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Of course it is funny to see so many players remembered as "crap" when they did play for us in the top flight, but equally it is hard to imagine John Gayle or Wayne Turner at the very peak of their powers being any cop even in our current division....

David Smith gets my vote for reasons discussed here, and illustrated in the video therein: David Smith-What Went Wrong? Maybe with Smith it was the frustration at not fulfilling potential? Quite a lot in the "shit players" thread could get a mention. Paul Edwards was mostly crap, but he had a...

Bloody hell Clive, I appreciate that you are having mic problems but FFS try not to sup your drink and whisper during a minutes silence, eh? Bit disrespectful!

Hey, maybe if someone moved the goalposts, he might score then...

You jest, but he was a stand out player at Bath City and always looked like a prospect who could do it in the league! I kept an eye on him cos of his funky name and the fact that you don't get many ex-Sporting Lisbon players kicking around the English nonleague scene...

I re-read Fever Pitch a few weeks back and had a good hunt for it based on its mention in there, but no joy!

Brilliant goal, was behind the opposite goal and had a nice view of that slaloming run and peachy finish. First game I ever took a girlfriend to. Main other memory of the day, aside from her telling me off for swearing cos there were children present, was when I asked her what she thought she...

Loved that goal, it got shown on Midlands Today! I think that was when Snoz was experimenting with him in the sweeper role wasn't he? Couple with it being against "European opposition" I thought he was going to be a ballplaying defender, but he was just a bit of a hoofer in the end and never...

I shouted "Shoot!!!" just before Bell did against Donnie, so claim an assist for that one. He was useless so someone else has to take the credit!

There's a lot but probably either the Houchen header, any of Speedo's chips, or Cyrille's winner in the 4-3 against Spurs in 86-87.

Had a really nasty injury which pretty much scuppered his career. Was it against Norwich that he scored a stunner? He got a couple or corkers though I think!

It won't be a contract until Jan, that simply does not happen aside from with players that are brought in on short-term contacts in the summer window. It will be an approximation of "roughly two years". Those years may have been the 2016/17 season and the 2017/18 season, or it may have meant...

Obviously not on the same planet as him in terms of ability, but can we call it Cyrille Regis syndrome? Or maybe Don Mackay Syndrome?

I was thinking exactly this a few days back. I can remember my step-grandad (who loved proudly telling me about how he played in an Army side during the war with a couple of Arsenal reserves!) complaining in the 80's at how defensive it all was now, that it was much more exciting in his day with...

Does rather bring it home that one! Anyone remember that year as well, I think late 80's, when Highfield Road was so covered in sand that it resembled more a beach than a football pitch? Wasn't as bad as that clip, mind...

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Fook me what a pitch:

Oh yeah: and good English goalkeepers at loads of clubs, wearing green jerseys, and everyone wearing black boots.

I could not agree more. It's almost a completely different game now. It's what happens when money and science dominate I guess. I also actually preferred it on a crappy pitch with a harder ball, unlike the beach balls today that any pro can bend round corners, because it was harder and more of...

Thanks, that did cause me some befuddlement the other month.