Robin Friday

[Dylan]

From the football association word thread game (phew!)

I read the book 'The Greatest Footballer You Never Heard Of" many years ago, and from all accounts he was very good.

Looking up his wiki, I found this, which is just pure class:

Another time whilst playing against Mark Lawrenson Friday became agitated by the future BBC pundit . He kicked Lawrenson in the face and received a red card before defecating in Lawrenson's kit bag

class!!!

 

[Vim Fuego]

Dropping your guts into some quegs kitbag, a stroke of genius and a vision into the future, if it was meant as critiques opinion on his punditry .

 

[TX Bill]

Won't forget the piece FourFourTwo did on him years ago including a picture of the two fingers up salute after scoring a goal.

Pretty sure he was giving it to the opposing supporters.

Brass balls.

 

[Dylan]

Nah Bill, he did it to the keeper, after he rounded him before sticking in the goal.

Also scorer of possibly the best goal ever not caught on camera.

 

[TX Bill]

Nice one.

Ought to post that pic.

 

[Dylan]

This one, right

He rounds the Luton keeper, flips him the V and pops the ball in the net. Cheeky

 

[TX Bill]

That's it.

I think I saw if from a wider angle where you could see the keeper in the foreground with Friday off in the distance.

 

[Dylan]

Look up the book, it really is a good read. Friday played against Pele and totally outclassed him.

Also, the most hated referee classed Friday's supergoal as the best he had ever seen, as do countless others.

From the wiki:

His goal for Reading against Tranmere Rovers in March 1976 has been described as one of the greatest ever goals - sadly scored in the days before there were cameras at every match. Friday was waiting just outside the left hand corner of the box when the ball was sent towards him. He subsequently leaped high into the air, caught the ball on his chest with his back to goal, spun around 180 degrees, and proceeded to fire the ball into the top right-hand corner, to the great roar of the crowd. The referee that evening, Clive Thomas, held his hands in his face in disbelief and afterwards described it as one of the best goals he had ever witnessed. In response, Friday in typical fashion quipped that he should come more often as he does that sort of thing every week!