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Dubciteh wrote:
Blackburn no?

Yes

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:The 'barnstorming' young centre-forward Ian Bowyer......and then Brian Clough got hold of him and converted him to a midfielder.

Bloody hell. That's two of us who didn't slag him off all game, every game

Best kit ever too!

Breks wrote: I remember he scored a wonder goal against Leicester, only for it to be disallowed for a foul.

he did the same at Middlesbrough only to have it chalked off as Huckerby (I think) was offside despite Tiatto running from inside the City half & not bothering with what Huckerby was up to.

Hutch's Shoulder wrote:Gerry Gow. Played with the mean streak I envied, and what a song: Gerry Gow, Gerry Gow, Gerry Gow, Gerry Gow, Gerry Gow, Gerry Go-ow, Gerry Gow, Gerry Gow, Gerry Gow, Gerry Go-ow, Ge-rie Gow. They don't make 'em like that any more.

was last heard of working in the distribution centre as a lorry packer for New Look in Weymouth

Wonderwall wrote:

Wooders wrote:
I'm not sure he was actually a footballer - I think he'd turned up to do some general dyi and somehow ended up in the first team - this thread is about players who weren't very good but were 100% committed tho which I think bozzy was

Bosvelt was excellent for us. I loved watching him play, he read the game brilliantly and was even better than Hamann at buying a foul.

I'm with you on Bosvelt,
Arni Arason became a favourite due to the spuds game, and I don't think anyone's mentioned Vass.

as a polishman, to me it has to be kazimierz deyna. phenomenal player. unfortunately you had to be 30 year-old to be allowed western transfer in poland back in the day. in his prime he was one of the best offensive midfielders in the world. then-army club, legia warsaw, had taken him from my club, so he could avoid 2-year obligatory national service, and he developed to a phenomenal player. first ever polish player to play in the english first division.

one man army wrote:as a polishman, to me it has to be kazimierz deyna. phenomenal player. unfortunately you had to be 30 year-old to be allowed western transfer in poland back in the day. in his prime he was one of the best offensive midfielders in the world. then-army club, legia warsaw, had taken him from my club, so he could avoid 2-year obligatory national service, and he developed to a phenomenal player. first ever polish player to play in the english first division.

Saw his statue when I was in Warsaw recently.

Had a soft spot for Trevor Morley. Not great but never hid, no matter how bad he was. Ditto the unfortunate John Macken.David Connor gave everything in Allison's teams when asked to do a man marking job, usually on Alan Ball, and would then get dropped.Couldn't play but ran Jimmy Armfield into the ground in one league cup game.

Nicky Reid for me as well.

Tony Coton was a top keeper.Can't think why but he never gets much praise.

Green & Blue wrote:Tony Coton was a top keeper.Can't think why but he never gets much praise.

Brilliant keeper but can't say he wasn't appreciated; won City Player of the Year award in both the 1991–92 and 1993–94 seasons.

Can't say he's forgotten by the City Execs but maybe to some non-Americans. Claudio Reyna!

Coton was gonna be my shout, but now I'll settle for michael ball.

Was a class above what we had at lb at the time and had a few moment a of quality in there.

Asa Hartford. One of the the best and most consistent players to pull on the shirt. Probably the most underated player ever. Not shy on scoring the odd goal either!

Willie Donachie was just about the best left back in the league for a number of years. Another top player who seems to go under the radar when talking about previous City players.

Gerard Wiekens. Cultured player who was an excellent servant of the club in some dark times.

Also had a unique record in that in his 6 seasons at City he always played in a different division each year

1997/8 - Relegated to League 2 (League 1 as it is now)
1998/9 - Promoted to League 1 (p/offs)
1999/00 - Promoted to Prem
2000/01 - Relegated to League1
2001/02 - Promoted to Prem
2002/03 - Played in Prem again and left

A rather unique City career, at a time when the club was up and down like a whores knickers on a sailors payday.

Goaters 103 wrote:Gerard Wiekens. Cultured player who was an excellent servant of the club in some dark times.

Also had a unique record in that in his 6 seasons at City he always played in a different division each year

1997/8 - Relegated to League 2 (League 1 as it is now)
1998/9 - Promoted to League 1 (p/offs)
1999/00 - Promoted to Prem
2000/01 - Relegated to League1
2001/02 - Promoted to Prem
2002/03 - Played in Prem again and left

A rather unique City career, at a time when the club was up and down like a whores knickers on a sailors payday.

He had a rather unique career overall. He only played for two clubs, Veendam and City. After his years with City he went back to Veendam and played there for another 5 seasons.

jack rodwell
what ever happened to him?

mr_nool wrote: He had a rather unique career overall. He only played for two clubs, Veendam and City. After his years with City he went back to Veendam and played there for another 5 seasons.

I think he won player of the season twice for us.

Agree with wiekens, remember sing 'walking in a wiekens wonderland' as a kid all the time!

Also loved Sun Jihai!