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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: anne honemous on December 01, 2017, 03:22:22 am
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I've sourced the list of players by their total apps since returning to the Football League, so can continue the fun of this thread for a little longer (extending it to players with 20 apps or less).
Here's a guy who was good in pre-season and pretty useless when he got his contract. Who is he?
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Nic priet. He was totally useless!
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Nic priet. He was totally useless!
I have to say I thought of him when watching Garratt's antics in the first half last Saturday. Thankfully Garratt did get better. Nerves, maybe.
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I say this slightly tongue in cheek but those seasons in League One before Penney got boot were full of some real odds and sods (Offiong, Griffith, Di Piedi, Priet, the Serb guy) but we were always comfortably mid-table or better - basically, why are we struggling now? Interested in thoughts.
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Because we also had players like Copps, Greeny and Paul Heffernan at the same time..
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That first season in League One after we went straight up (as champions) we finished tenth and five points off play offs. It was largely same team as previous season but with addition of Copps. There was no Heffernan that season. Our top scorer only just made double figures (Macca) and Blundell went through a major goal drought before eventually ending with nine. That was a very good season given squad and level we were playing at.
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Sorry I thought you meant all the seasons Penney was in charge..
We certainly did have a mixed bunch then though, I agree. Guy Ipoua anyone??
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That first season in League One after we went straight up (as champions) we finished tenth and five points off play offs. It was largely same team as previous season but with addition of Copps. There was no Heffernan that season. Our top scorer only just made double figures (Macca) and Blundell went through a major goal drought before eventually ending with nine. That was a very good season given squad and level we were playing at.
From memory, in the 2004/05 season we only lost 12 league games in total which isn't bad at all considering we were pretty useless away from home between August and October - losing 5 out of 6 games.
It was a combination of that poor early form on the road and too many draws at Belle Vue, of which there were numerous, that stopped us from seriously competing for the play-offs. Instead, we were always lingering 5-10 points off the pace.
Anyway, Nic Priet is correct. Somehow, he made 10 appearances.
Next up, a player who only made nine appearances due to 'family events'...
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Bayo. What a nine appearances though!
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If we had by some miracle gone up that season we would have been brutalised in the Championship. That was essentially a non-League pub tram genuinely having a laugh but needed rebuilding to even stay in League One the next season. Fair play to them lads though for propelling us that far.
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Bayo. What a nine appearances though!
Correct.
Whilst we're on the subject of odd job players and general misfits, here's a guy who I always thought somehow had a better reputation than what his performances deserved.
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Our Dutch Newtown Joe a.k.a Jos van Nieuwstadt aka The Hoff ?
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Jos van newstadium
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Seen milk turn quicker.
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Long list of mystery foreigners going back to our friend The Greatest Player to Grace Belle Vue, Nacho Ybarra, Dino Maamria and continuing through Serb guy, Marc de Val and of course the itinerant have-passport-will-play-for-cash masses of The Experiment.
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Long list of mystery foreigners going back to our friend The Greatest Player to Grace Belle Vue, Nacho Ybarra, Dino Maamria and continuing through Serb guy, Marc de Val and of course the itinerant have-passport-will-play-for-cash masses of The Experiment.
What about this guy?
Jos 'The Hoff' Van Niuewstadt is correct of course.
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Isn't that Lalkovic?
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Isn't that Lalkovic?
Correct.
He featured regularly at the start of the experiment season and probably would have stayed for longer if SOD hadn't been shipped out the door.
The next one should be straightforward enough...
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Greer?
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Greer?
Correct.
He's since showed that he's a pretty useful defender and I think he even got a Scotland cap at some point during his Brighton career.
Next...
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Lundstram?
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Billy Whitehouse
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Billy Whitehouse
Correct.
The last one for a couple of hours...
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Nah. Looks more like Grant.
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Frazer Richardson
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Aye, definitely Richardson.
