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Post by d3d4 on Sept 20, 2017 15:15:24 GMT
Hi all,
Please have a look at our blast from the past piece on Nigel Jemson here Jemmo
One of my United heroes!
Thanks James
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Post by charliesghost on Sept 20, 2017 16:02:32 GMT
Hi all,
Please have a look at our blast from the past piece on Nigel Jemson here Jemmo
One of my United heroes!
Thanks James
Nice piece. Especially evocative of that wonderful period in late 1996 when everything seemed possible. We had a wonderful side, combining pace, power, skill and nous. We had a top youth system. We had a new stadium on the way. I was 20 and at the Uni and got a gig covering all the games, home and away, for student radio station Oxygen FM. I remember the wonderful moment (for a student) when Jerome invited me to travel to away games in the RadOx car. Imagine: three hour trips back listening to Nick Harris. So it's hard to dissociate time of life from objective assessment of merit. But I still think that that was our second best side ever. It lacked the world-class strikers of Aldridge and hamilton. But I think the defence was maybe a bit classier (lenagan apart). In central midfield the 85 side was supreme. Houghton, Phillips, Hebberd. But Jemmo at his (brief) peak would have been in with a shout of playing behind aldo once hamilton got injured.
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Post by charliesghost on Sept 20, 2017 16:04:04 GMT
Hi all,
Please have a look at our blast from the past piece on Nigel Jemson here Jemmo
One of my United heroes!
Thanks James
Nice piece. Especially evocative of that wonderful period in late 1996 when everything seemed possible. We had a wonderful side, combining pace, power, skill and nous. We had a top youth system. We had a new stadium on the way. I was 20 and at the Uni and got a gig covering all the games, home and away, for student radio station Oxygen FM. I remember the wonderful moment (for a student) when Jerome invited me to travel to away games in the RadOx car. Imagine: three hour trips back listening to Nick Harris. So it's hard to dissociate time of life from objective assessment of merit. But I still think that that was our second best side ever. It lacked the world-class strikers of Aldridge and hamilton. But I think the defence was maybe a bit classier (lenagan apart). In central midfield the 85 side was supreme. Houghton, Phillips, Hebberd. But Jemmo at his (brief) peak would have been in with a shout of playing behind aldo once hamilton got injured. Lenagan?? Ha - fat chance, Simon! Spellcheck gone crazy. Langan.
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Post by MJB on Sept 20, 2017 19:06:43 GMT
Hi all,
Please have a look at our blast from the past piece on Nigel Jemson here Jemmo
One of my United heroes!
Thanks James
Nice piece. Especially evocative of that wonderful period in late 1996 when everything seemed possible. We had a wonderful side, combining pace, power, skill and nous. We had a top youth system. We had a new stadium on the way. I was 20 and at the Uni and got a gig covering all the games, home and away, for student radio station Oxygen FM. I remember the wonderful moment (for a student) when Jerome invited me to travel to away games in the RadOx car. Imagine: three hour trips back listening to Nick Harris. So it's hard to dissociate time of life from objective assessment of merit. But I still think that that was our second best side ever. It lacked the world-class strikers of Aldridge and hamilton. But I think the defence was maybe a bit classier (lenagan apart). In central midfield the 85 side was supreme. Houghton, Phillips, Hebberd. But Jemmo at his (brief) peak would have been in with a shout of playing behind aldo once hamilton got injured. I remember in the summer before 96/97, Denis Smith was pictured wearing a jumper saying "We're going for the Premier" or something similar. For a while there, it actually seemed like it might even happen. Briefly, but until Elliott left, there seemed to be a chance at the play-offs. 95/96 was my first season as a season ticket holder and it was followed by a couple of years when we would comfortably beat teams like Wolves and Man City in the league. In hindsight I was spoiled at a young OUFC age, but what a time in that ramshackle but wonderful stadium. Jemson was never loved but you had to admire his arrogance while here first time as he did the business. Remember him arguing with Beauchamp as he felt he was better placed to take a corner and was surprised to see Joey basically tell him to f*ck off. The feedback from the 96 reunion would suggest he was perhaps not the most liked member of the squad!
