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Post by Ox Terrier on May 27, 2021 9:50:13 GMT 1
Who remember this? The aim of the challenge was to find the fastest player in the League. Each club was invited to send its fastest player to regional heats, with the fastest 2 from each, and the fastest 4 losers qualifying for the finals (played before the League Cup final; Man Utd 1 - 0 Nott'm Forest). The players had to run 100m in football boots and normal match kit (minus shin pads) on grass. Iffy Onuora represented Town and qualified through the heats, progressing to the semi-final (also taking place at Wembley on the day of the Cup Final). After a night on the pop the previous night, the story goes that he missed the starting gun and was playing catch up from there! Semi-Final Heat 2 line up and odds: Tony Witter QPR 8/1 Iffy Onuora Huddersfield Town 16/1 Adrian Littlejohn Sheffield Utd 14/1 John Williams Swansea 10/1 Keith Curle Man City 3/1 Michael Gilkes Reading 7/1 Junior Bent Bristol City 25/1 Stuart Storer Bolton ? The competition was eventually won by John Williams of Swansea City, who collected £10,000. Not bad at all back in '92 ![]() |
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2021 10:15:45 GMT 1
Well found it anyway. Betting and the old war horse John McCririck is sure to be about.
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Post by Ox Terrier on May 27, 2021 10:25:27 GMT 1
Well found it anyway. Betting and the old war horse John McCririck is sure to be about. I tried to embed a photo url of Iffy’s semi-final (showing him in, arguably, last place), but no idea why it isn’t displaying. |
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2021 10:26:49 GMT 1
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Post by Ox Terrier on May 27, 2021 10:27:48 GMT 1
Well found it anyway. Betting and the old war horse John McCririck is sure to be about. Not sure if there’s video evidence of Iffy’s semi-final where he supposedly missed the gun, but it’d be fun to watch if it exists. It must, surely? |
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Post by Toxic Ted on May 27, 2021 10:34:11 GMT 1
They covered it on one of Boothy’s beer & banter chats. They got him bajingo’d the night before apparently and all lumped in on him winning it. I think it was the one with Iwan Roberts on it, and Iffy obviously.
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Post by I have a box full of hats on May 27, 2021 10:37:28 GMT 1
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Post by Ox Terrier on May 27, 2021 10:55:30 GMT 1
Where’s the semi-final footage though, he can’t have had it deleted! 🤣 |
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2021 11:00:50 GMT 1
Some of the blokes in costumes are fit and sporty like. The City Gent was a fat nacker who handed out sweets to kids..... |
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Post by HuddsTerrier on May 27, 2021 11:01:49 GMT 1
I rember the winner - John Williams - got the nickname the Flying Postman. Winning that raised his profile massively and he soon got a move to Coventry in the Premier League
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Post by golcarexile on May 27, 2021 12:28:30 GMT 1
This came up before a while back. Remember watching it live on ITV and being quite excited to see Iffy in the semis. Linford Christie used to say he went on the b of 'bang'. Iffy went on the r of 'the gun just went off you plonker'.
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Post by Ox Terrier on May 27, 2021 13:36:53 GMT 1
I’d love to see it reintroduced, but it’d never happen today. Maybe they could run a fans sprint competition. League clubs could hold local trails to determine their representative. Then on to the regional heats before the finals on FA Cup or League Cup final day. It’d make for a bit of entertainment in the build up to the match. Of course, they’d end up with 92 ringers fighting it out for the prize!
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