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Long list of mystery foreigners going back to our friend The Greatest Player to Grace Belle Vue, Nacho Ybarra, Dino Maamria and continuing through Serb guy, Marc de Val and of course the itinerant have-passport-will-play-for-cash masses of The Experiment.
The Serb guy, was it Uros Predic
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There was a player that played against us in the Conference play off that made five appearances for us
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There was a player that played against us in the Conference play off that made five appearances for us
Tarkan Mustafa!
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There was a player that played against us in the Conference play off that made five appearances for us
Tarkan Mustafa!
Correct, he scored in that game too
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Frazer Richardson
Correct.
He definitely fits into the category of 'delivered less than expected' when describing his short-lived career with us.
Next up, a player who won't be on this list in a couple of years...
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Longbottom?
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Longbottom?
Correct.
He's on his way back from injury, which he picked up in his loan spell at Kiddy, and no doubting will be close to the fringes of the squad when he's fully fit given our attacking issues this season.
Next up, the rare case of a player who we sold for money when we probably weren't even looking for a fee for him...
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Waide Fairhurst. Sold to Macclesfield?
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Waide Fairhurst. Sold to Macclesfield?
Correct.
Bonus point, if there is such a thing, for naming the club where he's playing now (without checking wikipedia).
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Waide Fairhurst. Sold to Macclesfield?
Correct.
Bonus point, if there is such a thing, for naming the club where he's playing now (without checking wikipedia).
He was at frickley last season. No idea where this season mind
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Waide Fairhurst. Sold to Macclesfield?
Correct.
Bonus point, if there is such a thing, for naming the club where he's playing now (without checking wikipedia).
He was at frickley last season. No idea where this season mind
Correct.
As far as I'm aware, he's still there now after previously being released by Boston United.
Our next face may have made more appearances had he not behaved like a d**khead on the pitch...
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Johnson Clarke-Harris?
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Waide Fairhurst. Sold to Macclesfield?
Correct.
Bonus point, if there is such a thing, for naming the club where he's playing now (without checking wikipedia).
He was at frickley last season. No idea where this season mind
Correct.
As far as I'm aware, he's still there now after previously being released by Boston United.
Our next face may have made more appearances had he not behaved like a d**khead on the pitch...
He's not there anymore, can't find any club for him. Must be unattached. Worth a punt? Ha ha
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Johnson Clarke-Harris?
Nope.
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frederic piquionne
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Franck moussa?
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My guess is Habib Beye purely based on the clue. Got a couple of red cards for us, although he didn't deserve the one against Pompey dished out by Mick Russell.
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Goulon.
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My guess is Habib Beye purely based on the clue. Got a couple of red cards for us, although he didn't deserve the one against Pompey dished out by Mick Russell.
The infamous Mick Russell there is really only one way to describe that performance and it isn't incompetent :whistle:
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Goulon.
Correct.
Next up, someone who is remembered very well for one particular goal...
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Elliott ward?
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Elliott ward?
Correct - no bonus points for guessing where he scored his goal this time either, but what a great goal it was!
Next up, a player who wouldn't be on this list if it wasn't for injury...
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Andrew.
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Andrew.
Correct.
I'd have been surprised if anyone had guessed that wrong, given he's undoubtedly the player that we're sorely missing the most right now.
Next up, a player who couldn't hit a cows arse with the biggest banjo in the universe and quite possible played for us with his laces tied together...
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Ipoua?
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My guess is Habib Beye purely based on the clue. Got a couple of red cards for us, although he didn't deserve the one against Pompey dished out by Mick Russell.
We actually suffered Habib Beye 23 times during 'the experiment' season.
His experience wasn't bad but considering he was 30 something when playing for us, it was also evident that his legs had gone as well.
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Definitely Ipoua.
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Ipoua?
Spot on - it's Guy P*ss Poor.
Him 'waddling' towards the penalty box away at Luton in the 04-05 season, having at least a ten-yard head start head start on his marker, but still being tackled on the edge of the box is right up there with the 'Oh God, he's absolutely useless' moments when you finally realise the actual level of a player's ability.
