards of our medical teams over the years. 

Apologies for the late reply, been busy.

I don't recall any feeling that he hadn't fully recovered from his Hamstring injury in the following season, certainly that was the feeling at the end of the previous season. As I pointed out, he'd had seven months back playing and fit. Lumsden had other options after the signing of Wayne Allison and decided to rotate the strikers in what seemed like, if they don't score in three games, change them. I feel that Bob Taylor needed a run of games, to get properly match fit, this never happened. As someone else pointed out in another post, Bobby Gould was quoted as saying Taylor is worth a million, he bought him as soon as he could for a quarter of that sum.

As for medical teams, admittedly they weren't as good as nowadays but, this was a hamstring (serious enough), not an ACL. 

[Sheltons Army]

12 minutes ago, Rich said:

Apologies for the late reply, been busy.

I don't recall any feeling that he hadn't fully recovered from his Hamstring injury in the following season, certainly that was the feeling at the end of the previous season. As I pointed out, he'd had seven months back playing and fit. Lumsden had other options after the signing of Wayne Allison and decided to rotate the strikers in what seemed like, if they don't score in three games, change them. I feel that Bob Taylor needed a run of games, to get properly match fit, this never happened. As someone else pointed out in another post, Bobby Gould was quoted as saying Taylor is worth a million, he bought him as soon as he could for a quarter of that sum.

As for medical teams, admittedly they weren't as good as nowadays but, this was a hamstring (serious enough), not an ACL. 

He also lost his mother around this time

[Rich]

25 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said:

He also lost his mother around this time

We seem to forget life outside of actual games. All things need to be taken into consideration, regarding form.

[1960maaan]

Bit late to this thread, so sorry if I'm repeating things.

I always thought that the Turner/Taylor partnership was such a good balance Bob struggled a little when Turner was sold after his altercation.
Only got 11 goals the following year and the link up with Morgan never looked natural. I know many on here lover Nicky Morgan, but it seemed that him and Taylor wanted to make the same runs. I really think things could have been very different had Turner stayed, he did all the grunt work , took all the battering and Taylor played around him. 
Always thought selling him when he looked like he was finding some form was a poor decision.

[Curr Avon]

On 18/05/2022 at 07:12, SecretSam said:

 

Nice bloke, too, by all accounts.

Super, I'd say.

[Mad Cyril]

On 18/05/2022 at 13:08, Robbored said:

Lots of players over many many years have carried out  magnanimous  acts to local hospitals, youth club, junior football teams awards etc etc…….

Bob Taylor was one of many and really handy for him as lived close by. He was probably the nearest City player to Yatton at the time.
 

 

"...Doctors and nurses, what's all the fuss? Loads of 'em save lives...."

? Dumbest post of the post-season yet.

[Robbored]

42 minutes ago, Mad Cyril said:

"...Doctors and nurses, what's all the fuss? Loads of 'em save lives...."

? Dumbest post of the post-season yet.

Doctors and nursing are vocational careers that often span decades and nurses in particular are seriously underpaid. To draw a comparison between them and professional footballers is ludicrously dumb - you’ve just won you own prize…….

[PHILINFRANCE]

2 hours ago, 1960maaan said:

Bit late to this thread, so sorry if I'm repeating things.

I always thought that the Turner/Taylor partnership was such a good balance Bob struggled a little when Turner was sold after his altercation.

Always thought selling him when he looked like he was finding some form was a poor decision.

It was a long time ago, and either I was never aware or have just forgotten, but what is this about a Robbie Turner altercation?

[Sheltons Army]

2 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

It was a long time ago, and either I was never aware or have just forgotten, but what is this about a Robbie Turner altercation?

He assaulted an opposition player in tunnel (PNE player IIRC) , a proper assault

[1960maaan]

1 minute ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

It was a long time ago, and either I was never aware or have just forgotten, but what is this about a Robbie Turner altercation?

