[I tell him what Alan Hudson, another whose talent and trickery illuminated the 1970s, once said to me, that the trio of him, Bowles and the similarly blessed Frank Worthington did not collectively get as many England caps as Carlton Palmer.] Yeah, ... I even had less than Ralph Coates. I played with him at Orient, when I went there after Forest. And I thought, 'How did you get any caps?' I just used him as a decoy. |
He said to me, 'If you go boss-eyed in the final, you've got a grand'. Well, I only stood to get £200 if we won the final, so I said, 'Certainly'. I scored a goal but we lost 6-1, and our manager, Gerry Francis, said to me afterwards, 'You looked a bit tired in the second half'. ... But it was only five-a-side. It didn't matter. |
I would still be making bets that would hurt me. If I woke up and everything was comfortable, there were no problems, it would probably be too easy. |
Maybe he thinks the gypsies have put a curse on me - he's very superstitious, you know. |