Another player who left a lot to be desired with his (lack of) ability is this fella...
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Ipoua?
Spot on - it's Guy P*ss Poor.
Him 'waddling' towards the penalty box away at Luton in the 04-05 season, having at least a ten-yard head start head start on his marker, but still being tackled on the edge of the box is right up there with the 'Oh God, he's absolutely useless' moments when you finally realise the actual level of a player's ability.
I was there.. Luton were pissing the league then, but Ipoua should have won that game for us....
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Ipoua?
Spot on - it's Guy P*ss Poor.
Him 'waddling' towards the penalty box away at Luton in the 04-05 season, having at least a ten-yard head start head start on his marker, but still being tackled on the edge of the box is right up there with the 'Oh God, he's absolutely useless' moments when you finally realise the actual level of a player's ability.
Another player who left a lot to be desired with his (lack of) ability is this fella...
Is that herita ilunga. I remember him looking as old as time when he was in his 20s
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Darren Byfield?
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Herita Ilunga is easily one of the worst players I've ever seen live.
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Ipoua?
Spot on - it's Guy P*ss Poor.
Him 'waddling' towards the penalty box away at Luton in the 04-05 season, having at least a ten-yard head start head start on his marker, but still being tackled on the edge of the box is right up there with the 'Oh God, he's absolutely useless' moments when you finally realise the actual level of a player's ability.
Another player who left a lot to be desired with his (lack of) ability is this fella...
Is that herita ilunga. I remember him looking as old as time when he was in his 20s
Correct.
I think he ordered his passport from the same place as our next ex-player, who even had the grey hairs to prove he was old...
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Andy Griffin?
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Andy Griffin?
Correct.
Next up is a player who could easily have had the nickname 'Stella'...
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Phil McGuire
COYR
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Phil McGuire
COYR
Correct.
Next up, a player who has gone on to have a very good career - surprisingly, as I always felt very uncomfortable with him between the sticks as he never filled me (or the defence given his clean-sheet record) with much confidence.
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Carl Ikeme? Battling leukaemia at the moment, hope he's fighting it hard.
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Carl Ikeme? Battling leukaemia at the moment, hope he's fighting it hard.
Correct.
Since his loan finished with us, he's made a considerable number of appearances for Wolves and had established himself as their first choice before his health started to dictate things for him.
I never, ever, imagined for one minute that he'd go on to make nearly 200 appearances and most of them being at Championship level.
Next up, a player who didn't perform anywhere near as well as we expected...
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Is that Bruce Dyer?
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My first thought was Mamadou Bagayoko.
Bagayoko, from memory, mustered up a few more appearances and was absolutely brilliant one game, then absolutely useless in the next game. He was still one of the better players during that dreadful period in our history though.
Leeds away? Went 0-2 up and lost 3-2.
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My first thought was Mamadou Bagayoko.
Bagayoko, from memory, mustered up a few more appearances and was absolutely brilliant one game, then absolutely useless in the next game. He was still one of the better players during that dreadful period in our history though.
Leeds away? Went 0-2 up and lost 3-2.
They scored in the 90+8th minute or something ridiculous like that. Gutting.
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Is that Bruce Dyer?
Correct.
Offered a lot, looked good (on paper and in pre-season), but did barely anything in the competitive game situation.
Next up, another player with a big reputation but instead of being a postman and delivering the goods, his shooting boots got left at his former club...
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Is that Jamelia's ex-husband?
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Is that Jamelia's ex-husband?
Correct.
Next up, a player who once scored a hugely important goal.
Just a shame it wasn't for us!
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Macheda?
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Macheda?
Correct, or 'MACHEDAAAAAAAAAA' as Martin Tyler preferred to call him.
Next up, someone who was on our books for a fair while, but didn't make a great deal of appearances...
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Craig Nelthorpe
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Craig Nelthorpe
Correct.
