May be too easy, but what ex-Anfield defender was the scout that discovered Roger Hunt?
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That will be Harry Mooney
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That will be Harry Mooney
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Nope - at least that's not who spotted Hunt playing a local footy match in Chesire (sorry Dylan - I am reading another book!)
That will be Harry Mooney
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Nope - at least that's not who spotted Hunt playing a local footy match in Chesire (sorry Dylan - I am reading another book!)
Liverpool FC scout Harry Mooney on spotting Roger Hunt, Jimmy Case and Howard Gayle
Jul 15 2010 by David Prentice, Liverpool Echo
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LIVERPOOL’S latest World Cup winner cost £26million – and was unearthed in the cosmopolitan footballing destination of Madrid in Spain.
The Reds’ first World Cup winning striker came from more humble origins.
Sir Roger Hunt was spotted playing for Stockton Heath, near Warrington – and the man who found him, 90-year-old Harry Mooney, remembers it like it was yesterday.
Now retired and living in Winsford, Harry, a former valued member of the Reds bootroom, was a scout who used to report to legendary star spotters Geoff Twentyman and Tom Bush.
Harry explained: “Tom Bush was in charge of bringing players through the youth system and I used to see him at Melwood.
“One day he asked me ‘Got any good ‘uns for us, Harry?’
“I told him all about a striker I’d seen playing for Stockton Heath in non-league.
“But when I told Tom he was 20 years-old he said to me ‘I thought I told you only to bring teenage players for me?’ but he soon changed his mind when he saw him play!
“I knew straight away he would be a good ‘un.
Jul 15 2010 by David Prentice, Liverpool Echo
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LIVERPOOL’S latest World Cup winner cost £26million – and was unearthed in the cosmopolitan footballing destination of Madrid in Spain.
The Reds’ first World Cup winning striker came from more humble origins.
Sir Roger Hunt was spotted playing for Stockton Heath, near Warrington – and the man who found him, 90-year-old Harry Mooney, remembers it like it was yesterday.
Now retired and living in Winsford, Harry, a former valued member of the Reds bootroom, was a scout who used to report to legendary star spotters Geoff Twentyman and Tom Bush.
Harry explained: “Tom Bush was in charge of bringing players through the youth system and I used to see him at Melwood.
“One day he asked me ‘Got any good ‘uns for us, Harry?’
“I told him all about a striker I’d seen playing for Stockton Heath in non-league.
“But when I told Tom he was 20 years-old he said to me ‘I thought I told you only to bring teenage players for me?’ but he soon changed his mind when he saw him play!
“I knew straight away he would be a good ‘un.
Odd - John Williams's Red Men says it was Billy Jones (who passed away last year).
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=46795.msg1395795#msg1395795 date=1315470972]
Odd - John Williams's Red Men says it was Billy Jones (who passed away last year).
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Bill Jones is the subject of another potential trivia question of course, albeit an incredibly simple one.
Anyway, according to various places it was Bill Jones who spotted Hunt. Maybe they both did.
Odd - John Williams's Red Men says it was Billy Jones (who passed away last year).
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Bill Jones is the subject of another potential trivia question of course, albeit an incredibly simple one.
Anyway, according to various places it was Bill Jones who spotted Hunt. Maybe they both did.
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Odd - John Williams's Red Men says it was Billy Jones (who passed away last year).
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Are you calling 90 year old Harry Mooney a liar Wiz?
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Odd - John Williams's Red Men says it was Billy Jones (who passed away last year).
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Are you calling 90 year old Harry Mooney a liar Wiz?
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He remembers it like it was yesterday
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I hate seeing Harry being dragged through the dirt
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It's quite topical
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[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=46795.msg1395795#msg1395795 date=1315470972]
Odd - John Williams's Red Men says it was Billy Jones (who passed away last year).
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Are you calling 90 year old Harry Mooney a liar Wiz?
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heaven forbid ...
[quote author=LeTallecWiz link=topic=46795.msg1395795#msg1395795 date=1315470972]
Odd - John Williams's Red Men says it was Billy Jones (who passed away last year).
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Are you calling 90 year old Harry Mooney a liar Wiz?
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heaven forbid ...
OK say it then....."Harry found Rog"
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OK say it then....."Harry found Rog"
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Harry & Billy found Rog together
OK say it then....."Harry found Rog"
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Harry & Billy found Rog together
We will have to take Harry's word for it as Billy , can't say that he "remembers it like yesterday"
Say it Wiz
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Say it Wiz
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They were both crap anyway. 20? He could have been signed a hundred times by the Mancs. Why hadn't either Harry or Billy seen him play before? Presumably because they were slackers. I mean he'd been playing for ages, for Bury too, but they waited til he was 20. I despair.
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