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Brizzlewolf
20-09-2006, 18:58
I went to a sporting dinner last night and our man was a guest speaker/comedian. Very very funny and if you get the chance go and see him.
I always thought he played football like a rugby player but didn't realise until last night he was a rugby player up until Burnley "converted" him.
I was waiting for the story about when he knocked Doogan out in the pre match warm up but he kept that one to himself.
Anyway, top bloke and although things always tend to look better retrospectively, I seem to remember him as quite a good footballer, and didn't he win some sort of fastest footballer competition?
Big Mack
20-09-2006, 19:06
Remember he had hell of a shot on him. Blasted one v Forest (77?)which just skimmed the post and hit some poor kid in the face! His own fault though as he shouldn't have stuck his noggin through the fence when Kindon was about to strike!
Brizzlewolf
20-09-2006, 19:14
He's still a big bugger, less hair and teeth but still very big!
I remember him scoring in the "great escape" match against Liverpool and also in a FA Cup replay with Man U. We lost both and got relegated.
Hanbone's Hamme
20-09-2006, 21:08
I remember he used to run in straight lines with the ball at his feet. Iwas certain in some games that had the gate at the corner of the south bank been open he would have carried on down Waterloo Road. A powerful lad who was hard to dispossess. When he was sub I remember chants of "Bring on the monster" ringing round the ground. He rarely disappointed when brought on.
Waggy's Boots
20-09-2006, 21:10
Remember both of those games Brizzle,standing on the North Bank at the time... great occasions full house pretty much both times just the wrong results!
Stevie Kindon was the epitomy of a kick and rush player - kick past the defender and then murder him for pace. He did win a 'fastest footballer' comp once.
Lacked modern day stuff like skill, ball control vision etc but he had a great shot and searing pace (in a straight line!). Crowd favourite.
Remember him rampaging through the mud from half way to score in a 4-1 win at Bramall Lane in the same season - 76 I think. Excellent crowd pleaser then and still is. He did an after dinner spot at Pelsall Cricket Club a couple of years back and was hilarious. If you get the chance, go and see him.
Never could see the great admiration for Kindon.......I always thought he was a bloody carthorse compared to what went before and was the type of player that spelled the end of a great tradition for players at Wolves.
Still each to their own.
Brizzlewolf
21-09-2006, 10:09
Never could see the great admiration for Kindon.......I always thought he was a bloody carthorse compared to what went before and was the type of player that spelled the end of a great tradition for players at Wolves.
Still each to their own.
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Wivey Wolf
21-09-2006, 10:17
Never could see the great admiration for Kindon.......I always thought he was a bloody carthorse compared to what went before and was the type of player that spelled the end of a great tradition for players at Wolves.
Still each to their own.
He may not have been the most skilful player, but he was a trier. That counts for a lot. And when he kicked a ball, it stayed kicked...
Red Socks
21-09-2006, 10:40
I remember him picking the ball up just outside our penalty area at West Ham, ran the whole legth of the pitch and scored an absolute cracker.
Oldgold Wolfcub
21-09-2006, 10:46
I saw him once on a pitch that was like an ice rink and was amazed at such a big fella keeping his balance so well. Skating down the wings.:D
Florida Wolfey
21-09-2006, 11:39
Never could see the great admiration for Kindon.......I always thought he was a bloody carthorse compared to what went before and was the type of player that spelled the end of a great tradition for players at Wolves.
Still each to their own.
Quite.
Brizzlewolf
21-09-2006, 11:43
Must have been a general malaise then because he made England schoolboys and England B.
Wasn't his nickname - 'The Tank'?
Wivey Wolf
21-09-2006, 11:49
Wasn't his nickname - 'The Tank'?
It most certainly was
Big Saft Kid
21-09-2006, 12:05
Steve did not 'do' tap-ins. Saw him score a belter at Liverpool, into the Kop end (where I was standing and keeping me mouth shut) in September 72. Contrary to what some have said on here, he was like a lot of Wolves wingers - very fast, direct and with a terrific shot: Alan Hinton, Terry Wharton, and in an older generation wingers like Des Horne were all like that. Even Jimmy Mullen and Johnny Hancocks, though I'm basing what i say about Hancocks on my Dad's recollections, since even I'm not that old.
Boss Hogg
21-09-2006, 12:23
I heard a story from a former pro of how Kindon, towards the end of his time at Molineux, had a running disagreement with a young an upcoming George Berry and eventually they sorted it out between themselves in the dressing room. That would have been some bare-knuckle contest!
Leicesterwolf
21-09-2006, 12:31
Kind-o was another that McGarry bought to boot Waggy up the a$se. Somehow they managed to convert him into a striker/winger.
He was an absolute legend at Burnley and I remember talking to a fan at Turf Moor who said that he was still unbelievably lacking in the skills department but at least we had taught him to head the ball.
A very funny man ,more a comedian than after dinner speaker.
Wulfhere
21-09-2006, 14:09
Wasn't his nickname - 'The Tank'?