Possibly the most enigmatic player on this list as he had potential, proved by the fact he trained alongside the first team over the course of five different seasons, but not necessarily the right attitude to enjoy a longer career as a pro.
Anyway, here's the next face...
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Steer. My phone keeps correcting his first name!
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Steer. My phone keeps correcting his first name!
Correct.
He's still only young at 25 and I always thought he was capable of going on to better things, so maybe he'll end up following in the footsteps of Carl Ikeme and establishing himself firmly as a first choice.
Next...
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Etheridge? Sure that photo is from that really nervy interview he did when he just signed. Sign of things to come. Poor lad.
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Etheridge? Sure that photo is from that really nervy interview he did when he just signed. Sign of things to come. Poor lad.
Correct on the player and correct on the interview, I think.
Given our goalkeeping order at present, I'd be surprised if he manages to improve upon his tally of eight appearances.
Hopefully when he does get released, he'll pick up a good club elsewhere and be able to save his career, pun intended, before that slips through his fingers as well.
Next up...
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Matt Killgallon?
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Matt Killgallon?
Correct.
Once again, he's another one of those players in this thread who could have/should have had a better career than what he's had - certainly at a higher level anyway.
Here's the last player for a couple of hours...
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Lynden Gooch?
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Lynden Gooch?
Correct.
He made 10 appearances and wasn't bad value all things considered.
Next up, apologies straight away for the very pixelated photo, but this is another one of our qualifying stars from yesteryear...
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Alun Armstrong.
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Alun Armstrong.
Correct.
He made six appearances and I can't remember any of them, so he must have been effective! :lol:
Next...
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Robbie Clark.
Correct.
One appearances against Accrington in the cup before he left and ended up playing in Sweden.
Here's the last one for tonight. Four legends and one very bad defender who Dave Penney was accountable for bringing to the club...
Sam Oji is playing for Hednesford Town in the Birmingham Senior Cup tonight.
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Robbie Clark.
Correct.
One appearances against Accrington in the cup before he left and ended up playing in Sweden.
Here's the last one for tonight. Four legends and one very bad defender who Dave Penney was accountable for bringing to the club...
Sam Oji is playing for Hednesford Town in the Birmingham Senior Cup tonight.
At least he's finally found his level.
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Robbie Clark.
Correct.
One appearances against Accrington in the cup before he left and ended up playing in Sweden.
Here's the last one for tonight. Four legends and one very bad defender who Dave Penney was accountable for bringing to the club...
Sam Oji is playing for Hednesford Town in the Birmingham Senior Cup tonight.
At least he's finally found his level.
😂
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Abdul Razak?
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Abdul Razak?
Nope. Right sort of era though.
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uche ikpeazu
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uche ikpeazu
Correct.
The next face is a relatively high-profile yet largely forgotten signing from back in the day...
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Is it Quinton Fortune?
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Is it Quinton Fortune?
Correct.
He made seven appearances for us in total and a whole lot more for some club on the other side of the Pennines.
Next up, a player who had a great chant about him at a game. For all the wrong reasons though...
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Is that Jermaine McSporran?
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Is that Jermaine McSporran?
Nope. I think he'd made well in excess of 20 appearances before his cruciate knee ligament injury in the home game with Bradford at the end of the 2004-05 season which all but ended his career.
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Richard Offiong? Actually had a decent record when he went to Scotland.
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Richard Offiong? Actually had a decent record when he went to Scotland.
Correct.
I think he turned into a semi-prolific goalscorer and helped Hamilton Accies get promotion. I'm not sure what that says about the standard of Scottish football though.
A bonus point if anyone can name the game where there was the infamous 'Offy Offy Offy, OFF, OFF, OFF' chant.
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Oldham?
When Mickey Walker,as assistant, walked round the other side of the pitch and told him to stay within them white lines :chair:
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Oldham?
When Mickey Walker,as assistant, walked round the other side of the pitch and told him to stay within them white lines :chair:
That's the one.
Next...
