On this day in 1993.....

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    wolvestyke Well-Known Member

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    On this day in 1993, with new Player Manager Viv Anderson and Player/Coach Danny Wilson, the Reds won 2-0 at Watford, giving them the first victory under their management.

    Watford had a certain teenager playing one of his first handful of games for them - Bruce Dyer. He was uncharacteristically sent off - for the first and only time during his career. How ironic it was against the Reds.

    Later that season Bruce would be sold to Crystal Palace, becoming the first £1m teenager in British football. And of course he later joined the Reds from Palace in 1998.

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    wolvestyke, Aug 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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    I remember not being keen on our new kit changes that season, making the collar black for the first ever time.
    It was very much like a ManUre rip off kit.
     
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    I think I went to that game. Did Bryson score for us? Wonder if you still have to do a detour around the allotments at Vicarage Road?
     
    fitzytyke, Aug 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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    Wonder if Bruce ever got into the ole' DJ'ing?
     
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    Bruce Dyer was a 2 team wan..?

    :D On a serious note, 1997 was the first year I went football, as a 4 year old. Have very vague memories of Bruce, but having seen plenty of him since, what a gem he was, and more importantly, still is.
     
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    I was 8 back then. Did O'Connell score a lob?
     
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    You're right - Biggins and Bryson scored. Haven't been to Vicarage Road in a few years - I'd forgotten the trek around the allotments!
     
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    No SD - Biggins and Bryson scored.
     
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    First time I went was a 4-0 defeat. Went in the supporters bar prior to the game and left just before kick off. I think we were 3 down before we’d walked round and got in the ground.
     
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    Bertie Biggins was class. Went to Celtic in a deal that brought Andy Payton to Barnsley. Another top player.
     
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    Biggins peaked that season we signed him , he wasn't the same player under Vivian and we certainly got the better of that deal with Paytons arrival. Celtic fan who i worked with reckons Biggins is the worst player he's ever seen in a Celtic shirt.........sithi.
     
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    Yeah we got rid of a disappointing version of Biggins, after a really good first season.
    And I know Celtic thought he was garbage, we did better by getting Andy Payton.
    And what went wrong with Ian Bryson, we'd signed him from the Blunts in the summer, but I think he was gone in November.
    So like Biggins, did he also maybe not get on with Viv ?.
     
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