Jimmy Case

He couldn't be happier.

Well, as long as that remains true, why not keep running him? I know that on the Nick Luck Daily before, I mentioned Jimmy Case, the former Liverpool great, playing for Halifax Town.

Gerry Francis, England captain, turning out for Bristol Rovers against Luton Town in the FA Cup.

You could add shoeless Joe Jackson to that list.

I mean, they were, they, they, I mean, you had, like, Kevin Keegan.

Um, you had Jimmy Sha- uh, J- uh, Jimmy Case.

You had Clemmo the keeper.

And I knew these players, and they, and we knew they could play.

They were going for the FA Cup, the league, um, and then they were going for the European Cup the following Wednesday against Bayern Munich or Buch- B- Borussia Mönchengladbach.

And we, and we knew...

But, uh, all in all, all the players, when we beat Liverpool, and I knew Jimmy Case, I knew, I knew Phil Neal 'cause I roomed with him with England.

And we s- and, um, this is the gospel truth, afterwards we went up to Liverpool players and said to them, "Listen, you're gonna go, go over there and beat them.

... bloody.

Robson, Souness, McMahon, Jimmy Case.

Oh, dear me.

Hey, tough boys they were.

There's a, there's a story about Kenny and Liverpool, isn't there? Go on

... with, with regard to Jimmy Case

Mm-hmm.

Okay

Mm-hmm

... apparently had told him to-

Look after Jimmy Case

... y- look after Jimmy Case.

But yeah, I just went for Wanyama because I feel like it's more of a team selection rather than a better selection.

I hate that I can't say people like Jimmy Case or someone like that because I never saw him play.

But yeah, there's probably a few people who are going to disagree with that one.

But I went with Wanyama as the unfashionable one, probably that's not going to get many other votes.

And I had a conversation with David Fairclough once and David said to me, and this surprised me, that Ronnie Whelan was the hardest player, toughest player ever to play for Liverpool.

He said, people sometimes say it was Siri or it was Jimmy Case or Tommy Smith.

He said, Ronnie Whelan was as hard as nails.

Fantastic player.

Good that he got a mention.

But ask my friend, Beth.

She gave five points in the 70s to Jimmy Case because she loved him and five points in the 90s to Ablett because she loved him.

In the Unsung Heroes, it's interesting.

I've butchered that.

Jimmy Case netted all the goals in our 3-0 victory over Bolton in 1978.

And in 2023, the historic 2-1 defeat to Tottenham happened where Diaz was judged to be offside and Curtis Jones was sent off and Gakpo scored and got injured.

Fucking hell.