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Steve burton
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Steve burton
Correct.
Next up, a player who had a brilliant impact during his short stint with us and was already popular before he signed on loan.
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Jay Emmanuel-Thomas
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Jay Emmanuel-Thomas
Correct.
Next...
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Issam Ben khemis
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Issam Ben khemis
Correct.
I've little doubts that hell manage to get himself off this list at some point later this season.
Next up, a loanee who we were all impressed with...
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Pretty sure I know this one.......
COYR
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Keshi..
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Keshi..
Correct. He's be a damn good addition to our squad now as well, too.
Next up...
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Fabien robert
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Fabien robert
Correct. One of the few players during the experiment era that seemed to be relatively popular amongst our fanbase.
Next player...
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Big Bird Webster, surely?
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Big Bird Webster, surely?
Correct.
Next up, another classic case of what might have been...
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Liam Wakefield
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Fabien robert
Correct. One of the few players during the experiment era that seemed to be relatively popular amongst our fanbase.
Next player...
Byron Webster
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Liam Wakefield
Correct.
Last I heard, he'd been released by Boston United so if he wants a career in football then he needs to pull his finger out PDQ.
Next...
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Not sure I'd call Liam Wakefield "what might have been" - he wasn't any good and I never envisaged him having a future with us.
Is that one Mutch?
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Not sure I'd call Liam Wakefield "what might have been" - he wasn't any good and I never envisaged him having a future with us.
Is that one Mutch?
Correct.
With Liam Wakefield, I thought he was capable of making it as a footballer. I never saw it being with us either, but I did at least expect him to go on and carve out a good non-league/lower league career.
That possibility has seemingly evaporated now as well.
Anyway, next up - another former loanee who was half-decent...
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Woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat thinking I haven't posted an answer in this thread yet...
That's Lundstram isn't it?
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Woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat thinking I haven't posted an answer in this thread yet...
That's Lundstram isn't it?
Woke up in the middle of the night to reply to you... ;)
Correct.
Next, a player who made half a dozen appearances on the pitch, but probably a hell of a lot more at events such as this...
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Alex Peterson?
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Alex Peterson?
Correct.
Currently at Ossett Town, keeping Emile Sinclair out of the team, unless it's changed since I last checked.
Next up, a player who is currently on 20 appearances for us...
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Tyler garratt
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Tyler garratt
Correct.
Another current player on the list, with 17 outings, is this lad...
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Would that be Mr Whiteman?
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Alex Peterson?
Correct.
Currently at Ossett Town, keeping Emile Sinclair out of the team, unless it's changed since I last checked.
Next up, a player who is currently on 20 appearances for us...
Alex is currently playing centre half. Still their top goalscorer with 11 though.
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Would that be Mr Whiteman?
Nope.
Whiteman has already amassed 25 appearances for us, including yesterday's game at Oxford.
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Is that Toffolo?
COYR
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Is that Toffolo?
COYR
Correct.
Next up, someone else who appeared 17 times...
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Brooker?
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Broker?
Correct.
If memory serves me right, he scored with his very first touch in a 1-1 draw at Watford.
I wonder how many other players have done that in our history?
Next up, a player we frequently were linked with once upon a time, and who we eventually signed a couple of years. It all turned out to be a little bit disappointing though...
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Sammy Clingan currently playing for Glenavon in the Danska bank premiership
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Sammy Clingan currently playing for Glenavon in the Danska bank premiership
Correct.
Next up, a player who had a loan spell with us and scored in the game where this photo was taken (I think)...
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Healy?
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Now managing The Blue Shitte ( Linfield )
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Healy?
Correct.
One of those players that had a huge reputation at one point a few years before joining us as well, around the time Northern Ireland beat England in a World Cup qualifier at Windsor Park.
Next...
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Want to say Remi Matthews?
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Is that Toffolo?
COYR
Correct.
Next up, someone else who appeared 17 times...
How the hell was Brooker ever fit enough to play 17 games? Without checking, I would have had him down as about 6 or 7.
