Wallington Stories

[He aint bald]

WTF...... has happened to you Kushiro, too much saki?

 

Wallington never saved penalties at that tempo..... especially at 0.38

 

and the coca cola, i am lost

 

I see you have quoted me..... hope it tis nice.........

 

EDIT  twas nice, back to my homebrew

2nd EDit..... the song stuff is making more sense to me now, my bad

Edited 3 June 2022 by He aint bald
alcohol

[1972 Fox]

1 hour ago, kushiro said:

 

Here's a report on the first of those wins at Stoke - from February 1976. Wallington saved another penalty! But the reporter gives Man of the Match to Shilton:

 

 

You were right about the second win - 1-0 a year later with Wortho's winner.

Thanks for posting. My Dad took me to this game (my first ever Leicester away game) and remember travelling home being so happy about the result and to see the great Frankie Wortho score. I recall that the main stand at the Victoria Ground that day was out of action due to a recent fire or high winds (?) making it unsafe to use.

 

Also I think this match was the week before we unjustly lost 2-1 to Man Utd in the FA Cup 5th round at a packed Filbert Street.

[kushiro]

2 hours ago, Blue Fox 72 said:

Thanks for posting. My Dad took me to this game (my first ever Leicester away game) and remember travelling home being so happy about the result and to see the great Frankie Wortho score. I recall that the main stand at the Victoria Ground that day was out of action due to a recent fire or high winds (?) making it unsafe to use.

 

Love hearing these little recollections.

 

Just checked it out - and yeah, it was a gale.

 

 

The Stoke players were passing the ground on January 3rd 1976 and saw the damage:

 

 

Great article about it here:

The Day The Roof Fell In | (wordpress.com)

 

[kushiro]

Wonderful interview with Wallington in the Fox Fanzine archives. Here he is talking about that penalty save at Anfield mentioned above:

 

 

 

 

Just a reminder of the moment that grin disappeared:

 

 

 

You can read the whole interview here - scroll down past the Brian Little interview (which is also a great read):

 

interviews | thefoxfanzine blog (wordpress.com)