When we were crap - players you feared.

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Spike » Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:46 pm

Freaky Francis
Mark Kendall always had a blinder against us but played like he was blind when in a Claret Shirt

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by welsbyswife » Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:47 pm

Ric_C wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:45 pm
Did Brian Mooney end up playing for us? Or have I dreamt that up?
No. Maybe mixing him up with Tony Hancock!!

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by welsbyswife » Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:57 pm

Actually Ric_c you are right. He did play for us on loan. I'd completely forgotten that!

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Culmclaret » Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:59 pm

David Crown
Danny Wilson
Trevor Senior
Rod Fern

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Jakubs Tash » Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:18 pm

ClaretTony wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:26 pm
I can't recall the player's name but Jakubs Tash is definitely right about Peterborough being a bogey team. We beat them 4-1 in April 1991 and it was the first time we'd ever beaten them. We lost in the League Cup in 1966 but then went 11 league games without a win against them from 1985 up to that game in 1991.
Wow! Didn't realise they had it over us so much.

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Untinted Glasses » Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:19 pm

Fernandes on Tuesday

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Zom Zom » Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:20 pm

There was a time whenever any opposing player had the ball I feared the worst.

I always seemed to note, down the years, if the opposition had an ex-Rover or one on loan from them, they'd do well.

Wayne Gill on loan at Blackpool was one of those moments.

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Post by Cubanclaret » Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:21 pm

Simon Garner
David Dunn
Derek Spence
Neil Shipperley
Michael Brown

And when we were really bad: Mark Loram (Torquay)

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by HollandsPies » Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:25 pm

Trevor Sinclair

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Tall Paul » Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:27 pm

Graham Alexander

Sean Dyche, the dirty *******

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by northeastclaret » Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:40 pm

fatboy47 wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:52 pm
There was a right winger played for Birmingham against us on the turf...
... Absolutely rinsed our defence...tore us a complete new one... Maybe 15 years ago.. Not totally sure.... I'd remember his name if somebody said it
I think it maybe the blonde winger that they signed from York City
McCarthy or something similar , although if it was over 15 years then it maybe Devlin then

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by TVC15 » Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:42 pm

Ric_C wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:45 pm
Did Brian Mooney end up playing for us? Or have I dreamt that up?
Yes he did - he was on loan to us.
I remember thinking what a great signing he was as he used to be brilliant against us for North End. But I think by the time he came to us he has started picking up injuries.
In the semi final of the Sherpa Van he was the best player across the 2 teams by a distance.

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Cubanclaret » Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:45 pm

I remember a Birmingham winger having a blinder in the midweek milk cup tie in 1983. Ian Handysides. They came back from 2-0 to pull level then we won 3-2. The season we reached the semi finals.

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by diamondpocket » Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:03 pm

PNE late 90s & in the 00s.

Alexander & Healy and the central defender whose name evades me, always had me nervous.

EDIT: was it Gregan?

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Woodleyclaret » Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:07 pm

Sean Goater and Fat Boy Parkin always scored against us

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by jrgbfc » Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:10 pm

diamondpocket wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:03 pm
PNE late 90s & in the 00s.

Alexander & Healy and the central defender whose name evades me, always had me nervous.

EDIT: was it Gregan?
Gregan always seemed to be well up for it against us. I remember him playing mainly in centre mid though.

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Clarets4me » Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:18 pm

Did Dave Lancaster score 3 against us for Chesterfield ( A ) in a Associate Members Cup tie, my only visit to Saltergate ??

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Untinted Glasses » Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:20 pm

jrgbfc wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:10 pm
Gregan always seemed to be well up for it against us. I remember him playing mainly in centre mid though.
didn't Lenny johnrose 'do him' ?

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by andyh » Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:21 pm

Mr Karen Brady always had a good game against us.

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by littleboroughclaret » Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:30 pm

Remember Brett Angell having a few good games against us as well. Agree with a lot of those already mentioned.

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by jollyjack » Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:31 pm

Alexander at PNE

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Post by Herts Clarets » Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:33 pm

Ronnie Jepson. How many different teams did he score for against us? Exeter, Huddersfield, Bury, Preston. Port Vale?

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by jrgbfc » Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:41 pm

Untinted Glasses wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:20 pm
didn't Lenny johnrose 'do him' ?
Yeah, but if its the game i'm thinking of they went onto beat us 3 nil at the Turf. The year they won the league and we nicked second on the last day.
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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by karatekid » Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:50 pm

John Aldridge - Tranmere

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Untinted Glasses » Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:53 pm

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by NottsClaret » Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:57 pm

JohnDearyMe wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:12 pm
David Lee - Bolton winger
Always thought he was a really good player, he tore Liverpool to bits in a Cup game once, when they were still in the 2nd tier.
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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by gizmo » Tue Jan 05, 2021 6:56 pm

Glad someone mentioned Billy Whitehurst, how tough was he? Trevor Hockey always gave us trouble and seem to recall Harford and Hobson giving us problems.

