He was nicknamed Tresco and Banger, the latter deriving from his diet as a young player:

Wiki:

"My diet was sausages then, in no particular order, sausages, chips, sausages, toast, sausages, beans, sausages, cheese, sausages, eggs, and the occasional sausage."

His and Bryan Gunn's are the only sporting autobiogs I've ever read. I stopped after Gunny's; it was the literary version of watching some sports blokes travelling on a bus and a plane with a towel and a sandal as points of interest.

Posted By: Tombs, Jul 17, 11:36:46