Fitzhugh Fella Posted 22 March, 2023 Share Posted 22 March, 2023 Norwegian newspapers are reporting the passing of ex Saints captain Tony Knapp. https://www.saintsplayers.co.uk/player/tony-knapp/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shropshire Saint Posted 22 March, 2023 Share Posted 22 March, 2023 A key member (and captain) of our 1965/6 promotion season. In a game against Wolves he scored an early own goal. The expression on his face ( he was right in front of me in the Milton Road) was of absolute horror. He needn't have worried - we won the match 9-3. RIP Tony. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooney Posted 22 March, 2023 Share Posted 22 March, 2023 Good player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 23 March, 2023 Share Posted 23 March, 2023 18 hours ago, Shropshire Saint said: A key member (and captain) of our 1965/6 promotion season. In a game against Wolves he scored an early own goal. The expression on his face ( he was right in front of me in the Milton Road) was of absolute horror. He needn't have worried - we won the match 9-3. RIP Tony. I was at the Milton Road End that day too and remember he seemed to head the ball over his head and into the back of the net I always liked Tony as a player and followed him at Leicester when i lived in Leicestershire sixty five years ago he did much along with Paine and Chivers to get us to Div 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derry Posted 23 March, 2023 Share Posted 23 March, 2023 Not the tallest but a leader RIP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom & Gerry Posted 24 March, 2023 Share Posted 24 March, 2023 His signing was seen as a real show of ambition at the time. The fee was much higher than we had paid before (Can't remember exactly) and it caused some excitement, a major step towards promotion to the top league for the first time. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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