Returning to the days when, following a match a visit to the pub usually followed, I would like to share an interesting tale with you.
After a game our favourite haunt used to be a pub tucked away from the town centre, The Wheelwright Arms.
Anyone who has frequented this establishment will know that it is one of the smallest bars in Luton but it does attract a few punters.
Nestling in one corner of the bar with three acquaintances, we soon became aware that one Kingsley Black was drinking at the bar.
By this time in his career, Kingsley had left Luton and was on the books of a Nottingham Forest managed by the legend that was Brian Clough.
Monitoring his every move, Kingsley glided past us to visit the toilets.
Seeking to get a quick chat, two of us joined him and just as we were about to engage in small talk, somebody else entered the gents and impersonating the legend that was Brian Clough coolly remarked in his best Clough voice:
“Now then young man what do you think you are doing drinking alcohol in this establishment?”
To say Kingsley almost jumped out of his skin was an understatement!
COYH’s
Have you any tales you would like to share when it comes to by chance meetings with Hatters stars?
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Hi mh, a few years ago I was a member of the rangers supporters club based in the oxen Road club. We used to watch the rangers games there and two regular attendees were Gary Doherty an Micheal macindoe we all used to get pissed there as it was so out of the way. An sometimes other players would join them as they knew we could be trusted to say nothing. But of course that was the culture in those days
I used to live not far from Oxen Road in Colin Road 🙂
I can remember when the Rangers club was near the bottom of London Road opposite the pub whose name currently eludes me
Hi mh, that pub long ago was the Richard the third an now is o’neills or o reillys
cheers, don’t go up that side of town any more