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Post by charliesghost on Sept 20, 2017 20:58:22 GMT
Nice piece. Especially evocative of that wonderful period in late 1996 when everything seemed possible. We had a wonderful side, combining pace, power, skill and nous. We had a top youth system. We had a new stadium on the way. I was 20 and at the Uni and got a gig covering all the games, home and away, for student radio station Oxygen FM. I remember the wonderful moment (for a student) when Jerome invited me to travel to away games in the RadOx car. Imagine: three hour trips back listening to Nick Harris. So it's hard to dissociate time of life from objective assessment of merit. But I still think that that was our second best side ever. It lacked the world-class strikers of Aldridge and hamilton. But I think the defence was maybe a bit classier (lenagan apart). In central midfield the 85 side was supreme. Houghton, Phillips, Hebberd. But Jemmo at his (brief) peak would have been in with a shout of playing behind aldo once hamilton got injured. I remember in the summer before 96/97, Denis Smith was pictured wearing a jumper saying "We're going for the Premier" or something similar. For a while there, it actually seemed like it might even happen. Briefly, but until Elliott left, there seemed to be a chance at the play-offs. 95/96 was my first season as a season ticket holder and it was followed by a couple of years when we would comfortably beat teams like Wolves and Man City in the league. In hindsight I was spoiled at a young OUFC age, but what a time in that ramshackle but wonderful stadium. Jemson was never loved but you had to admire his arrogance while here first time as he did the business. Remember him arguing with Beauchamp as he felt he was better placed to take a corner and was surprised to see Joey basically tell him to f*ck off. The feedback from the 96 reunion would suggest he was perhaps not the most liked member of the squad! Do you remember Joey's corners? I've played against him a few times (as a defender) and it was a nightmare. But as a fan, it was a delight. If we got a corner at the London Road end we'd start celebrating almost as if we'd been given a penalty. The ball would be whipped in with pace and dip onto a sixpence on top of Matt Elliott's head just in front of the near post. He often had two players marking him but he would flick it on into the goalmouth and mayhem would ensue. A couple of years back I watched a game sat next to Joey. As yet another hapless lower league floated set piece came to nothing, Joey turned to me, genuinely bemused, and said: 'why do they take em like that? Why don't they whip em into the near post at pace?' Erm...... because they're not very talented compared to you, squire!
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Post by scotchegg on Sept 20, 2017 21:25:16 GMT
I remember in the summer before 96/97, Denis Smith was pictured wearing a jumper saying "We're going for the Premier" or something similar. For a while there, it actually seemed like it might even happen. Briefly, but until Elliott left, there seemed to be a chance at the play-offs. 95/96 was my first season as a season ticket holder and it was followed by a couple of years when we would comfortably beat teams like Wolves and Man City in the league. In hindsight I was spoiled at a young OUFC age, but what a time in that ramshackle but wonderful stadium. Jemson was never loved but you had to admire his arrogance while here first time as he did the business. Remember him arguing with Beauchamp as he felt he was better placed to take a corner and was surprised to see Joey basically tell him to f*ck off. The feedback from the 96 reunion would suggest he was perhaps not the most liked member of the squad! Do you remember Joey's corners? I've played against him a few times (as a defender) and it was a nightmare. But as a fan, it was a delight. If we got a corner at the London Road end we'd start celebrating almost as if we'd been given a penalty. The ball would be whipped in with pace and dip onto a sixpence on top of Matt Elliott's head just in front of the near post. He often had two players marking him but he would flick it on into the goalmouth and mayhem would ensue. A couple of years back I watched a game sat next to Joey. As yet another hapless lower league floated set piece came to nothing, Joey turned to me, genuinely bemused, and said: 'why do they take em like that? Why don't they whip em into the near post at pace?' Erm...... because they're not very talented compared to you, squire! Corner fwiends!!!