Mind you, he did score one of the best goals at the KM in the end of season 1-1 draw vs Leicester a few years ago.
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Is that Toffolo?
COYR
Correct.
Next up, someone else who appeared 17 times...
How the hell was Brooker ever fit enough to play 17 games? Without checking, I would have had him down as about 6 or 7.
Mind you, he did score one of the best goals at the KM in the end of season 1-1 draw vs Leicester a few years ago.
He made the one appearance in November 2008 then all of his other appearances came in clusters in the 2010/11 season - August, November, January and April/May.
The rest of the time he was injured.
I too was surprised that he'd made that many appearances though!
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Want to say Remi Matthews?
Correct.
Next up, a player who did a good job but was quickly forgotten in time...
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Joe Mills. Happily have him back despite his sending off / theatrics against Oldham.
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Joe Mills. Happily have him back despite his sending off / theatrics against Oldham.
Correct.
Next up is a player who was essentially replaced by a better player, before he'd even played competitively for us...
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John McGrath
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John McGrath
Correct.
Even though he had limited appearances because of McIndoe's arrival, I still quite liked him as a player when he did get the occasional chance.
Next up, a player who has been mentioned but not yet pictured in this thread...
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Lua Lua?
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Is that Toffolo?
COYR
Correct.
Next up, someone else who appeared 17 times...
Ah, the enigma that was Steve Brooker. Was at the game at Watford and he certainly had an impact, scoring then dumping one of their players over the wall!
If myth, and poor memory prevails, he scored with his first touch, and his last with the screamer v Leicester and f all in-between!
Also shocked he clocked up 17 appearances!
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Lua Lua?
Nope.
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Bamogo?
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Bamogo?
Not quite.
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Bakayoko
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Bakayoko
Not quite..... Bagayoko
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Bakayoko
Not quite..... Bagayoko
Correct.
Next up, a player who once gave another player a big kiss when he was substituted for him - cue the other player looking scared, frightened and absolutely terrified amongst other things.
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Uros Predic
Or useless prefix as I liked to call him.
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The player he kissed was Ricky Ravenhill who came on as sub for him
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The player he kissed was Ricky Ravenhill who came on as sub for him
Correct.
Here's a player who gave us all a few nightmares...
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Souza?
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Souza?
Correct.
His defending still sends a shiver down my spine now.
Next...
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Gary McSheffrey?
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Gary McSheffrey?
Correct.
Very straightforward and a player who I'd have liked to see make more appearances for us, but unfortunately it wasn't to be.
Next up...
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Anthony Griffiths?
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Anthony Griffiths?
Correct.
Throwing it back quite a few years with the next player, too...
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Chris Beardsley. Amazed he made more then 5 appearances for us tbh!
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Chris Beardsley. Amazed he made more then 5 appearances for us tbh!
He made eight in total, which I think were mainly a combination of cup games, then the odd substitute appearance here and there when our more regular strikers in the team at that time were off form.
Next up, the player who one manager signed which summed up his reign of destruction...
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To go back a couple of posts , Anthony Griffiths cousin is Delroy Facey who did time for match fixing.
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To go back a couple of posts , Anthony Griffiths cousin is Delroy Facey who did time for match fixing.
Yeah the family is from Huddersfield I believe. His surname is actually 'Griffith' but as that picture of him shows, we added a 'S' to his shirt (pedantic I know)
The above though is Dany 'The Toe' N'Guessan - presumably still lurking somewhere within the confines of Cantley Park!
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To go back a couple of posts , Anthony Griffiths cousin is Delroy Facey who did time for match fixing.
Yeah the family is from Huddersfield I believe. His surname is actually 'Griffith' but as that picture of him shows, we added a 'S' to his shirt (pedantic I know)
The above though is Dany 'The Toe' N'Guessan - presumably still lurking somewhere within the confines of Cantley Park!
Correct.
Next...
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Kevin Horlock?
