In respect of Glavin...

I also remember

a certain striker who picked up the name 'Shitterley' after his first few games!

 

I remember him coming on in the second half

against Wankdays, their team shat themselves! Glavin, classiest player ever to play for Barnsley.

 

There's a photo of Glavin in the legends suite

wearing number 12 shirtback to camera, facing wednesdays old stand, arms outstretched.Wish I could get a copy, brough back memories of great, great days.Wonder if he had just scored??

 

That's who I was thinking of. n/t

 

Probably

He did seem to make a habit of it.

I think I'm right in saying that he was signed without Clarke ever having seen him play, simply on the say so of Martin Wilkinson. Clarke, at first, stuck him on the left wing but thank God, he put him in his proper position soon enough.

What a player, the sort of player we can only dream about these days.

 

Glavin was at the Robin Hood on friday night. Came over cos he knew one of the lads chatted for abart an hour. Decent bloke!! Regular up ther a bit so am told!!

 

Actuall...

I met Alan Clarke when he came back for his second spell in charge and the story about Glavin is that Glavin didn't want to come to Barnsley from Celtic (us being a lower league side at that time and all) so he told Clarke he'd come if he got paid a certain amount of money (which in that day was silly money) - he thought that his demand would get rid of our interest in him. Clarkey agreed to the demand. Glavin thought about about it, but couldn't turn the offer down. Clarke new damn well that Glavin was a genuine top flight player. So did Glavin. The man's an all time great. No doubt about it. I wish we could have him back now, with John Hendrie. F8ck me, the defences would be scared to death. I've got a video of Glavin that my dad made during his hay day - it's all taped on VHS from Calander and Look North etc. It's a priceless artifact.

 

You ought to get that on DVD

I  for one, would love to see it.

 

Don't get me started about Glavin, wot a player, was always up for the big games, Wednesday fans hated him and was pure class on the ball and a brilliant finisher.
Derek Parker said Glavin, although he looked a bit heavy, was the fittest player at the club by a mile.
The rumour was that Newcastle offered £400k for him which back then was a huge amount (McCarthy went for around £250k to Man City).
There's no way a player that good would come to a club like ours these days so it was a real privilege looking back.

 

Never got the chance to see the man in action (due to been only a puppy) but seen him on video i have to say i think he would have been worth millions in todays transfer market. (Y)

(dribble) (dribble) (worship) (worship)

 

In my opinion , the greatest Reds player ever

Loved the way he terrified opposition players and fans ( especially Sheffield Wednesday ) simply by his presence !(worship) It didn't matter who we played at that time , we knew we had the best player on the pitch.It was an honour and absolute joy to watch the great man in action .

 

Story was in Glasgow that he burn't down his sports shop for insurance money

but that did come from a Rangers fan....

that hat-trick against Newport County - class

 

Glavin on video.....

Just a wild shot! But does anyone have any footage of the Reds during that era? I lost all mine a few years ago due to an irrate 'ex'.