VectisSaint Posted 10 December, 2019 Share Posted 10 December, 2019 Not remembered with much fondness I know but Bald Eagle has died. Chatted to him in the lift at St Mary's just as the Norwich games was kicking off the year we went down, I was late and was surprised he was not down on the Bench. Tainted by Redkrapp association, but well respected in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 10 December, 2019 Share Posted 10 December, 2019 My mates dad played with him at Aldershot, said he was a great bloke, and loved a bevy. Proper old fashioned football bloke, no ill feeling from me because of Redknapp or The Skates.....RIP Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 10 December, 2019 Share Posted 10 December, 2019 Despite the Pompey connection I always quite liked him. RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OttawaSaint Posted 10 December, 2019 Share Posted 10 December, 2019 Great footballing man. RIP Jim! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint1977 Posted 10 December, 2019 Share Posted 10 December, 2019 Sad news and no hard feelings from the Harry times. IIRC was interviewed for the Saints job either when Lawrie Mac left or when Nicholl was sacked and didn’t get it. If Branfoot got it ahead of him what can you say other than Askham truly was the Les Reed of his era. His sides played good football and was a regular top flight manager in the 80s. One of the best managers the skates had as well. Went a bit south at Derby and tended to be working with Harry later on although not after he shafted him a bit really when SFC went down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 10 December, 2019 Share Posted 10 December, 2019 Always came across as a decent bloke and a "proper football man" who tried to get his teams playing the right way. Shame about the Skate connection, but despite that never disliked him. Sad news and no hard feelings from the Harry times. IIRC was interviewed for the Saints job either when Lawrie Mac left or when Nicholl was sacked and didn’t get it. If Branfoot got it ahead of him what can you say other than Askham truly was the Les Reed of his era. Yes I remember reading about that, I think it was in an interview when he first arrived as HR's assistant. Think the story was he'd been interviewed and the Saints board were delaying making a decision - sound familiar - so he took another job on offer, if it was QPR then that would be 1985 after Lawrie left. Another Jim Smith story that is Saints related is that as Birmingham manager at the time he tried to talk Lawrie out of signing Mark Dennis, story reported that he told LM 'as a friend I'd say stay clear..' .Glad Lawrie didn't listen to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie May Posted 11 December, 2019 Share Posted 11 December, 2019 Will we ever say “shame about his Portsmouth connection” when talking about the likes of Channon, Stokes, Golac? It’s ridiculous - rivalry pales into significance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie May Posted 11 December, 2019 Share Posted 11 December, 2019 Insignificance* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamesaint Posted 11 December, 2019 Share Posted 11 December, 2019 Harry and Jim are red and white ... Wasn't he also manager at Blackburn in 1978 when 2 saints were sent off and Bailey started to be booed?? RIP. A good football man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 11 December, 2019 Share Posted 11 December, 2019 Will we ever say “shame about his Portsmouth connection” when talking about the likes of Channon, Stokes, Golac? It’s ridiculous - rivalry pales into significance. No because they were more ours. Football rivalry is part of the game and knowing what an 'old school' football man Jim Smith was (though I never met him) he'd have probably embraced this too. Dunno why some people have to get all high and mighty about tongue in cheek comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie May Posted 11 December, 2019 Share Posted 11 December, 2019 No because they were more ours. Football rivalry is part of the game and knowing what an 'old school' football man Jim Smith was (though I never met him) he'd have probably embraced this too. Dunno why some people have to get all high and mighty about tongue in cheek comments. On a thread about someone's death. Stay classy, instant classy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 11 December, 2019 Share Posted 11 December, 2019 Harry and Jim are red and white ... Wasn't he also manager at Blackburn in 1978 when 2 saints were sent off and Bailey started to be booed?? RIP. A good football man. He was but that was in our 1977-78 promotion season - Here's a sad mind for you Bonfire night 5th Nov 1977 - turned out to be Peter Osgoods last game for us lost 2-1 (we got them back in the return fixture 5-0!). Without doubt a a good footballing man - what he did at Oxford United was pretty impressive with successive promotions as back to back Champions from (old money) Division 3 to the 1st Division. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurosaint Posted 11 December, 2019 Share Posted 11 December, 2019 Sad news, lots of football people praising him but so far I’ve not seen anything from ‘Arry’ which I find surprising! Did they have a major fallout ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 11 December, 2019 Share Posted 11 December, 2019 Harry and Jim are red and white ... Wasn't he also manager at Blackburn in 1978 when 2 saints were sent off and Bailey started to be booed?? RIP. A good football man. The Arry and Jim Derby was the game that made me invest in my first season ticket and got me going to saints games regularly! Rip jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Louis Posted 11 December, 2019 Share Posted 11 December, 2019 Sad news, lots of football people praising him but so far I’ve not seen anything from ‘Arry’ which I find surprising! Did they have a major fallout ?? Harry was on TalkSport this morning, talking glowingly about Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davefizzy14 Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 RIP Jim, a good football man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eurosaint Posted 12 December, 2019 Share Posted 12 December, 2019 Harry was on TalkSport this morning, talking glowingly about Jim. Missed that, mainly because I don't listen to Talksport. Wasn't being accusatory just never saw anything attributed to him ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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