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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: DMnumber4 on April 11, 2018, 01:54:47 pm
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Starters for ten:
Luke Beckett?
Markus Heikkinen?
Who else has seemingly moved elsewhere at the eleventh hour?
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Robert Pires
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I think we once signed Darren Roberts from Wolves in the summer of 1994, and then he signed for Chesterfield before the season started.
Also - did we ever actually sign Lamine Diatta and Damien du Plessis?
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Oscar Hold 'signed' Ralph O'Donnell, the ex-Owls defender. O'Donnell turned up at Belle Vue the following day to confirm the deal only to find that Hold had been sacked that morning.
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Peter Beardsley
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Did I imagine this or did we very nearly sign Warren Feeney from Stockport before he signed for Luton?
I'm sure I remember he was about to sign but then went to Luton after looking round Belle Vue.
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Billy Sharp, before he went to Scunny - Penney thought the £100k asking price was too much!
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That does ring a bell actually!!
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Did I imagine this or did we very nearly sign Warren Feeney from Stockport before he signed for Luton?
I'm sure I remember he was about to sign but then went to Luton after looking round Belle Vue.
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Him that went to Barnsley after going on pre season with us. Moto I think his name was
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Did I imagine this or did we very nearly sign Warren Feeney from Stockport before he signed for Luton?
I'm sure I remember he was about to sign but then went to Luton after looking round Belle Vue.
Wasn't this alledgedly on the recommendation of Ian Snodin working for Luton as a scout.
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I remember back in the mid 80’s King Billy was very close to signing Tommy Tynan from Plymouth. Instead, Billy went to Leeds and Tynan went to Rotherham I think. We did sign him some years later but his best years had long gone by then.
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Billy Sharp, before he went to Scunny - Penney thought the £100k asking price was too much!
Didn't S'OD allegedly turn down James McArthur and James McCarthy when they were at Hamilton for about that same price too?
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Did I imagine this or did we very nearly sign Warren Feeney from Stockport before he signed for Luton?
I'm sure I remember he was about to sign but then went to Luton after looking round Belle Vue.
Wasn't this alledgedly on the recommendation of Ian Snodin working for Luton as a scout.
Not sure on that but I do remember it being all in the papers etc that he'd been up to Donny and Belle Vue had put him off a bit.
I seem to remember JR mentioning this too in the run up to the Keepmoat being built saying that the stadium would help with attracting players and prevent this happening again.
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Billy Sharp, before he went to Scunny - Penney thought the £100k asking price was too much!
Didn't S'OD allegedly turn down James McArthur and James McCarthy when they were at Hamilton for about that same price too?
There was talk at the time that he also had the chance to sign Charlie Adam but turned him down
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Now that would have been a scary midfield.
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Him that went to Barnsley after going on pre season with us. Moto I think his name was
I think his name was Mvoto, Keith, and at the same time they snatched James Bailey from under our nose; I was glad they did, they were both f*cking sh*te.
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Marco Gabbiadini in the summer of 2000. He chose Northampton Town. We picked up Carl Alford instead, which worked out brilliantly.
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Marco Gabbiadini in the summer of 2000. He chose Northampton Town. We picked up Carl Alford instead, which worked out brilliantly.
We already had Alford. JR wanted to pair him up with gabbiadini.
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Billy Sharp, before he went to Scunny - Penney thought the £100k asking price was too much!
Didn't S'OD allegedly turn down James McArthur and James McCarthy when they were at Hamilton for about that same price too?
I thought this was more out of reluctance to work with Willie McKay....I heard that he offered him the two along with Charlie Adam.
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Wasn’t Dorrans offered to SOD
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Lassana Diarra.
Definitely a credible possibility.
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Wasn’t Dorrans offered to SOD
He was linked during the experiment but it never came off.
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I could be wrong here, but during the time of all that business with JR and Sequentia, weren't there supposed to be 3 Aston Villa players lined up to join us? I think the 3 mentioned were Shay Given, Stephen Ireland, and Richard Dunne. Probably a load of b*ll*cks, but talked about a lot at the time.
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I could be wrong here, but during the time of all that business with JR and Sequentia, weren't there supposed to be 3 Aston Villa players lined up to join us? I think the 3 mentioned were Shay Given, Stephen Ireland, and Richard Dunne. Probably a load of b*ll*cks, but talked about a lot at the time.
