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Post by johnf on Jan 6, 2017 21:22:56 GMT
I said in an earlier post that graham wore the number 10 shirt but of course his wore the number 8 inside right shirt. Graham was one of my heroes when I first started going up the manor as a 9 year old along with Tony Jones and Maurice Kyle a good passer of the ball and very often in the right place at the right time to put the ball in the net. Thanks for the memories Graham
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Post by pottersrightboot on Jan 6, 2017 23:20:38 GMT
From the little I can remember, he was very slow but very skilful. A great passer. The complete antithesis of his brother as a footballer.
RIP.
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Post by southupper on Jan 6, 2017 23:33:49 GMT
Always a reliable source of goals during his playing career withe the U's, he was always over shadowed in the press by Big Rom, but he had a massive impact on our early league years and probably never received the full credit that he deserved in the press, RIP to true Oxford United legend with mant thanks for some great memories.
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Post by nerps on Jan 7, 2017 1:18:53 GMT
Watched him many times in the 60's but for some reason I am convinced he had a 'secondary role' with Ron, delivering milk !!! I used to go to Cheney school and swear that was a part of their round. Am I going bonkers or can anyone else confirm/deny this ? !!!
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Post by juniper on Jan 7, 2017 10:48:04 GMT
Very sad news. I remember Graham as a goal poacher, always in the right place at the right time. He didn't waste his energy running after balls he didn't think he could get. A great, great player for Oxford.
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Post by malcolmnl on Jan 7, 2017 11:09:27 GMT
Very sad. Graham was my hero in the sixties. RIP
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Post by headingtonutd on Jan 7, 2017 11:35:02 GMT
It's heartening to see that while we all squabble over nonsense and fluff that a player that many of us know only by reputation (I am 47 and sadly never got to see him in action) gets such a fond send off. By all accounts a great player to watch and a thoroughly decent chap. Agree with others that I hope the club do a little something for him, they have been very good at that sort of thing of late.
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Post by stebbesyellows on Jan 7, 2017 12:06:27 GMT
A sad loss, condolences to his family. I saw him play when I started watching Oxford, a very loyal and consistently skilful player for the club. Harringtonsghost has summed up his playing style very well.
This has probably been suggested before, but should we ever get naming rights on a stadium perhaps it would be fitting to call one of the stands 'The Atkinson Stand'?
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Post by ox4eva on Jan 7, 2017 13:15:48 GMT
The term 'legend' is used far too often these days, he as before my time but his name was always revered by our support which means he was held in high esteem.
That's a legend in my eyes, God bless him.
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Post by lodeyellow on Jan 10, 2017 6:07:55 GMT
There's an excellent obituary of Graham Atkinson on the Cambridge United history site. He had a loan spell at the Abbey Stadium in the '60s. www.100yearsofcoconuts.co.uk/blog
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Post by CheltenhamYellow on Jan 10, 2017 8:03:34 GMT
From the little I can remember, he was very slow but very skilful. A great passer. The complete antithesis of his brother as a footballer. RIP. This rather suggests Big Ron wasn't slow. :-) Seriously, though; both great players and loyal servants to the club over a period of years (in the days when loyalty was more important than a quick £££). Both were mainstays of the Division 3 team I first watched in the mid 60s.
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Post by mariokempes on Jan 11, 2017 20:26:38 GMT
Hopefully on FAC RD4 match day a capacity crowd can pay tribute to him
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