A Thumbs-Up From Budgie
But It Was Roger, Over And Out, All Too Soon
“You are my tip for the top.” So said John Burridge in 1983 to a young Shropshire lad who had caught his eye among a promising crop of hopefuls including Darren Wright, Stuart Watkiss, Graham Rodger, Derek Ryan, Martyn Bayly and Joe Jackson. The player singled out by Budgie laughs self-deprecatingly. “Well, that shows just how good a judge of a player John was!”