Aye I remember those three being touted. Probably as legitimate as Sequentia themselves!
Carlos Tevez anyone? A great effort by the internet to get that one in a national bloody paper.
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Did anyone ever spill the names of the 2 Algerians we had on trial during the Beaglehole era? We opted not to sign them as we needed quick fixes and not players who would develop over time. The story goes at least one of them went on to have a stellar career!
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Wasn’t Dorrans offered to SOD
We nearly loaned him from WBA but then he was required for the first team due to injuries.
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Tony Woodcock
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Billy Sharp, before he went to Scunny - Penney thought the £100k asking price was too much!
Didn't S'OD allegedly turn down James McArthur and James McCarthy when they were at Hamilton for about that same price too?
I thought this was more out of reluctance to work with Willie McKay....I heard that he offered him the two along with Charlie Adam.
Did'nt we have David Vaughan training and offered to SOD at the same time?Both him and Adam going blackpool after we decided against signing them?
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I don't remember David Vaughan ever being mentioned. And he's always been one of my favourite Welsh players so I'd have definitely been all over it if he had been on the cards.
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Tom Taiwo
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Fola Onibuje?
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Did anyone ever spill the names of the 2 Algerians we had on trial during the Beaglehole era? We opted not to sign them as we needed quick fixes and not players who would develop over time. The story goes at least one of them went on to have a stellar career!
It wasn't the Beaglehole era, Dave McKay was manager, it was Christmas 1988 into New Year 1989. I know because I arranged trial with club.
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Did anyone ever spill the names of the 2 Algerians we had on trial during the Beaglehole era? We opted not to sign them as we needed quick fixes and not players who would develop over time. The story goes at least one of them went on to have a stellar career!
It wasn't the Beaglehole era, Dave McKay was manager, it was Christmas 1988 into New Year 1989. I know because I arranged trial with club.
Who were the players?
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Did anyone ever spill the names of the 2 Algerians we had on trial during the Beaglehole era? We opted not to sign them as we needed quick fixes and not players who would develop over time. The story goes at least one of them went on to have a stellar career!
It wasn't the Beaglehole era, Dave McKay was manager, it was Christmas 1988 into New Year 1989. I know because I arranged trial with club.
Who were the players?
The rumour goes that one of them was Zidane
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I seem to remember Clyde Wijnhard being heavily linked with us.. Think he joined Darlington instead and we got Guy Ipoua, another one that worked out well for us.
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Did anyone ever spill the names of the 2 Algerians we had on trial during the Beaglehole era? We opted not to sign them as we needed quick fixes and not players who would develop over time. The story goes at least one of them went on to have a stellar career!
It wasn't the Beaglehole era, Dave McKay was manager, it was Christmas 1988 into New Year 1989. I know because I arranged trial with club.
Who were the players?
The rumour goes that one of them was Zidane
Not a rumour. other was Bilel Dziri ( known as Boom Boom to us).
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Steven Taylor beginning of this season.
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Paul Green last season
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Did anyone ever spill the names of the 2 Algerians we had on trial during the Beaglehole era? We opted not to sign them as we needed quick fixes and not players who would develop over time. The story goes at least one of them went on to have a stellar career!
It wasn't the Beaglehole era, Dave McKay was manager, it was Christmas 1988 into New Year 1989. I know because I arranged trial with club.
Who were the players?
The rumour goes that one of them was Zidane
Not a rumour. other was Bilel Dziri ( known as Boom Boom to us).
Is there anything more on this story knocking about anywhere? (Or that you can tell us yourself!). It sounds like one of the great stories of Rovers' past yet I've never heard a word on it before.
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Yeah. That's hilarious, worse than Barnsley turning down Demba Ba.
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Even worse than us turning down Kevin Keegan.
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Did anyone ever spill the names of the 2 Algerians we had on trial during the Beaglehole era? We opted not to sign them as we needed quick fixes and not players who would develop over time. The story goes at least one of them went on to have a stellar career!
It wasn't the Beaglehole era, Dave McKay was manager, it was Christmas 1988 into New Year 1989. I know because I arranged trial with club.
Who were the players?
The rumour goes that one of them was Zidane
Relax guys, if we had of signed Zidane, we would of probably sold him on to Sheff U for 20k with no sell on fee.
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Apart from a few step-overs and turn a rounds Zidane was overrated so we dodged a bullet there.
