Still, old Ted did get as many goals as the much more celebrated Wardy in the League season that Brighton were promoted from Div Two. Can't have been all bad.
Barry Bridges actually did a good job for Brighton from the start of January 1974 to the end of the season, and probably did as much as anyone to preserve the club's Third Division status. However, at the start of the New Year, Clough had already decided to ditch him when the season ended.
But...
:) :clap:
Not that I saw it happen, but I think I have an inkling that he scored a hat-trick for Brighton's reserves in a 5-0 win over Southampton, which prompted him to get a slot in the first team.
I think it's a bit of myth that's built up around Wade. After all, it's a great fairy tale to tell of a footballer that no one has heard of who turns up, scores four, and is promptly never heard of again. Sometimes I even hear people say that that the Newcastle game was his first for us.
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