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Post by otium (EPBS) on Oct 1, 2015 0:13:02 GMT 1
Although i dont think i have mentioned it on here as a kid i also supported Spurs. I sometimes even hitch-hiked to London to see them. My first love was Peters but then Glenn broke the mould. Hoddle was peerless, one of the greatest English talents of all time. Enjoy....
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Post by Doc Halladay 32 on Oct 1, 2015 1:16:05 GMT 1
Kevin Johnson, Terry Gray, Mick Butler & Mick Buxton's 1979-86 teams.
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Post by kennyk2 on Oct 1, 2015 6:53:58 GMT 1
Ian Robins of course! How could a small chubby guy score so many goals?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2015 7:10:18 GMT 1
Duncan foot like a traction engine Shearer.
Non Town - Matt Le Tissier.
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Post by Nickhudds.UTT on Oct 1, 2015 7:15:45 GMT 1
Mallly Brown, Best attacking fullback I've ever seen
Fletcher and Robins too
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Post by captainblack on Oct 1, 2015 7:17:36 GMT 1
Ian Robins of course! How could a small chubby guy score so many goals? Ian Robins was one of my favourites too , I used to love his scissor kick type goals and for his size he was very affective in the air. I am proud to be old fashioned and love a front pairing of a tall frontman (Fletcher) and a smaller striker (Robins) . I must admit we have had some great strikers at Town in the past , Booth, Maskell, Shearer and recently Vaughan have been just been a few. Some strikers just have a certain confident swagger about them which I like . Steve Kindon was one of these types too.
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Post by bluedogs, Esq. on Oct 1, 2015 8:24:00 GMT 1
Favourite town player Jordan Rhodes, favourite non town player Garry Line-acre
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Oct 1, 2015 8:26:26 GMT 1
Tony Currie all day for me when I was growing up... And Kevin Johnson / Terry Gray ... Soon to be replaced by Mally Brown / Mark Lillis
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2015 8:33:02 GMT 1
Non Town - Gazza. Town - Stewart.
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Post by mightyterrier on Oct 1, 2015 8:37:42 GMT 1
Non town was a toss up between Gazza and Zidane Town, I always thought Gorre and Wijnhard were good lekkers
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Oct 1, 2015 8:53:40 GMT 1
Gazza is probably easily the best English player ever, shame he couldn't stay off the sauce.
Favourite Town players? Ummm Lillis,Gorre and Craig Maskell who scored shed load of goals in what was a relatively average Town team.
There are a few loan players who made pretty impressive contributions and will always be remembered, Peter Butler, massive and contribution and if he had been available for the play offs, we'd have won promotion that season. Peter Ndlovu, fantastic player and another massive contribution, again, if he had stayed, we would have stayed up and finally close your ears Marcus mate.....Jermaine Beckford, whatever anyone says his goals went a long way to keeping us up, he scored some vital goals, brilliant goals, the two goals down at Wolves probably kept us up on their own.
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Post by Marco4 on Oct 1, 2015 9:19:04 GMT 1
Roberto Baggio.
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Post by Frankiesleftpeg on Oct 1, 2015 9:20:02 GMT 1
I'll walk a million miles for one of your goals oh Frankie (Worthington).
Alternatively George Best wasn't too shabby.
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Post by The King's Head 1230 on Oct 1, 2015 9:23:57 GMT 1
Steve Kindon but although wasn't here long Terry Currren when he scored against Leeds & took a bow classic.
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Oct 1, 2015 9:24:27 GMT 1
Gazza is probably easily the best English player ever, shame he couldn't stay off the sauce. Favourite Town players? Ummm Lillis,Gorre and Craig Maskell who scored shed load of goals in what was a relatively average Town team. There are a few loan players who made pretty impressive contributions and will always be remembered, Peter Butler, massive and contribution and if he had been available for the play offs, we'd have won promotion that season. Peter Ndlovu, fantastic player and another massive contribution, again, if he had stayed, we would have stayed up and finally close your ears Marcus mate.....Jermaine Beckford, whatever anyone says his goals went a long way to keeping us up, he scored some vital goals, brilliant goals, the two goals down at Wolves probably kept us up on their own. Sorry but I can't be having that .. Potentially maybe but not in terms of what he did on the football field
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2015 9:25:56 GMT 1
Les Massie. A mention for Martin Peters Otium, saw him play at Wembley for England schoolboys against West Germany in 1959 aged 15. How I wish I'd saved that programme. The only name I recall on the team sheet that day. Martin Peters West Ham.
