Tommy Taylor statue?

Good points Jay, but a town-centre memorial would be bound to get mistreated by the yobs. So I'd tend to say forget it.

I think he's buried in Barnsley isn't he? So his grave might be the best place to spend some dosh.

 

Good call.

Only problem would be the inevitable rimming jokes....

 

Re: Bit late in the day?

Anyone we get nowadays who is any good gets snatched from us for the fee anyway so wont play many games before they are on their way. Was it different in the past?

Will we ever have anyone else we can regard as a legend in footballing terms or are we just left with players we refer to due to their longevity at the club?

With regard to Tommy Taylor, 16 goals in 19 games for England, Barnsley lad up front for his country and who knows what he could have gone on to achieve. Statue well a lot of money for the pigeons to **** on it, wherever its put.

 

As others have said maybe its a bit too late for something to be done now, but reading below Duncan Edwards statue wasn't put up until 1999. I wouldn't like to see it in the town centre either as the local goons would probably do something to it and that could result in more negative embarrassing press for the town. Also we have to remember Tommy wasn't the only Barnsley lad to die at Munich. Is it fair to do this in remembrance of Tommy and nothing for Mark Jones?

From wiki on what Dudley have in remembrance of Duncan Edwards.


Edwards is commemorated in a number of ways in his home town of Dudley. A stained-glass window depicting the player, designed by Francis Skeat,[63] was unveiled in St Francis's Church, the parish church for the Priory Estate, by Matt Busby in 1961,[3] and a statue in the town centre was dedicated by his mother and Bobby Charlton in 1999.[64] In 1993, a cul-de-sac of housing association homes near to the cemetery in which he is buried was named "Duncan Edwards Close".[59] The Wren's Nest pub on the Priory Estate, near where he grew up, was renamed "The Duncan Edwards" in honour of him in 2001, but it closed within five years and was subsequently destroyed by arsonists.[65] In 2006, a £100,000 games facility was opened in Priory Park, where Edwards often played as a boy, in his memory.[66] In 2008, Dudley's southern bypass was renamed 'Duncan Edwards Way' in his memory.[67] Dudley Museum and Art Gallery hosts an exhibition of memorabilia devoted to his career, including his England caps.[68] A housing complex called Duncan Edwards Court exists in Manchester, among a network of streets, named after his fellow Munich victims, including Eddie Colman, Roger Byrne and Tommy Taylor.[69] On 8 July 2011 a Blue Plaque was unveiled by Bobby Charlton at the site of Edwards' former digs in Stretford.[70]
In 1996, Edwards was one of five players chosen to appear on British stamps issued as part of a "Football Legends" set issued to commemorate the UEFA Euro 1996 tournament.[71] He was portrayed by Sam Claflin in the 2011 British TV film United based on the Munich disaster.[72]
Contemporaries of Edwards have been unstinting in their praise of his abilities. Bobby Charlton described him as "the only player that made me feel inferior" and said his death was "the biggest single tragedy ever to happen to Manchester United and English football".[73] Terry Venables claimed that, had he lived, it would have been Edwards, not Bobby Moore, who lifted the World Cup trophy as England captain in 1966.[48] Tommy Docherty stated that "there is no doubt in my mind that Duncan would have become the greatest player ever. Not just in British football, with United and England, but the best in the world. George Best was something special, as was Pelé and Maradona, but in my mind Duncan was much better in terms of all-round ability and skill."[74] In recognition of his talents Edwards was made an inaugural inductee to the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002.[75]