salty 2,202 Posted April 4, 2015 In Martin Rogers book he says the first he knew of anything happening with regard to Leicester was when he got a letter dropping on the mat. The grudge was to do that lack of warning and that even though CO knew that Rogers had moved home during the close season to be closer to Blackbird Road there was never an inkling that closure was imminent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gemini 4,894 Posted April 4, 2015 So did he also explain why the last meeting ended the way it did with no 'Goodbyes' from the riders? There was nothing like the usual 'end of season' goings on with fun and games before the fireworks started. It must have been very noticeable to stick in my memory as not many things do these days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
salty 2,202 Posted April 4, 2015 No mention of the end of the previous season at all other than the body blows of a serious injury to Mike Lanham and Mark Coutney's transfer request. Just to re-iterate he (Rogers) says they moved into their new house at Oadby at the end of the '83 season and one of the first items of post they received was a letter from CO "telling us that Midland Sports were selling the Leicester stadium for redevelopment" Goes on to say when the story became public knowledge "there were those who nodded their heads and claimed they had known, or that we had known. Maybe they had. We definitely had not." 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
