Big Saft Kid
Just doesn't shut up
- Joined
- Jul 12, 2005
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New Year's Day 1972 and we entertained the Toon, with their latest over-hyped No 9 Malcolm MacDonald. Derek Parkin scored a rare goal, an absolute bullet into the Cowshed end from 30 yards for 1-0 then, in the 2nd half, a typical JR goal. Receiving the ball on the edge of the box with his back to goal, he turned ('on a sixpence' as they used to say!) shot forward with a little swerve and a shimmy past two Newcastle defenders leaving them for dead on their arses and passed it into the corner. All happened in about 3 seconds. 2-0 and game over. He scored many goals of that type. Great upper body strength for an average size (5ft 9in) bloke, very quick over 10 yards, and a dead-eye dick when it came to putting it in the onion-bag. In his first full season in the top division (72-3) he scored 27 league goals and we finished 5th. What a player! The Doog and him-- what a front two!
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