RIP Saint Cyril, without him we would not have a Football Club, let alone a Football League club. His building of a promotion winning side also kept us in the League three years later, by allowing us to have another division to fall into once the Gibson mess surfaced.

Sir Cyil, simply the best, as my long lost T-shirt proclaimed

A great manager and a true gent

Should be a chorus of Cyril Knowles Blue n White Army - tomorrow chaps??

fifteen fookin years - anyone remember the Bradford game when we heard??

here here.

Certainly do col...like it was yesterday :cry:...he was the best manager Pools ever had.

RIP

fun day out besides that news - packed that side stand out too. great but odd atmosphere.

True Pools legend. They don't make them like him anymore!

The best thing Gasher Gibson did was to appoint Cyril, pity he pissed on his chips later on

Thr turn around in the teams perfomances, especially at home was out of this world

And he did try and talk Captin Bob (silly boy) into staying.

It just struck me that becoming a legend is a matter of timing. For example, if CT had died during our promotion season instead of sodding off to the Wendies, he would be held in every bit as high esteem as Sir Cyril and Sir Brian.

Same with everything though.

Diana (who also died today) is only the Third Greatest Briton because she died in a car crash.

Diana?? who did he play for??

She played for/with anyone with a pulse.

Pulse optional.

RIP, Sir Cyril. No doubt he'd have gone on to bigger and better things if he'd have had more time. A true Poolie legend.

irrelevant but had a huge bender the night before her funeral - not because it was her funeral just because it was a friday and at that time in my life - how long ago 8/9 years?? - that's what i did - anyway good 6am morning thing and slept right through funeral - making me very happy that i didnt have to suffer it. why won't the daily express let this lie either??

They are fooking posssesed
heres what happened, she got in a car with a pissed up Frenchman, smashed into a wall sans seatbelt, dead, no great loss to me or millions others

our lass actually did this long dodgy night with me and she was meant to be at her mates the next day for a 'wake' - it took her mate a long time to forgive her - sad fook

you'll have been doing your summer project for school no doubt -

it does now and and welcome to the board

Yeah, RIP Cyril Knowles. Probably one of the few footballing guys that are admired and loved by both Darlington & Hartlepool fans alike.

BUT WE ALL LOVE HODGY TOO

dont we boys n girls

You won't find me praising Hodgy PP. It's slowly getting worrying. The squad we have, should definetly be top 3. Defeat tonight would make it four league defeats on the trot, which is not acceptable.

bubble burst already

A defeat tonight, and I'll be agreeing with you.

so what is different from any other season
despite the money you have spent

Honestly?

The team we have are of a much higher quality, we've replaced poor players like Dickman, Sodje and Webster with Cummins, Joachim and Smith.

If Hodgy can't get us the results to get us promoted, then someone else will have too (sooner rather than later).

taxi for Steve Evans

Nice one Cyril, nice one son, nice one Cyril let's have another one....

... sadly there will never be another one like Cyril Knowles!!

A great man a great miss!!