![]() ![]() Well no, maybe not, but he has got an opinion and he voices it. I worked with Barry and John at the BBC for four years, and occasionally a footballer would say: “Remind me how many caps Barry Davies has got. He is always criticising us like he is the England manager and he never played the game.” Each of them were very, very distinctive in their style. There's a very famous commentary by Barry Davies, who I didn't know at the time but I have come to know, older readers would be in awe of Barry Davies, John Motson, Brian Moore - those commentators from the late 1970s, early 1980s. The guy who had taken my best mate's place in the team scored the winning goal. Trevor Francis' solitary goal was probably, I've got to be honest here, probably my only disappointment of that night. Martin was elbowed by Cloughie onto the subs bench! So I was watching my pals play in a Champions League final when two years earlier I was watching them play away at York and Bolton. The only additions in those two years from being promoted in third place in what is now the Championship into the Premier League, to winning the Champions League, were Peter Shilton the goalkeeper, Kenny Burns and Trevor Francis - the first million-pound player who actually took my mate Martin O'Neill's place in the team. There were two more of that promotion team on the bench. In 1979, eight of the promotion team started the European Cup final. Martin O'Neill was my first great friend in football who remains a great friend. ![]() So these were my mates, and in their promotion campaign to what is now the Premier League in 1976-77 were a lot of the guys that to this day I call my friends. Forest's Premier League return: The teams who have yet to make it back.Steve Cooper can emulate Graham Potter's Premier League success. ![]()
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