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Leader Live
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Leader Live
Wrexham legend Dixie McNeil can't wait for Leicester away!
And Wrexham's legendary goal-getter, manager and now club president, has one fixture more than most that he's looking forward to in the Championship next season - and that's Leicester City away! McNeil banged in goals wherever he played but never got the chance to feature in the Foxes first team after Leicester - the team he supported as a boy - released him back in 1966. He did return to Filbert Street when Wrexham were last in the old Second Division. A 1-1 draw in November 1978 when Mickey Thomas scored days before moving to Manchester United in a club record £350,000 deal. Twelve months on, it ended 2-0 to Leicester who had 18-year-old Gary Lineker in the line-up. 'Leicester home and away; those are the games I'm looking forward to,' said McNeil. 'They never gave me a chance. I was just from down the road in Melton Mowbray but they let me go and I'll never forget that. 'But there are so many good grounds to go to next season and Wrexham fans will be looking forward to those trips. 'They deserve this. Those who went through all those bad years, relegations and then all those seasons in non-league football. 'The last few seasons have been a reward for them sticking by the club.' McNeil didn't do too bad for himself after the dejection of his Foxes' rejection, scoring goals for Exeter, Northampton and Lincoln before becoming the star turn at Hereford. McNeil netted 85 goals in 129 games at Edgar Street and that prompted Wrexham boss Arfon Griffiths to splash out £60,000 on a 30-year-old striker back in September 1977. It was money well spent and money is what McNeil, who has made Wrexham his home ever since that 70s move, believes will be key next season. 'We've spent money when we've had to since the new owners came in but we'll have to spend even more in the summer,' said McNeil. 'There's a lot more bigger clubs in the Championship and if you want to compete, you have to spend money.' Wrexham had the money to spend in their last spell in the second tier but it didn't add up to much as their stay lasted only four years after the Division Three title was won in 1978.. 'Mickey Thomas and Bobby Shinton went and we struggled,' added McNeil. 'You're always going to hit a bump in the road but we never really saw relegation coming after only four years. 'Times have been bad but now certainly makes up for all that. 'Three promotions have given the town and the fans a massive lift. I've lived in the town ever since I moved here and the team being successful is brilliant for everyone. 'Everyone knows how much Rob and Ryan have done for the club since buying it but the Supporters Trust did a brilliant job in keeping the club going through the tough times. 'Phil Parkinson also deserves credit for the job he's done. Three promotions on the trot is a fantastic achievement.'
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Starship and Foghat to rock Coronado Performing Arts Center in October
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — 'We Built This City' and 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now' hitmakers Starship, featuring vocalist Mickey Thomas, will join 'Slow Ride' rockers Foghat for a show at the Coronado Performing Arts Center in October. Starship was initially a continuation of Jefferson Starship and Jefferson Airplane, and went platinum for the 1985 album Knee Deep in the Hoopla which featured Billboard Top 100 singles 'We Built This City' and 'Sara.' The 1987 album No Protection featured the single 'Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now' from the movie Mannequin. The band reformed in 1992 as Starship Featuring Mickey Thomas following the departure of co-singer Grace Slick, and released Love Among the Cannibals with the song 'It's Not Enough.' Foghat is an English classic rock band best known for 'Slow Ride,' released in 1975, with other hits including 'I Just Want to Make Love to You' and 'Fool for the City.' Foghat has released 17 studio albums, 8 of which have gone gold and 1 platinum. Starship and Foghat will perform at the Coronado on Thursday, October 9th, 2025. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 9th at 10 a.m. on and via the Coronado Box Office. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Irish Times
05-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
True blue leaves celebrating Liverpool fans red-faced
On the off chance that you missed hearing about why some Liverpool fans celebrated their winning of the league by greeting the team coach at Anfield with blue – blue! – flares, we'll hand you over to an Everton-loving tweeter by the name of Tony Blue Blood: 'My mate just texted me there. He bought 10,000 blue flares and spent the last 4 weeks taking the blue labels off them and putting red labels on them. I hope he sells the f***in' lot.' For that, we are awarding Tony Blue Blood's mate the prestigious 'Football fan displaying the most magnificent entrepreneurial spirit' award for the 2024-25 season. Oldham fans poke fun over vegan-friendly Forest Green Rovers Back in 2015, the English National League's Forest Green Rovers became the world's first vegan football club, and ever since, as they say themselves, they are 'continually looking at new ways to push the boundaries of environmental consciousness in sport'. READ MORE Among their initiatives has been irrigating their organic pitch with water pumped from the away fans' toilets, which has probably resulted in fewer players going to ground too easily. The club is best known for its strict vegan-only food policy. If you ever visit the ground and have a longing for a beef burger, pork pie or sausage roll, you'll be out of luck. Instead, you'll be offered the likes of Quorn, deep-fried leek and mashed potato pies, vegan pizzas and fajitas. Oldham fans dressed as butchers off to Forest Green today… Forest Green are the worlds first fully vegan football club. 😭 — Football Away Days (@FBAwayDays) As we mentioned before, the club's players haven't always adhered to this policy, a snitch of a taxi driver once revealing to the press that he had delivered £200 worth of fish, chicken and chips to the team coach. Most, though, are respectful of FGR's principles. Well, except for some visiting Oldham fans. What did they come dressed as for their recent game? Butchers. And they were carrying inflatable cows and sheep. No doubt they spent the game singing 'meat pie, sausage roll, come on Oldham, give us a goal'. They didn't get one, they lost 1-0. Serves them right. Quote of the Week 'They have captured the whole universe. I am sure if you go to the moon, there'd be someone there asking: 'How are Wrexham doing?'.' – Wrexham legend Mickey Thomas on the club's three successive promotions extending their fan base beyond planet earth. Number of the Week: 8 The number of Republic of Ireland players who have been relegated with their clubs from the Premier League – four with Ipswich, three with Southampton and one with Leicester. Carnage. Word of Mouth 'The first second I held him after he was born, I told him 'you're going to be the best player in the world'.' – Mounir Nasraoui on putting quite a bit of early pressure on his baby boy. Mind you, his son is Lamine Yamal, so Mounir wasn't far off with his prediction. 'A big shout out to the guy dressed as a shoe who overtook me when I was struggling and gave me some great words of encouragement. Thank you mate.' – John Terry saluting a fellow runner in the London Marathon, but in doing so revealing that he was overtaken by a man dressed as a shoe. 'I don't know how it would be if the boot was on the other foot – but we'll never really know.' – Celtic's Luke McCowan somewhat cheekily suggesting there'll be no need to give Rangers a guard of honour for winning the league any time soon. April 5 – Scott McTominay: 'I never ate tomatoes at home. They're just red water. Here, I eat them as a snack. They're incredible.' April 28 – Kyle Walker: 'The food is amazing. Even the tomatoes are nice here.' British footballers' appreciation of Italian tomatoes is gathering pace. 'The difference between the teams isn't that big.' – Chelsea manager Sonia Bompastor after Barcelona beat her side in the Champions League semi-finals . . . 8-2 on aggregate. 'This season has not been good. We are a thousand million points behind Liverpool.' – Pep Guardiola conceding there's quite a gap between his lads and the champions. 'The manager and physio say that I need to relax and rest, but I say no. When I die I will have a lot of time to lay down and rest.' – Bruno Fernandes adopting a 'plenty of time to sleep when you're dead' policy.
