Lee Trundle

[Wirral Red]

Great piece from the "i"

https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/l...-messi-2527498

Brought back memories of some of the goals he scored for us.
The goal clips in the article are well worth watching.

[Iesty]

i bought his autobiography a year or so ago, but havent read it yet.

[Royal welsh red]

He was a joy to watch

[krux]

Originally Posted by Iesty

i bought his autobiography a year or so ago, but havent read it yet.

You need to read it now so you can tell us what he said about us.

I can't imagine it would take long to read

[Iesty]

Originally Posted by krux

You need to read it now so you can tell us what he said about us.

I can't imagine it would take long to read

2 chapters worth out of 19!

skimming through, highlights include:

• Joey scouted him whilst he was at Rhyl after arranging a mid season friendly against them - he scored a hat trick against us
• Stan Boardman was also at the game and recommended him to Tranmere, but we beat them to his signature
• his first goal was an overhead kick in a 3-2 win at Rotherham
• he asked for a raise after his first full season started, he was on about £500 a week at the time
• Gary Neville took the piss out of him for carrying some lumber in the Man U testimonial for Bryan and Kevin Reeves and that spurred his career on
• Some lucky Wrexham lass had a quickie with him behind a nightclub in town, and the coppers saw it all on CCTV
• a Wrexham fan gave him free driving lessons as he couldnt drive - he binned him off one night for a night with a future Miss Wales
• not long after he had a crash on Runcorn Bridge, with Dan Bennett in the back seat
• he got a few lads from his local youth team deals at Wrexham - Joe Feeney, Frankie Lacken and Mark Duffy - who ended up at Morecambe
• he got done over by a crazy girl who threatened to ruin his career over a rape allegation, even though it was consensual. he got arrested for it, and the club backed him through it
• she withdrew the allegation after the last game of our promotion season
• he loved his time at the club, the team, the commute and the town
• money was the only reason he left, which we couldnt meet due to financial restrictions
• very complimentary on a lot of the players at Wrexham at the time he was there, and both Flynn and Smith
• Flynn had tapped him up before end of the season for Swansea, with the deal dependent on staying in the football league - needing to beat Hull on the final game of the season - as he celebrated the promotion, he asked a steward how swansea had got on....

[krux]

Sounds interesting so far!
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[Red Light]

I recall a League Cup home tie v Everton - there were rumours around the time that Everton were interested in signing him.
We went 0 - 1 down in the first half to a Kevin Campbell strike at the Tech End.

Second half we pressed Everton very hard for an equaliser - the closest we came was a thunderbolt of a shot from about 30 yards by Trundle that hit the bar - if only that had gone in.

Alas the game will be remembered for something entirely different - Wayne Rooney came on as a very late sub and scored his first ever two goals, the game finished 0 - 3.

Trundle had magic feet and close control - still say his overhead kick after controlling the ball on his chest with back to goal at Walsall would take some beating - mainly because I was right behind the net in the away stand at the Bescott (the game we were 2 - 0 down and came back to win 2 - 3).

[Welsh Kiwi]

Lee was a bit like a modern day Robin Friday.

My pal Paolo wrote the book with Paul McGuigan (oasis)

'The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw'

It's a great book.

[Towyned]

I read the Robin Friday book a few months ago and can confirm its a great read. Hadn't even heard of him before the book.