Less we forget OUR HERO...Johnny Haynes...

[mr-ska]

John Norman "Johnny" Haynes (17 October 1934 – 18 October 2005) best known for his 18 years at Fulham.


Seven Years Since His Death... Gone But Not Forgotten...

[LBNo11]

[Jambo]

Only one Legend at Fulham.  And of all the statues I've seen at Football grounds the one for JH is by far the best..... but maybe I'm biased.

[cmg]

Thanks for the reminder.

Weren't we lucky?

[St Eve]

The best ever

[MOR :]

                                               

                                      A Fulham Legend who will never be forgotten...

[filham]

The Maestro.
Those of us that were lucky enough to see him play will never forget him.

[vbg cottager]

R.I.P. Maestro...

[ron]

Quite right....never forgotten, not ever.

Here's to his memory  :wine:

[DiegoFulham]

according to Pele the best passer of the ball he's seen, ashamed many of us never got to see his talent :( R.I.P one of English football's greats

[Jambo]

http://theinsideleft.com/johnny-haynes-the-maestro-remembered/

[Kell]

Rip Johnny

[grandad]

I was lucky to see him play from 1954 till 1970. The most loyal player ever to have worn our shirt.He could have gone to any club in the world.
RIP The Maestro.

[sunburywhite]

Is there a compliation of him anywhere

I saw him play from 1960 onwards but never truly realised what I was watching

[epsomraver]

The one advantage of being an olden is having had the privilege of both meeting him and watching him play

[Fernhurst]

My first Fulham game in 57 so watched Johnny for years and years.

Us oldies possibly look back with rose coloured glasses but I consider myself sane and mostly sensible and still remain convinced he is the greatest player ever to don our famous shirt.

On a personal note the day I met him in the early sixties is still a treasured in my memory.

RIP our Fulham hero.

[MOR :]

Remembering Brave Johnny Haynes

Isn't it strange how emotions can change
like a blink in the wink of an eye
when just for a moment your world it stands still
no matter how hard you may try

I was back in a place  in  a whole other space
and the haunts of my footballing past
in the back streets of Fulham we'd play on those streets
and we thought that it always would last -
but there at the ground there was barely a sound
by the gates where the tributes all lay
just reporters and fans with their heads in their hands
and I'm lost and can't think what to say

He was awesome prolific imposing terrific
all the times that I saw Johnny play
when the rafters would ring they would bellow and sing
at the Cottage some long ago day -
there's a  picture in flight  you're in black and in white
ln the colours of country and team
is it really all gone  will your memory go on
when I wake will they say it's a dream?

You were there at the top you were so hard to stop
in mud and in  snow or in rain
and whatever is said there are goals in my head
that will linger and always remain -
there was Tony Macedo and your old mate Tosh
there'd be Langley and Robson and Hill
there are memories of Cup games and  flags on the bank
I can capture it all and I will

And the bloke in his coat in that old rowing boat
collecting the ball from the Thames
the closeness the banter  the wags in the crowd
they are days that we won't see again -
for you were the heart of it so much a part of it
Johnny I'm shattered and  sad
you were one of the first games that I ever saw
and the thought of it now makes me glad

Glad to remember some hopeless defender
left strewn by your pace and that shot
you were lethal in flight like a thief in the night
you were marked liked some penatly spot

But isn't it great how your memory is saved
in footage your legend remains
your name echoes loud - and I'm down but I'm proud 
Remembering  brave Johnny Haynes

By Crispin Thomas

[MOR :]

Is there a compliation of him anywhere

I saw him play from 1960 onwards but never truly realised what I was watching

Johnny Haynes (The Fulham Legend).avi

JOHNNY HAYNES.

[cmg]

according to Pele the best passer of the ball he's seen, ashamed many of us never got to see his talent :( R.I.P one of English football's greats

No need to be ashamed, mate. Some of us have been luckier than others.

http://theinsideleft.com/johnny-haynes-the-maestro-remembered/

A nice tribute. Interesting remark about the 'genius in his left boot'. Quite right, too - but equally applicable to the right boot. Haynes was a natural right footer, in fact; although you could watch him play several hundred times (or view what little footage is available on the internet) and never be able to decide which was better.


Two-footed' players were less rare then than they are today, when some coaches, apparently, discourage development of 'the wrong' foot in case it inhibits the player's 'natural' talents. Watching top class players shuffle the ball on to their 'correct' foot is one of the more embarrassing features of the modern game.

[epsomraver]

Two-footed' players were less rare then than they are today, when some coaches, apparently, discourage development of 'the wrong' foot in case it inhibits the player's 'natural' talents. Watching top class players shuffle the ball on to their 'correct' foot is one of the more embarrassing features of the modern game.

That is very true, when we were kids we had to practice to kick as well with the weak foot as the strong and I still can to this day 092.gif