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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby Hutch's Shoulder » Thu Apr 10, 2014 12:22 pm

dave watson's perm wrote:Tommy Hutchison


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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby Evenmydoghatesunited » Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:42 pm

dave watson's perm wrote:Tommy Hutchison


Gerry Gow And Bobby McDonald from same side
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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby patrickblue » Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:49 pm

Alioune DVToure wrote:
Benjay wrote:
Anyone from the side that got us out of League 1. Morrison, Wiekens, Cooke, Weaver, Bishop etc etc. And not forgetting Big Joe and David Bernstein. Without them all we can only speculate....


I'm pretty sure Bishop rejoined after we got promoted back to Division One, as it was. Not that that detracts from your point.

EDIT: Just checked and I'm wrong. Odd, as I'm normally bang-on with dates.


I don't know what made you think that Bish rejoined, but I would have sworn you were right. Time does funny things to the memory.
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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby Wonderwall » Thu Apr 10, 2014 1:58 pm

patrickblue wrote:
Alioune DVToure wrote:
Benjay wrote:
Anyone from the side that got us out of League 1. Morrison, Wiekens, Cooke, Weaver, Bishop etc etc. And not forgetting Big Joe and David Bernstein. Without them all we can only speculate....


I'm pretty sure Bishop rejoined after we got promoted back to Division One, as it was. Not that that detracts from your point.

EDIT: Just checked and I'm wrong. Odd, as I'm normally bang-on with dates.


I don't know what made you think that Bish rejoined, but I would have sworn you were right. Time does funny things to the memory.


he did, look further up. It was the timing ADVT got wrong
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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby Alioune DVToure » Thu Apr 10, 2014 2:07 pm

Wonderwall wrote:
he did, look further up. It was the timing ADVT got wrong


It's weird that I still can't picture Bish playing for us in Div 2 or in any of those Kappa shirts. I always think of Brown, Whitley and Pollock as our three regular CMs during that season.

EDIT: And Horlock, of course.

My enduring memory of Bishop's second spell is that goal he scored against Leeds in the cup at Maine Road.
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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby Mikhail Chigorin » Thu Apr 10, 2014 2:18 pm

zuricity wrote:
Mikhail Chigorin wrote:George Heslop; a rough, tough, totally committed centre-half who was crudeness personified. If he'd had a brain he would have been dangerous.

How the deuce did we win the League with him in the No 5 shirt ???....but what a player !!


No way was Heslop a crude player. A toughnut yes , but not crude.


We'll have to agree to disagree on this.

I really liked him but even in those far off days I appreciated that, as well as being a bit erratic, he certainly wasn't your archetypal cultured, ball playing defender.
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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby BobbyJ1956 » Thu Apr 10, 2014 2:25 pm

Jack Dyson and Billy Spurdle.
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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby Mikhail Chigorin » Thu Apr 10, 2014 2:50 pm

Dare I say it...Don Revie ??!! even though in those days he was described as a player without a position.
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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby Benjay » Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:05 pm

Bishop started that play off final I think. He played a few as well. Cooke was also in midfield. He and Morrison turned our season. We were mid table obscurity when they turned up. Shame Cooke got treated so badly. His appearances clause was about to kick in meaning we had to pay United more money. We had no money so he never played for us again.
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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby getdressedmctavish » Thu Apr 10, 2014 4:11 pm

Just to enter the debate, for the time George Heslop was a very good footballer as centre backs went. What he lacked was pace and turning ability but he could play out from the back better than most.We got him from Everton reserves where Brian Labone was first choice I think.Served us well til Tommy Booth was ready.Yeh we conceded a lot of goals but that was more to do with the gung ho systems of the time.All, imo
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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby zuricity » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:53 pm

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:
We'll have to agree to disagree on this.

I really liked him but even in those far off days I appreciated that, as well as being a bit erratic, he certainly wasn't your archetypal cultured, ball playing defender.


I think get dressed has addressed this point about culture better than i wish to expound.
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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby zuricity » Thu Apr 10, 2014 5:58 pm

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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby ruralblue » Thu Apr 10, 2014 7:24 pm

Nigels Tackle wrote:what about.... you know... what's his name?


Dunno whats his name?

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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby branny » Thu Apr 10, 2014 8:31 pm

Clive Allen. At the time we'd just been promoted back to the top flight and I couldn't believe we'd signed a striker of his quality. I remember him scoring a belter at Stamford Bridge and scoring v Port vale while still tying his shorts. He was a match winner but never got a look in after Reidy took over. He wasn't a fan of his work rate.
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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby feedthegreek » Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:02 pm

dragoslav stepanovich, definitely a crowd favourite.
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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby Im_Spartacus » Thu Apr 10, 2014 9:53 pm

Scatman wrote:
He once got Ronaldo sent off didn't he?


I think Jordan came up against Ronaldo a few times and had him in his pocket every time. Very strange considering their career trajectory
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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby Peter Doherty (AGAIG) » Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:42 am

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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby Michael Brookes » Fri Apr 11, 2014 11:51 am

Not favorite, but definitely forgotten:
Mikkel "too many bones/money laundring" Bischoff
Matias "invisible man" Vuoso
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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby simplytolmie » Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:28 pm

Maurizio Gaudinio scored a cracker against Liverpool with his head.
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Re: Favourite forgotten players

Postby Blue Oli » Fri Apr 11, 2014 8:41 pm

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