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Budum tush.
Delighted to close mine there last year!
Dixon apparently put on standby for Under-21 Championship Qualifying games ???
Delighted with this news! As I said before on this thread, it's easy to make mistakes, and to keep making them, when you're young, it can take time to cop on. Seems like he finally has done.Quote:
Originally Posted by AlaskaFox
How many times has this been said though? "Oh, he finally seems to get it." Seems people say this every time he finds a new club and then he gets released for "personal reasons."Quote:
Originally Posted by Yard of Pace
That's true but I don't think the U-21 management would be going near him if he was still acting the goat. He has something to really aim for and very encouraging news about Ireland and he's that bit older now. If he throws it away again with messing, well, that would be a great shame. Like an ever-forgiving wife, I still have faith in him though.Quote:
Originally Posted by theworm2345
I think a bit of realism needs to be injected into the Terry Dixon debate. We're talking about a 21 year old footballer who was perceived as having a lot of potential as a 15 / 16 year old when training at a Premier League club. But potential means nothing unless it's realised. Since his inclusion in a full international squad, he has suffered a string of terrible knee injuries and has been released from numerous clubs for personal issues.
And that's all before he played a single game of professional football.
He managed one game in League 2 for Stevenage before he was released. He played 7 games of non-league football for Ware and then Tooting & Mithcham, and now he has played a couple of games for Halifax in the Conference. His current level is 2 divisions below Kevin Kilbane when he was at Huddersfiled, which, if you listened to some of the people posting on this site, was such a low level of football, we shouldn't even be talking about him anymore. It's similar to the Richie Partridge situation — a highly rated teenager who failed to fulfill any of the potential he seemed to have, but fans still talked about as if he needed that one more chance to show what he could do and suddenly we'd have a superstar on our hands.
I don't feel like it's ever going to happen for Dixon for whatever reason, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong. I felt the same about Wes Hoolahan to be honest, and he's playing in the Premier League now, so you never know.
You say ever-forgiving wife, over here they call it battered wife syndrome...anyway I hope he gets his head on straight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yard of Pace
Halifax are in the Conference North, one below the Conference, meaning they are three tiers below Huddersfield. I believe they are the reincarnation of the old Halifax and just got promoted to the Conference North last year. Still though, he hasn't fallen the furthest of Stan's call ups, Joe O'Cearuill is playing one level below him for Dixon's old club Tooting and Mitcham...and he actually got capped (twice!).Quote:
Originally Posted by Serb
Dixon called into the under 21 squad
Was on a Bradford forum looking for info on another player and ran across some info about Dixon. He has been recalled from Halifax and apparently is pushing for a spot in the Bradford squad if you believe this guy
Also he is apparently staying with the club's chief scout Archie Christie which may help him keep his head on straightQuote:
While we didn't talk about players too much, [manager Phil Parkinson] was very complimentary about Terry Dixon. My opinion only this, but perhaps Rodney's move on loan to Darlington would suggest that Dixon might get a chance soon? (He is currently undergoing a personal pre-season plan as he recovers from bad injuries, so probably isn't quite ready yet.)
http://bcafc.livewwware.co.uk/viewto...?f=7&p=1073745Quote:
But as an example of the cost savings being made, three of the DS (development squad) players are living at one of the chairmen’s houses (the chairman not there) which one suspects doesn't cost the club. Terry Dixon stays wherever Archie stays, which means for quite a bit of the week he is living at Archie’s house. Other DS players, we assume, still live at home. No one is staying at the Cedar Hotel full time as such, it’s just a place some of the players apparently meet for breakfast.
forget about this chap! finished!
Hope springs eternal.
FWIW, Dixon was on the scoresheet last Monday for Dover against Eastbourne. In their previous game (also against Eastbourne) he came on as a second-half substitute and looked impressive, setting up Dover's equaliser. Based on the highlights I saw at http://www.youtube.com/DoverAthleticFC, on pure ability anyway, he looks a cut above this level, so who knows? He's only just about to turn 22
There's one point there at about 7:20 where he goes on a fine run, incorporating a couple of Ronaldo-esque stepovers. He doesn't look all that fit though, or is that his build?Quote:
Originally Posted by samhaydenjr
set up one today- the Dover fans don't think he'll stay the season as he's too good for them frankly. The loan deals up at the end of Jan.
