Happy 60th birthday Banger - thanks for the memories.

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  1. red

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    respect to you, furthest south I ever got was leicester season after, the 80/81 season every away game seamed miles away Exeter the furthest I think, the lads clocked up some miles
     
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    Lovely. So humble & intelligent. My hero when I first went to Oakwell.
    Kirk Balkers could go to Sylvesters for a hair cut & ask for an Ian Banks..:)
     
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    Me, too.
    Earlier that campaign, we went to Plymouth, Portsmouth & Exeter in the Autumn for three consecutive away matches. We won them all!:D
     
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    Lovely. Well said, mate.:)
     
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    Me too, train from Cumbria to The Smoke, lift from supporters coach at end of game, back to Euston for night train home, getting into Arnside 6am, great night, great memories, great team, happy Birthday Banger, can't believe your'e 60, mind you can't believe I'm 61 lol
     
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    Thighs like a dray horse. That free kick in front of Ponty on a cold Tuesday night. Can’t remember too much, was very young. Clipped underside of cross bar & went in. If it had hit flush, he would have broken it..:)
     
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    Ah, Memories! As Banger rattled off the names of the team, the memories came flooding back. I don't remember a lot of individual games, but I remember the players. Unlike Big Lil, who seems to remember the games, scorers, the weather, the seat he was in, etc. :)

    I may have mentioned this before, but I was in the year above Ian at Mexborough Grammar. The first time I saw him play was for the school, We had reached a schools final and played at the ground opposite Mexborough Secondary Modern, in the days before we merged. We were all given the afternoon off and the whole school went down to watch the team. I believe we won, but as I said, my memory is not great.
     
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    I was there and I still can’t believe it. Colin Walker scored twice in the first half and we should have had six. Second half Joe Waters did to us what Glavin did to them in the first half.
     
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    His thighs made Vic look like Twiggy
     
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    Saw them all but then I was young, daft and with a bit of money in my pocket. :)
     
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    Any Ian Banks chants? The only one I remember was Ian Banks, Banks, Banks! Ian Banks, Banks, Banks!

    Oh, and when he got the ball within shooting range people would just scream Hit It!
     
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    "We'll take more care of you,
    Ian Banks, Ian Banks"
    to the tune from a British Airways commercial at the time. The lyrics 'Fly the flag' were simply changed to Ian Banks.
     
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    How the hell do you remember that?!
    You reclaim the biglil medal for remembering old clogiron with that one. :)
     
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    I can't remember where I put my socks, though!:D
     
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    Have you checked the open terrace at Home Park? :D
     
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    Wife keeps moving mine lol :)

    "Whier's mi socks nar luv" :D
     
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    Was this when there was transfer speculation about him?
     
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    Probably. It does sound plausible.
     
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