In today's paper from the legendary Tony Parry.

http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/letters ... 4907835.jp

nice touch

Puts today's pampered Premiershit players to shame. Top man.

exactly. There's a whole generation of footballers just in it for the money these days, there's no passion for the game in a lot of them. That can only spell the end of football in the long run.

He was well before my time, but what a brilliant letter and bloke, by the sound of things

I tried the other day- they're too busy to be selling them this week!

Tony was the kind of player you take for granted.
He got on with his job; he performed it competently; his was a position you could forget about. You never shit bricks when Tony was between the opposition and the goal.

When I think of the way Scunny sauntered through our midfield on Boxing Day, if a modern day Tony Parry had been playing they'd never have got past our half way line.

Wish he was still playing!

He was a canny drinker , too

Absolute respect for this man, and because of him alone I will be going to the Centenary dinner. I don't think I ever heard a bad word against him at the time (Long before Viv Anderson played his first game for England).
True gentleman, proper footballer. My Pools player of the century by a big margin

Dont know if he should be using my bunker name without asking me like