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Post by MJB on Sept 20, 2017 21:39:48 GMT
I remember in the summer before 96/97, Denis Smith was pictured wearing a jumper saying "We're going for the Premier" or something similar. For a while there, it actually seemed like it might even happen. Briefly, but until Elliott left, there seemed to be a chance at the play-offs. 95/96 was my first season as a season ticket holder and it was followed by a couple of years when we would comfortably beat teams like Wolves and Man City in the league. In hindsight I was spoiled at a young OUFC age, but what a time in that ramshackle but wonderful stadium. Jemson was never loved but you had to admire his arrogance while here first time as he did the business. Remember him arguing with Beauchamp as he felt he was better placed to take a corner and was surprised to see Joey basically tell him to f*ck off. The feedback from the 96 reunion would suggest he was perhaps not the most liked member of the squad! Do you remember Joey's corners? I've played against him a few times (as a defender) and it was a nightmare. But as a fan, it was a delight. If we got a corner at the London Road end we'd start celebrating almost as if we'd been given a penalty. The ball would be whipped in with pace and dip onto a sixpence on top of Matt Elliott's head just in front of the near post. He often had two players marking him but he would flick it on into the goalmouth and mayhem would ensue. A couple of years back I watched a game sat next to Joey. As yet another hapless lower league floated set piece came to nothing, Joey turned to me, genuinely bemused, and said: 'why do they take em like that? Why don't they whip em into the near post at pace?' Erm...... because they're not very talented compared to you, squire! It genuinely baffles me that the near post flick-on hasn't been repeated by us or any other club seemingly. I take your point on players like Joey and Elliott being uniquely talented but it seems like clubs with the same quality of player - or better - would be able to deliver the same accuracy and skill levels required. Makes we wonder if it's something which is relatively easy to defend against by always having a defender as the first man and our 95/96 team merely found a tactic which was previously a blind-spot to most.
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Post by charliesghost on Sept 20, 2017 22:51:52 GMT
Do you remember Joey's corners? I've played against him a few times (as a defender) and it was a nightmare. But as a fan, it was a delight. If we got a corner at the London Road end we'd start celebrating almost as if we'd been given a penalty. The ball would be whipped in with pace and dip onto a sixpence on top of Matt Elliott's head just in front of the near post. He often had two players marking him but he would flick it on into the goalmouth and mayhem would ensue. A couple of years back I watched a game sat next to Joey. As yet another hapless lower league floated set piece came to nothing, Joey turned to me, genuinely bemused, and said: 'why do they take em like that? Why don't they whip em into the near post at pace?' Erm...... because they're not very talented compared to you, squire! It genuinely baffles me that the near post flick-on hasn't been repeated by us or any other club seemingly. I take your point on players like Joey and Elliott being uniquely talented but it seems like clubs with the same quality of player - or better - would be able to deliver the same accuracy and skill levels required. Makes we wonder if it's something which is relatively easy to defend against by always having a defender as the first man and our 95/96 team merely found a tactic which was previously a blind-spot to most. The key things are: A) the pace on the ball, meaning that is brushing off the attackers head - all he has to do is get a touch B) the attacker has to be taller, properly taller, than the defenders marking him. Beauchamp, according to Julian dicks when I met him at some envelope opening, was one of the most talented footballers of that era. Very few could consistently deliver that pace and accuracy. And Elliott was exceptionally tall. Bingo.
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Post by Kairdiff Exile on Sept 21, 2017 12:01:30 GMT
I'd love to have found out more about why Jemson and Moody weren't played together as a front line. Did they not get on personally, or did Denis Smith just not think they were a good combo? It always seemed bizarre to me that we had two natural, proven goalscorers but we rarely put them in the same team. And when Moody was sold to Fulham, I was furious!
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Post by lambchop on Sept 21, 2017 14:58:44 GMT
I'd love to have found out more about why Jemson and Moody weren't played together as a front line. Did they not get on personally, or did Denis Smith just not think they were a good combo? It always seemed bizarre to me that we had two natural, proven goalscorers but we rarely put them in the same team. And when Moody was sold to Fulham, I was furious! Jemson was a big headed **** who didn't like the fact we liked Moody more. He looked like he was going to to cry when we all chanted Moody's name after they had a goalmouth falling out in front of the London road.
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Post by tonyw on Sept 21, 2017 17:12:25 GMT
I started going to games in the early 90s, and I still think that Matt Elliot is, by far, the best player I've ever seen in a yellow shirt.
Yes, Joey and Kemar had the mad skills and talent, and created a lot of great memories. But Elliot was regularly absolutely dominant, snuffing out everything and making numerous otherwise excellent Championship players look ordinary. He read the game almost perfectly, and was too big and too strong for almost any opposition striker.
My favourite stat to illustrate his importance - in 1996/97, in the 27 league games before he left, we conceded 31 goals (~1.15 gpg). In the 19 games after he left, we conceded 37 (~1.95 gpg)!
All this of course, whilst also scoring 1 in 7 throughout his Oxford career, which is insane for a centre back.
No surprise at all that he went on to ~250 appearances in the top division and an international career. We were lucky to have him as long as we did.
And yes, I know this thread was supposed to be about Jemson - who was a good striker and a bit of a knob - but Elliott is the player I revere from those days.....