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Post by basil6345789 » Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:17 pm

Lee Trundle

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Dark Cloud » Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:17 pm

fatboy47 wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:52 pm
There was a right winger played for Birmingham against us on the turf...
... Absolutely rinsed our defence...tore us a complete new one... Maybe 15 years ago.. Not totally sure.... I'd remember his name if somebody said it
Was it maybe Burke?
Definitely agree re Whitehurst who played for Donny being a bloody pest!

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Post by Jambounchained » Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:22 pm

Shefki Kuqi

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by fatboy47 » Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:22 pm

Dark Cloud wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:17 pm
Was it maybe Burke?
Definitely agree re Whitehurst who played for Donny being a bloody pest!
Thanks DC!

Yes it was Burke... He absolutely rinsed our defence that day..

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by THEWELLERNUT70 » Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:24 pm

David Crown
Brett Angel
Tommy Tynan
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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Dark Cloud » Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:26 pm

fatboy47 wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:22 pm
Thanks DC!

Yes it was Burke... He absolutely rinsed our defence that day..
Burke was a very decent player with a decent career and without Googling him I THINK he was maybe a Welsh? international.

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Devils_Advocate » Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:29 pm

Got to be Aguero for me. Whenever he plays for City against us I always fear the worst

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Woodleyclaret » Tue Jan 05, 2021 8:06 pm

Brett Angel was the player we needed but came back with Tony Hancock

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Fenwick » Tue Jan 05, 2021 8:19 pm

John McGinley. Git

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by box_of_frogs » Tue Jan 05, 2021 8:26 pm

Dave Bamber
John McGinley
Kevin Freaky Francis

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Post by Super Teds » Tue Jan 05, 2021 8:30 pm

Rickets. Michael

Jason Roberts

Matthew Spring! (Because of champ man)

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Post by claretabroad » Tue Jan 05, 2021 8:43 pm

Imre Varadi

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Post by RingoMcCartney » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:30 am

John Mcginley.

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Ric_C » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:48 am

Used to hate Jason Roberts. His arms were all over the place, as if he was playing rugby, then the slightest touch sent him tumbling. Refs used to fall for it every week as well

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by RVclaret » Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:50 am

Some cracking names in this thread.

Darren Huckerby scared the life out of me! David Healy sticks in my mind too.

Oh and Ricardo Fuller - played like prime Ronaldo against us.

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by dsr » Wed Jan 06, 2021 1:27 am

Back in the fourth division days, the players I really feared would spoil the day were wearing claret and blue.

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Somethingfishy » Wed Jan 06, 2021 1:56 am

Jakubs Tash wrote:
Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:45 pm
Peterborough seemed to be a bogey team for a while in the late 80s/early 90s and they had a full back (Blake?) who seemed to terrorise us. My memory may be playing tricks though...
Peterborough were a real bogey side. They gave us some real thumpings at their place. I was there for a 5-0 in 88 i think? They had a left winger called Craig Goldsmith..tall, blonde hair and he terrorised Peter Daniel. Tore him a new one that day. Remember a 4-1 defeat there too not long after. We didn't perform much better at home to them either. Worrell Sterling another of their players that we made look like Messi.
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Post by dsr » Wed Jan 06, 2021 2:11 am

David Currie at Darlington was always too good for us. Though I suspect it wasn't actually all that many games because his career seemed to fizzle out.

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by superdimitri » Wed Jan 06, 2021 5:00 am

I don't think he was very prolific but some names just showed up on Teletext far too often. I remember fearing Barnard at Barnsley who if I remember right was a free kick specialist. Roberts at Norwich was another player I remember being scared of us facing.

But yeah, nothing as bad as Shaun Goater, but Burnley won't have been the only ones fearing him.

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by Longsider » Wed Jan 06, 2021 7:44 am

Goater

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by stripes » Wed Jan 06, 2021 9:34 am

who was the Sheffield erd player mid noughties? was it leon Clarke? who was his strike partner? they always used to bang in a few.

Ricardo fuller. cresswell.

the blackburn forward, who scored when he wanted to, Jordan Rhodes

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Re: When we were crap - players you fearedh.

Post by Cirrus_Minor » Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:14 am

Ricardo Fuller

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Re: When we were crap - players you feared.

Post by groove » Wed Jan 06, 2021 5:19 pm

A couple more spring to mind who I seem to remember having good games against us.
Stuart Rimmer (Chester)
Johnny Morrissey (Tranmere)

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