R.I.P Bill Green

appleyapper · **Joined:** Tue Dec 12, 2006 6:25 pm **Posts:** 483

A wonerful player for Pools who starred in our 1972 great escape.

horden · **Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2017 9:40 am

The first ever star I knew off in pools team when I first started going around 1971. Great player for Carlisle when they achieved the impossible and reached the old 1st Division after last gasp promotion in 1973/74 season.

R.I.P

derwent · **Joined:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 7:59 pm **Posts:** 12368

R I P Mr Green.

horden · **Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2017 10:14 am

Chip Fireball wrote:

Echo that, one of my first heroes at Pools. Quintessential old school centre half. RIP.

This sort of backs that up !

https://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/news/2 ... en17aug17/

Notice Carlisle say they paid 10k for him, while I always thought we got 15k, make of that what you will, surely not pools telling us porkies again

These days of course it would be an undisclosed fee :laugh:

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37634

I'm sure it was £10,000, but you never know.
Tall and gangly and a bit raw when he played for us but he knew where the ball was. Oh for the likes of someone like that now.
The fact we recall his time here is testament to the impact he made. How old was he?

JohnnyMars · **Joined:** Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:24 am **Posts:** 2478

I remember him well - one of our greatest centre-halfs i'd say. Interesting to hear he was scouting for Southampton as well - must have been good at his job given the money they have made out of transfers in recent times.

poolie1 · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 11:45 pm **Posts:** 2002

sad to hear...an absolutely superb young centre half for pools in the early 70s around the time i started going..tough committed and could play a bit as well ...remember i watched him on motd playing and scoring for carlisle against chelsea after they were promoted to the first division..had another look at the game on u tube this morning..R I P

born toulouse · **Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2017 1:49 pm

Sad news, bit of a hero in the first Pools team I can really remember properly. Good footballer and a decent bloke by all accounts.

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

R.I.P Bill, cracking no nonsense centre half. A regular at pools until very recently in CK stand

horden · **Posted:** Tue Aug 22, 2017 7:12 pm

Snowy wrote:

I'm sure it was £10,000, but you never know.
Tall and gangly and a bit raw when he played for us but he knew where the ball was. Oh for the likes of someone like that now.
The fact we recall his time here is testament to the impact he made. How old was he?

66

The Colonel · **Joined:** Mon Aug 21, 2006 8:49 am **Posts:** 4891

Way before my time. But very sad.

RIP

ToTheHartlepool2-0 · **Joined:** Sat Jan 31, 2015 6:08 pm **Posts:** 1333

I remember Bill Green and echo all above sentiments. When Carlisle reached the old first division and went top wasn't it Bill Green who scored their first match winner away to Chelsea? Could be wrong but pleased to be corrected. RIP Bill one who really put his head in for Hartlepool FC back then.

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

Like a few others who have posted, Bill Green was an early favourite of mine in Len Ashurst's Pools side and it's a shock to hear that he's passed.

Oddly, one of my strongest memories of him was him coming out for the start of a Boxing Day match looking very much the worse for wear (checked with ITMC and it was against Bradford City). Given it was the 1970s, probably half the team was in a similar condition, but Bill looked ready to barf. Anyhow, also typical of the times, he pulled himself together and played alright in a win!

R.I.P Bill Green

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