David Armstrong The Bald Facts

[Horton Heath Saint]

Reading his autobiography.

Had tough times finance wise with break up of first marriage and bad ankle injury.

Still paying off his mortgage.

Met him in Fair Oak last week after saying to him 'I've just bought your book!'

Top man, a true Saints legend.

Buy it!!!

[red&white56]

Still paying off his mortgage! Just goes to show how the money earned by footballers has changed drastically.

[Matty's Caddy]

Christ! What would he be worth in today's market? 20 goals a season from midfield!!!

[Sour Mash]

Was going to ask about this. Decent read?

[David Strover]

He used to work in the Mill Arms, Dunbridge, which was Ted MacDougall's pub for a short while, and he always seemed to be a pleasant, unassuming bloke. You'd never guess he was a professional footballer that's for sure.

[David Strover]

Oh sorry....Look at me. Steve Moran wasn't as nice and nor was Alan Ball!

[bridge too far]

I'm pretty sure he lived in the same road as my parents and that my son used to kick a ball around with his lad

[Toadhall Saint]

Great great player. Would have been worth millions in todays market.

[OVER THE HILL]

Great player and a really top bloke.

[ericb]

One of my footballing Herod in my youth and often forgotten for some reason. He was a cracking player, a goal scorer and creative but could put in one hell of a tackle when needed too

[Miltonaggro]

Big money signing for us back then, £600,000 and the neutrals winced! Turned out to be a super signing, should have won 50 caps not 3. Scored something like 60 goals in 200 odd games for Saints, archetype cultured midfielder!...

[georgeweahscousin]

I'm waiting for this book to review. Looking forward to it!

[Hatch]

great player, one of my favourites.

[SO5 4BW]

Just bought it this morning (£3.82 on Kindle - sorry David!) and have read most of it already. He was one of my favourite SFC players, the book is a cracking read and he's a top bloke. One small gripe though - I wish sports people or their ghost writers would bother to check their facts. In the bit on the 1983-84 season he refers twice to Everton playing Man U in the cup final after beating us in the semi, when of course it was against Watford (thus making it even more gutting to have lost at Highbury), and in the league he says that we finished three points behind Liverpool - 'but it was still two points for a win then' - that change happened in 1981.

 

Small points , I know, but still annoying

[angelman]

Still paying off his mortgage! Just goes to show how the money earned by footballers has changed drastically.

 

Was told by someone who knew him, that Mick Channon never earned more than £750 a week. Not sure how true it is, but.....

[Saint Lindford]

Top, top player. Remember driving to Wrexham from Portsmouth with a mate of mine to watch England play Wales, just had to make the trip as Armstrong along with Shilton and Wright were in the team. Did not get back into the dockyard and onboard until about 6am the next day as we broke down on the M6..... happy days! All worthwhile to watch an England win and with 3 Saints players in the team.

[SO5 4BW]

All worthwhile to watch an England win and with 3 Saints players in the team.

I must be in a pedantic mood - England lost that game 1-0. Mark Hughes scored on what might have been his debut. I only know this as I was sharing a house with a bloke from Newport at the time, and as we then didn't play them for another twenty years he kept reminding me about it

[bangkoksaint]

I have just finished it. I enjoyed it and I thinkin fairness he tried to be balanced in his views but it wasn't a explosive read. If he hadn't been a Saints stalwart i wouldn't have bothered so between us and 'Boro he has a limited market. It's sad he's disabled though bearing in mind what a player he was.

[RedWillie]

I have just finished it. I enjoyed it and I thinkin fairness he tried to be balanced in his views but it wasn't a explosive read. If he hadn't been a Saints stalwart i wouldn't have bothered so between us and 'Boro he has a limited market. It's sad he's disabled though bearing in mind what a player he was.

 

Me to. It was an interesting book rather than a great read. He clearly suffered from a stinging divorce judgment but at the same time in his early days he says he was earning more money than he really knew what to do with (as a 19 year old at Boro). Saving some for a rainy day might have helped !!. Clearly he and Bobby Robson didn't see eye to eye hence his lack of caps. One of my favourite players and one who moulded my love for the club as it was during this period 1978 onwards that I really started my love affair....

[david in sweden]

Big money signing for us back then, £600,000 and the neutrals winced! Turned out to be a super signing, should have won 50 caps not 3. Scored something like 60 goals in 200 odd games for Saints, archetype cultured midfielder!...

 

 

right ; to be precise 71 goals in 272 matches.

 

He was certainly worth more than a measly 3 caps, but lost out to " younger-looking " players with more hair - but less skill.

[Ivan Katalinic's 'tache]

right ; to be precise 71 goals in 272 matches.

 

He was certainly worth more than a measly 3 caps, but lost out to " younger-looking " players with more hair - but less skill.

 

Thank God Lambert has hair or would've had NO chance of a call up!!

[dinger]

One of my footballing Herod in my youth and often forgotten for some reason. He was a cracking player, a goal scorer and creative but could put in one hell of a tackle when needed too

 

This has made me laugh and laugh.

[Golden Balls]

He was on TalkSport a week or so ago promoting this book. Too young to ever have seen him play. Sounds like he has fallen on hard times.

[diggers]

My sympathy is tempered by the stories of QE2 cruises and concord flights that Moreen used to boast about when she worked in Foxy Lady next to sakks.

[Bearsy]

 

He was before my time but his is photo of David Armstrong. Age 27

[RedWillie]

Supplied the cross for Steve Moran For THAT goal in '84 at Fratton.