It sounds awful now, but it wasn't meant unkindly, I'm sure. Pleat's Luton team featured many more black players than most from the era. Black people in the 50s and 60s would often describe themselves as 'coloured'. My dad used to employ a number of black guys and I found a stack of applications from them recently. More often than not they describe themselves as 'a young coloured man who is interested in business' or words to that effect.
@@mattylamb9194 Maybe the pace of players' *minds is quicker:* tactics, regrouping, passing, possession and creativity build up -- instead of the constant headless tennis of kick, punt, hope and chase.
@@eddyvideostar - well, I grew up watching football late eighties and early nineties. Different times. Nowadays players minds are overfilled with tactics and safety-first mentalities ingrained into them by coaches, 90% of whom are keen to ape the dominant Barca and Spain sides if the mid noughties. Who in my opinion played extremely boring football. Nothing exciting about watching twenty plus consecutive sideways and/or backward passes
Shows how ridiculous the whole thing is that nowadays the word coloured is viewed as racist and discriminatory but it’s perfectly acceptable to use the term “people of colour” which is the literal dictionary definition of coloured if using it as an adjective. Woke brigade have gone so far up their own backsides in trying to find offence they contradict themselves constantly
1:29:35 - Weak goalkeeping by Bailey on Cotter's Winner. Totally watching the player not wanting to get hurt. What a difference Schmeichel made 5 years later.
Man Utd struggled for goalies before Peter Schmeichel for some time didn't they? Bailey, Chris Turner, Jim Leighton, Les Sealey. None of these covered themselves in glory for long
One of the few times you will see McGrath, Whiteside and Robson in the same team. Same pub, yes, but same team not so often.
The hammers best ever team this season
David pleat refering to george parris as "the coloured boy" wow!
Ohh he is so white ehhh
It sounds awful now, but it wasn't meant unkindly, I'm sure. Pleat's Luton team featured many more black players than most from the era.
Black people in the 50s and 60s would often describe themselves as 'coloured'.
My dad used to employ a number of black guys and I found a stack of applications from them recently. More often than not they describe themselves as 'a young coloured man who is interested in business' or words to that effect.
Sorry, I missed that he didn't even used his name. Just 'the coloured boy'. Oh well, at least he was being complimentary, I suppose.
Just a physical description of him using old-school language. At one point in time using "coloured" was supposed to be the "right" term to use
Dear Fortunes 95. What time?
Some miss that by Tony Cottee 1:25:40
The best televised match ever up to that time.
It was a great game. They says the pace of the game is so much quicker nowadays. Well, people saying that need to watch this game.
@@mattylamb9194 Maybe the pace of players' *minds is quicker:* tactics, regrouping, passing, possession and creativity build up -- instead of the constant headless tennis of kick, punt, hope and chase.
@@eddyvideostar - nah. You have to think quicker when going for the penetrative pass or dribble
@@mattylamb9194 What era?
@@eddyvideostar - well, I grew up watching football late eighties and early nineties. Different times. Nowadays players minds are overfilled with tactics and safety-first mentalities ingrained into them by coaches, 90% of whom are keen to ape the dominant Barca and Spain sides if the mid noughties. Who in my opinion played extremely boring football. Nothing exciting about watching twenty plus consecutive sideways and/or backward passes
Was at this as a nine year old
Wow! How was it?
I was there as well. As a young Manchester United fan on the South Bank at Upton Park. With my Dad.
Tony Gale was the best CB in the country for 5 years.
I wonder if Walford in EastEnders was named after the West Ham left back.
Good question!
33:41 commentary of a by gone age from David Pleat
Haha
Shows how ridiculous the whole thing is that nowadays the word coloured is viewed as racist and discriminatory but it’s perfectly acceptable to use the term “people of colour” which is the literal dictionary definition of coloured if using it as an adjective. Woke brigade have gone so far up their own backsides in trying to find offence they contradict themselves constantly
Lol...the coloured boy..Did Pleat forget his name
1:29:35 - Weak goalkeeping by Bailey on Cotter's Winner. Totally watching the player not wanting to get hurt. What a difference Schmeichel made 5 years later.
Man Utd struggled for goalies before Peter Schmeichel for some time didn't they? Bailey, Chris Turner, Jim Leighton, Les Sealey. None of these covered themselves in glory for long
I often called Alan Dickens the worst midfielder i ever saw play for Chelsea. Him and Slavisa Jokanovic.