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When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:30 pm
by Guller Bull
As per title. I am sure we must have had a few players that other clubs feared when we were in the lower echelons - Payton, Francis etc but who were the players that always seemed to have absolute worldies against us?
Jack Lester was always one for me that as soon as you heard his name you thought "Oh crap!"
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:32 pm
by SammyBoy
Shaun Goater (or any of that City team)
Carl Asaba
Bob Taylor
Alan Lee
Many others, I'm sure.
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:41 pm
by clansman
Any ex player who returned and got abuse normally scored!! (Nogan e.g)
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:44 pm
by andysisson
Jamie cureton
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:45 pm
by Jakubs Tash
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...
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:46 pm
by wilks_bfc
Adrian Littlejohn always seemed to tear us a new one whenever he played against us
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:48 pm
by gandhisflipflop
Kurt Nogan
David Healy
James Beattie
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:49 pm
by colner
Andy Preece and Kevin Francis always did well against us,but we had the last laugh in the end
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:52 pm
by fatboy47
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
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:55 pm
by martin_p
Kevin Francis always seemed to score against us.
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:55 pm
by jedi_master
Kyle Lightbourne
Carl Asaba
Iffy Onoura
Shaun Goater
Guy Ipoua
Mark Stallard
Paul Ifill
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 1:58 pm
by Stanbill05
Andy Hesenthaler at Gillingham looked like he used to enjoy playing against us. A class player I thought at the level.
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:04 pm
by Hedontplayforyou
Ricardo Fuller
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:10 pm
by jrgbfc
Definitely Shaun Goater, seemed to score a hattrick everytime he came up against us.
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:10 pm
by Right_winger
Danny coyne always played a blinder against us.
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:11 pm
by tim_noone
Phil stant....steve Bull and robbie? Mutch. Big Kevin Francis and Andy Preece...
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:12 pm
by TVC15
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
It was about 15 years ago that Nicklaus Bendtner played for Birmingham out wide on the Turf and had a great game...not sure if that’s who were you were thinking ?
They also had the likes of Damien Johnson, Stern John, Clinton Morrison all playing up front around the same era.
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:12 pm
by JohnDearyMe
David Lee - Bolton winger
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:15 pm
by fungus_the_bogeyman
Nicky Forster
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:19 pm
by Hedontplayforyou
Seb Larsson played out wide for Birmingham too
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:19 pm
by Ric_C
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
Ricky Otto?
Louie Donowa?
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:23 pm
by jdrobbo
Dave Bamber
Tony Thorpe
Paulo Wanchope
Shaun Goater
Ali Bernabia
Graham Kavanagh
Lee Nogan
Kurt Nogan
Ricardo Fuller
Carl Asaba
Jamie Cureton
Bob Taylor
John Hendrie
Paul Wilkinson
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:24 pm
by ŽižkovClaret
Greg Goodridge and Shaun Goater always seemed to combine well for Bristol City against us
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:26 pm
by claretonthecoast1882
Gary Shaw and Steve Bull
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:09 pm
by groove
Simon Garner
John Thomas
Gary Brazil
Alan Birch
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:11 pm
by groove
tim_noone wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:11 pm
Phil stant....steve Bull and robbie? Mutch. Big Kevin Francis and Andy Preece...
Andy Mutch
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:12 pm
by claret2018
More recently David Nugent
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:13 pm
by claretonthecoast1882
tim_noone wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:11 pm
Phil stant....steve Bull and robbie? Mutch. Big Kevin Francis and Andy Preece...
Robbie was Robbie Dennison the winger at Wolves, Mutch was Andy
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:13 pm
by ClaretTony
Right_winger wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:10 pm
Danny coyne always played a blinder against us.
Until the day he relied on his team mates needing to score six against us to win
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:14 pm
by bfccrazy
Herman Hereidersen and Jamal Campbell Rice (Barnsley player) seemed to always do well against us for random ones.
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:14 pm
by ClaretTony
Dave Lancaster - ex Colne Dynamoes - he always seemed to score against us
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:16 pm
by claptrappers_union
Tony Thorpe
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:17 pm
by FactualFrank
David Dunn
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:18 pm
by groove
Some bloody good players mentioned on this thread
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:18 pm
by Silkyskills1
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...
Are you thinking of Noel Luke? Player called Blake equalised for Cardiff City when we beat them 3-1 at home at the end of the promotion season, 91-92.
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:21 pm
by bfcmatt
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:23 pm
by claptrappers_union
Some players in this thread by the way, some of them I think were probably playing below their actual ability - David Lee for example, and Jamie Cureton
Ronnie Jepson had a good record against us before he signed. Carlo Corrazin had a good reputation at that level, as did Paul Peschisolido as they were both capped at international level for Canada
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:25 pm
by Papabendi
Billy Whitehurst
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:26 pm
by ClaretTony
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...
Silkyskills1 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:18 pm
Are you thinking of Noel Luke? Player called Blake equalised for Cardiff City when we beat them 3-1 at home at the end of the promotion season, 91-92.
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.
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:27 pm
by Jakubs Tash
Silkyskills1 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:18 pm
Are you thinking of Noel Luke? Player called Blake equalised for Cardiff City when we beat them 3-1 at home at the end of the promotion season, 91-92.
That's him!! Noel Luke.
Yes, Blake was a decent player - played for Cardiff, Bolton and Rovers amongst others.
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:27 pm
by Vegas Claret
David Eyres
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:28 pm
by CoolClaret
Darren Huckerby
Robbie Earnshaw
Dion Dublin
I hated playing them mid 00s Norwich teams!
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:29 pm
by claptrappers_union
Stuart Barlow at Wigan
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:30 pm
by ClaretTony
CoolClaret wrote: ↑Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:28 pm
Darren Huckerby
Robbie Earnshaw
Dion Dublin
I hated playing them mid 00s Norwich teams!
When Darren Kenton went round kicking everything that moved and costing us players with some serious injuries
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:32 pm
by dandeclaret
David Lee
Dave Bamber
Mark Kennedy
Ronnie Jepson
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:35 pm
by claptrappers_union
Remember when ‘moneybags’ Fulham spent £2m on Louis Saha... Fulham had some decent players around that time - Geoff Horsefield being one of them too.
I can’t remember the name of the other striker who played with Saha up front - a black guy who’s name escapes me right now - I think he played in the Premier League too for a short while
Edit - it’s come to me Barry Hales
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:37 pm
by dandeclaret
Barry HAyles?
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:41 pm
by welsbyswife
Brian Mooney for Preston always worried me. Looked stylish on the ball, especially on that pitch. Needn't have worried on that great night in 88 though!
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:45 pm
by Ric_C
Did Brian Mooney end up playing for us? Or have I dreamt that up?
Re: When we were crap - players you feared.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:45 pm
by Wuggawumphwumph
Nugent
