MLT and Paine - top greats never to have won a trophy

[eelpie]

On the Guardian website-

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/apr/13/joy-of-six-le-tissier-finney

 

Actually they are wrong, because Terry Paine was belatedly awarded a World Cup winner's medal, and an MBE.

(Perhaps Matt will also get an MBE one day.)

[anothersaintinsouthsea]

bah you beat me to it by a couple of minutes. an enjoyable read.

[70's Mike]

On the Guardian website-

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2012/apr/13/joy-of-six-le-tissier-finney

 

Actually they are wrong, because Terry Paine was belatedly awarded a World Cup winner's medal, and an MBE.

(Perhaps Matt will also get an MBE one day.)

 

did Paine actually get a World Cup Medal or was it just those who played in Final

[Cricketphilly]

did Paine actually get a World Cup Medal or was it just those who played in Final

 

The non players were all giving one recently, they looked different from the others mind. I think Terry auctioned his.

[VectisSaint]

Maybe the Blog has been updated since it was orignally posted, but it does say that Painer was awarded a WC medal (belatedly). But he also won Division 3 championships twice (once with us and once with Hereford) and of course Division 2 Runners-up, so it patently is rubbish that he never won anything.

MLT also received a runners-up medal at the ZDS in 1992.

So basically the blog is a crock of ****e just like a lot of lazy journalist crap this is written these days.

 

Referring to the Blog:

"Neither player is unlikely to be forgotten any time soon on the south coast. By way of comparison, anybody been thinking about Paul Gilchrist, Jim Steele or Mel Blyth recently?"

 

Was thinking about Jim Steele a few days ago, when he was on the Mick Channon interview on ****Sport. The double negative by the author makes the sense of the above paragraph completely wrong as well.

[MatthewStiles]

Good grief, this forum is always full of comments saying the press don't like us, along comes a positive article and it gets slated because MLT got a ZDS runners up medal?

 

Anyway, there are loads of comments that are good for Le Tiss, including many neutrals. Loved this quote from Xavi:

"The man I absolutely loved watching as a kid was Matt Le Tissier after seeing the highlights of his extraordinary goals. His talent was out of the norm. He could dribble past seven or eight players but without speed - he just walked past them. For me he was sensational. We had a programme on Spanish TV with the best goals from around Europe. He was always the star. I was ten or even younger. He was definitely an idol."