I see cuddly Ken has said that there is no way they will sign Freedman, who he
obviously got to know well when he was there - he described him as a good east
end boy, who would not want to move his family north. - I'm not sure what part
of Glasgow Freedmand was born in, but Bates must have learnt Geography with Iain
Dowie !
Afraid to say that we have seen the last of Dougie in a Palace shirt - he is now
one of 5 players in the squad that appear surplus to requirements.





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Message Received: Aug 15 2008, 03:32 PM
From: "Robert Brown"
To: sixtiesandseventiessoccer@yahoogroups.com
Cc:
Subject: Re: [Sixties and Seventies Soccer] Leeds v Crystal Palace

Yes it is an interesting draw Bob.

I went to see the Freedman testimonial and although many of the invited players
who spoke in tribute of Dougie seemed to imply that his career at Palace was
over - for the present, anyway - as far as I know he is still signed for us. I'm
surprised that Leeds did not make a bid for him permanently or for (say) a loan
for the season.

It has to be said though that the body language between Dougie and Jason
Beckford in the play-off final did not look too good. It would be ironic if
Warnock chose to play Dougie in the Leeds game, although not impossible given
that the League Cup often gets used for the "shadow" players.

One to watch at Elland Road will be Nick Carle who scored in only his second
match for us, versus Hereford. A player to keep tabs on for the future....

Bob Brown

--- On Fri, 8/15/08, Bob Dunning <bob_dunning_uk@...> wrote:

From: Bob Dunning <bob_dunning_uk@...>
Subject: [Sixties and Seventies Soccer] Leeds v Crystal Palace
To: sixtiesandseventiessoccer@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, August 15, 2008, 12:42 AM

Well what do you know! I'm genuinely curious as to what reception Shaun
Derry will get, I think Dennis Wise fell out with him, but Leeds fans
hate Dennis Wise, so they might actually still like him - certainly
that's what my money on.

I remember Dennis Irwin coming back to Leeds with Man U and everyone
booing him, I just couldn't do it because to me he was still one of the
greats of the 80s Eddie Gray team which all fans of the time worshiped.

I would boo with the best of them if we ever played Portsmouth and Joe
Jordan was there though... Some things you can just never forgive no
matter how long the passage of time.

Bob7071

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