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Post by MJB on Sept 21, 2017 18:47:51 GMT
I started going to games in the early 90s, and I still think that Matt Elliot is, by far, the best player I've ever seen in a yellow shirt. Yes, Joey and Kemar had the mad skills and talent, and created a lot of great memories. But Elliot was regularly absolutely dominant, snuffing out everything and making numerous otherwise excellent Championship players look ordinary. He read the game almost perfectly, and was too big and too strong for almost any opposition striker. My favourite stat to illustrate his importance - in 1996/97, in the 27 league games before he left, we conceded 31 goals (~1.15 gpg). In the 19 games after he left, we conceded 37 (~1.95 gpg)! All this of course, whilst also scoring 1 in 7 throughout his Oxford career, which is insane for a centre back. No surprise at all that he went on to ~250 appearances in the top division and an international career. We were lucky to have him as long as we did. And yes, I know this thread was supposed to be about Jemson - who was a good striker and a bit of a knob - but Elliott is the player I revere from those days..... I was thirteen when Elliott left us. It made me cry. I'm admitting it!
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Post by bigfella72 on Sept 21, 2017 19:44:28 GMT
I'd love to have found out more about why Jemson and Moody weren't played together as a front line. Did they not get on personally, or did Denis Smith just not think they were a good combo? It always seemed bizarre to me that we had two natural, proven goalscorers but we rarely put them in the same team. And when Moody was sold to Fulham, I was furious! Jemson was a big headed **** who didn't like the fact we liked Moody more. He looked like he was going to to cry when we all chanted Moody's name after they had a goalmouth falling out in front of the London road. Remember it well, Jemson thought he was billy big bollox
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Post by Barts on Sept 21, 2017 20:15:33 GMT
Jemson, for me was a shit Dean Windass. Both big heads, but Windass who would turn it on for big games or the TV also had that likeability factor. The only thing that I was gutted about was when Windass said in his book, Oxford United was the only team he didn't enjoy playing for.
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Post by diagocostapacket on Sept 21, 2017 21:09:44 GMT
Mars Bars were bigger back then and Walnut Whips had a walnut in the bottom as well...
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Post by daveoufc on Sept 21, 2017 21:10:23 GMT
Jemson, for me was a shit Dean Windass. Both big heads, but Windass who would turn it on for big games or the TV also had that likeability factor. The only thing that I was gutted about was when Windass said in his book, Oxford United was the only team he didn't enjoy playing for. Thats a shame did he say why. I can imagine shots would of been a hard manager to play for
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Post by ouande on Sept 21, 2017 21:45:48 GMT
I remember in the summer before 96/97, Denis Smith was pictured wearing a jumper saying "We're going for the Premier" or something similar. For a while there, it actually seemed like it might even happen. Briefly, but until Elliott left, there seemed to be a chance at the play-offs. 95/96 was my first season as a season ticket holder and it was followed by a couple of years when we would comfortably beat teams like Wolves and Man City in the league. In hindsight I was spoiled at a young OUFC age, but what a time in that ramshackle but wonderful stadium. Jemson was never loved but you had to admire his arrogance while here first time as he did the business. Remember him arguing with Beauchamp as he felt he was better placed to take a corner and was surprised to see Joey basically tell him to f*ck off. The feedback from the 96 reunion would suggest he was perhaps not the most liked member of the squad! Do you remember Joey's corners? I've played against him a few times (as a defender) and it was a nightmare. But as a fan, it was a delight. If we got a corner at the London Road end we'd start celebrating almost as if we'd been given a penalty. The ball would be whipped in with pace and dip onto a sixpence on top of Matt Elliott's head just in front of the near post. He often had two players marking him but he would flick it on into the goalmouth and mayhem would ensue. A couple of years back I watched a game sat next to Joey. As yet another hapless lower league floated set piece came to nothing, Joey turned to me, genuinely bemused, and said: 'why do they take em like that? Why don't they whip em into the near post at pace?' Erm...... because they're not very talented compared to you, squire! I remember that exactly as you describe it. Great memories.
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Post by rickyotto on Sept 21, 2017 22:47:09 GMT
The thing that made Joeys corners so special was not just that they were always so lethal, and that Matty was marked by two guys and still flicked them on.....but you then had moods powering in too. Shrewsbury and Burnley come to mind as two teams that got roasted in the air.