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I was always under the impression (via the urban myth) that one of them was ZZ. Obviously I was never sure if it was fact or just the underlying story being embellished somewhat. Wild Rover seems to suggest it was ZZ, and is well placed to know!
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Safest bet is to ASK either Steve B or Eddie B whether or not I brought them over ( I'm sure they will remember) .
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I was always under the impression (via the urban myth) that one of them was ZZ. Obviously I was never sure if it was fact or just the underlying story being embellished somewhat. Wild Rover seems to suggest it was ZZ, and is well placed to know!
F*cking hell, Craig; ZZ Top played at the Keepmoat and I missed it? now I'm really p*ssed off.
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I was always under the impression (via the urban myth) that one of them was ZZ. Obviously I was never sure if it was fact or just the underlying story being embellished somewhat. Wild Rover seems to suggest it was ZZ, and is well placed to know!
F*cking hell, Craig; ZZ Top played at the Keepmoat and I missed it? now I'm really p*ssed off.
Why didn't you go, Steve? You've got legs. You know how to use them.
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I was always under the impression (via the urban myth) that one of them was ZZ. Obviously I was never sure if it was fact or just the underlying story being embellished somewhat. Wild Rover seems to suggest it was ZZ, and is well placed to know!
F*cking hell, Craig; ZZ Top played at the Keepmoat and I missed it? now I'm really p*ssed off.
Why didn't you go, Steve? You've got legs. You know how to use them.
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I've worn them out, Alias, with walking to the Keepmoat and back every home game; it's quite a long way from Scawsby. It's a good job I'm fit; for an old codger anyway.
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Safest bet is to ASK either Steve B or Eddie B whether or not I brought them over ( I'm sure they will remember) .
Woah, no. You can't just drop this here, then brush it off. There are so many follow-up questions.
How did it come about?
Presumably they only trialled with Doncaster?
Were they at Rovers for a bit of time, or just a one-day session?
Was the fact they didn't stay down to Mackay? Or did they decide that perhaps Doncaster wasn't for them?
What did the players themselves make of it?
Do you reckon Zidane rates not seeing if he could click with Kevin Noteman as one of his greatest regrets?
And that's just for starters. Come on give us more.
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Striker Kevin Wilson back in the 90s. ex Ipswich Town. Rurmoured to have signed then went somewhere else. Would have scored a shed load for a season at least and at that time provided the experience we badly lacked.
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Has someone got Zidanes address so we can write to him?
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Kevin Wilson - think the story there was Ian Atkins had him lined up to sign but Uncle Ken vetoed it due to his age and concerns over fitness. Wilson went on to score a load that season I think, and Ken went on to .... well ....
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Kevin Wilson - think the story there was Ian Atkins had him lined up to sign but Uncle Ken vetoed it due to his age and concerns over fitness. Wilson went on to score a load that season I think, and Ken went on to .... well ....
Didn’t we nearly sign KeLvin Wilson as well once?
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Think we had Richard Keogh on trial a few years ago as well.
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Has anyone mentioned Steven Pressley? Saw him play for us in a friendly against I think Scunthorpe (same game there was a polite punch-up in the box that the ref awarded warnings for) but he never ended up signing, a year or two later he was manager of Coventry.
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We were linked with Neil Kilkenny for a good 18 months
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These have all been mentioned above but Penney was forever linked with Beckett and try as he might SOD could not shake off Neil Kilkenny.
Matt Carmichael we were linked with at the height of his Scunny powers then eventually got him on the way down.
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Beckett's wife was a work friend of my mum's back in those days and I believe we were in for him at one stage but it just never fully materialised. He was a really good striker too.
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Has anyone mentioned Steven Pressley? Saw him play for us in a friendly against I think Scunthorpe (same game there was a polite punch-up in the box that the ref awarded warnings for) but he never ended up signing, a year or two later he was manager of Coventry.
If I remember correctly he played in that friendly for us and S'OD wanted to bring him in. He then seemingly just decided he's rather just retire than sign for us! :lol:
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Didn't he become a player manager for a while. I thought that we said that he was too old to sign at the time.
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I could be wrong here, but during the time of all that business with JR and Sequentia, weren't there supposed to be 3 Aston Villa players lined up to join us? I think the 3 mentioned were Shay Given, Stephen Ireland, and Richard Dunne. Probably a load of b*ll*cks, but talked about a lot at the time.
Aye I remember those three being touted. Probably as legitimate as Sequentia themselves!
