Our fastest ever player.... (8 Viewers)

Peter Billing Eyes · 2025-12-16T17:01:51+0000

fernandopartridge said:
Huckerby was rapid, acceleration was his biggest strength. I remember that time he knocked the ball past Gareth Barry I think with a 5 yard start and beat him to it.

It was Riccardo Scimeca

Shannerz · 2025-12-16T17:18:15+0000

skyblueelephant76 said:
Cobi Jones was very quick but had no idea what to do with it.

He could run very quickly in a straight line, but that was about it.

Cally Fedora · 2025-12-16T17:40:23+0000

Quickest would come from:
Williams
Gallacher
Wilson
Slowest
Pickering
Rennie
Vincenti

Mercian In Anglia · 2025-12-16T18:06:13+0000

theskyisthelimit said:
Hermann Hreidarsson
Arjan De Zeeuw
Kevin Kyle
Yakubu
Peter Vincenti
Darius Henderson

To name but a few

Fastest Players I would say
Milan
Mifsud
Maatsen
Wilson
Kent
Murphy
Wakefield was supposed to be rapid but never played

Kevin MacDonald and Colin Hendry also contenders for slowest

Legia Sky Blue · 2025-12-16T18:11:35+0000

Jose Perdomo was very slow.

Darren Currie was probably the slowest winger I've ever seen.

baldy · 2025-12-16T18:14:18+0000

Leigh Jenkinson came last in the same Sprint Challenge too

CovValleyBoy · 2025-12-16T18:17:35+0000

Yeah Williams fastest. The flying postman.
Tom English..pedestrian for a striker.

Calista · 2025-12-16T18:21:59+0000

theskyisthelimit said:
Wakefield was supposed to be rapid but never played

Maybe you blinked?

Mercian In Anglia · 2025-12-16T18:23:41+0000

Kastaneer briefly held the land speed record after that tackle v Pompey

Calista · 2025-12-16T18:24:33+0000

I reckon Milan is quicker over 20 to 50 yards than any of the other players mentioned. I dare say he'd lose to Williams over 100 though.

David O'Day · 2025-12-16T18:24:51+0000

As said before Cain was genuinely sprinter quick, shame he was so bad at all other aspects of football.

harvey098 · 2025-12-16T18:26:57+0000

Depends over what distance… I think out of current squad MVE would win 30M but I’d back Haji at 100M.

CovValleyBoy · 2025-12-16T18:27:57+0000

Calista said:
I reckon Milan is quicker over 20 to 50 yards than any of the other players mentioned. I dare say he'd lose to Williams over 100 though.

Huckerby fastest attacking City player over 10/20 yds..from what I saw

blunted · 2025-12-16T18:42:03+0000

Drinkell was the fastest player from the pitch to the pub in Kenilworth.

fernandopartridge · 2025-12-16T18:42:58+0000

Peter Billing Eyes said:
It was Riccardo Scimeca

No I think you'll find it was Darren Huckerby

Levship20 · 2025-12-16T18:45:52+0000

John Williams “the flying postman”

baldy · 2025-12-16T18:48:44+0000

itsabuzzard · 2025-12-16T18:51:45+0000

I'm amazed nobody's suggested David Speedie

Legia Sky Blue · 2025-12-16T18:54:17+0000

David O'Day said:
As said before Cain was genuinely sprinter quick, shame he was so bad at all other aspects of football.

Cain was very fast and probably quicker than Williams. He certainly was amongst the top rank of junior sprinters in the country until he was required to stop to focus on football. Another contemporary of his who never made it with us was a lad called Rob Ogleby who was also a top junior sprinter before having to quit to concentrate on football.

baldy · 2025-12-16T18:55:25+0000

Legia Sky Blue said:
Cain was very fast and probably quicker than Williams. He certainly was amongst the top rank of junior sprinters in the country until he was required to stop to focus on football. Another contemporary of his who never made it with us was a lad called Rob Ogleby who was also a top junior sprinter before having to quit to concentrate on football.

If Cain tried running now,that beard would slow him down

SwanLane · 2025-12-16T19:16:59+0000

Willo could eat up half a pitch in the blink of an eye. Kevin Gallacher was absolutely electric over 15 yards. Huckerby’s edge was that he had the upper-body strength to shrug off defenders while building up significant speed. And he was lightening off the mark too.

More recently, Ryan Kent, Wilson and MVE stand out for me. Slowest players are Steve Staunton and Kenny Sansom who in fairness, were both nearing the end of the road.

Skyblueabo1111 · 2025-12-16T19:19:43+0000

sc1940 said:
Alan Green was pretty rapid, for those that can remember him.

I do, he had very short legs though.

Hobo · 2025-12-16T19:22:43+0000

Calista said:
I reckon Milan is quicker over 20 to 50 yards than any of the other players mentioned. I dare say he'd lose to Williams over 100 though.

Micky Gynn was rapid. As was Cyril Regis. Haji Wright is deceptively quick.

It also depends on whether it is a foot race or running with the ball. EMC in a foot race over Saka. Put a ball at their feet and EMC is reduced to walking football.

Skyblueabo1111 · 2025-12-16T19:23:03+0000

Tommy Hutchinson?

rondog1973 · 2025-12-16T19:28:22+0000

Hobo said:
Micky Gynn was rapid. As was Cyril Regis. Haji Wright is deceptively quick.

It also depends on whether it is a foot race or running with the ball. EMC in a foot race over Saka. Put a ball at their feet and EMC is reduced to walking football.

Peter Ndlovu quickest running with the ball I'd say

StrettoBoy · 2025-12-16T19:30:11+0000

On the speed front I reckon George Curtis was definitely on the slow side. A very good player though and still one of my favourites.

Calista · 2025-12-16T19:31:14+0000

Skyblueabo1111 said:
Tommy Hutchinson?

Nah, and you've got his name wrong

Calista · 2025-12-16T19:34:43+0000

SwanLane said:
Slowest players are Steve Staunton and Kenny Sansom

David Bradford, Chris Marsden, Tony Knapp, John Craven - Staunton and Sansom would leave them all for dead.

baldy · 2025-12-16T19:44:22+0000

Was Salako quick for us? Can't quite remember - Mentions too for Sears &,hate to say it,Bellamy

RoboCCFC90 · 2025-12-16T19:46:08+0000

Huckerby or MVE IMO.

Captain Dart · 2025-12-16T19:48:20+0000

SkyBlueChris said:
Yakubu close thread

The fastest not the fattest, easy mistake to make though.

SIR ERNIE · 2025-12-16T19:48:51+0000

Speedie

baldy · 2025-12-16T19:50:57+0000

Craig S-Pead

Skybluedownunder · 2025-12-16T19:53:43+0000

Used to be at the same running club in my youth with Ash Cain, he was in the fastest 2-3 people in the whole of England for his age group. Only ever watched him lose a 100m race once. His body was an absolute machine, it was amazing to watch. His stride mechanics was something I’ll never forget. Bloke was built like a brick shithouse at 14 man. I’d struggle to believe many would be faster than him, he trained for it.

Was a long time back now but even then he was running something like 11.6 secs at 14. Ran with him till he was 16/17 where it might have got down to like 11.2 but then from that point it was football only as he was breaking through to first team. Had he of scored that sitter he missed on his debut vs Barnsley I think things could have been very different for him. He always had such an aura, no shock he became a bit of a celeb but he is pretty incredible at whatever he does

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The Philosopher · 2025-12-16T20:01:16+0000

Phil Babb had some pace as a defender

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