Peter Lorimer battling long term illness in a hospice

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Peter Lorimer battling long term illness in a hospice

Post by Elizabeth » Fri Feb 26, 2021 9:59 pm

You forget that players of that era are now in their Seventies.
Once championed as the hardest shot in football

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Re: Peter Lorimer battling long term illness in a hospice

Post by Steve1956 » Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:03 pm

Great footballer..its a shame he played for Leeds though.

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Post by Elizabeth » Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:06 pm

Yeh, dirty Leeds. Think he was one of the few like Paul Madeley who fans could stomach

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Post by tiger76 » Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:40 pm

Yes Lorimer was one of the more tolerable Leeds players, and he's only 74 which makes this news even harder to hear, I just hope he and his family manage to enjoy whatever time he has remaining.

Before my time but my dad swears he went in goal once after the keeper received his marching orders, is he correct with this claim?

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Post by summitclaret » Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:43 pm

And Eddie Gray. That's about it though. Most of the rest were animals, on instruction from the horrorible Revie.

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Post by Elizabeth » Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:44 pm

I do seem to remember that tiger and I’m from the same era

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Post by Elizabeth » Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:46 pm

Let’s not turn this into a Leeds **** bashing . We had our dirty players and yes they didn’t all play at the same time but it’s foolhardy to not recognise when a former likeable footballer is battling illness
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Post by chekhov » Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:53 pm

Joe Jordan. Alan Clarke. Paul Reaney, Johnny Giles. Frank Gray...the list goes on. Great 70’s team and great manager.

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Post by Royboyclaret » Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:02 pm

tiger76 wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:40 pm
Yes Lorimer was one of the more tolerable Leeds players, and he's only 74 which makes this news even harder to hear, I just hope he and his family manage to enjoy whatever time he has remaining.

Before my time but my dad swears he went in goal once after the keeper received his marching orders, is he correct with this claim?
That was an away game for Leeds at Chelsea in the very early part of the '72/'73 season, David Harvey was injured and Lorimer replaced him in goal. We played Carlisle at home on the same day (a 2-2 draw I think) and of course we went on to be Champions of Division 2 that season.
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Post by tiger76 » Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:05 pm

Royboyclaret wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:02 pm
That was an away game for Leeds at Chelsea in the very early part of the '72/'73 season, David Harvey was injured and Lorimer replaced him in goal. We played Carlisle at home on the same day (a 2-2 draw I think) and of course we went on to be Champions of Division 2 that season.
Ah! splendid I thought somebody would recall this event, I have to say it doesn't surprise me that the injury occurred in Chelsea-Leeds game of that era, they weren't exactly known for being tame affairs were they.

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Post by Wile E Coyote » Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:12 pm

Great player, spent ages at leeds, but i think man utd were interested first . he certainly had a long and illustrious career.
not bad for a lad from dundee.

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Post by dermotdermot » Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:16 pm

I never really understand the hatred towards the Leeds team from the seventies. I thought that they were a class act. Allan Clarke, Peter Lorimer, Eddie and Frank Gray, Paul Madeley, Johnny Giles and later signings Duncan McKenzie and Tony Currie. Perhaps Billy Bremner and Norman Hunter could be considered a little tough but I’d like to know who wouldn’t want either of them in their team.
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Post by Claretnick » Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:32 pm

Peter Lorimer was a great player for Leeds, and his sad news follows the news of Gordon McQueen's dementia. I remember him and Ray Hankin getting sent off when we beat Leeds back in the 70's. I think Ted Heath opened the Bob Lord stand that day.
https://news.sky.com/story/gordon-mcque ... a-12226925

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Post by RammyClaret61 » Sat Feb 27, 2021 5:24 am

Not sure if this actually happened. But have a memory of Lorimer running down the wing in front of the Longside, when a police Alsatian got loose and chased him. Anyone remember? Or am I imagining it?

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Post by joey13 » Sat Feb 27, 2021 6:38 am

dermotdermot wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:16 pm
I never really understand the hatred towards the Leeds team from the seventies. I thought that they were a class act. Allan Clarke, Peter Lorimer, Eddie and Frank Gray, Paul Madeley, Johnny Giles and later signings Duncan McKenzie and Tony Currie. Perhaps Billy Bremner and Norman Hunter could be considered a little tough but I’d like to know who wouldn’t want either of them in their team.
Seriously, were you living in a cave 😮
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Post by Jimmymaccer » Sat Feb 27, 2021 7:25 am

I find it a reality check that the legend players I watched as a child are now of such an age..........

Whatever they were like on a pitch........

Hope he’s comfortable and given the pandemic hope his family can be with him.

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Post by fatboy47 » Sat Feb 27, 2021 8:25 am

A prominent top flight keeper of that era spoke of Lorimers ability to strike a ball with real power... Only bettered, in his opinion, by Burnley's Frank Casper who he rated the best in the country through his immaculate timing of his shots.

