RIP Johnny Miller

[TCCANARY 263]

Died yesterday, played for both us and 1p5wich, was part of a promotion winning squad under John Bond.

Was his nickname ''spider man'', was something to do with his running style being all arm and legs?

[daly 500]

Remember seeing him in the League Cup Final when we lost 1-0 to Villa at Wembley. Where have 40 years gone

[mrs miggins 0]

Speaking of James Bond I first thought you meant sick boy.

[ricardo 7,349]

Remember him scoring one of the quickest goals ever at CR.It was at the River End but can''t remember who against.RIP JM.

[TIL 1010 4,722]

I remember him scoring against his old scum side. RIP JM.

[Johnny Stump 1]

My main memory of him was at Wembley too. Didn''t seem like he was with us for long, but he probably was.

RIP Johnny Miller.

[nutty nigel 7,513]

Johnny Miller didn''t play more than about 25 games for us but he certainly played in a few big ones. My memory is him banging in 2 goals at the portaloo to knock the binners out of the league cup quarter final. It is said we still owed them the fee at the time. Now that''s what I call a magic moment!! John Bond just said magic[:)] I think we signed him from them the same time as we signed Peter Morris.

 

I don''t remember him being called spider though. We had a winger a couple of years before known as Spider Mellor. His son is Neil Mellor who is now a pundit on Sky.

 

RIP Johnny Miller.

[Hairy Canary 668]

Remember him mostly for the Ipswich game where he scored a couple. Can''t remember him in the cup final for some reason.

I remember Ian Mellor too Nigel but never knew he was called spider. He had legs like Peter Crouch or it seemed like that to me as I was about ten at the time!

RIP JM

[SwindonCanary 455]

[quote user="ricardo"]Remember him scoring one of the quickest goals ever at CR.It was at the River End but can''t remember who against.RIP JM.[/quote]I think that was against Cardiff

[Crabbycanary3 994]

Or Alartz, you could just hold your tongue and just respect the passing of someone?

[Old Shuck 183]

[quote user="SwindonCanary"][quote user="ricardo"]Remember him scoring one of the quickest goals ever at CR.It was at the River End but can''t remember who against.RIP JM.[/quote]I think that was against Cardiff [/quote]

Yep, against Cardiff at Carrow Road on December 7th 1974- Sullivan to MacDougall straight from kick off, quick cross to Miller, 1-0. Still the fastest ever goal scored by a Norwich player, worthy of comment alone as is, and was, Miller.Still drew the game 1-1 and, how typical is this, the Cardiff keeper had the proverbial blinder.Alartz, home after a few lagers and doing a spot of click baiting late at night, if the subject doesn''t interest you, why comment in the first place?

[......and Smith must score. 1,336]

[quote user="Crabbycanary3"]Or Alartz, you could just hold your tongue and just respect the passing of someone?[/quote]I don''t think that sort of thing occurs in Alartz''s world.Can anyone be that shallow in real life ?

[TCCANARY 263]

[quote user="nutty nigel"]

Johnny Miller didn''t play more than about 25 games for us but he certainly played in a few big ones. My memory is him banging in 2 goals at the portaloo to knock the binners out of the league cup quarter final. It is said we still owed them the fee at the time. Now that''s what I call a magic moment!! John Bond just said magic[:)] I think we signed him from them the same time as we signed Peter Morris.

 

I don''t remember him being called spider though. We had a winger a couple of years before known as Spider Mellor. His son is Neil Mellor who is now a pundit on Sky.

 

RIP Johnny Miller.

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Thanks Eddie, seems my memory isn''t what it used to be, at least I remembered that he was a winger!