I've never seen him in the flesh, but I think Dixon has always had a bit of a John Hartson-esque look and build about him.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
John Hartson was all about the Ronaldo-esque stepovers too.
After bouncing around so much and with so few games under his belt, it might do him good just to stay put and get a run in a team for a few months, even at this level. If he can continue to impress and bang in a few goals, he might get a proper shot at a league team next season. Also, I thought he had been let go by Bradford permanently.Quote:
Originally Posted by boovidge
He set up one of Dover's goals today as well as a couple of other chances, but missed an open goal (albeit from a tight angle)
Looking for a move to the League now apparently. Good praise from the Dover manager:
"We've got him to the end of January – that's when he's contracted to. He wants to go and play league football and with all due respect to us, he's too good for Dover Athletic and this league. He's over his injuries now after drifting out the game and losing a bit of focus. He's channelling all his efforts into getting fit and he is simply too good for this level of football.
At times he is impossible to defend against. He's started to get into it and what he can do with the ball is mesmerising. We knew what kind of talent he was and we know at some stage we will lose him, we all know that. His quality is there for all to see. We won't stand in his way as he's helping us out and we're helping him out. He's got a bit of Wayne Rooney about him. I don't think he's fit enough just yet but we're doing what we can for him."
http://www.thisiskent.co.uk/Dix-way/...ail/story.html
When will he ever be fit enough?Quote:
Originally Posted by Philly
So, does this mean he isn't returning to Bradford at the end of January and will be seeking a contract with some other league side?
He'll be 22 on Sunday. Unfulfilled talent unfortunately.
off to the glue factory with himQuote:
Originally Posted by OMTY
He probably won't make it for us at this stage, but I really hope he can start playing regularly. If there's one Irish player who deserves a career in football, it's this lad.
Why? From what I recall, his problems had more to do with the jar than knee injuries.
You recall incorrectly.
Wasn`t he a problem child everywhere he went? Didn`t he get released more than once for being out of shape from too much booze?
I think it was just for being out of shape. Andy Reid's in the same boat and he doesn't even drink. His main problem is still that his knees are basically non-existent.
edit: not the same literal boat. That's a capsizin' waiting to happen.
Andy Reid doesn't drink?? What are you on!
Andy Reid almost certainly drinks. I remember seeing him with a pint when he was featured on TV3 for a show on traditional music. I think Trap has also alluded to his staying up and drinking as one of the reasons why he has been cast out of the Irish team.
A Darwinian slip?
Steven Reid?
Try the Hawksley on Derby Road on a Sunday. You'll get your answer in there I'd say...
I remember talking to a cab driver in Durham who knew Andy Reid. The story goes that one time when Reid was at Sunderland he gave him £400 to go to Nottingham, to his apartment and pick up his guitar in the midst of a sesuin... The provenance from the story comes from the description given by the driver of the area, you would have had to had been there. Other bits and bobs he dropped into the conversation made me believe the story.
I've heard from a couple of people through the years who know Andy Reid that he doesn't drink. Maybe he does now but 2/3 yers ago he didn't according to those folk
Scored at the weekend, I didn't even realize it at the time
(5:00 in)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2yyqbgsMiU&t=5m0s
Eoin Wearen mentioned Terry Dixon on twitter earlier, so I was wondering where he is now
Turns out he signed for Aylesbury FC in the Evo-Stik League Southern Division One Central just a week and a half ago: http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/m...striker-35841/
Jesus the worm! Forgot all about him...Probably married with kids these days!
Oh and Terry Dixon, shame his career didnt pan out as expected/hoped, thems the breaks I suppose
Worm still posts the weekend goalscorers on YBIG, but as far as I can tell, other than that one weekly post, he's abandoned the site
I bet they knew Terry Dixon ha signed for Aylesbury before Terry did over at YBIG. They're the real superfans.
Really good interview with Dixon on football.london: https://www.football.london/tottenha...spurs-17702642
"I started to drink alcohol quite a lot. That wasn't a good time for me. I was quite depressed."
"Also I was stuck in bad habits. I was still drinking and it was non-stop. Then they gave me all that money at West Ham and I didn't know what to do with it. I was just going out all the time and it kills me now just thinking about it."
He added: "Nowadays you can't drink alcohol every other day like I was. You can't drink alcohol every week and be a professional footballer in the Premier League. Those days are gone. You just can't do it any more."
Very sad combination of knee injuries and alcohol consumption.