I think the first time I heard that matty might be leaving was at watford away when it got iced off before kick off. I too almost shed a tear as we all knew how integral he was. You knew it was beginning of the end time as our finances were once again causing problems
As for jemmo he split the London road. The majority favored moods of course but there were definitely jemmo rebel synpathisers . When the chant of one went up ....the other would swiftly follow
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Post by tonyw on Sept 22, 2017 1:33:24 GMT
The thing that made Joeys corners so special was not just that they were always so lethal, and that Matty was marked by two guys and still flicked them on.....but you then had moods powering in too. Shrewsbury and Burnley come to mind as two teams that got roasted in the air. I remember another game - it was probably 95/96 though - where we beat Swansea 5-1, and all the goals were second half headers. Moody x3 and Elliott x2. Think Joey was a second half sub, but he kept whipping quality balls into the box, and the Swans had absolutely no answer to those three. Man, that was a great team to watch.....looking back, it was easy to see how I caught the OUFC bug so badly watching them every week. I will have eternal respect for any younger OUFC fans who instead started watching under Kemp/Wright/Rix/Talbot/Patterson, and didn't get put off!
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Post by rickyotto on Sept 22, 2017 6:35:14 GMT
The thing that made Joeys corners so special was not just that they were always so lethal, and that Matty was marked by two guys and still flicked them on.....but you then had moods powering in too. Shrewsbury and Burnley come to mind as two teams that got roasted in the air. I remember another game - it was probably 95/96 though - where we beat Swansea 5-1, and all the goals were second half headers. Moody x3 and Elliott x2. Think Joey was a second half sub, but he kept whipping quality balls into the box, and the Swans had absolutely no answer to those three. Man, that was a great team to watch.....looking back, it was easy to see how I caught the OUFC bug so badly watching them every week. I will have eternal respect for any younger OUFC fans who instead started watching under Kemp/Wright/Rix/Talbot/Patterson, and didn't get put off! I remember that game solely because I sat in the main stand suffering from shingles. Hell of a game. We demolished so many teams. Just an extraordinary set of players. At the time I think we understated gray, Massey and smith too. Even mike Ford the baldock of his day bombing on. Robbo more like skarz. I feel cheated that the next 15 years were just awful in comparison. How did anyone start supporting us once we moved the the metal shed???!
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Post by makv on Sept 22, 2017 7:49:31 GMT
Mars Bars were bigger back then and Walnut Whips had a walnut in the bottom as well... You mean they don’t now?! 😮
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Post by malcolmsmoustache on Sept 22, 2017 9:54:33 GMT
Anyone who started supporting us under the Kemp "regime" deserves a medal. That buffoon assembled the worst OUFC team I have ever seen in 40+ years. It was even worse imo than the shambolic 11 Patto used to put out.
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Post by unification on Sept 22, 2017 10:59:20 GMT
Anyone who started supporting us under the Kemp "regime" deserves a medal. That buffoon assembled the worst OUFC team I have ever seen in 40+ years. It was even worse imo than the shambolic 11 Patto used to put out. Playing devil’s advocate, how many of the players in the 2000-01 squad were actually signed by David Kemp? Kemp came in on the last day of October so the first three months were under Denis Smith and caretaker Mike Ford. It was Smith who had saved us from relegation the season before but he was the one who brought in the likes of Jon Robertson and Ian McGuckin. By his own admission, he said a lot of what be brought in wasn’t good enough. I think a lot like Jim Smith we tend to understate that Denis Smith may have been culpable in our decline. I’ll give him and Jim Smith that they both had a hell of a lot of mitigating factors that didn’t aid their causes when they joined us a second time around. There are four permanent managers with win percentages lower than Kemp’s. They belong to Rix, Wright, Lawrenson and Waddock, so whilst Kemp was understandably dreadful (and completely out of his depth too), I’ve never regarded him as the worst. Graham Rix deserves that honour in my book.
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Post by pottersrightboot on Sept 22, 2017 11:11:04 GMT
Kemp is the worst manager we've ever had.
What with his total apathy towards oufc, Kinnear's appalling signings, his side kick, McLeary bellowing 'second ball' at every goal kick, and 100 goals being let in in one season I can't see any other contenders.
Maybe Talbot....
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Post by Barts on Sept 22, 2017 12:43:12 GMT
Jemson, for me was a shit Dean Windass. Both big heads, but Windass who would turn it on for big games or the TV also had that likeability factor. The only thing that I was gutted about was when Windass said in his book, Oxford United was the only team he didn't enjoy playing for. Thats a shame did he say why. I can imagine shots would of been a hard manager to play for I don't think it was anything personal, he and his wife couldn't settle in the south. I think he respected Shotton, as when Shots was at hull Deano was a yts lad there.
