Post by fred emney on May 21, 2021 0:44:36 GMT
What terribly sad news another one of my early heroes has passed away.
Len was a classy right back when i first saw Sheffield United at the Lane, he went on to give us great service and it was a sad moment when he went off to Chesterfield, which at that time seemed like the rest home for ex United players.
Len was a superb player, got a few under 23 caps for England but like Woody was strangely neglected for the full England team, not many players got the better of Len.
i was there when he scored his long ranger in a 7-0 win over ipswich, and i seem to recall his last goal was in a game against Blackburn in some sort of cup game?... But his job was to stop the opposition attackers and help create chances for us , playing neatly with the likes of Woody and TC
And what a modest man he was, i chatted with him in a pub in chesterfield around 1980, i got up the courage to tell him he was class and one of my favourite players.... he said in reply summat like "think you`ve got me mixed up with someone else, i were just a clogger"
he wasn`t a clogger of course but a champion player, a lovely man and a marvelous Blade, born and bred in Sheffield,. over 500 games for United and lots of great memories.
Sorry to see you go Len. Thanks lots for all you gave us.
Len was a classy right back when i first saw Sheffield United at the Lane, he went on to give us great service and it was a sad moment when he went off to Chesterfield, which at that time seemed like the rest home for ex United players.
Len was a superb player, got a few under 23 caps for England but like Woody was strangely neglected for the full England team, not many players got the better of Len.
i was there when he scored his long ranger in a 7-0 win over ipswich, and i seem to recall his last goal was in a game against Blackburn in some sort of cup game?... But his job was to stop the opposition attackers and help create chances for us , playing neatly with the likes of Woody and TC
And what a modest man he was, i chatted with him in a pub in chesterfield around 1980, i got up the courage to tell him he was class and one of my favourite players.... he said in reply summat like "think you`ve got me mixed up with someone else, i were just a clogger"
he wasn`t a clogger of course but a champion player, a lovely man and a marvelous Blade, born and bred in Sheffield,. over 500 games for United and lots of great memories.
Sorry to see you go Len. Thanks lots for all you gave us.
