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I was in Ibiza in 1995 on holiday queueing up in a shop. The shopkeeper was obviously football-mad because he asked everyone he served where they were from, and when they told him he responded with a famous footballer who played for their local team. "Bobby Charlton," he said to someone from Manchester. "Jimmy Greaves" to someone from Tottenham. "Roger Hunt" to someone from Liverpool. When it was my turn to be served I thought that he'd struggle a bit here but when I told him I was from Donny he said Immediately "Alick Jeffrey"!
I think the only time I saw him play was in a testimonial game that someone referred to but the aurora surrounding the man persisted. This extended to his time as a landlord
Can anyone remember the two occasions when we had a penalty awarded against us and Alick went up to the goalkeeper and had a word in his ear, both times the keeper saved. In a later game, Alick wasnt playing, so Laurie Sheffield went up and had the word with the 'keeper, again, a save.
Does anyone know how such a gifted lad from Rawmarsh (Rotherham) ended up with little old Donny? I know in those days we were a fairly well established tier 2/top end tier 3 club with good support and there wasn't the elite clubs snapping up the young talent but how did his journey bring him to Belle Vue. Has anyone got any background on who scouted him and brought him to us?