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William Dodds

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Chewie37 Newbie

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I was disgusted when we signed him but I don't mind the wee cunt to be honest.

 

Was pissed off when supporters got on his back expecting him to win games on his own. Was even more oissed off when we swapped him AND money for the coin catcher. Imagine my fury when I discovered we were covering his DUTD wages.......absolute buffoonery by the board.

 

Anyway once he Hunned up, I didn't care anymore

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BWG Newbie

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Was pissed off when supporters got on his back expecting him to win games on his own. Was even more oissed off when we swapped him AND money for the coin catcher. Imagine my fury when I discovered we were covering his DUTD wages.......absolute buffoonery by the board.

 

Anyway once he Hunned up, I didn't care anymore

The worst transfer in the history of Scottish football when you consider the finances of the club. Fucking mental.

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Billy Dodds was a great player. I remember being surprised when we signed him as St Johnstone are a smaller club who in that era achieved very little. It was a pity we suffered such drastically poor form in his first season with us, he might be revered even more otherwise. I remember seeing him in games at places like Firhill, he would always give everything even when others around him were insipid. At a time when football was often still brutally physical, he never hid and combined with that spirit he had guile and ability. He did particularly well under Roy Aitken's tenure when we won the league cup, scoring two in the semi-final against Rangers.

 

Although we have had strikers that are better technically and of greater general stature, Doddsy was a great pro and often underestimated for his ability.

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Highbury Don Newbie

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Billy Dodds was a great player. I remember being surprised when we signed him as St Johnstone are a smaller club who in that era achieved very little. It was a pity we suffered such drastically poor form in his first season with us, he might be revered even more otherwise. I remember seeing him in games at places like Firhill, he would always give everything even when others around him were insipid. At a time when football was often still brutally physical, he never hid and combined with that spirit he had guile and ability. He did particularly well under Roy Aitken's tenure when we won the league cup, scoring two in the semi-final against Rangers.

 

Although we have had strikers that are better technically and of greater general stature, Doddsy was a great pro and often underestimated for his ability.

 

Agreed

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Billy Dodds was a great player. I remember being surprised when we signed him as St Johnstone are a smaller club who in that era achieved very little. It was a pity we suffered such drastically poor form in his first season with us, he might be revered even more otherwise. I remember seeing him in games at places like Firhill, he would always give everything even when others around him were insipid. At a time when football was often still brutally physical, he never hid and combined with that spirit he had guile and ability. He did particularly well under Roy Aitken's tenure when we won the league cup, scoring two in the semi-final against Rangers.

 

Although we have had strikers that are better technically and of greater general stature, Doddsy was a great pro and often underestimated for his ability.

 

 

Cheers for that Billy.

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RUL Grand Master

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Billy Dodds was a great player. I remember being surprised when we signed him as St Johnstone are a smaller club who in that era achieved very little. It was a pity we suffered such drastically poor form in his first season with us, he might be revered even more otherwise. I remember seeing him in games at places like Firhill, he would always give everything even when others around him were insipid. At a time when football was often still brutally physical, he never hid and combined with that spirit he had guile and ability. He did particularly well under Roy Aitken's tenure when we won the league cup, scoring two in the semi-final against Rangers.

 

Although we have had strikers that are better technically and of greater general stature, Doddsy was a great pro and often underestimated for his ability.

 

How I remember it at the time was it only really after he scored at Hearts in the "never again" season that people really took to Dodds. The general feeling was he was shite or the local millertime of the day would randomly accuse him of being a jinx (as his previous clubs had tended to struggle and we never had until he arrived).

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