ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

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ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by ClaretTony » Fri May 08, 2020 3:00 pm

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Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by Suratclaret » Sat May 09, 2020 3:58 am

I think, in many ways, I prefer to remember Adamson the player although there's little doubt that he was a very good coach but probably not the best man manager. As a player, he must have been very unfortunate not to represent his country but to play that number of games for one club, lead them to winning the league and into Europe, makes him, in my eyes, to be a true Clarets legend.
It's impossible to say what would have been achieved if players hadn't been sold...maybe he would have had the team of the seventies. What happened between him and Bob Lord will probably never be known but nothing can change the fact that Adamson was a magnificent player in his day and one that I feel privileged to have seen play on many occasions.
Thanks for such a good write up.
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Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by CleggHall » Sat May 09, 2020 9:10 am

Surat agreed, Adamson was a claret of the highest order.
We need to remember all his positive contributions to our club not his latter days, few will serve the club better.

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Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by Rodleydave » Sat May 09, 2020 10:49 pm

Sura the bitterness Adamson developed towards Lord is pretty much covered in the Adamson book. Once Lord retired from the butcher business he devoted all his time to the club and began to interfere more and more. Then the sale of Dobson was the last straw for Adamson.

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Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by ClaretTony » Sat May 09, 2020 10:58 pm

Rodleydave wrote:
Sat May 09, 2020 10:49 pm
Sura the bitterness Adamson developed towards Lord is pretty much covered in the Adamson book. Once Lord retired from the butcher business he devoted all his time to the club and began to interfere more and more. Then the sale of Dobson was the last straw for Adamson.
A few weeks before Christmas 1975 my mum told me Lord was going to sack Adamson. The cleaner had told her, she’d heard them arguing and Lord saying he was going to sack him. And it was all down to some money that Lord owed Adamson.

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Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by Suratclaret » Mon May 11, 2020 3:52 am

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat May 09, 2020 10:58 pm
A few weeks before Christmas 1975 my mum told me Lord was going to sack Adamson. The cleaner had told her, she’d heard them arguing and Lord saying he was going to sack him. And it was all down to some money that Lord owed Adamson.
In all my working life, the best and usually the most accurate information about what was happening in and around the office came from the cleaners! It was rare for them to be wrong...they might have been hopeless at cleaning but as a source of information, there was no one better or more accurate.
As I said earlier on this thread, I still prefer to remember Adamson the footballer.

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Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by ClaretTony » Mon May 11, 2020 10:52 am

Suratclaret wrote:
Mon May 11, 2020 3:52 am
In all my working life, the best and usually the most accurate information about what was happening in and around the office came from the cleaners! It was rare for them to be wrong...they might have been hopeless at cleaning but as a source of information, there was no one better or more accurate.
As I said earlier on this thread, I still prefer to remember Adamson the footballer.
Definitely where I worked the cleaners always knew more than anyone else - this one might not have been true but Adamson was gone within no time just as she'd told my mum.

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Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by claretfern » Mon May 11, 2020 10:57 am

Have you any plans to do a game by game run down of the 1973/4 season, Tony?

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Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by ClaretTony » Mon May 11, 2020 11:00 am

claretfern wrote:
Mon May 11, 2020 10:57 am
Have you any plans to do a game by game run down of the 1973/4 season, Tony?
The plan was to start with the 72/73 season through to 75/76 on the 50th anniversary, it was one that was started. But, given I've got some of it ready I am probably going to start doing it this summer given we are probably not likely to be going to football.

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Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by claretfern » Mon May 11, 2020 1:55 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Mon May 11, 2020 11:00 am
The plan was to start with the 72/73 season through to 75/76 on the 50th anniversary, it was one that was started. But, given I've got some of it ready I am probably going to start doing it this summer given we are probably not likely to be going to football.
Will look forward to that, many thanks.

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Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by Silkyskills1 » Mon May 11, 2020 7:18 pm

We were close to winning the league in 74/75. March arrived and we were genuine contenders but ultimately we faded as the squad just didn't have the depth necessary for the run-in. Recall a 1-1 home draw v Liverpool where we played them off the park in the first half but only had a one goal lead. Liverpool pressed in the second half, McDermott equalised and that really marked the beginning of our decline over the next 14 months.

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Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by ClaretTony » Mon May 11, 2020 7:53 pm

Silkyskills1 wrote:
Mon May 11, 2020 7:18 pm
We were close to winning the league in 74/75. March arrived and we were genuine contenders but ultimately we faded as the squad just didn't have the depth necessary for the run-in. Recall a 1-1 home draw v Liverpool where we played them off the park in the first half but only had a one goal lead. Liverpool pressed in the second half, McDermott equalised and that really marked the beginning of our decline over the next 14 months.
We ended that seasons with the likes of Finn, Dixey & Parker in the team because of the injuries.

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Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by randomclaret2 » Mon May 11, 2020 8:06 pm

' Finn, Dixey & Parker ' sounds like a firm of solicitors in an obscure market town.

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Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by claretblue » Mon May 11, 2020 8:15 pm

wrong post

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Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by ClaretTony » Mon May 11, 2020 8:50 pm

randomclaret2 wrote:
Mon May 11, 2020 8:06 pm
' Finn, Dixey & Parker ' sounds like a firm of solicitors in an obscure market town.
They would have been better off soliciting in an obscure market town
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Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by Rodleydave » Mon May 11, 2020 11:07 pm

The money that Lord owed Adamson was allegedly around £4000. There was a letter floating around for some while in Adamson's possession that mentioned the money. Adamson showed it to Fletcher and Waldron on one of their visits in is later life.
The scam that Adamson and Lord cooked up together to make money out of the sale of Gawthorpe was the real eye opener... and also involving the Lowerhouse land that Lord owned. All documented int Lord book and the source of all the info was in the minutes of the board meetings that were made available. There was some real scheming going on by the pair of them... As a result the club bought the Lowerhouse land from Lord... who then of course wanted it back later when he saw how the value had increased... and eventually threatened to sue the club of which he was still chairman. It's conjecture but maybe the 4000 was in connection with Adamson's cut of the land sale... that he never got... but that is just a maybe... The other suggestion was that Adamson had loaned him the money... but where would he get that kind of money from...maybe from a huge pay rise that Adamson was given at one stage... again maybe... mysterious things went on with club money that director Derek Gill uncovered.

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Re: ARTICLE: Jimmy Adamson – February 1970 to January 1976

Post by Rodleydave » Mon May 11, 2020 11:12 pm

And yep as Tony intimates, they were well sick of each other by the end of 75 with Lord wanting rid by then.

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