rogerthecat
Jack Burkitt
Lashed out in frustration at his wife...
I've no respect for him whatsoever. Same goes for Collymore and King.
I've no respect for him whatsoever. Same goes for Collymore and King.
Yeah, there's some truth in that (aside from examples like the De Jong challenge and certain other studs up challenges on ankles etc that sometimes don't get penalised with a red in the modern day still).They were horrendous challenges then, but time has still made them worse.
See the two challenges Pearce received yellows for at Leicester, and his challenge on McMinn in the game he stayed on to score the winner.
At the time of that Cup Final there would have been a lot of people who would have been unhappy with the decision if Gascoigne had been sent off, when today everybody would expect a straight red for both challenges.
Blah blah inner demons. so f***ing what, we all have f***ing demons to face, we don't all run behind the bottle.
I think because it was Stewart and Forest hated him, there might have been there intent with the Clough challenge. Pearce was sent off early in the season and think it had something to do with him too.
I can't remember the challenge too well know, but I always thought of that as one otherwise impeccably behaved footballer allowing himself one exception to deliver justice in football tackle form to Paul Stewart.
Stuart Pearce is on Sky Sports 1 right now telling some good stories and naming the best 11 he's played with.
Wonder if he'll name Gazza....
f**king missed it
Grrrr
Was it good? What was his team
Was really good.
GK: Shilts
CB: Tony Adams
CB: Terry Butcher
CB: Des Walker
LWB: John Barnes
RWB: Gary Neville
CM: Paul Gascoigne
CM: Bryan Robson
AM: Ali Bernarbia
CF: Alan Shearer
CF: Gary Lineker
Not bad at all. After hearing Pearce's comments on Bernarbia, the man has just elevated to legend status for me.
Pearce describes that he was on 99 career goals at Man City and Bernarbia had been reading in the paper that Pearce needed 1 more goal to reach 100 career goals. So Bernarbia said 'Stu, you need one more goal to reach 100? No problem, I will get get you that goal'. So as the game was going on, Bernarbia dribbled into the penalty area and flicked the ball up at the defender's hand, ran over to the penalty spot with the ball, waved Pearce over and said 'Stu, there you go. I told you'. Pearce missed the penalty but still, the sentiment was there.
Another story he told was when Pearce moved into the coaching team at City, and Keegan and himself were discussing Bernarbia towards the end of the following season. Bernarbia was slowing down a bit and his legs were going. Pearce and Keegan were both debating what to do with him as he was a decent guy and had a year left on his contract. So at the end of one particular game where he had a stinker, Keegan, Pearce and the rest of the coaching staff were sat around a table and Bernarbia walked in and shook everyone's hand one by one and declared 'Goodbye everyone. That's me done. I'm finished'. Then he proceeded to rip up his contract and laid it on the table.
What a man. To recognise he was only going to be a passenger and having the decency not to take any wages from the club.
Nigel's foul on Stewart was my personal highlight of the season. Totally out of character for him but richly deserved by Stewart. I had an excellent view and it was a beautiful thing to behold.
They were horrendous challenges then, but time has still made them worse.
See the two challenges Pearce received yellows for at Leicester, and his challenge on McMinn in the game he stayed on to score the winner.
At the time of that Cup Final there would have been a lot of people who would have been unhappy with the decision if Gascoigne had been sent off, when today everybody would expect a straight red for both challenges.