Eddie Blackburn!

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

I've found him, and you can read all about the bearded ex-Pools and York goalkeeping legend in this Saturdays programme! clappp

demented twig · **Joined:** Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:09 pm **Posts:** 1043

excellent keeper was Eddie!!

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

Certainly was. He's in chipper form and has some cracking stories about his times at The Vic. My next few artcles are all interviews with ex-Pools keepers...anyone got any suggestions who they'd like to read about? Weve had some belters over the years....

demented twig · **Joined:** Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:09 pm **Posts:** 1043

Eddie Edgar

loyal blue · **Joined:** Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:53 pm **Posts:** 1912

Number 1 was brian horne,
Number twooooooo was brian horne
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tripledecker · **Joined:** Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:25 pm **Posts:** 1938

Rob moverley

Please not Horne, would not want to read his revisionist history of how he took the piss for 2 years

offshorepoolie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 6011

Martin Burleigh the flying pig

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tripledecker · **Joined:** Sat Aug 10, 2013 5:25 pm **Posts:** 1938

Brian cox would also be a good one

horden · **Posted:** Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:13 pm

George Potter

Malcolm Dawes Knew My Father · **Joined:** Wed May 11, 2011 4:25 pm **Posts:** 4198

horden wrote:

George Potter

Excellent right back, never saw him fill in between the posts but he can't have been worse than Horne!

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22671

Barry Watling, Bobby Smith or Bill Green.

Ritchies birthmark · **Joined:** Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:31 am **Posts:** 5637

ElvisC wrote:

Certainly was. He's in chipper form and has some cracking stories about his times at The Vic. My next few artcles are all interviews with ex-Pools keepers...anyone got any suggestions who they'd like to read about? Weve had some belters over the years....

Kevin Poole or jake kean. 2 loan players but would be interesting to see what they thought of pools

Martin hodge would probs be able to tell a story or 2!! Mooning the Rochdale fans was an achievement in itself

killergrahamsfarrahs · **Joined:** Wed Nov 25, 2009 8:44 pm **Posts:** 82

Barry Siddall is now a Muy Thai fighter living in Thailand.

ed-t-ball · **Posted:** Mon Jan 20, 2014 8:39 pm

Ian McGukin - that would be pretty interesting. Used to enjoy watching him play. Fairly interesting times at the club then.

Broke that blokes leg in the pre-season friendly with the skunks who had Keegan as manager, who said it was one of the worst tackles he had ever seen.
Then he went to Fulham and Keegan turned up as their manager.

Made enough money in the high division to set himself up for life but never played for them much - I think.

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

Barry Watling and Ian McGuckin have already been in this season. Both were really good reads. George Potter is deffo on the horizon.....

horden · **Posted:** Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:20 pm

ElvisC wrote:

Barry Watling and Ian McGuckin have already been in this season. Both were really good reads. George Potter is deffo on the horizon.....

My son told me earlier in the season, that his mam (my ex) who is some sort of community nurse, had during the course of her work been talking to a man who claimed to have been an ex pro footballer and had played for Hartlepool. I was keen to find out who it was and I asked my lad to try and find out. I am sure he came back to me with the name George Potter. If so Potter must be living in Swindon now?. Think he was a West Country lad anyway.

parmo · **Posted:** Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:53 pm

Graham Richardson and Gordon Livesy!!

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Mon Jan 20, 2014 11:42 pm

Roy Tunks. Tell him one of my eldest's cuddly toys is named after him.

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:37 am

John Watson!!!!

demented twig · **Joined:** Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:09 pm **Posts:** 1043

Ron Young

offshorepoolie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 6011

John Linacre

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ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

Ron Young was in about 3 issues ago!

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

George Potter is in Australia...

Andy Dibbles Gloves · **Joined:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:32 pm **Posts:** 6817

can he play cricket?

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

..and John Linacre wouldn't speak to me! Very, very bitter about his time/treatment at Pools.

offshorepoolie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 6011

Shame that Phil. Have you spoke to Hippy Hampton yet? Must have enough material for a book soon!

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Mr Ripper · **Posted:** Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:47 am

How about Roger Eli?

Ralph Wrights White Boots · **Joined:** Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:24 pm **Posts:** 103

John Linacre was one of the most graceful wingers to don the Pools shirt. In a shit team ironically with some superb players
in it. Newton,Houchen,Lawrence etc. Unfortunately people like dodgy Fagan was also in that team.
The one story springs to mind about Martin Burleigh was from a Pools programme when he was playing. In the old days of
not many gyms around he used to use a towel to strengthen his upper body muscles. Thats why he was fat and there are
a lot of gyms around now!

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

offshorepoolie wrote:

Shame that Phil. Have you spoke to Hippy Hampton yet? Must have enough material for a book soon!

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Derek is still knocking around Loftus and is "on the radar"!

grabec · **Posted:** Tue Jan 21, 2014 11:58 am

Mr Irrelevant wrote:

Barry Watling, Bobby Smith or Bill Green.

You mean Les Green? I second that.

Rupert Ritzik · **Joined:** Tue Aug 13, 2013 11:38 am **Posts:** 174

Unfortunately Les Green died in July 2012.
Great keeper though. Only about 5 feet 8, so he probably would be considered too small these days, but he made up for a lack of height with great agility.

RAY52 · **Joined:** Sat Aug 11, 2007 7:36 pm **Posts:** 932

Norman Oakley

born toulouse · **Posted:** Tue Jan 21, 2014 12:55 pm

Ernest Rixon Phythian should be interviewed about just what the fook was going on with names in his family. Plus some other more obviously Pools related stuff.

grabec · **Posted:** Tue Jan 21, 2014 1:56 pm

Rupert Ritzik wrote:

Unfortunately Les Green died in July 2012.

Oh, yes. I was forgetting it was about interviews and thinking it was 'articles about'. It's Mr I's fault.

poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Tue Jan 21, 2014 2:28 pm

Was I having a nightmare or did Wayne Entwhistle turn out for us in the late 80s?

ElvisC · **Joined:** Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:55 am **Posts:** 4504

Yeah, under Moncur. When I interviewd Simon Grayson he mentioned him being at the club, in none-too complimentary terms.....and John Trewick.

Spender · **Posted:** Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:20 pm

Terry Bell and Bobby Cummings were heroes of mine when I was a chabby like. More recently, I reckon Gavin Strachan would give you a cracking interview.

horden · **Posted:** Tue Jan 21, 2014 3:53 pm

ElvisC wrote:

George Potter is in Australia...

Maybe it wasn't him then, unless he was getting his jabs

demented twig · **Joined:** Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:09 pm **Posts:** 1043

ElvisC wrote:

Ron Young was in about 3 issues ago!

oops..missed that one

Eddie Blackburn!

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