He was also known as Dino after the pet dinasaur in the Flintstones.
jayeff17
21-09-2006, 19:10
I also heard a Kindon story from an ex-player
The manager of the day Bill McGarry ? was on the look out for a left winger
scouts told him there was a promising lad at Burnley Steve Kindon so a deputation went to have a look he was down in the program at No.11
But they got there late and did not hear the team changes they watched the game reported back No.11 big blond haired player fast and great ball control wheels were set in motion Steve was signed.
Unfortuneatly the player watched was Leighton James big blond haired and many times capped for Wales.
A few weeks ago I was talking about this with my dentist who is a Burnley supporter he said Steve Kindon no skill but 200% effort he would put his head where most players would not put a foot and I agree with that rock on Steve thanks for the memory's
Devonwolf
21-09-2006, 19:57
I can't believe no one has mentioned the time he broke Mike Pejic's leg playing against Stoke.
Florida Wolfey
22-09-2006, 00:18
Steve did not 'do' tap-ins. Saw him score a belter at Liverpool, into the Kop end (where I was standing and keeping me mouth shut) in September 72. Contrary to what some have said on here, he was like a lot of Wolves wingers - very fast, direct and with a terrific shot: Alan Hinton, Terry Wharton, and in an older generation wingers like Des Horne were all like that. Even Jimmy Mullen and Johnny Hancocks, though I'm basing what i say about Hancocks on my Dad's recollections, since even I'm not that old.
The goal I remember most was v Liverpool at Mol on the night we needed to win to stay up and they to win the title. Nearly took the net into Wolverhampton town centre.
However, Kindon had practically no skill, couldn't cross and couldn't do much else. Put the ball 50 yards a head of him and watch him go.......it was amusing but to say he was like a lot of Wolves wingers is plain wrong. All the players mentioned in the above paragraph could play football and could beat an opponent with skill. (In the Mullen and Hancocks case I'm just remembering what my grandfather and my father told me) .
jayeff17 makes mention of Leighton James.....now he really was a good player and in the days when players didn't feel the need to move clubs every five minutes. Burnley had a very good team back then but failed to keep pace with modern times. Used to enjoy those days, players like Coates, Flynn, Dobson and one of the most underrated players of the day Paul Fletcher.
thaibri2
22-09-2006, 16:27
He came from Warrington, and was a big mate of John Richards (also from Warrington), Kenny Hibbit and John McAlle, after every night game they used to go The Crown on the Wergs for drinks.
Stans the man
22-09-2006, 17:28
That was when the Crown was a decent pub. Run by a very strange couple......
singwolf_1
23-09-2006, 17:05
I always liked Kindon. Thought he was a great sub for Waggy when he was always out injured.
one4canel
24-09-2006, 19:01
steve the tank .... steve the monster
speed of a race horse
strengh of a cart horse
brains of a cloths horse
replaced a young alan sunderland
I thought he was known as Dobbin.
Steve did not 'do' tap-ins. Saw him score a belter at Liverpool, into the Kop end (where I was standing and keeping me mouth shut) in September 72. Contrary to what some have said on here, he was like a lot of Wolves wingers - very fast, direct and with a terrific shot: Alan Hinton, Terry Wharton, and in an older generation wingers like Des Horne were all like that. Even Jimmy Mullen and Johnny Hancocks, though I'm basing what i say about Hancocks on my Dad's recollections, since even I'm not that old.
You must have watched a different Kindon to me, if he chased a ball to the goal line and then tried to cross it he would do one of two things:
1/ End up in the North Bank
2/ End up in the South Bank
To compare a lack of skill dobbin (courtesy of Papper for jogging my memory) to the above shows how low supporters expectatations are .....it's like comparing blobby Taylor to Steve Bull.
Before the "he gave 120%" lot come on board, so did my mate in the Sunday Pub league....but I would not want him at Wolves, then or now.
Howlin' Wolf
24-09-2006, 22:49
The thing he did create was a sense of excitement whenever he got the ball - a bit like Waggy used to do. However, I do remember an excruciatingly embarassing moment in The Doog's testimonial when George Best was playing in a Wolves shirt and Georgie, having beaten three players, laid it off to Kindon who promptly booted it forward but too long and out for a goal-kick (or something like that - my memory is playing up).
The thing he did create was a sense of excitement whenever he got the ball - a bit like Waggy used to do.
Kindon and excitement in the same sentence? :confused:
Let alone comparing him to Waggy!:mad: :mad: :mad:
Are you posters sure you watched Kindon 'play'....he made me cringe with his complete lack of skill and headless running....to say nothing of putting the ball over the North Bank (was that a penalty kick?).
Howlin' Wolf
25-09-2006, 06:22
Kindon and excitement in the same sentence?
OK - expectation, then? Or anticipation? Whatever. But when he got hold of the ball, you knew he would not lay it off sideways or backwards - he'd play it forward and beat the defender for pace. What he did after that was anyone's guess.
