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Sustained only by the memories of one and a bit senior games for City over almost three years. Probably haunted by recall of a missed “sitter” on his brief debut appearance. The rangy striker might have been forgiven for feeling he was on his way out when loaned to Doncaster at the beginning of the 1974/75 season.

A decent run League football re invigorated his play, and a two goal City comebac at Loftus Road on Boxing Day 1974 eased him into a regular support role to Frank Worthington and Chris Garland. Inf fact, Bob himself headed City’s scoring list in 1975/76 as he began to make his powerful physique pay dividends in opposing penalty areas.

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With only a handfull of senior appearances to his name up to that point, young central defender Malcolm assumed the first team No. 5 shirt at the beginning of 1973/74. and held it almost solidly until Jeff Blockley arrived a season and a half later, welding a rigit partnership with Graham Cross.

He helped City’s route to the FA Cup semi-finals. An England cap at school and youth levels, the slender and extremely sppedy defender actually did well to recover from the mishap of scoring an own goal on his 1973 break-through day.

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Like Fred Sharman before him and Russell Osman after him, Steve Sims was a Leicester City centre-half with a footballing father. In his case, Frank, a good Lincoln City clubman for seven years in the 50’s.

After a rapid rise through the Leicester City junior ranks, Steve made his League bow as a replacement for the injured Jeff Blockley, and established himself during the last year of Jimmy Bloomfield’s managership as a central defender of some class, whose evident brawn was simply a highly useful adjunct to his astute intelligence.

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