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Use to see him in and around the pubs of Hoddesdon in the late 80s/early 90s.
Seemed a decent enough bloke.
Seemed a decent enough bloke.
When I played for our youth team (blatant!!) he was there. At the age of 15 or 16 he could run quite literally all day. He wasn't the most gifted of footballers, not a bad player by any means, just played everything simply and always committed. But by far and away his biggest asset was his fitness, as other players around him faded he was still putting in the runs. Always ended a game 10% above the level of everyone else.
Do you still get free tickets?......
I've never had free tickets!! Unless when I have been to the games at the training ground which are always free to anyone that goes.
Was there! (Blatant!)
BTW, having just watched this footage again, I was stunned by the Amazing Illusion whereby Howells MAGICALLY becomes Lineker... before our very eyes!
watch just after his equalising goal, on 3.45-3.47... follow Howells after he runs to the Spurs fans to celebrate... he turns, the camera goes with him... and PIFF-PAFF-PUFF he literally turns into Lineker! I shit you not... watch again!
Totally agree, exact same reaction.
My Mrs asked me why I had a big smile on my face, I replied, because David Howells is still alive. To which she replied, you are fucking weird sometimes.
I remember being a kid and David Howells signing a contract for 6000 a week I was like WTF this blokes richer than the queen , how times change!
Lot of people forget what was happening to his wife at the same time he was playing for us. There was never anything superficial about him.
I remember he played a game for us on the same day his dad died. Unbelievable commitment to the club.
(I also was very worried he might have passed on when I saw this thread title. Would have been a horrible first scalp for 2017!)
(I also was very worried he might have passed on when I saw this thread title. Would have been a horrible first scalp for 2017!)
Was it not during the shit fest of the Gross era when they went through the mill with her cancer and Gross binned him off on a free at the end of the season as he was not seen as performing ?
I will never forget how sad Howells looked that May Day when he was let go by Spurs and had to come collect some tin pot from someone as a way of "thanks" Seriously, guy deserved so much more.
If he played in this era he would've been capped by England.
I'm not sure if that's a compliment or not
More of a compliment in the sense that he was uncapped in a time when England had a strong midfield to pick from.
Whereas in my opinion he is better than Mason and Livermore who each have an England cap.