Originally Posted by
upthemaggies
The lack of a response to this news, at least so far, perhaps tells its' own story.
Let's be frank, appointing Larry Lloyd was without doubt one of the biggest mistakes this club has ever made, relegating us out of the top flight after two comfortable seasons of consolidation under Sirrel and Wilkinson and then he was largely responsible for a successive demotion to tier 3.
There were genuine and unique highlights however..... Some of us here - thanks to his impressive two game start - can claim to have witnessed Notts at the very top of the top flight during the first mid-week of the 1983/84 season and it was also under Lloyd that Notts last staged a home FA Cup Quarter-final. We also recorded a successive home win against Manchester United, beat Villa 5-2, thrashed Sunderland 6-1 and were the better side in a home 0-0 with Fword.
I'm not sure whether or not he was responsible for the signing of Seamus McDonagh, who was shockingly poor and has to take some of the blame for the bad results. Mick Leonard kept an impressive number of top flight clean sheets when he eventually got the nod to replace him but it was too late. The popular Steve Sims and legendary Dave Watson both agreed to join under Lloyd before the sack.
I'd have rather he'd played for us than managed us, but there we are.
75 years old. RIP Larry.