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Post by matthedm on Sept 25, 2023 13:30:02 GMT
The 2023 Cambridge United Hall of Fame Dinner will take place on Thursday 9th November 2023 100 Years of Coconuts are delighted to announce that the eagerly anticipated event will once again be held at the Abbey Stadium's A2B Signature Suite Don't miss out on one of the showpiece events of the calendar and join fellow fans and former players for just £30 Attendees will have a two-course dinner and the chance to win big prizes in the raffle See who has been already inducted into the Hall of Fame linkThe Hall of Fame event has been sponsored by the CUFC Lottery find out more about the lottery click here Trophies are being sponsored by Cambridge Charity Fundraisers and Tim Cooper Trophies See www.100yearsofcoconuts.co.uk/shop.html to purchase your ticket |
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Post by Quality Signs on Nov 9, 2023 22:37:44 GMT
What another great evening for the induction of another 9 legends into the Hall of Fame. A huge thank you to everyone involved in this years event, they are a real highlight of the calendar. For those not there those inducted were:
Dave Stringer (CB in the 1970's)
Frank Pettit (Instrumental in running the club during and after WW2)
Greg Taylor ('nuf said)
John Docherty (about time - our most successful manager ever)
Martin Butler
Steve Claridge
Brian Greenhalgh (I saw him put 4 past Darlington in our 6-0 win in 1973 or so)
Alan Kimble
And the Andrew Bennet award
Liz Pamplin (CUFC women's team and lots of volunteer work)
That's 6 of the Beck team now inducted. Just John Vaughan, Andy Fensome, Phil Chapple, Richard Wilkins, Michael Cheetham, Danny O'Shea, Chris Leadbitter and Colin Bailie to go now.
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Post by danielcufc on Nov 9, 2023 23:08:53 GMT
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Post by vpclub on Nov 10, 2023 7:49:32 GMT
What a fantastic night and to meet the best Manager we ever had, JOHN DOC. Chased him down for so many years.
Then told by Howard and Harwood to get rid of his 6 top wage earners as the Board had wasted our money. Just look what he did going back to his old club Brentford and then on to Millwall.
Anyway a fantastic night again, salute those that put it on again.
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Post by danielcufc on Nov 10, 2023 12:45:03 GMT
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Post by ilovechadders on Nov 10, 2023 14:16:20 GMT
What a fantastic night and to meet the best Manager we ever had, JOHN DOC. Chased him down for so many years. Then told by Howard and Harwood to get rid of his 6 top wage earners as the Board had wasted our money. Just look what he did going back to his old club Brentford and then on to Millwall. Anyway a fantastic night again, salute those that put it on again. Pretty sure that John Docherty was well before Howard and Harwood and David Ruston or Reg Smart were chairman. Also it was the home teams taking all the gate money, rather than being shared, that was the problem for United. |
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Post by smartspud on Nov 11, 2023 0:16:43 GMT
The away side got one third of the gate, before the home side ook all change.
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Post by vpclub on Nov 11, 2023 17:49:18 GMT
Howard and Harwood got rid of DOC
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Post by danielcufc on Nov 11, 2023 18:16:12 GMT
Howard and Harwood got rid of DOC Neither were on the board in 1983. |
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Post by Lank on Nov 15, 2023 13:22:05 GMT
I added a further 120 images to the Flickr album on Sunday: link |
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Post by ugirl on Nov 15, 2023 15:48:06 GMT
Would someone be good enough to name some of the players from the 60s 70s even 80s who are not named on the night. Steve Fal I know and is that Alan Biley somewhere?
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Post by imp566 on Nov 15, 2023 15:57:21 GMT
Would someone be good enough to name some of the players from the 60s 70s even 80s who are not named on the night. Steve Fal I know and is that Alan Biley somewhere? Yes, would have been nice to have some names to some of the faces. Biley was definitely in one of the photos with (I hope!) his wife! I wouldn't have picked out Greenhalgh after all these years unless I knew he was an award winner, then by process of elimination! |
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Post by gary2005 on Nov 16, 2023 7:06:29 GMT
Howard and Harwood got rid of DOC Sorry Colin but you are a long way off the truth with that statement. I did not join the Board of Directors until I sold my company in 1990. John had joined the Board a couple of years before that. In 1983 my involvement with CUFC was as a supporter and minor sponsor of the club, which gave me absolutely no influence in David Ruston's (the then Chairman) decision to part company with John Doc. I also did not know John Howard in 1983 and he also had no involvement with CUFC until years after Doc's sacking and when his support of Norwich City diminished. |
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Post by madmarvin on Nov 16, 2023 8:26:41 GMT
Would someone be good enough to name some of the players from the 60s 70s even 80s who are not named on the night. Steve Fal I know and is that Alan Biley somewhere? Yes, would have been nice to have some names to some of the faces. Biley was definitely in one of the photos with (I hope!) his wife! I wouldn't have picked out Greenhalgh after all these years unless I knew he was an award winner, then by process of elimination! Alan Biley was definitely there as was Derrick Christie and Shaggy. |
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Post by ilovechadders on Nov 16, 2023 10:14:03 GMT
Yes, would have been nice to have some names to some of the faces. Biley was definitely in one of the photos with (I hope!) his wife! I wouldn't have picked out Greenhalgh after all these years unless I knew he was an award winner, then by process of elimination! Alan Biley was definitely there as was Derrick Christie and Shaggy. Pretty sure that I saw Tom Finney there too. |
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