MK Dons won at Cheltenham yesterday, so it is far from a gimme for Carlisle.
Hopefully you are right.
Agree. I think he was clogged by Alf Wood at Shrewsbury in 1970? Was badly injured and was never the same again. He died in Scotland in 2018. RIP.
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I was at the game away at Shrewsbury when Alf Wood launched his attack on Yardley, it was a midweek game, a couple of days before Rovers played Everton in the FA Cup. Woods was not even booked for his tackle, in those days you could commit GBH on an opposing player and not get even get a talking to from the ref, the tackle on Yardley was one of the worst tackles I think I ever seen, Woods ran into Yardley with his studs up, catching him in his kidneys. In those days it was wooden studs with long nails keeping them in place, after the injury George went back to Australia and returned a few years later but was never the same. One of the best finishers I have seen at Rovers, he will always be remembered by those that watched him.
I could not agree with you more Frenchrover, everything you said was spot on.
I agree. Still nature seemingly exacted punishment. Wood died in2020 at the age of 74 after suffering from dementia for 12 years. Those of us old enough to recall will remember that the leather balls back then were rocks when wet. As was the case with the likes of Jeff Astle it may be that this contributed to Wood’s condition. Modern football can sometimes be criticised but it is a safer game. The Wood tackle is unlikely to have happened, given the modern discipline regime, and he might not have suffered dementia at the age of only 62.
Thanks Drwhoman, I never knew what happened to Alf Woods, at the time every team had an Alf Woods playing for them, as you said good or bad football has changed, what was acceptable then would be a straight red now.
