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Do You Remember The 70's & 80's When Uk Teams Signed Unknown Foreigners? Some Good, Most Were Pants!

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On 4/6/2024 at 9:57 AM, Fromafar said:

Who remembers Alfred Sitzwohl at Edinburgh 1965.Austrian Champion1964.I match I think.

I did get to see his compatriot Walter Grubmuller at Plough Lane.

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Another Austrian at Plough Lane in the 70s was Adi Funk

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41 minutes ago, RobbieB said:

Another Austrian at Plough Lane in the 70s was Adi Funk

Riding for King's Lynn or Leicester, don't remember him riding for Wimbledon

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3 hours ago, rusky said:

Riding for King's Lynn or Leicester, don't remember him riding for Wimbledon

Adi, not riding for Wimbledon but against them at Plough Lane.

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7 hours ago, RobbieB said:

Another Austrian at Plough Lane in the 70s was Adi Funk

Funny thing is, I didn't mention him, as he was around longer. So, I just checked the stats, and Grubmuller actually has better figures than Funk! Didn't realise that...

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Posted (edited)

King's Lynn's Austrian Toni Pillotto wasn't around long...

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1 hour ago, frigbo said:

King's Lynn's Austrian Toni Pillotto wasn't around long...

And he took was worse than Grubmuller. I always felt that he had potential, though...

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