Best Goals From The 70’s?

[mickd1961]

My all time favourite FA Cup goal not involving The Albion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFH57dA446s

Ken Mallender the Hereford fullback that day was the Nike rep covering the same patch as me in the sports trade ( including Herefordshire where he was a local hero ) during the 90’s.

It was his idea to sell end of range football boots and trainers by mail order that lead to Hereford sports shop owner and Martin Churchward who owned a sports shop in Stourbridge ( who I’d already known for a few years ) setting up M&M Sports ( now M&M Direct ) which earned them both about £30m when they sold it off in the early 2000’s, I don’t think Ken made a bean out of what was his idea!

Hereford goalie that day was Fred Potter from Stourbridge.

Fred’s son Mark was by brother’s best friend at school and himself and his brother were very good players.

Fred played so well in the first match at Newcastle that Malcolm MacDonald walked into the Hereford changing room after the match and offered Fred his match shirt.

I’ve always had a soft spot for Hereford due to Fred and Mark Potter and because I knew the M&M Sports owners very well and did a lot of business with them, one of them was a massive Hereford fan, I took much stick when they beat us 1-0 at our place in the League Cup in the 90’s.