Reading and Cardiff.For those lucky few, Friday’s skills and talents drew many plaudits. A tall, pacy, skillful striker whose 53 goals in 135 matches saw him finish top scorer in back to back seasons for the Royals, helping them to Fourth Division promotion in 1976.Friday unfortunately played in an era before wall-to-wall television coverage so little footage exists of his playing days but the player was well known for his spectacular strikes.Referee Clive Thomas once said of a 35-yard thunderbolt against Tranmere in 1976, "even up against the likes of Pele and Cruyff, that rates as the best goal I have ever seen".Friday responded by telling the referee to come down more often because “I do that every week”.Having been named Reading’s.
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