Carlos Tevez anyone? A great effort by the internet to get that one in a national bloody paper.
Not guilty, your honour. (cough, cough)
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Did anyone ever spill the names of the 2 Algerians we had on trial during the Beaglehole era? We opted not to sign them as we needed quick fixes and not players who would develop over time. The story goes at least one of them went on to have a stellar career!
It wasn't the Beaglehole era, Dave McKay was manager, it was Christmas 1988 into New Year 1989. I know because I arranged trial with club.
Who were the players?
The rumour goes that one of them was Zidane
Not a rumour. other was Bilel Dziri ( known as Boom Boom to us).
Is there anything more on this story knocking about anywhere? (Or that you can tell us yourself!). It sounds like one of the great stories of Rovers' past yet I've never heard a word on it before.
Seriously? I though everyone knew this one.
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Did anyone ever spill the names of the 2 Algerians we had on trial during the Beaglehole era? We opted not to sign them as we needed quick fixes and not players who would develop over time. The story goes at least one of them went on to have a stellar career!
It wasn't the Beaglehole era, Dave McKay was manager, it was Christmas 1988 into New Year 1989. I know because I arranged trial with club.
Who were the players?
The rumour goes that one of them was Zidane
Not a rumour. other was Bilel Dziri ( known as Boom Boom to us).
Is there anything more on this story knocking about anywhere? (Or that you can tell us yourself!). It sounds like one of the great stories of Rovers' past yet I've never heard a word on it before.
Seriously? I though everyone knew this one.
Genuinely not, no. I wasn't around in the 80s!
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We’ve signed a lot of players that have not played for us even when they’ve been in the team!
COYR
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Steve Brooker :ermm:
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Steve Brooker :ermm:
For that one strike against Leicester he was worth persevering with!
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Steve Brooker :ermm:
Chris Killen (I think?) had signed for Rovers until he failed a medical...
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Steve Brooker :ermm:
Chris Killen (I think?) had signed for Rovers until he failed a medical...
Good job as well. Im sure the story is if we had signed him we wouldnt of gone for Sharp.
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I don't remember David Vaughan ever being mentioned. And he's always been one of my favourite Welsh players so I'd have definitely been all over it if he had been on the cards.
I heard it when he was returning from Spain,but maybe it was a false rumour.
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Nick proschwitz
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I listened to a after dinner speech from Windass once and he was joking about his depression and money troubles..He Joked his depression first reared it's head when he thought he was going to have to sign for Doncaster Rovers..
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Does anyone (other than me) remember a lad (think he was irish) called Tony Scappatini who played with us one pre-season at full back. I thought he looked absolutely class at the time but was never seen again. Memory isnt as good as it was but id say it was early 90s maybe.
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Dean Windass could/should feature on this list. He was lined up around November 2008, when he couldn't get in the Hull team after promotion to the Premier League, but Steve Brooker ended up joining soon afterwards.
Not long afterwards, maybe a week or two, Windass was actually given a chance by Phil Brown and scored a banger (I think) in a game for Hull at Pompey.
I remember that, soon after though he ended up on loan at Oldham and had to go in net during one game! Think he saved a penalty as well.
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Rowan Vine, I think the story was we decided to sign Giles Barnes and couldn't afford them both. Vine was keen and was really pissed off.
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I remember everyone at the time saying we didn't need four strikers, then three of the players you'd maybe say would make our front three at the time were crocked in the first four days of the season and proved to be terminal...
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Does anyone (other than me) remember a lad (think he was irish) called Tony Scappatini who played with us one pre-season at full back. I thought he looked absolutely class at the time but was never seen again. Memory isnt as good as it was but id say it was early 90s maybe.
I do remember him. It was in 1991 and I saw him at Tadcaster and Burton Albion. Looked a decent prospect and I felt sure he was going to sign.
IIRC when the season proper started we had Andy Crosby playing left back and looking like a fish out of water.
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Did harry McGuire play in a game at armthorpe about 5 years ago
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Kevin MacDonald just got motm for Fulham tonight. We had him on trial in pre-season games and didn't sign him when we had the chance.
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Yes because Sheffield United probably offered him more money. Wanted a small fortune, I seem to remember.
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There were a couple all but signed sealed and delivers I believe maybe 7 years ago that didn't come to fruition and I can't remember their names - an Austrian and a Serbian(?) - he had a cracking YouTube vid I recall.