Peter Lorimer & Mick Bates

[ChilwellWhite]

Sadly this is all a little premature but it’s the internet at its worst in my humble. No one on here to blame but sadly it was given out last night on social media that Peter had passed. Meanwhile he will remain in my thoughts and prayers.

Stay strong

[Selby White]

[guitarmark]

Mick Bates is seriously ill too I hear.

I did not hear about Peter or Mick's illness on any news platform apart from on here (I'm not on twitter) so you would have thought this would be reported?

Mick's news was from here.

https://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewArticle/432012

Peter's top 20 classic strikes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDmxjr2rvK4

Should have been 21 with the addition of infamous goal against Bayern Munich - And 22 if not for that big save my Jim in the FA Cup Final

[NottinghamWhite]

A thread on Lash, on DATM ( Huddersfield forum)

https://downatthemac.proboards.com/thre ... er-lorimer

No rivalry here just respect to a Legend.

[Leicester White]

The biggest surprise to me is Peter Lorimer only got 21 caps for Scotland - they must have had a couple of incredible players keeping him out of the team in his prime. And Eddie Gray only got 12 caps! ... can anyone shed any light on this?

[NottinghamWhite]

The biggest surprise to me is Peter Lorimer only got 21 caps for Scotland - they must have had a couple of incredible players keeping him out of the team in his prime. And Eddie Gray only got 12 caps! ... can anyone shed any light on this?

Firstly there was nowhere near the number of fixtures that modern day football throws up, no need for international breaks. Secondly the Scotland side of the early 70’s was full of talented players such as Pete, Eddie, Charlie Cook, Jimmy (Jinky) Johnstone, Lennox, McCalliog, Graham, Gilzean, Law et al. I’ve said before on here the demise of Scottish football is incredible as back then they were a force to be reckoned with.

[janecky]

Scotland played in World Cup final tournaments when only 16 teams qualified - and England was left out (74, 78).

[Westminster]

All the best teams had Scottish players. Don Revie's Leeds had no less than seven Scots when they won the title in '74:

Bremner, Eddie Gray; Frank Gray; Harvey; Jordan; Lorimer; McQueen.

[Paul ITFC]

All the best teams had Scottish players. Don Revie's Leeds had no less than seven Scots when they won the title in '74:

Bremner, Eddie Gray; Frank Gray; Harvey; Jordan; Lorimer; McQueen.

Yes my Ipswich Town team that won the title in 1961/62 under Alf Ramsey had three in Baxter, Moran and Leadbetter despite the fact that Alf was supposedly not too fond of people from that part of the world and we had three more in Bobby Robson's great team of the early 1980's in Burley, Wark and Brazil.

As you say, all the best teams had Scots in them, probably for a period of about thirty years or more.

My thoughts remain with Peter Lorimer and Mick Bates-sad news regarding a former Liverpool great today too with the passing of Ian St John.
I do remember his goal in the 1965 F.A. Cup Final.

[Selby White]

All the best teams had Scottish players. Don Revie's Leeds had no less than seven Scots when they won the title in '74:

Bremner, Eddie Gray; Frank Gray; Harvey; Jordan; Lorimer; McQueen.

Add Dave Stewart to that list joined in 73 in place of Sprake, played in Paris 75 and later got one cap for Scotland.