That certainly captures the full range of Roger Moore’s acting ability.
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I think he could do the right eyebrow as well but don’t quote me on that.
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He was supposed to be handy with his fists.
(That’s according to Lee Marvin, not Julian Clary.)
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I think that was based on a David Simon novel. The author was heavily involved in the adaptation.
I really need to check it out. Thought The Wire, which Simon did later, was excellent. Haven’t looked at this yet.
The only Table Tennis player most of us could name, Chester Barnes, will top spin in his grave from now on.
He was also Assistant Trainer to Martin Pipe for many years.
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I played Chester in the second round of the English closed championships under 16s at Folkestone,(sorry Phil)! It would have been 1964, he absolutely walloped me. He was a star even then, surrounded by autograph hunters, I believe he had already been selected for England at that young age, a real prodigy. If memory serves me well I think he was once BBC sports personality of the year which is amazing really for a table tennis player. How times have changed.
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Blimey! I thought he died years ago but was clearly younger than I thought. Takes me back to the days when I won our school house championship (probably because I was the only player to have one of those fancy spongey bats). RIP Chester.
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Sad news. Although Leeds were very unpopular, they did have some excellent players. Lori met had a cracking shot on him. More and more of the top players when I was a kid are passing away. RIP
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Sure he used to play for a little club on the South Coast
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Nooooooo!! Frank, The Provider. RIP.
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RIP “Greasy” Frank. Quality player and a genuinely cool dude.
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When he first signed for us he was staying in the Crest Hotel Eastleigh, next door to Fleming Park Sports Center. We used to see him at Solent Stars basket ball games with his very good looking blond missus wearing matching leather trousers. Frank had a belt studded with large bulletts and cowboy boots and we used to chat to him in the hotel bar after the game and he got to know some of the players who were near on 7 foot tall yanks.
Later that season we signed Mark Dennis and he was with Frank and a couple of The Stars at the bar. Psycho went to the bog and one of the yanks asked Frank who the new guy was? Frank replied in his Yorkie drawl " That’s Mark Dennis. I was with him at Birmingham. Nasty lad."
I spat my beer out.
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Even the Ref clapped
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There were so many flamboyant players around in those days. You don’t get so many colourful characters now sadly.
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He used to like a drink or two. Saw him absolutely wankered outside The Grand in Brighton in the mid ‘80’s.
It was after the home game, ( 
I think)
In the promotion year, 77/78 we played Bolton at home in October. It ended 2-2 but near the end, we had a corner and as it came over Frank punched it away. The Lee Mason of the day somehow missed it.
3 days later we were at Arsenal in a League Cup and it was 0-0 with 5 to go, when they had a corner and Nick Holmes tried the same trick. As you can guess Arsenal had their own ref, so penalty and we were out.
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Frank Worthington was ace. A brilliant player. RIP.
I recommend reading his autobiography, suggestively titled “One Hump or Two”. A picture of Frank on the cover with a cup of tea aint fooling no-one.
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One of my favourite players, even when he scored against us (as he often seemed to do). I remember being absolutely made up when we signed him, even though he was getting somewhat long in the tooth by then. Although he only scored a few goals that season, his contribution was worth a hell of a lot more than that, providing great service for both Steve Moran and Danny Wallace. Plus of course, he went a whole season without scoring against us.
And it was well worth the price of entry to the Dell just to watch his ball-juggling warm-up routine. RIP Frank.
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