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Post by saddletramp on Sept 23, 2017 7:57:59 GMT
Kemp is the worst manager we've ever had. What with his total apathy towards oufc, Kinnear's appalling signings, his side kick, McLeary bellowing 'second ball' at every goal kick, and 100 goals being let in in one season I can't see any other contenders. Maybe Talbot.... Graham Rix ? Bill Asprey ?
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Post by saddletramp on Sept 23, 2017 8:05:15 GMT
I remember in the summer before 96/97, Denis Smith was pictured wearing a jumper saying "We're going for the Premier" or something similar. For a while there, it actually seemed like it might even happen. Briefly, but until Elliott left, there seemed to be a chance at the play-offs. 95/96 was my first season as a season ticket holder and it was followed by a couple of years when we would comfortably beat teams like Wolves and Man City in the league. In hindsight I was spoiled at a young OUFC age, but what a time in that ramshackle but wonderful stadium. Jemson was never loved but you had to admire his arrogance while here first time as he did the business. Remember him arguing with Beauchamp as he felt he was better placed to take a corner and was surprised to see Joey basically tell him to f*ck off. The feedback from the 96 reunion would suggest he was perhaps not the most liked member of the squad! Do you remember Joey's corners? I've played against him a few times (as a defender) and it was a nightmare. But as a fan, it was a delight. If we got a corner at the London Road end we'd start celebrating almost as if we'd been given a penalty. The ball would be whipped in with pace and dip onto a sixpence on top of Matt Elliott's head just in front of the near post. He often had two players marking him but he would flick it on into the goalmouth and mayhem would ensue. A couple of years back I watched a game sat next to Joey. As yet another hapless lower league floated set piece came to nothing, Joey turned to me, genuinely bemused, and said: 'why do they take em like that? Why don't they whip em into the near post at pace?' Erm...... because they're not very talented compared to you, squire! Funny when i think of Joey,it's not his corners and free kicks i remember,it's his dazzling runs. Now Kevin Brock is a different kettle of fish. That's just what i remember. He was doing the front post corner 10 years before Joey,Billy Hamilton front post header or flick,Aldo cleaning up at the back post. You always expected us to score from a corner. Marvin Johnson ? Do me a favour,give me Joey or Brocky any day of the week.
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Post by ryaniobirdio on Sept 23, 2017 9:51:17 GMT
If Joey had a stronger mentality that had allowed him to fully move on and knuckle down at a bigger club he would've played for England. Honestly, younger fans will only know the name and the stories, but he was THAT good. Comfortably so. His delivery was first class, sure, but some of his strikes were from another planet. And those runs... he turned people inside out in a way you hardly ever saw, or see today. I have never seen anybody twist and dart from one direction to the other so quickly and dangerously. His ability to change direction was otherworldly, probably bettered only by Ryan Giggs, and even then Joey was not a million miles behind him. England struggled for a genuine left winger for so long and he was right there, he just didn't have it in him to move away and really knuckle down away from the pubs. If he'd gone to West Ham, stayed there, got his head down and got his physical condition up to speed etc, he'd have been bought by a genuinely top club and been called up within 18 months. I'm convinced of it.
Quite simply a beautiful player who will surely always hold a place in our All Time XI.
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Post by randomox on Sept 23, 2017 9:58:55 GMT
My favourite memory of Nigel Jemson was October 97 away at West Brom. We sat behind his sister and I think his wife or girlfriend. At one nil down a mate from Chinor stated he would drop his kecks to clap the team off at the end if we won (something he seemed very fond of doing back then) We scored twice and Nigel's sister was not impressed with what she saw!
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Post by browny on Sept 23, 2017 10:36:54 GMT
Kemp is the worst manager we've ever had. What with his total apathy towards oufc, Kinnear's appalling signings, his side kick, McLeary bellowing 'second ball' at every goal kick, and 100 goals being let in in one season I can't see any other contenders. Maybe Talbot.... He was but he was so badly let down by Kinnear, who came here we all believed to be manager, brought the dreadful Kemp with him as manager and cleared off leaving Kemp with an appalling squad and a fans base who were ready to turn on him He was shocking but was dealt a pretty rotten deck of cards
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