28 Mar 2024 12:44:28
Sad to see Larry Lloyd died.
So many great memories from that great era. How we could do with Larry and Kenny now. RIP great man.
28 Mar 2024 13:19:17
Very sad East Coast. One of my all time heroes. Had a few drinks with him at the Stage Door with some of my former CID colleagues back in the day. He came and did a brilliantly funny talk at a Charity Evening in the bar at Radford Road Police Station. He told some very interesting stories and took questions from his rapt audience. He started with the words “Good evening, can you all see me behind this microphone stand”? He told us how Peter Osgood at Chelsea was the dirtiest player he’d ever played against until the day he seized his opportunity to head butt him which nobody saw “as the fog had come in from the Trent and everybody was watching a Peter Shilton goal kick. ”
Cloughie and him never got on but Larry said he only realised later that the great man’s windups ( and fines) were motivational as the big man played his heart out to prove him wrong. He said 90 % of his “bespoke “ training was heading because “that’s all I want you do, nothing else because you can’t effing do anything else “. I never ever saw Larry lose a ball in the air or in a 50 50 collision. Him and Burnsy were the team “enforcers” so nobody took any liberties. A man with a personality as big as his build.
Some great stories and some heavy drinking that night
RIP big man and condolences to your loved ones.
28 Mar 2024 13:31:17
Meet Larry loads of times when he had the Stage Door in town, hell of a nice bloke but didn’t suffer fools gladly and always said what he thought unfiltered
RIP big fella a great servant to Forest and to football.
28 Mar 2024 13:38:30
Awww. I'm just on this Site literally RIP Larry. you were a mountain at the back for us.