I will always remember Cotterill for Leeds 3 Forest 7. The 13th anniversary of which was 8 days ago.
27 Mar 2025
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That has me counting fingers too.
(the half a century reference that was)
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I'm not the incredible memory man, but wasn't it Mannini? Who, I believe, came at almost zero cost to us. As you say Matrecano was excellent, no previous bad injury record, just unluckily picked up a bad one with us. Petrachi was brilliant, but didn't fancy the job. It happens. I don't think the cost to the club was as large as the popular perception of the time.
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3 Italians and a Jesper Mattsson wasn't it?
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Scimeca caught a bit of guilt by association despite being good, actually.
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Mattson was already there (and permanently crocked) by the time Platt arrived.
Stern John was the Holy Grail of transfers of the Platt era. -
Thankfully that had stopped before Matt Smith.
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Ah yes, I meant quarter-century!
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You're correct. I've a feeling his first name might have been Moreno?
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Possibly. I don't remember his first name. I only remember how slow he was.
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And he looked ancient, which in footballing terms he was - he made his senior debut in 1980 and by the time he joined us was going into his 19th year of professional football in one of the fastest and most physical leagues in the world. No wonder he immediately broke down.
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I remember being at Portman Road on opening day when Mannini made his debut. David Johnson handed his arse to him that day - scored twice I think. Couldn't get near him.