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Kevin Horlock?
Correct.
Next...
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Pascal chimbonda
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Pascal chimbonda
Correct.
Next, a player who promised a lot but didn't really live up to expectations...
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Elliott?
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Stuart Elliott
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Elliott?
Correct.
Stepping it up a bit with this throwback, but who is the player?
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Robbie Blake?
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Robbie Blake?
Correct.
Next...
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Piquionne?
I'm questioning the spelling rather than who it is :chair:
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Interesting to see Dany N'Guessan's name popping up. Hard to believe he actually made over 60 appearances in the Championship!
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Piquionne?
I'm questioning the spelling rather than who it is :chair:
Correct.
His stinking bad attitude was right up there with El Hadji Diouf. Glad we moved him on as soon as we got relegated.
Next up, someone who was described as a low cost option when he joined us. No wonder he wasn't exactly very good...
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Theo Robinson
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Theo Robinson
Nope.
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Abdul Razak
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Abdul Razak
Correct.
Next, a very good loanee who went on to have a cracking career and is still going strong now...
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DAvid Wheater
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DAvid Wheater
Correct.
Next up, a loanee...
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Simon Johnson.
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Simon Johnson.
Correct.
A bonus point if you can remember the game where he scored with his b*llocks?
Next up, another loanee - pictured with Craig Nelthorpe.
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Danny Cadamartri ( spelling ??? )
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That's who I was thinking. Ex Bradford and quite prolific until he came to us as was many a striker who dried up when donning the hoops!
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That's who I was thinking. Ex Bradford and quite prolific until he came to us as was many a striker who dried up when donning the hoops!
Weird how time distorts the memory, eh? I remember much the same thing.
Just checked his Wikipedia though. Hardly a goal getter.
37 goals in 349 appearances. An average that makes the 1 in 6 he managed for us look pretty good.
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He's coaching young ones at Wednesday, working his way up.
Also for someone considered not too bright academically had good financial advice. He's got a few properties on the go.
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He looked like a sensation when he first emerged. Scored 5 goals in his first 10 matches for Everton as a 17 year old. Then only scored another 37 in his subsequent 390 first team appearances...
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Wasn't he banned for a period of time following a failed drugs test?
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Are you still on about Robbie Blake ?
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Simon Johnson.
Correct.
A bonus point if you can remember the game where he scored with his b*llocks?
Next up, another loanee - pictured with Craig Nelthorpe.
Didn't he score in a defeat at Torquay? I might have just made that up though. I'm sure we wore a white 3rd kit which I had but never saw us play in.
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Danny Cadamartri ( spelling ??? )
Correct.
Another player who had a decent career, elsewhere that is, is this guy...
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Richard Naylor
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Richard Naylor
Correct.
Next up, someone who made 20 appearances for us and if his career hadn't been wrecked by injuries, would probably be achieving lots more in the game right now...
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Simon Johnson.
Correct.
A bonus point if you can remember the game where he scored with his b*llocks?
Next up, another loanee - pictured with Craig Nelthorpe.
Didn't he score in a defeat at Torquay? I might have just made that up though. I'm sure we wore a white 3rd kit which I had but never saw us play in.
All correct.
The footage of the goal was on the recent video of McIndoe's best bits as he got the assist.
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Richard Naylor
Correct.
Next up, someone who made 20 appearances for us and if his career hadn't been wrecked by injuries, would probably be achieving lots more in the game right now...
Ryan Mason?
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Richard Naylor
Correct.
Next up, someone who made 20 appearances for us and if his career hadn't been wrecked by injuries, would probably be achieving lots more in the game right now...
Ryan Mason?
Correct.
Next...
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Tamas?
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Tamas?
Correct.
Next, someone who might not be on this list for much longer...
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Beestin
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Beestin
Correct.
Next up, someone who should have done a lot better for us...
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Is it Morrissey?
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Is it Morrissey?
Morissey would have done a better job!
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Gary Mackenzie?
