Ronnie Radford
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Ronnie Radford
David Watson (Barnsley)
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(I'd have beaten you but I had to sign in XD)
I've had got it earlier if I'd read the clues instead of just naming players with the same name as other players.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nogbad
Winner. Before I reveal, which one gave me away?Quote:
Originally Posted by great_fire
I don't bother with the clues, CAM.
As everybody knows, I'm one of Kempo's many alter egos*, so all I do is saddle up all the other sockpuppets, and set them off looking for an answer.
It's a bit like the concept of an infinite number of monkeys with typewriters eventually producing the complete works of Shakespeare; every now and then, a convincing answer pops out the end from one of the others, and I simply post that. ;D
*I'm not really, honest.
I'd been out painting the garage door (as you have to in a pandemic) and had been mulling over potential answers, including Ronnie Radford. When I came in the Edgar Allan Poe reference clinched it (and I then looked up John Radford's birthplace).
...and GF just beat me to it.
I am Ronnie Radford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqK7TEOdO6k
I plied my trade at the lower levels of football. Division 4 and non-league.
My 10 minutes of fame overshadowed the real winner. I scored the famous goal against Newcastle but Ricky George scored the winner in that game.
I share a name with another player who was much better known than me. John Radford (Arsenal, WHU)
I helped launch a career. John Motson commentating on the Hereford v Newcastle game claims without my goal and the coverage it garnered his career may have never got off he ground.
I'm a local lad. Born in South Elmsall.
I was the first to achieve something related to BBC broadcasting. First FA Cup goal to win BBC's Goal of the Season.
Amazingly, the player I share a name with was born in the next village to me, but isn't related. John Radford was born in Hemsworth
My first two clubs were in Yorkshire but I didn't get a game with either of them. Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United
The Raven and Big Bird could give a clue to the football ground where I literally shot to fame. Edgar Street, home of Hereford United (Edgar Allan Poe, Sesame Street)
Unpublished clues:
Now that's what I call a pitch invasion.
It was unusual to see SuperMac (or was it Mr Hyde?) wearing all red.
Yes the shot to fame and bird clues gave it away.
But John Radford isn't better known than Ronnie to me, suppose that depends on your age.
Centre forward for Arsenals great double winners, when it was rare to do so. I'll say he was more famous.
Absolutely. I know Ronnie had his 10 minutes of fame but you can't really compare under 100 games in Division 4 (including the worst ever defeat of a league team by a non-league team in the FA Cup Barnet 6 v Newport 1) to 400+ games at the top level, the 1970-1 Double Winners, Fairs Cup winners and a couple of England caps.Quote:
Originally Posted by jakethemiller