Gordon Neilson
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Wise old Bee
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Gordon Neilson
He scored with an overhead kick at Swansea once. How many of our strikers have ever done that? He gets into the Brentford All-time Ginger team too.
blunstone
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Gordon Neilson
good player - quick and with skill - but followed a legend which is never an easy thing to do.
Bungy Bee
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Gordon Neilson
Gordon was born on 28.5.47 in Glasgow. When he left the Bees, he joined Hillingdon Boro' in July '72 for their Centenary Season and scored 9 goals in 31 apperances in the Southern League Premier Division before retiring through injury in May '73.
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I remember a Monday night game at Griffin Park at the tail-end of the 1970/71 season against Colchester when Gordon Neilson scored a last-gasp goal for a 1-0 win. The 'roof-came-off' when he scored it and as a young boy standing down at the front of the New Road terrace it was one of those "spine-tingling" moments that you remember from your childhood supporting days.
It was the same match (I think) that I remember Dick Renwick tackling a Colchester player with such ferocity that he knocked him completely off the pitch and the player came over the fence and landed on his back amongst the crowd just nearby me in the New Road!!
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It was the same match (I think) that I remember Dick Renwick tackling a Colchester player with such ferocity that he knocked him completely off the pitch and the player came over the fence and landed on his back amongst the crowd just nearby me in the New Road!!
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Gordon Neilson
Yes, that was the season both teams had very good FA Cup runs, with Colchester being outstanding giant-killers, having knocked out the then very mighty Leeds United.
Over 9000 turned up for Colchester's visit to Griffin Park and it was, indeed, a terrific atmosphere, especially when Neilson stabbed home that late winner. I believe it resulted from an enormous throw from the New Road touchline by our then long-throw expert, Roger Cross.
Markybee
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Yes, that was the season both teams had very good FA Cup runs, with Colchester being outstanding giant-killers, having knocked out the then very mighty Leeds United.
Over 9000 turned up for Colchester's visit to Griffin Park and it was, indeed, a terrific atmosphere, especially when Neilson stabbed home that late winner. I believe it resulted from an enormous throw from the New Road touchline by our then long-throw expert, Roger Cross.
Blimey Geoff, you really do remember every game like it was yesterday.
Chipper
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Strangely I found my old autograph book today and there are a couple of pages of the Brentford team, right in the middle is Gordon Neilson's signature.
nick logan
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Blimey Geoff, you really do remember every game like it was yesterday.
Yes, Markybee.
That is one of the benefits of being a lifelong Brentford fan.
The older we get, the more great things we can look back on.
One or two bad times, of course, but lots of bloody good ones.
Would you like me to talk you through our great victory against Ilford in the London Senior Cup Final in 1897?....
Gordon Neilson
To me possibly the best game Gordon played for us was against Cardiff in the early 70's.The match was played at Cardiff in the FA Cup, which we won 2 0.At the time Cardiff were riding high in the old 2nd division and we were floundering near the bottom of the old 4th division.It was Gordon who inspired the Bees to victory by the way he was taking on and beating his marker. A truly great performance.
Gordon Neilson
A hero of Ninian Park...
Great memories indeed!
You have made a really good point there, in that Gordon was one of the heroes of what was, probably, our greatest victory whilst being in the Fourth Division. In fact, that bit of giant-killing at Ninian Park was arguably one of our best triumphs of the past 40 odd years.
Great memories indeed!
You have made a really good point there, in that Gordon was one of the heroes of what was, probably, our greatest victory whilst being in the Fourth Division. In fact, that bit of giant-killing at Ninian Park was arguably one of our best triumphs of the past 40 odd years.
Bungy Bee
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Great memories indeed!
You have made a really good point there, in that Gordon was one of the heroes of what was, probably, our greatest victory whilst being in the Fourth Division. In fact, that bit of giant-killing at Ninian Park was arguably one of our best triumphs of the past 40 odd years.
The pitch was a mud-bath I recall....
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Gordon Neilson
Good to see some favourable comments about Gordon on this thread.
Sadly, I made some less than kind remarks about him on a previous thread, and although I stand by them, I feel that he should be remembered on a broader basis.
Sadly, I made some less than kind remarks about him on a previous thread, and although I stand by them, I feel that he should be remembered on a broader basis.
Brain-dead Bee
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The pitch was a mud-bath I recall....
I seem to remember we left our 2 wide men out by the touchline almost the whole time so we had an out ball to the only parts of the pitch with any grass on them.
Play kept getting stopped for our keeper (think it was Gordon Phillips) to get mud wiped out of his eyes
Wise old Bee
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It's half the fun of reading these posts. Strange how we have watched the same players yet think so differently. I once posted some less-than-favourable remarks about Ijah Anderson and got drowned in electronic phlegm. Don't get me started about Bob Taylor's last few games for us either... I thought Gordon Neilson did a fair job for us in a difficult time, then, has there ever not been a difficult time at GP?
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Good points there, my friend.
Those guys in Gordon Neilson's times had it very tough indeed, with small playing squads and everything being run on a shoestring, in the four or five seasons following the 'QPR takeover' crisis . I believe players then often had to play through the pain barrier, as we were short of replacements.
blunstone
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I'm fairly sure they were there at the same time for one season at least: Mansley joining first, then Neilson joining before Mansley left (though Neilson may have been signed when Mansley was injured)
blunstone
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my memory seems to tell me that we signed Neilson for £10,000 after the sale of a star player..... or with the proceeds from a sale. docherty ? mansley? ????? hhmmmmmm. oh dear!
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£10,000 from Arsenal due to a growing injury list. Only had a 16 man squad and they were dropping like flies.
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As I have mentioned ad nauseam on here that was a great season to be a Bee but seeing as it was Brentford we all knew it wouldn't last!
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Gordon Neilson
I bumped into him Yesterday at the Emirates. Had my picture taken with him in front of his bit of the historical players mural. Nice chap.
