Re: NEIL FOX : Thu Aug 09, 2018 11:50 am  

For my money the greatest player to ever play the game huge respect
The fact that he is not on the Wembley statue is a disgrace as is the fact there is no statue of this great man in the centre of Wakefield
His records will never be equaled

Re: NEIL FOX : Thu Aug 09, 2018 12:01 pm  

GET EM ON SIDE REF wrote:

For my money the greatest player to ever play the game huge respect
The fact that he is not on the Wembley statue is a disgrace as is the fact there is no statue of this great man in the centre of Wakefield
His records will never be equaled

Should have replaced Queen Victoria in the bull ring.

Re: NEIL FOX : Thu Aug 09, 2018 1:27 pm  

Redscat wrote:

I started watching Trinity as an eight year old in 1956 just as Big Neil was breaking into the first team as a sixteen year old prodigy. Whilst being too young to appreciate the finer points of the game and his own particular skills, I recall he soon became the talk of Wakefield amongst all the young 'uns interested in the game. All the kids playing rugby on the street and the playing fields wanted to be Neil Fox. By the early sixties he had already become a legend. I must admit I capitalised on his fame. By virtue of his name being short and simple his autograph was very easily forged, and as a kid I made several copies and sold them in the school playground at 6d (2.5p) a time. I honestly cannot think of a sportsman that is more representative of his tome town than NEIL FOX!!!

Looks like there n me are same age n started watching trin at same time so we will have same memories of that great era, so frustrating we can't convey the match day feeling and atmosphere when Neil and that great team entered the field of play.

Re: NEIL FOX : Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:16 pm  

Redscat wrote:

I must admit I capitalised on his fame. By virtue of his name being short and simple his autograph was very easily forged, and as a kid I made several copies and sold them in the school playground at 6d (2.5p) a time. I honestly cannot think of a sportsman that is more representative of his tome town than NEIL FOX!!!

That's just about how he used to sign his autograph.

Re: NEIL FOX : Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:32 pm  

Oddshapeball wrote:

Looks like there n me are same age n started watching trin at same time so we will have same memories of that great era, so frustrating we can't convey the match day feeling and atmosphere when Neil and that great team entered the field of play.

All very nostalgic eh Oddshape??

Re: NEIL FOX : Thu Aug 09, 2018 5:37 pm  

homme vaste wrote:

Should have replaced Queen Victoria in the bull ring.

He's far more relevant to this age and city than an over priviliged anachronism that passed away 117 years ago

Re: NEIL FOX : Thu Aug 09, 2018 10:15 pm  

So much a part of my life. I was taken to my first game around 1957 at age of 6 , coinciding with the great man starting his career.
With all of today’s fitness/ training methods he would have been sensational in the modern era.
Class is class.

Re: NEIL FOX : Fri Aug 10, 2018 8:19 am  

I have been lucky enough to watch Big Neil throughout his career at Wakey and also on TV when he left. Definitely one of the greatest ever to play our game. There was always a rumour going round that he didn't like to tackle. Often he didn't need to. I always remember a game at Belle Vue and the opposing winger set off on a run. Neil went after him. 'Tackle him Neil' shouted the crowd. B***er that thought Neil. He ran alongside the winger and just nudged shoulders. The bloke overbalanced and fell into touch. Loved it.

My hero when I was a kid.

Also when taking about tries only being three points, let's not forget he kicked his goals without the use of heaps of sand or plastic tees.

Re: NEIL FOX : Fri Aug 10, 2018 8:54 am  

Two Points wrote:

I have been lucky enough to watch Big Neil throughout his career at Wakey and also on TV when he left. Definitely one of the greatest ever to play our game. There was always a rumour going round that he didn't like to tackle. Often he didn't need to. I always remember a game at Belle Vue and the opposing winger set off on a run. Neil went after him. 'Tackle him Neil' shouted the crowd. B***er that thought Neil. He ran alongside the winger and just nudged shoulders. The bloke overbalanced and fell into touch. Loved it.

My hero when I was a kid.

Also when taking about tries only being three points, let's not forget he kicked his goals without the use of heaps of sand or plastic tees.

Yes made a small divot in the ground with his heel, placed the ball which was leather and weighed a ton when wet ,stepped straight back[non of this round the corner kicking] then kicked it straight between the posts from the halfway line.

Re: NEIL FOX : Fri Aug 10, 2018 10:34 am  

Oddshapeball wrote:

Yes made a small divot in the ground with his heel, placed the ball which was leather and weighed a ton when wet ,stepped straight back[non of this round the corner kicking] then kicked it straight between the posts from the halfway line.

Foxy rarely place kicked a ball, most of the time he made a small divot with his toe and used the term cannon kick where the ball was placed forward and not back enabling him to get his toe to the point of the ball as they didn't use kicking tees in those days, a technicality I know, but with the shape of the ball then very much different to what it is now, the ball he kicked with back in the day was far bigger and rounder than what we use today.