Just imagine if he had had some backing from the owner.Everything I love in a manager passion ,honesty ,commitment,
I called him the lower league Bill Shankly .
Gone but never forgotten you are a Blackpool f.c legend.
He only came over as he was getting grief.Hartlepool away, when he can over to the few of us there and let of some steam about that lot!
Brilliant
Yeh he was. - and he came over and it the record straight.He only came over as he was getting grief.
Recall it being a bit wet that night.
That Barnet game sticks in my mind. The atmosphere was already building but when Billy came out and did that fist pump he took it to another levelForever in our hearts…just as it reads on the headstone.
My avatar also speaks volumes. That was Barnet in the PO SF, from the scratching shed roof. The only BFC manager I think I took a picture of…
I wondered whether Neil Critchley thought something similar on Saturday; two relatively poor performances, got beat by a dreadful excuse of football team but biggest rival on Tuesday; then walks about to a wall of noise and supporters who were pretty relentless on Saturday.I always mention it whenever his name comes up, but one time at Turf Moor, and we'd just had a whacking at home the game before. might have been one of the York 5-0s?
Mood was very low but we took a huge crowd to Burnley, and the place erupted as they came out by our corner. Then Bill came out and stopped, shook his head like he couldn't believe how many there were there. Then the fist went and we erupted again.
I would imagine it does, especially as last season there was no one there.I wondered whether Neil Critchley thought something similar on Saturday; two relatively poor performances, got beat by a dreadful excuse of football team but biggest rival on Tuesday; then walks about to a wall of noise and supporters who were pretty relentless on Saturday.
It has to help and I really hope it matters on a personal as well as professional level.
First hero in football; absolutely love him.
20th anniversary of his death could be marked; I know we did it for his 10th.
How quickly time slips away.
Holloway could have been but has blotted his copybook since leaving, Critch could well be held in the same esteem but has much easier working circumstances with a supportive and excellent chairman and an entire team behind him whereas Billy had a wanker of a chairman, no money and was more or less on his own, time will tell.Loved the guy , best manger in my lifetime and I am 48
when The dugouts were on the east side , always wearing his sorts
trying to think any other manger who is so revered as much as King Billy
does Neil or Iain come close
Agreed, decent coverage of his achievement in this short story and interviewLooked like he wanted to rip your head off until he spoke, a quietly spoken intelligent gentleman who saved us from non league because that's where we were heading under Carr and the Oystons, the players clearly adored him and the belief he put back in the side was one of the great turn arounds, were we 20th when he took over? We missed automatic by only three points that season., missed it by a point the season after.
Rest in peace Billy, still number one.
Difference is that Billy thanked fans win, lose or draw. Critch generally only does it when things go well.I wondered whether Neil Critchley thought something similar on Saturday; two relatively poor performances, got beat by a dreadful excuse of football team but biggest rival on Tuesday; then walks about to a wall of noise and supporters who were pretty relentless on Saturday.
It has to help and I really hope it matters on a personal as well as professional level.
I'm 49 and I agree.Loved the guy , best manger in my lifetime and I am 48
when The dugouts were on the east side , always wearing his sorts
trying to think any other manger who is so revered as much as King Billy
does Neil or Iain come close