A bit of Suddick magic
- Thread starter GJJW
- Start date
Dave62
Well-known member
20+ years before Beckham, and didn't he make it look easy.
1966_and_all_that
Well-known member
The ITV Sunday football highlights programme didn't have the cache of MOTD but Gerald Sinstadt was a no-nonsense commentator who told you what you needed to know.
Matesrates
Well-known member
Classic Suddick
Bend it like Suddick
Well-known member
Way ahead in skill factor for the time. If he played for a more 'fashionable' side, he would have been eulogised by the football hierarchy.
A truly exciting player, who was the 'King of Bloomfield Road'.
He could be lazy, and was injury prone - but what a player. The only player who comes close besides Tony Green is Charlie.
How lucky have I been seeing all 3!
UTMP
A truly exciting player, who was the 'King of Bloomfield Road'.
He could be lazy, and was injury prone - but what a player. The only player who comes close besides Tony Green is Charlie.
How lucky have I been seeing all 3!
UTMP
todayistheday
Well-known member
Heard from a few players in that team that he wasnt much of a team player and not the most liked,saying that he did have many seasons here so cant have affected him much. Some great goals and they say one of the best ever.
He scored from a free kick versus Sheffield United in 1968 or 1969 in my first ever football match. I was standing in the Kop end towards what is now the East stand- I could barely see over the wall & remember a policeman standing on my hand for putting it on the wall. Got a free ticket from a neighbour ( would have cost 5 shillings/25p). Definitely character building supportIng Blackpool growing up where I lived & I could have easily weakened & become a Liverpool fan in that era but that wouldn’t have been half as eventful. When I look at the team sheet & see the quality we had & have had the good fortune to have met the likes of Tony Green & Terry Alcock in later life I could only dream of a team like that now.
HodderSeasider
Well-known member
What a team when we had Suddick, Green and Hutchinson in the same side!
The Cods will never have players like that.
slakes_seasider
Well-known member
I was probably there Realfish .... but talk us through it.
timaruseasider
Well-known member
I was on holiday from New Zealand and was able to see the Anglo-Italian cup games at Bloomfield. Over the years I have related the goal against Verona as one of the best I have seen. The final extra time wasn;t shown on TV, I was in Eddie Shimwell's pub in Matlock and he was livid.
Seasider1887
Well-known member
Thank you so much for sharing. Back in the day I was always in the cop end and it was almost guaranteed he would score. Charlie’s goal at Wembley was the most important goal but good Alf Alan he was a star player. He used to walk around the pitch with the ball practically glued to his feet. He is a true Blackpool legend RIP great man