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Post by durhamclaret » Sat Feb 27, 2021 9:22 am

dermotdermot wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:16 pm
I never really understand the hatred towards the Leeds team from the seventies. I thought that they were a class act. Allan Clarke, Peter Lorimer, Eddie and Frank Gray, Paul Madeley, Johnny Giles and later signings Duncan McKenzie and Tony Currie. Perhaps Billy Bremner and Norman Hunter could be considered a little tough but I’d like to know who wouldn’t want either of them in their team.
A little tough, Mr Hunter! ending Frank Caspers career.
Having said all that, my best wishes go to Peter Lorimer in this his greatest fight.

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Post by Cirrus_Minor » Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:21 am

Lorimer had dead ball technique that enabled him to have a powerful shot. He would look at those lined up in a wall and scratch his foot on the ground like a bull, to intimidate the defenders. More often than not, the wall would move and he would score.

Shame to hear that he is unwell.

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Post by thedoge » Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:37 am

dermotdermot wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:16 pm
I never really understand the hatred towards the Leeds team from the seventies. I thought that they were a class act. Allan Clarke, Peter Lorimer, Eddie and Frank Gray, Paul Madeley, Johnny Giles and later signings Duncan McKenzie and Tony Currie. Perhaps Billy Bremner and Norman Hunter could be considered a little tough but I’d like to know who wouldn’t want either of them in their team.
Not forgetting,Mick Bates Terry Yorath,Terry Cooper,Gary Sprake,Mick Jones,Bobby Collins,Jack Charlton,and Albert Johanneson

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Post by todclaret » Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:37 am

Claretnick wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:32 pm
Peter Lorimer was a great player for Leeds, and his sad news follows the news of Gordon McQueen's dementia. I remember him and Ray Hankin getting sent off when we beat Leeds back in the 70's. I think Ted Heath opened the Bob Lord stand that day.
https://news.sky.com/story/gordon-mcque ... a-12226925
Ray Hankin chinned him as he was being pulled back on the half way line, right in front of the Longside.

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Post by todclaret » Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:40 am

tiger76 wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:40 pm
Yes Lorimer was one of the more tolerable Leeds players, and he's only 74 which makes this news even harder to hear, I just hope he and his family manage to enjoy whatever time he has remaining.

Before my time but my dad swears he went in goal once after the keeper received his marching orders, is he correct with this claim?
Now that is an element of yesteryear sadly missing from today's game with all the subs teams now have. The delight of an outfield player having to go in goal. Don't think it's something we have seen since John Spicer's heroics down at Kenilworth Road, but am open to correction

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Post by ecc » Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:41 am

Ray Hankin chinned Ted Heath?

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Post by ClaretTony » Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:01 pm

dermotdermot wrote:
Fri Feb 26, 2021 11:16 pm
I never really understand the hatred towards the Leeds team from the seventies. I thought that they were a class act. Allan Clarke, Peter Lorimer, Eddie and Frank Gray, Paul Madeley, Johnny Giles and later signings Duncan McKenzie and Tony Currie. Perhaps Billy Bremner and Norman Hunter could be considered a little tough but I’d like to know who wouldn’t want either of them in their team.
Bremner and Hunter a little tough? That's something of an understatement and you've also mentioned the worst of the lot in Johnny Giles. Clarke was another thug and there were so many of them. McKenzie & Currie were two players signed after Revie had left the club. Top players but littered with out and out thugs.
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Post by ClaretTony » Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:03 pm

todclaret wrote:
Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:37 am
Ray Hankin chinned him as he was being pulled back on the half way line, right in front of the Longside.
That was the season after Revie left - both Hankin and McQueen sent off.

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Post by ClaretTony » Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:05 pm

todclaret wrote:
Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:40 am
Now that is an element of yesteryear sadly missing from today's game with all the subs teams now have. The delight of an outfield player having to go in goal. Don't think it's something we have seen since John Spicer's heroics down at Kenilworth Road, but am open to correction
It's rare now for an outfield player to have to go in goal but over the years I don't think I've seen it that often at Burnley - Latcham Farrell, Monington and Eyres are the only ones I can recall prior to Spicer.

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Post by todclaret » Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:21 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:05 pm
It's rare now for an outfield player to have to go in goal but over the years I don't think I've seen it that often at Burnley - Latcham Farrell, Monington and Eyres are the only ones I can recall prior to Spicer.
Brian Laws v Blackpool back in the early 80s. Think Stevenson saw red for booting a Pool player up the posterior during a 4-1 win?

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Post by ClaretTony » Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:34 pm

todclaret wrote:
Sat Feb 27, 2021 12:21 pm
Brian Laws v Blackpool back in the early 80s. Think Stevenson saw red for booting a Pool player up the posterior during a 4-1 win?
The very mention of Brian Laws and goalkeeping reminds me of the game against Leicester in 1982 when Alan Stevenson was sent off. I think I've got this the right way round but Paul McGee went in goal for the resulting penalty which they scored. He immediately came out with Laws going in goal. Not only did McGee and Laws go in goal but prior to this Laws had missed a penalty and later in the game McGee also missed a penalty.

Now that's a quiz question - which two players went in goal and also missed penalties in a Burnley game?

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