| John Toshack 21:36 - Sep 11 with 5624 views | thornabyswan |
Can anyone answer this one.
When Tosh took over as player manager was 28 or 29 I think.
Can't imagine a player leaving a top club to manage at that young age now.
How did this come about was he still in the Liverpool team when he left. [Post edited 11 Sep 2019 21:38]
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| John Toshack on 21:42 - Sep 11 with 3728 views | glanmORJa_k |
Tosh was all set to sign for Leicester but he failed a medical but a few months later he was allowed to join the Swans as player manager after watching them lose at Rochdale. | | | |
| John Toshack on 21:55 - Sep 11 with 3664 views | raynor94 |
His knees were not up to the rigour of a 42 game division 1 season | |
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| John Toshack on 22:06 - Sep 11 with 3633 views | Garyjack |
Plus the fact that he turned down returning to Cardiff as a player.  | | | |
| John Toshack on 22:08 - Sep 11 with 3619 views | raynor94 |
Forgot that one! | |
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| John Toshack on 22:08 - Sep 11 with 3614 views | Darran |
His shoulders were too wide to carry his knees. | |
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| John Toshack on 22:09 - Sep 11 with 3608 views | thornabyswan |
Should have mentioned that to Anus before he banned me  | |
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| John Toshack on 22:14 - Sep 11 with 3584 views | sherpajacob |
Player managers were not that unusual at the time, and there was not the same "stigma" regarding playing outside the top division.
Also Tosh would have seen the young talent in the swans squad, Charles, Curtis, James in particular and realised he'd have top flight quality players in the 4th division and he was onto a winner. | |
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| John Toshack on 22:18 - Sep 11 with 3553 views | Darran |
Most top players back in the day used to drop down the divisions top up their money because they couldn’t afford to retire. | |
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| John Toshack on 22:21 - Sep 11 with 3535 views | thornabyswan |
28 though young but if his knees were knackered.
Played a few games for us though. | |
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| John Toshack on 22:30 - Sep 11 with 3489 views | Garyjack |
24 Goals in 63 games not bad for a cripple of a player/manager!  | | | |
| John Toshack on 22:45 - Sep 11 with 3449 views | theloneranger |
Tosh was on the way to Anderlecht but he failed his medical. He then wanted to join Cardiff as a player coach but was knocked back by Cardiff.
When Malcolm Struel heard of this he contacted Tosh and the rest is history, and he became the youngest manager in the Football League at 28.
What attracted Tosh to the Swans were the amount of talented young players, but most of all was the gentleman's agreement he had with Struel, in that if he was successful down the Vetch and Liverpool came calling he would be allowed to leave, something which nearly happened in 1982. [Post edited 11 Sep 2019 22:50]
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| John Toshack on 22:49 - Sep 11 with 3439 views | builthjack |
But his knees are on his legs | |
| Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
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| John Toshack on 23:08 - Sep 11 with 3390 views | theloneranger |
A feature documentary called "Tosh: A Swansea Football Fairytale" is in production. | |
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| John Toshack on 23:16 - Sep 11 with 3370 views | Darran |
He did have a strange shape about him mind didn’t he wear short sleeve shirts because he couldn’t get into long sleeve ones? | |
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| John Toshack on 23:19 - Sep 11 with 3365 views | theloneranger |
Coat Hanger Syndrome | |
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| John Toshack on 23:26 - Sep 11 with 3349 views | Darran |
There was definitely a story about it back in the day. 😂 | |
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| John Toshack on 23:46 - Sep 11 with 3327 views | WarwickHunt |
Goal hanger syndrome. 😱 | | | |
| John Toshack on 06:04 - Sep 12 with 3188 views | builthjack |
The Hulk | |
| Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
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| John Toshack on 06:59 - Sep 12 with 3124 views | AnotherJohn |
My impression was that it was mainly the fitness issue. I don't know if the memory is fading, but as I recall Tosh couldn't generally manage 90 minutes and there were several games when he came on as a late substitute and scored crucial goals. | | | |
| John Toshack on 08:54 - Sep 12 with 3008 views | epaul |
Pete put up a great snippet last night (on fb and twitter) about the Chesterfield game, its about 3 and half minutes long
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| The hair and the beard have gone I am now conforming to society, tis a sad day
The b*stards are coming back though |
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| John Toshack on 09:41 - Sep 12 with 2956 views | controversial_jack |
Had a pic taken with him a few years ago, he's huge | | | |
| John Toshack on 09:48 - Sep 12 with 2948 views | dickythorpe |
In his autobiography it was a thigh injury that just wouldn't go away.
I enjoy listening to him. | | | |
| John Toshack on 09:51 - Sep 12 with 2940 views | theloneranger |
He played rugby as a youngster at fly half. | |
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| John Toshack on 09:58 - Sep 12 with 2926 views | swancity |
Not sure about Anderlecht but he did fail a medical at Leicester City. Ongoing thigh and knee problems were preventing him from reaching required fitness levels at Liverpool who allowed him to leave on a free transfer
He was an outstanding target man, one of the best. His perfect hat trick for Wales whilst a Swan in a 3-0 win v Scotland showed just how effective he was even when only 70% fit.
Apparently he met Struel by chance. Incredible to think what he achieved as a 28 year old and new to management... | |
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| John Toshack on 10:04 - Sep 12 with 2915 views | Darran |
I was at that Wales game at Onion Park. | |
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