Paul Futcher, Mitch Ward, Clive Baker

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  1. fir

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    Been clearing out some stuff and unearthed my Uni Dissertation on the Psychology of Penalty taking. Looking back, it’s fairly basic stuff (even though i got a good grade for it).
    Had forgotten that the pro footballers that took part were Clive Baker, Paul Futcher (can’t think why - can’t remembering him ever taking a pen) and from Sheff Utd Mitch Ward and Colin Heywood.
    Interesting to read their thoughts after 30+ years.
    As a study, it probably wasn’t that earth- shattering, but reading it back did make me think how football and studying has changed massively!
     
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    What did you do at uni?
     
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    Didn't Futcher miss a penalty in some embarrasing league cup defeat? Blackpool? My memory is shot.
     
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    Physical Education and Geography. 4 year teaching degree. Didn’t go into teaching though.
     
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    No idea.
     
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    Yes he did. Sadly, I was there. Let's just say he didn't hit it that hard.
     
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    Yes he did, about 1989/90 season. My Dad got loads of grief for taking me out of junior school and not getting home till about 1am
     
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    Yes, it was an absolute shocker.
     
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    Bus home broke down n’all
     
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    Paul Futcher never knew he was Danny Murphy’s Uncle, you learn something knew everyday.
     
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    Paul Futcher was one of my all time favourite players , class act , sad that he is now no longer with us , taken too early , also worth noting that he was a player who played his football in the top two divisions but ended up after is football days working as a post man out of Holmfirth delivery office , it highlights how financially the game has moved on
     
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    Didn’t he teach at Kirklees College for a while?
     
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    For my A level in economics I did a dissertation on Barnsley FC. I got to interview Johnny Steele, which was mind blowing in retrospect that he spent an hour with me answering my questions.
     
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    Mine too. In my opinion the best centre half we have had.
     
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    Not sure about that Fired but it would not surprise me if he had , I spoke to him on quite a few occasions at Holmfirth & he came across as very intelligent
     
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    We have had some excellent centre backs during my time of following the reds , Winstanley , Howard , Evans , Mcarthy , Dezue to mention a few, but Futch would always find a place in my all time team , loved watching him play , as well as all his technical skill he used to play the game with his brain , great player .
     
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    don't throw it out - it's surprising how little in-depth stuff there is available about football - we talk about team selection - tactics but little about the the whole psychology of the game.

    how's ratty ??
     
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