A Massive Happy Birthday to Gordon Strachan, 68 today. 💙 1989-95 💛 245 App 🤍 45 Goals 💙 Club Captain 💛 2nd Div 1990 🏆 🤍 1st Div 1992 🏆 💙 Charity Shield 1992 🏆 Signed by Howard Wilkinson & doubled up with Vinnie Jones in midfield to lift us out of the 2nd Division. So many great memories. #LUFC - ThreadSky

lufctheone.bsky.social • 18 days ago

A Massive Happy Birthday to Gordon Strachan, 68 today.

💙 1989-95
💛 245 App
🤍 45 Goals
💙 Club Captain
💛 2nd Div 1990 🏆
🤍 1st Div 1992 🏆
💙 Charity Shield 1992 🏆

Signed by Howard Wilkinson & doubled up with Vinnie Jones in midfield to lift us out of the 2nd Division. So many great memories.

#LUFC

Comments

martinc7.bsky.social•18 days ago

I love the story of Strachan arranging a meeting with Leslie Silver to ask for a pay rise and coming out of the meeting having agreed to sponsor a match ball.

matthebat92.bsky.social•18 days ago

Hard to get your head round the fact that he got a pay rise leaving Man Utd and dropping a division 🫤

andylimb.bsky.social•18 days ago

He was clearly worth more to us than them. Masterstroke by Wilko to spot not just the footballing ability but the transformational leadership qualities. Peripheral figure at Man U by then, instrumental in #lufc's Race for the Title x2. Would probably go to Saudi now?

matthebat92.bsky.social•18 days ago

Or MLS

andylimb.bsky.social•18 days ago

Wrexham?!

matthebat92.bsky.social•18 days ago

😂

lufctheone.bsky.social•18 days ago

I’ll be honest at the time I felt he was past his best when we signed him. How wrong was I. Perfect bit of business for us at the time it turned out.

matthebat92.bsky.social•18 days ago

Was there for his first game home to Pompey. Immediately looked a class above

mcclumsy84.bsky.social•18 days ago

Took the ball down. Dribbled past a couple of players. We hadn't seen this for a while at Elland Road.

andylimb.bsky.social•18 days ago

Him and Chris Fairclough. The beautiful Chris Fairclough. #lufc

lufctheone.bsky.social•18 days ago

He was worth every penny though.

matthebat92.bsky.social•18 days ago

Indeed

tricky1273.bsky.social•18 days ago

Have you seen ‘Do you want to win’ documentary?

martinc7.bsky.social•18 days ago

I put the link to that on YouTube on one of replies to the original post. Great watch.

arcticreviews.bsky.social•18 days ago

👀

matthebat92.bsky.social•18 days ago

A while ago yes

lufctheone.bsky.social•18 days ago

I hadn’t heard that one 👍

martinc7.bsky.social•18 days ago

44 mins in. Great documentary.

https://youtu.be/O0iKTNJCkNQ?si=qScXKOgkpxrm1Tlt

martinc7.bsky.social•18 days ago

Actually it was Bill Fotherby who was the MD not Silver.

Bill was the guy who hustled the money to build Wilkinson team.

andylimb.bsky.social•18 days ago

Batty's agent Hayden Evans told a brilliant story about being sold a painting or something by Fotherby, for some astronomical sum, didn't he? The story of the South Stand boxes is outstanding too, real Arthur Daley stuff. #lufc

lufctheone.bsky.social•17 days ago

Just finished watching it all. Seen clips before but first time I’ve seen it fully. Really enjoyed it. Thanks. 👍👍

lufctheone.bsky.social•18 days ago

Will give that a watch 👍

jc1919.bsky.social•18 days ago

There's no possible equivalent in modern football in England. You're talking about one of the best midfielders in the country dropping a division to play for Leeds

lufctheone.bsky.social•18 days ago

I’d love to know what clinched it from Strachan’ s side.