There was something in the tunnel, a Chester player (I think) ended up with blood on his shirt and they were going to press charges or get the FA involved. As you say a long time ago. What I was told is that Chester said sell him and we will leave it. City put Turner on the List at a Price they thought no one would touch, sadly they did. Apparently Turner was in tears in the car park when the deal was done. 

[PHILINFRANCE]

53 minutes ago, Sheltons Army said:

He assaulted an opposition player in tunnel (PNE player IIRC) , a proper assault

 

52 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

There was something in the tunnel, a Chester player (I think) ended up with blood on his shirt and they were going to press charges or get the FA involved. As you say a long time ago. What I was told is that Chester said sell him and we will leave it. City put Turner on the List at a Price they thought no one would touch, sadly they did. Apparently Turner was in tears in the car park when the deal was done. 

Thanks for your responses.

Whether it was Preston or Chester, I don't recall ever hearing about that.

What I do remember about Robbie Turner, was his inspired performance in the pouring rain that January 1990 afternoon against Chelsea in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

I think that is the memory I prefer to retain. 

[1960maaan]

22 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said:

 

Thanks for your responses.

Whether it was Preston or Chester, I don't recall ever hearing about that.

What I do remember about Robbie Turner, was his inspired performance in the pouring rain that January 1990 afternoon against Chelsea in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

I think that is the memory I prefer to retain. 

I'm 100% sure I had it on tape, just looked at my Youtube channel and I can't see it. Probably got lost when transferred , I lost a chunk of games around Turner's time.

I really didn't want him here after seeing him for the Squatters over in Bath Vs our young lads in the Glos Cup. Mardon had him in his pocket. He went to Wimbledon and come back a different player, though I was still in 2 minds when we saw his 2nd game at Swansea. Scored and gave away a Pen in a 1-1. He really grew on me , and him and Taylor throwing their sweat bands into the City fans at the end of a game was usually a signal that we had had a go day. Real shame he went.

[SecretSam]

2 hours ago, 1960maaan said:

There was something in the tunnel, a Chester player (I think) ended up with blood on his shirt and they were going to press charges or get the FA involved. As you say a long time ago. What I was told is that Chester said sell him and we will leave it. City put Turner on the List at a Price they thought no one would touch, sadly they did. Apparently Turner was in tears in the car park when the deal was done. 

I didn't know about that. Where did he go?

Him and Taylor were absolutely lethal. Possibly the best duo I've ever seen at City.

[1960maaan]

7 minutes ago, SecretSam said:

I didn't know about that. Where did he go?

Him and Taylor were absolutely lethal. Possibly the best duo I've ever seen at City.

If I've got the story right.
We were pretty much forced to list Turner and we tried to play it clever by putting a high , for the circumstances, price on him. Transfermarkt has it at £154k , from memory I thought it was £175k. Either way you put that against the £250 we paid for Bob Taylor it was a lot. 
He went to Plymouth from us, real shame, like you say a lethal partnership.

[Super]

4 hours ago, Curr Avon said:

Super, I'd say.

Only one super...

[Steve Watts]

On 18/05/2022 at 15:53, CyderInACan said:

Pretty sure it was 34 - would've been more had it not been for that injury v. Crewe (h) 

Not only would it have been more, but we almost certainly would've taken the title off the Fewers as well.  Managed to get my name in Match Magazine at the time for requesting a Super Bob poster!

On 18/05/2022 at 22:33, Robbored said:

Yep I am delighted that they went up automatically. They’ve been in L2 long enough and there’s nothing quite like a Bristol derby  at AG or the Tented village - better that Cardiff, Swansea or Swindon for atmosphere.

I exchanged messages with some gashead buddies after their spectacular 7 goal win against Scunny and reminisced about the craic we had back in the Sawyers Arms days - they were good times with the friendly and amusing  banter between us all.

They were only down there for a season!  That's nowhere near long enough!