[WakeyTerrier]

Former Town defender Rob Page to take charge of Wales this month whilst Ryan Giggs has other things to think about

[WakeyTerrier]

Well i've seen it all now.

Town have turned down sponsors because they didn't meet our valuation and so we are doing the following

Giving 3 charities the sponsorship(the maximum allowed for a season)

The rest will be raffled off,
20 tickets per match at £250ea

So bloody amatuer

[Lord Snooty]

It's amazing how Phil managed to make his millions in the first place. He's like some first round failure in The Apprentice.

[Lord Snooty]

Town legend Les Massie has died, aged 85.

https://www.htafc.com/news/2020/november...es-massie/

Les was voted as one of the Club’s 100 greatest ever players to feature in the ‘Fans’ Favourites’ book by supporters in Town’s centenary year and sits fifth in our all-time scoring chart, with only George Brown, Jimmy Glazzard, Billy Smith and Andy Booth surpassing his 108 goals.

Born in Aberdeen on 20 July 1935, Les was one of several young Scotsman to make the move to Town in the early fifties, joining the Club from Banks O’Dee in August 1953.

His Town debut came under Andy Beattie in a Division Two away game at Fulham in September 1956, and he didn’t have to wait long for his first goal – that came in a thumping 5-0 victory at Barnsley two months’ later.

Les became a regular under the management of Bill Shankly, alongside two other talented young players; 16-year-olds Denis Law and Kevin McHale.

He played his entire Town career in Division Two, with his best single season goalscoring total in 1959/60 when he grabbed 20 league goals in just 40 starts.

Les’ time at Town came to an end in October 1966, by which point he had netted an incredible 108 goals in 363 appearances. He subsequently played for Darlington, Halifax Town, Bradford (Park Avenue), Workington and Drogheda before hanging up his boots.

Massie was a regular attendee at Town games in recent years and was always on hand to help the Club with interviews and other matters.

Our thoughts are with his son Neil and his family at this difficult time.

[theo_luddite]

Ah was nobbut a bairn at the time but saw him turn out down The Shay many times in my very young yoof in the late 60's, afore I made the journey over The Ainleys a regular Saturday afternoon thing to do.

[Lord Snooty]

Dean Whitehead sacked at Shrewsbury.

[jjamez]

Old waggers wanted by direby whilst the cockney duo will be favourites to become sad mackem......

[Lord Snooty]

Article by Henry Winter in the Times online, which was behind a paywall so I only read the opening bit, but it seems like former Town boss and fish n chip shop owner Lou Macari is now running a home for the homeless in Stoke.
Good lad. Always liked him.

[Lord Snooty]

64 years ago today, Denis Law scored his first goal for Town. For those of you with Sky, there's a good documentary about him on there and the first part mostly covers his time at the club, including an interview with Kevin McHale.
Worth a watch whether you're a Town fan or just a footy fan in general.

[Lord Snooty]

Jan Siewert is caretaker manager of Mainz. His first game in charge.......Bayern Munich away on Sunday.

Viel glück, Jan.