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Gary Mackenzie?
Correct.
Next...
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Jonson Clarke-Harris?
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Jonson Clarke-Harris?
Correct.
Next up, a good keeper who sadly had a horrific defence in front of him...
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Is that David Button?
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Is that David Button?
Correct. Not surprised he's gone on to better things to be honest.
Next...
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Gary Mackenzie?
God what a pointless, awful signing he was. I forgot all about him!
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Ross McCormack. Who has been transferred for £23M in his career.
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Dave Mulligan
COYR
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Ross McCormack. Who has been transferred for £23M in his career.
Correct.
And when he was here, he ended up in the reserves which won the League/Cup (or possibly both).
Next, a bad photo (but the only one I could find) of a loanee we had when SO'D was in charge...
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Jason euell?
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Jason euell?
Correct.
Next...
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Louis Armstrong?
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😂 😂 😂
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Louis Armstrong?
It definitely wasn't a Wonderful World when this player scored for us - we lost both games!
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Franck Moussa?
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Franck Moussa?
Correct.
Only four players left to go and I'm struggling to find photos of some of them in our colours.
Nevertheless, here is a defender who made 10 appearances during a loan spell but never looked comfortable in any game...
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Harry Worley. Can't remember what he looked like but he frightened me.
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Harry Worley. Can't remember what he looked like but he frightened me.
Correct.
Next up (in his own team's colours as I can't find a photo of him in ours), a goalkeeper we once had on loan...
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Iain Turner
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Iain Turner
Correct.
He actually went on to make a handful of appearances for Everton's first team before ending up playing in Scotland.
Next up, an obscure signing from the obscurest part of obscurity, so obscure that I've had to dig out an old programme as I can't even find this player on the internet...
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Is it the Aussie midfielder lad that everyone took an immediate and irrational dislike to. Hughes was it?
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Whoever it is, the bleak 1970s East Germany football stadium background is very cool.
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Is it the Aussie midfielder lad that everyone took an immediate and irrational dislike to. Hughes was it?
Correct. Adam Hughes.
His only contribution of note was scoring against Wrexham in the Carling Cup, which set us off on that run in 2005.
Next, the final player (to a degree) on this list is someone who I can't find a photo of in our colours, but everybody remembers his name anyway.
He also had a very, very bad agent...
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Theo streete
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Is it the Aussie midfielder lad that everyone took an immediate and irrational dislike to. Hughes was it?
Correct. Adam Hughes.
His only contribution of note was scoring against Wrexham in the Carling Cup, which set us off on that run in 2005.
I was there. Can't have been more than 200 Rovers fans that night.
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Theo streete
Correct.
There's also five players, not yet covered in this thread, who made a whole lot more appearances for us in the Conference but less than 20 appearances when we rejoined the FL...
To kick off, here's the man responsible for Bovrilgate...
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Bazza
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Bazza
Correct.
Next...
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Jamie paterson
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Jamie paterson
Correct.
Next up, probably the easiest player to guess on this thread...
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SFT
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SFT
Easy.
Next up, someone who generally only appeared when others were injured or suspended but still picked up a couple of promotion winners' medals.
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Chris Beech
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Chris Beech
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Ha! Looking at that photo he looks like a contortionist!
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Ha! Looking at that photo he looks like a contortionist!
Ha. Unfortunately it was the only photo I could find of him.
Next...
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Robert Gill?
COYR
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Robert Gill?
COYR
Correct.
The last player on this list. A player we all remember well...
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The great Paul Barnes.
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The great Paul Barnes.
Correct.
Without his goals, and then Blundell's tireless work-rate in the latter stages of the last Conference season, I don't think we'd have got back into the FL as quickly as we did.
Both unbelievable, yet very different players.
That's all the players on the list too. I'll gather photos of all the other players who've featured for us since getting back in the league and do them at another time on this thread.
There's still some unbelievably rubbish players who've not yet featured as well.
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Once again many many thanks AH, for this thread :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: