One for Radford

olgitgooner · Post by **olgitgooner** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:35 pm

Guess who I met on Sunday?

Exiled in Cornwall · Post by **Exiled in Cornwall** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:36 pm

John Radford?

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:36 pm

A cabbie from Whitstable?

Exiled in Cornwall · Post by **Exiled in Cornwall** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:40 pm

Chris Hoy? (on whom I won a ton, did I mention that?)

olgitgooner · Post by **olgitgooner** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:40 pm

Quartz is wrong.

Cornish is correct.

John did not jump in the back of my cab. I went for the stadium tour. Which (to use the famous words of Freddie Lundberg) was "fucking excellent".

Exiled in Cornwall · Post by **Exiled in Cornwall** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:44 pm

I went to his pub once and he was there, it was called the Greyhound or something

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:47 pm

olgitgooner wrote:Quartz is wrong.

Cornish is correct.

John did not jump in the back of my cab. I went for the stadium tour.

A remixed name from John Radford and Chris Hoy is Johnny Hoy.

Reckon he would have an anecdote or two for a stadium tour!

olgitgooner · Post by **olgitgooner** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:53 pm

John was brill.

Very amusing man. Typical blunt Yorkshireman. Tells it straight.

Had a go at referees. Reckons they are quite happy to punish fouls. As long as they are outside the box. At which point, they bottle it. Don't want to award penalties.

I reckon he's correct.

You see defenders wrestling people to the ground. Pulling shirts. Stepping on feet. Anything to stop the attacker jumping for the ball. It goes unpunished 99.9% of the time.

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:55 pm

He is good on Arsenal TV too, is a regular pundit there for the phone in shows.

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:56 pm

100% of the time when it's John Terry

Melksham Gooner · Post by **Melksham Gooner** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 9:57 pm

Except at Anfield, of course.

I didn't realise John Radford did tours. Or did you meet him on the tour?

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:01 pm

I just had a vision of Radford walking around the stadium getting a tour.......classic

Melksham Gooner · Post by **Melksham Gooner** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:04 pm

olgitgooner · Post by **olgitgooner** » Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:07 pm

John did the whole tour.

I sat in Peter Hill-Wood's seat. Arsene's seat (number 13). Walked through the player's tunnel. Dressing Room. Loads more.

At Â£35, it's a good Christmas present for any Gooner. You get a goodie bag and John poses for photos and signs his photo, too.

We were supposed to get Charlie George, but he did a sickie when he lost all his money on the horses.

charliegeorgewhocanhitem · Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:24 pm

olgitgooner wrote:John was brill.

Very amusing man. Typical blunt Yorkshireman. Tells it straight.

Had a go at referees. Reckons they are quite happy to punish fouls. As long as they are outside the box. At which point, they bottle it. Don't want to award penalties.

I reckon he's correct.

You see defenders wrestling people to the ground. Pulling shirts. Stepping on feet. Anything to stop the attacker jumping for the ball. It goes unpunished 99.9% of the time.

Met him once when we went to his pub in Thaxted back in the early 80s, The Greyhound I think it was called. Don't spose he still runs it now tho. What you say is what I remember about him, a very funny man with a very dry sense of humour and still loves the Arsenal. Wish we had a few more of his kind playing for us today.
Good to meet you and your daughter before the Wigan game too oldgitgooner