The memories come flooding back, what a player!
I remember one game away at Fev when he was player coach and he was on one leg as his knees were shot and he was telling all the youngsters in the team where to stand, when to run and where to run (I seem to recall a young Ian Hopkinson playing). BA ran the show and as someone said above, head and shoulders above anyone else. Great player and he could dish it out when needed.
Would be really interesting to know what Wigan fans thought of Bill. He was a legend to me but I only saw a few games from him towards the end of his career whilst at Trinity. How does Bill stand in the Hall of Fame at Central Park, I Would be interested to hear from our pie scoffing friends in the build up to next Sunday
I remember a Yorks cup game against Leeds when Roy Dickinson decided he wanted handbags at 10 and who did he decide to have one with Ashurst the outcome was inevitable with big Bill holding him with one hand and smacking him with the other.He was certainly a fantastic player at the time and would be worth a fortune now as he was then when we signed him for a world record fee if only we could have seen more of him in the Red White and Blue
The try the OP mentioned was against Bradford Northern it ended as a draw scored Trinity St end. I remember it well as I will remember Tom Johnson's in another 30 years.
Quote: Jason "The try the OP mentioned was against Bradford Northern it ended as a draw scored Trinity St end. I remember it well as I will remember Tom Johnson's in another 30 years.'"
But will you remember his name is Tom Johnstone though?
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