StirlingMagpie Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 Seen Wyn play.....I'm an old git...RIP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Brave Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 RIP Wyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinky Jim Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 My favourite Centre Forward RIP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 RIP ‘The Leap’. Great player for us by all accounts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 What a photo that is! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
llcoolc157 Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 Come on without….. come on within… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choppy Chop Chop Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 First time I remember see Wyn play was for Bolton at St James, Ollie Burton kicked him up a height, Wyn, King Of The Leazes, So many songs and chants. RIP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankles Bennett Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 RIP Wyn the leap!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyn davies Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 31 minutes ago, Dancing Brave said: RIP Wyn. Still see him banging in a header, blood all over him , Fairs Cup Winner. loved him to bits, very sad, glad he saw us win a trophy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGRM Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 RIP Wyn Davies. Never saw him play for us, but read good things about him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 (edited) If my dad was still here he'd no doubt re-recount the tales of Wyn the leap that I was brought up on, in particular Inter Milan. My own memory is of the day we beat Bolton 4-0 at their place (Jaaskeleinen sent off) when Wyn was their half time hero. He came on and strode straight up to our end and spent his entire time on the pitch laughing, smiling, clapping, thumbs upping our end then a quick cursory wave to their end before disappearing back down the tunnel. Edited July 17, 2025 by madras Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 9 minutes ago, llcoolc157 said: Come on without….. come on within… Should get a good airing on Saturday! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 RIP, legendary ability in the air. Those foreign sides didn’t know what had hit them. Just a bit before my time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 RIP, club legend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinky Jim Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 31 minutes ago, Choppy Chop Chop said: First time I remember see Wyn play was for Bolton at St James, Ollie Burton kicked him up a height, Wyn, King Of The Leazes, So many songs and chants. RIP I remember that April/May 1965….Newcastle and Bolton both pushing for promotion….We won 2-0 and went on to win the League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankpingel Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 RiP big man. Was only young during his career here but was always reminded how good he'd been. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 There's a nice piece about him in Johnn Gibsons "Newcastle United fc Story" which is really a recount8ng of the Fairs Cup run but the bit about Wyn was quiet, unassuming, very friendly and barely spoke English when he arrived. Quintessential gentle giant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GideonShandy Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 Absolute warrior. Always a hero. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrymac1966 Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 My very first hero 😓 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinky Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 (edited) £80,000 from Bolton - seemed like a big deal at the time! RIP Edited July 17, 2025 by Jinky typo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie john Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 2 hours ago, madras said: There's a nice piece about him in Johnn Gibsons "Newcastle United fc Story" which is really a recount8ng of the Fairs Cup run but the bit about Wyn was quiet, unassuming, very friendly and barely spoke English when he arrived. Quintessential gentle giant. Madras, I have the same book, but mine is autographed by the Fairs Cup winning team. It's a terrific book and I've always respected John Gibson as a football journalist. Those of our age group will have strood, like me, in the Leazes end and watch Wyn terrify those European sides during our cup run. It was a sight I will never forget. Wyn never scored as many goals as I thought he should have, although he was a brilliant foil for Pop Robson. He was better on the ground than he was given credit for. As was Andy Carroll with whom there are similarities. Wyn stood at 6'1" so was hardly a giant in comparison. It's a sad day knowing that he won't be around us any more but I, like many of our generation, will never forget this gentle giant of a man. Thanks for the memories Wyn, and my respect to your family and friends. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 (edited) Remember him on the pitch at HT when we played Bolton away in the mid 00's and we belted his song out for what felt like a good 10 minutes Edited July 17, 2025 by Dr.Spaceman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 2 hours ago, Jinky said: £80,000 from Bolton - seemed like a big deal at the time! RIP Christ, Targett makes that in 3 hours 26 minutes these days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 Another one of my dad's heroes gone. Each one hits him bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted July 17, 2025 Share Posted July 17, 2025 Ah man 😔 Wyn was in his last season with us when my Dad started taking me in the Leazes. He seemed like a giant of a man then, that pic was what he was all about. RIP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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