Players Leaving
Bruce pretty much wanted to go after 84/85 I think-we had gone down and weren't going to play in Europe the following season. Ken Brown would have worked hard to persuade him, Watson, Woods et al to stick around and get us back up again.
To their credit they did I guess as we could have sold all three of them on relegation. We went back up again with as good a side as we'd ever had to that time with all three of them onboard, Bruce stayed on for another season and a half in the old First Division and was still here after Woods and Watson had gone.
He didn't exactly leave us in the lurch when he went, but he has rarely, a'la Andy Townsend been very complimentary about us since he left, but I guess he hasn't about Gillingham either!
He never seems to have quite clicked as a Manager though but I bet, given the circumstances* (Lambert moves on next Summer, Bruce is out of work) he'd come back here in an instant.
*Purely hypothetical scenario not a prediction!
Posted By: Martin Peters on September 22nd 2011 at 11:12:41
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- Song for Steve Bruce (NCFC) - UtterlyHuckerby, Sep 22, 10:11:46
- Players Leaving (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Sep 22, 11:12:41
- Always used to just be (NCFC) - duke of york, Sep 22, 10:17:32
- will he not get a good reception? (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 22, 10:19:34
- Doubt people will care one way or the other these days (NCFC) - duke of york, Sep 22, 10:36:42
- I cant stand Steve Bruce (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Sep 22, 10:44:09
- Left Palace in the play-off season for Birmingham (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Sep 22, 11:09:14
- yes it was a sunday (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 22, 11:17:14
- Marc Libbra scored didnt he? (n/m) (NCFC) - samcd84, Sep 22, 11:20:55
- didn't he get 2? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 22, 11:24:16
- ok it was a iwan pen (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 22, 11:25:12
- Not looked at the link, but I'm sure we were 0-3 down (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Sep 22, 11:29:19
- "The possibility of Bruce moving to St Andrews seems to have disappeared" (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Sep 22, 11:32:07
- yep (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 22, 11:31:33
- ffs turns out it was ravanelli (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 22, 11:34:01
- I can see how you got the two confused............ (n/m) (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Sep 22, 11:38:06
- lol tbf christie came on as a late sub (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 22, 11:39:21
- I can see how you got the two confused............ (n/m) (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Sep 22, 11:38:06
- ffs turns out it was ravanelli (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 22, 11:34:01
- Not looked at the link, but I'm sure we were 0-3 down (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Sep 22, 11:29:19
- ok it was a iwan pen (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 22, 11:25:12
- didn't he get 2? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 22, 11:24:16
- Marc Libbra scored didnt he? (n/m) (NCFC) - samcd84, Sep 22, 11:20:55
- yes it was a sunday (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 22, 11:17:14
- Left Palace in the play-off season for Birmingham (NCFC) - KentonCanary, Sep 22, 11:09:14
- I cant stand Steve Bruce (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Sep 22, 10:44:09
- Doubt people will care one way or the other these days (NCFC) - duke of york, Sep 22, 10:36:42
- will he not get a good reception? (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 22, 10:19:34
- the elephant man (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Sep 22, 10:16:31
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