Football Mavericks

[IAmTheOneIanOlney]

Caught about half an hour of an ITV4 programme last night called Football Mavericks, focusing on the flair players of (from what I saw) the '70s, like Tony Currie, Stan Bowles, Rodney Marsh, Frank Worthington, etc...
As it was just a bit before my time, got me wondering:

A) What memories any of you have of those players when they came to Villa Park
B) Should there have been any Villa players on there? (Little, Hamilton?)
 

[silhillvilla]

John Gidman
Simon Stainrod

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

How did they define a "football maverick"? 

All of those players were before my time, but weren't they all incredibly skilled and talented players, but who pissed it up the wall and ultimately had disappointing/underwhelming careers?

[silhillvilla]

Jimmy Greaves

[Hillbilly]

The only one i remember is Stan Bowles. The only thing I remember about it is the Holte serenading him to the tune of Clementine "Where's your wife gone Stanley Bowles."

[Gerrin]

How did they define a "football maverick"? 

All of those players were before my time, but weren't they all incredibly skilled and talented players, but who pissed it up the wall and ultimately had disappointing/underwhelming careers?

They were basically flash players, who liked to party, gamble etc too. Rodney Marsh basically admitted that Man City lost the league because they signed him eventhough they were top at the time, he wasn't interested in the team, it was all about him.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

The only one i remember is Stan Bowles. The only thing I remember about it is the Holte serenading him to the tune of Clementine "Where's your wife gone Stanley Bowles."

Like it was yesterday.

[Dr Butler]

Steve Claridge ?


runs away...

UTV
The Doc

[andyaston]

I like how they all seemed to blame Alf Ramsey or Don Revie for their lack of England caps. But, these managers won honours at international and club level and these so called mavericks never won much at their clubs. Maybe they should of been looking at their own so called pop star lifestyle instead of being bitter.

[Rupert]

duncan mackenzie

[silhillvilla]

1.
an unorthodox or independent-minded person.
"he's the maverick of the senate"
synonyms:   individualist, nonconformist, free spirit, unorthodox person, unconventional person, original, trendsetter, bohemian, eccentric, outsider; More
antonyms:   conformist

[E I Adio]

I caught some of it, but got a bit bored and switched off.

Frank Worthington, who Private Eye once dubbed "The ridiculous sexual boaster" looked and sounded a bit spaced out I thought. I remember him playing for a non league team (can't remember which one) against Bromsgrove Rovers at the end of his career.

I think I'm right in recalling that Rodney Marsh once dropped his kecks in front of the Trinity, during a game.

Not sure why Chopper Harris was included in the programme. He was just an untalented thug, but most of the others were talented wasters.

[eamonn]

Dalian Atkinson...still waiting on the autobiog. He's probably too lazy to finish it.

[The Left Side]

Robbie Savage... oh sorry I thought it said Football's Massive Pricks!

[Ron Manager]

duncan mackenzie

Good call. Bags of skill Mackenzie, wasn't flash at all, but not a team player in any way. A bit like Len Shackleton in the fifties I should think.

Excellent speaker, surprised we never saw him as a pundit.