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.