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Post by althepirate on Sept 8, 2020 11:34:41 GMT
If anyone on here remembers Howard Radford our Welsh goalie from the 50's he is 90 today.
He was my boyhood hero a great goalie in the time we had a succession of them.
Happy birthday Howard utg.
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Post by Biggsy on Sept 8, 2020 11:42:34 GMT
I remember him well and met him a couple of times, a really nice bloke who always had time for a chat.
He was a good keeper and if he'd been a couple of inches taller could have been a great keeper.
At his peak he was very close to a full Welsh cap.
Happy birthday Howard.
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Post by Finnish Gas on Sept 8, 2020 11:50:50 GMT
I remember Howard well. He ran our local pub the 'Ring of Bells' and I witnessed him scoring a hat-trick for our local club in an evening Berkely Hospital Cup match. Lovely to hear that he is 90 today. brfpa.org.uk/profile-howard-radford/ |
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Post by albaron on Sept 8, 2020 12:11:41 GMT
My favourite Rovers goalkeeper.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2020 12:47:46 GMT
Happy birthday and many more...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2020 13:29:05 GMT
Was the Rovers goalkeeper when I first saw them as a young boy.
Had a lovely chat with Howard at the Geoff Bradford book signing a few years ago. A great sense of humour and quite happy to recall stories from the past with the likes of Josser and Harold etc in attendance.
I wish him a very happy birthday and many more of them.
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Post by Colyton Gas on Sept 14, 2020 21:38:56 GMT
 Great Keeper.Wore the then traditional roll neck Green jersey.Also featured in the pre season cricket matches.Saw him at Broad Walk cricket ground.Remember giving him a cigar through the coach window after we'd won at the Dell.Bobby Jones debut season I think. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2020 0:58:17 GMT
A good long standing friend of mine Johnny watkins speaks well of howard.
John played for city and rovers in the 1950's and told me recently that he was the only surviving player from the city team of the mid 50's.
John played in the top division for cardiff city before joining rovers in exchange for dai ward and money payed by cardiff city a transfer he had no say in.
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Post by althepirate on Sept 15, 2020 6:12:07 GMT
A good long standing friend of mine Johnny watkins speaks well of howard. John played for city and rovers in the 1950's and told me recently that he was the only surviving player from the city team of the mid 50's. John played in the top division for cardiff city before joining rovers in exchange for dai ward and money payed by cardiff city a transfer he had no say in. A friend introduced me to Johnny Watkins in Westbury on Trym some time ago. What a lovely fellow he is. In those days there was just as much rivalry but not the madness of today. |
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Post by rememberhalifax on Sept 15, 2020 7:58:00 GMT
All the best Howard, have a great day and thanks for the memories.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2020 11:20:02 GMT
A good long standing friend of mine Johnny watkins speaks well of howard. John played for city and rovers in the 1950's and told me recently that he was the only surviving player from the city team of the mid 50's. John played in the top division for cardiff city before joining rovers in exchange for dai ward and money payed by cardiff city a transfer he had no say in. A friend introduced me to Johnny Watkins in Westbury on Trym some time ago. What a lovely fellow he is. In those days there was just as much rivalry but not the madness of today. Great character is john he played for,managed and now watches shirehampton fc to this day. Until recent knee operations he could still hit a ball hard with his left foot. |
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