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Post by realmadkid on Oct 1, 2015 9:27:21 GMT 1
My favourite Town player as a youngster was someone who rarely gets a mention on here (if ever). A fast, tricky winger by the name of Brian Hill. I think he signed from Grimsby in the mid-60s and only played for us for a couple of seasons before moving on to Blackburn. Wonder if any footage of him playing for Town still exists?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2015 9:36:55 GMT 1
Although i dont think i have mentioned it on here as a kid i also supported Spurs. I sometimes even hitch-hiked to London to see them. My first love was Peters but then Glenn broke the mould. Hoddle was peerless, one of the greatest English talents of all time. Enjoy.... Hoddle and Waddle were great to watch...shame Waddle kept on playing past his best as it fades our memory, although I'm all for footballers keeping going as long as they possibly can and dropping down the leagues etc. Typically you're not playing football at any level for longer than you did, so you've got to make the most of it and extend the time when you can call yourself a "footballer". There don't seem to be too many of those players nowadays who can magic space and time in the centre circle, and hit a perfectly measured pass 40 yards in to someone who because of the quality of the delivery is able to receive it comfortably rather than be in a losing % battle with two defenders. I suppose Beckham could do it at his peak, but the latter proponents of this art, like Gerrard etc, seem messy by comparison. Probably its rose tinting, and throw in that defenders are decent footballers and athletes now, whereas 30 years ago (and 10 years ago) they were just the players who weren't good enough to play in midfield or up front. Think I preferred a Hoddle to a Keegan or Dalglish, there was something ever so, " I'm a better footballer than you lot, and you know it, but I'm not going to rub your faces in it and lord it over you, I'm just going to ensure I give my team the best possible chance of winning" about him. Plus, in the playing fields, I WAS Glenn Hoddle. Although I was David Harvey too!!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2015 9:39:25 GMT 1
Peter Ndlovu made biggest impression in such a short time, plus Gorre, and I used to love watching Phil Starbuck, although he was a player who attracted a lot of groans too.
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Oct 1, 2015 9:50:27 GMT 1
Gazza is probably easily the best English player ever, shame he couldn't stay off the sauce. Favourite Town players? Ummm Lillis,Gorre and Craig Maskell who scored shed load of goals in what was a relatively average Town team. There are a few loan players who made pretty impressive contributions and will always be remembered, Peter Butler, massive and contribution and if he had been available for the play offs, we'd have won promotion that season. Peter Ndlovu, fantastic player and another massive contribution, again, if he had stayed, we would have stayed up and finally close your ears Marcus mate.....Jermaine Beckford, whatever anyone says his goals went a long way to keeping us up, he scored some vital goals, brilliant goals, the two goals down at Wolves probably kept us up on their own. Sorry but I can't be having that .. Potentially maybe but not in terms of what he did on the football field Ok, of modern times and in terms of potential but as I said the lad couldn't stay of the sauce, if he had and stopped all that general buffonery and self destruction, he could have been and probably contributed more to the national team.
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Post by terracesider on Oct 1, 2015 10:30:26 GMT 1
George
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2015 10:31:38 GMT 1
Best non Town player for me would have to be Bryan Robson . Not the best at any one thing and certainly not the flashiest but for all round play goals defending leadership passing tracking back i have never seen anyone come close . For Town and with similar qualities i'd have to say Chris Marsden . And i'm surprised Iwan Roberts doesn't get more of a mention , think he would if he'd played in a more successful team .
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Post by terracesider on Oct 1, 2015 10:33:40 GMT 1
there's only one George
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Post by Tiro on Oct 1, 2015 10:44:17 GMT 1
Duncan foot like a traction engine Shearer. Non Town - Matt Le Tissier. Absolute magic. I've never been as excited to see an opposition player than when Southampton turned up for a pre-season friendly. Only non-town shirt I've ever had too, still got it - I made my parents take a detour one holiday so we could call at the dell and have number 7 le tissier on the back.
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Post by Tiro on Oct 1, 2015 10:46:13 GMT 1
Favourite Town player; Dean Gorre.
Honourable mentions to Stewart, Horne and Lucketti (in his first stint).
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Post by detox on Oct 1, 2015 10:49:38 GMT 1
I think me favourite team was in 1965-66, I had so many favourites in what was a fantastic season..if not the best I've seen..
Oldfield McNab Atkins Nicholson Coddington Meagan McHale Massie Leighton Quigley O'Grady Gilliver Dinsdale Weston
We missed out on promotion to league one by 3 points after only winning 2 of our last 10 games, and ended up 4th. The last game we had 25,000..we also had 25,000 against Bolton, 31,000 against Man City, and the average that season was 18,000. We also had almost 50,000 in Leeds rd for a cup tie against Wednesday.. we had the meanest defence in the league...I think I'd name Nicholson, Meagan, Oldfield and McNab as my favourites..I was 16 at the time... Despite the disappointment at the end, it was a brilliant season and we got loads of publicity, esp in the Daily Express 'cos the sports writer was a Town fan !!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2015 10:57:52 GMT 1
Must be an age thing with the Town players, But I cannot choose one, So I will have Mally Brown, Micky Kennedy, Kindon, Stanton, and the two Joneses, Joey and Paul.
Non Town, and again I cannot pick just one, so al av Gazza, Both Laudrups, Valderama, and another way before my time and only seen on videos, Even though I hate Celtic al av to add that I think Jinky Johnston would have had me out of my seat.
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