Can I tell you about a great day.

[cobblered]

A month ago I travelled down for the Cobblers away game at Southend and arranged three IP's to do while I was down there.

My first IP of the day was near Wokingham at the house of Dennis Brown who played for us from 66 to 69. I only spent about ten minutes with him, he very kindly offered me a cup of tea but it was obvious to me that his wife was waiting for him so they could go out. It was great meeting him, he is a gent.

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From there I went over to meet Tommy Knox at his golf club near Sunbury. I only intended staying half an hour but an hour passed before I knew it. He told me his all time favourite goal he scored was against Bolton at there old ground while playing for Northampton. He very kindly brought a programme from the game for me to have. He still goes to Chelsea for the yearly players re-union and is a keen Celtic supporter also. I really didn't want to leave but I had to get over to Southend for the game. Thank you Tommy, I really enjoyed meeting you.

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After the game I went to the house of Roy Sanders in Gidea Park. I was due to go and see Roy 17 years ago when I lived in London but I moved to Nottingham before we could meet. He remembered me from before so it was great to finally meet up with him. We spent an hour of non stop chatting about the Cobblers, his career in football and after. As he was a bricklayer and I am a carpenter we had a lot in common, in fact we didn't even sit down for the hour I spent with him as we were so engrossed in our conversation. It was a lovely end to a great day.

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Unfortunately as things have gone a tad hectic I don't thin k I will be able to make any further visits for a while. Oh well, this day gave me a lot of good memories to go on.

[kimbub16]

sounds a great day

[knockknock-66]

An excellent day out for you Ralph, well done mate:)

[not_brazil_norn_iron]

Sitting here on youtube whilst reading this item and what should i happen to be listening to but....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BteIwbKU_iQ

Spookily apt for this thread 🙂

[sylouisetruebluechelsea]

Super day for you Ralph and thanks for sharing this in a letter to me and getting Tommy to sign some items for me top man Ralph:)

[sid8066]

Sounds like a great day for you mate well done

[norwichcity78]

Well done Ralph and a lovely story too 🙂 must be great to get out there and meet past players

[wheel-lose]

three successful knock knocks ralph,well done fella:-)l

-- Edited by wheel-lose at 03/26/2011 10:14 PM GMT

[serenamorgan]

sounds like it was a great day for you Ralph nice one

[thehornets]

 That's truly wonderful Ralph, you had a wonderful day. Really pleased for you.

[obree]

Good to hear from you Ralph . Well done on another three fantastic additions to your book and thank you for sharing your great stories with us .

[cobblered]

Thank you all, it really was an enjoyable day.

[loobyloo6]

Now that's what I call a great day out, Pleased for you Ralph.

[6387donald]

Great day you had well done and thanks for letting us know about it.

[film4watcher]

It's so nice to hear about former players being so friendly. They obviously enjoy remembering their playing days. It must be a real privilege to talk with these men.

[westiesx2]

Fantastic. Sounds as though you had a really good day. It must be great meeting these ex players and spend some time talking to them. Maybe I might give it a go myself sometime.

[rcsmg1]

Well done Ralph,a great day and some great successes as well

[0779swan]

Super day 🙂

[ethanmartha]

what a fantastic day mate definatly keep you going until your next adventure

[tots-junction-baby-shop]

What a fab day and so rewarding 🙂