Eddie Loyden

Probably like you, I was there!

 

I'm sure I remeber a picture of him taken after his return from surgery where his knees look they had zip fasteners on them

 

Me too. Loved Eddie. He added the dash which the forwards had been missing. Odd that he made his debut against his former club. He played a blinder on a rock hard pitch on which it was hard to keep your footing. I remember him absolutely smashing that penalty past Phillips in the Shrewsbury net - he was no mean keeper and went on the play for Chelsea in top flight. I also remember him missing countless chances that day, but I would forgive him because the under foot conditions. At least he got into the places to get those chances. Eddie scored eight goals in his first ten games and seemed to set us on fire up the league. Alas, he ended with ten from twenty-two, so things calmed down a bit. I was at the Hallamshire Cup game when we came back from two nil down to Sheffield United (Alan Woodward and all) at Oakwell, when Eddie scored the hat trick which won us the game 3-2. We promptly then sold him back to another old club - Chester - for whom he regularly scored around twenty a season. Definite legend at Oakwell and at Chester. RIP Eddie and keep busted the nets in heaven.

 

Loved Eddie RIP, as a youngster living in Cumbria I was so excited to be going to see him play for the first time at Barrow.....we won 1-0 from memory.....

 

Yup. Pat Howard scored the only goal.

 

Another legend Kev....

 

Were you there for the famous 7 (seven)-1er?

 

I think that was away at Workington, it was a midweek, I was away at a cadet training course so missed it, having said that Workington a long way from here, as I was still at school didn't drive etc, we did go the year before aving said that.....one of our players broke his leg....not good..

 

It was, April 1976. JohnPeachey 3, Peter Price 2, Bobby Doyle & John Saunders 1 each, were our scores. The previous year, we won 2-1. Sadly, Mick Butler broke his leg, for the second time that season. Peter Price & Butler scored our goals that day, the only time they both scored in the same match.