jim@chickenrun
9:15 Thu Feb 18
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My favourite player as a kid,my mum made a number 11 out of an old shirt and put it on my first ever West ham shirt...was a great winger for a few years but didn't live up to his potential,think he's lived in South Africa for years.
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ted fenton
9:22 Thu Feb 18
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jim@chickenrun 9:15 Thu Feb 18
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My mum did the same until that Iron - on tape came available no pun intended with IRON :-)
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blueeyed.handsomeman
9:33 Thu Feb 18
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Alfredo DISTEFANO once said that England had three World class footballers,
they were Bobby MOORE, Blobby Charlton and Johnny SISSONS
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The Stoat
12:28 Fri Feb 19
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Woodford Green 7:20 Thu Feb 18
Sackville Gardens
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ornchurch ammer
12:35 Fri Feb 19
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Was watching one of the old Big Matches earlier and there he was in 1974 playing for Chelsea v Arsenal.
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normannomates
3:39 Fri Feb 19
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He was great in Stella Street.
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eric5bellies
2:15 Fri Feb 19
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Fantastic news reader and had a long career with both the BBC and ITV
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Far Cough
3:18 Fri Feb 19
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Blobby Charlton sounds like someone in a Noel Edmonds show
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Percy Dalton
4:31 Fri Feb 19
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I seem to remember him being an inside forward as it was called then and Greenwood moved him out to the wing to protect him.
Scored a lovely goal in the 64 cup final.
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ted fenton
4:44 Fri Feb 19
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VacVLL_NbyY
1964 Cup Final
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one iron
7:33 Sat Feb 20
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john now lives down under.
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one iron
7:35 Sat Feb 20
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His aunt told me aus 3 weeks ago,
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OLD GEEZER
11:17 Mon Feb 22
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I knew him quite well. He drank in my dads pub and I went to his wedding. He was the most wanted youth plays in the country and went to West Ham because they were an ageing side and his first choice, Chelsea, were full of young internationals. It worked because he was in the side at 17 and was the youngest player to ever score in a cup final. He was terrific in those first 2/3 years and looked to be a certain international but he never quite reached his potential and although he had a good career he was not the player that we all thought he would become. He lives in South Africa were he finished his career.
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one iron
12:39 Wed Feb 24
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Thanks old geezer, she thinks he is in aus, will tell her when i see her walking her dog
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norwaytips
8:12 Fri Feb 26
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An amazing youth team player and in a class of his own.
In truth, he never really took that forward, as he became a senior player. Always a decent player, he was a bit overshadowed, by the likes of Moore, Hurst, Peters and Byrne.
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Billy Blagg
5:32 Tue Mar 2
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An interesting bit in Moore's autobiography about Sissons. In Moore's opinion, a player held back by Greenwood as he never let him grow-up. Ron always referred to him as 'young John' even after he retired. In truth, he was really a typical WHU player of that time I think. Promised much but never really went on to be the player expected.
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norwaytips
9:44 Tue Mar 2
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Spot on, Blagg. Sis sons was a youth super star, but he stopped improving and never seemed to develop into his full potential.
A bit like the rest of that wonderful youth team.
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