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Our slowest ever player (3 Viewers)

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  • Start date Dec 16, 2025
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Captain Dart

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  • Dec 16, 2025
  • #36

Trond Egil Soltvedt has got to stand a chance.​

 
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rob9872

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  • Dec 16, 2025
  • #37
ADZ

Micky (sloe) Gynn

Matt Jansen but that was a different kind of slow
 
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skybluecam

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  • Dec 16, 2025
  • #38
ProfessorbyGrace said:
Stuart Beavon
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He's still playing
 

False9

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  • Dec 16, 2025
  • #39
shepardo01 said:
David Bell.
Before and after he came back from the dead.
Slowest winger I've (player?) I've ever seen.
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I remember his complete lack of effort tracking an opposition winger for a goal. He basically stopped and they scored, might have been sheff weds at home...
 

JSL

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  • Dec 17, 2025
  • #40
Kenny Samson
 
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Ellery Cairo's Wig

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  • Dec 17, 2025
  • #41
Wayne Turner or John Craven both always looked like they were towing a caravan
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Dec 17, 2025
  • #42
Nathan Clarke or Stephen Wright
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Dec 17, 2025
  • #43
shepardo01 said:
David Bell.
Before and after he came back from the dead.
Slowest winger I've (player?) I've ever seen.
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I love going down these rabbit holes, apparently he's now working in health and safety.

Two professional dreams become reality through hard work and commitment!

From professional football to health and safety. David Bell explains how he built a new career in Health and Safety after an injury forced him to retire from football.
www.nebosh.org.uk
 
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ovduk78

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  • Dec 17, 2025
  • #44
We had a defender Kevan Smith who was a back up to Kilcline in late 80s, slow as fuck and with the turning circle of a barge.
 

stevefloyd

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  • Dec 17, 2025
  • #45
ProfessorbyGrace said:
Steve Walsh, Arjan De Zeeuw, Clive Platt and Stuart Beavon come to mind.
Kevin Richardson, Steve Morgan and John Gayle also.
Big Dion was pretty slow, to be honest.

I never did see Leigh Jenkinson display any of that immense pace he supposedly had, either. He’d just plod around and put a cross into the stand.

I know this isn’t a pace related one, but did anyone else think that David Burrows had a really absurd running motion?
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Didn't seem to hold Dion back too much
 
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mrtrench

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  • Dec 17, 2025
  • #46
Has to be Isias, surely? I saw him barely move on his debut.
 
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vin10

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  • Dec 17, 2025
  • #47
Micky quinn if it was more than a yard....but it was enough
 
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Skyblue54

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  • Dec 17, 2025
  • #48
skyblueelephant76 said:
Tim Sherwood
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Skyblue54

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  • Dec 17, 2025
  • #49
Alan dugdale
 
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Skyblueabo1111

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  • Dec 17, 2025
  • #50
Larry Lloyd
 

rob9872

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  • Dec 18, 2025
  • #51
Skyblueabo1111 said:
Micky Gynn was quick
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I think someone has missed the pun or never heard of Sloe Gin!
 
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ProfessorbyGrace

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  • Dec 18, 2025
  • #52
Onandi Lowe.
 

covmark

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  • Dec 18, 2025
  • #53
Sideways Sammy Clingan. Slow as fuck at everything. Including a forward pass.
 
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The Philosopher

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  • Dec 19, 2025
  • #54
Jose Perdomo.
 

skybluegod

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  • Dec 20, 2025
  • #55
shepardo01 said:
David Bell.
Before and after he came back from the dead.
Slowest winger I've (player?) I've ever seen.
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Have we made many any worse contracts decisions in the last 20 years than him? Injury prone and dog shit... Let's give him a 4 year deal 'to protect his value'
 
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SBT

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  • Dec 20, 2025
  • #56
Dean Holdsworth
 
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Cally Fedora

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  • Dec 20, 2025
  • #57
Kilcline, Pickering? Kevan Smith? Soltvedt? Rennie? Rod McDonald? Kevin McDonald?
 

Frankly_Mr_Shankly

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  • Dec 20, 2025
  • #58
John Gayle
 
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stupot07

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  • Dec 20, 2025
  • #59
Definitely Arjan De Zeeuw. I think it was WBA who thrashed us 5-0 or something and his lack of pace was there for all to see.
 
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Legia Sky Blue

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  • Dec 20, 2025
  • #60
stupot07 said:
Definitely Arjan De Zeeuw. I think it was WBA who thrashed us 5-0 or something and his lack of pace was there for all to see.
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I saw De Zeeuw and Kevin McDonald. Maybe before your time but McDonald was much slower!!
 
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Offhegoes

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  • Dec 25, 2025
  • #61
Arjan De Zeeuw, - His legs had completely gone. I remember Crystal Palace away and losing to West Brom 4-0 at home around Christmas. He looked like a pub player
 

BrisbaneBronco

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  • Dec 27, 2025
  • #62
Kevin McDonald
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • Dec 27, 2025
  • #63
Legia Sky Blue said:
I saw De Zeeuw and Kevin McDonald. Maybe before your time but McDonald was much slower!!
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He was knackered by the time he came to us; had been out injured for ages.
I can’t remember who it was against or who would’ve been managing at the time but he started one game on the wing!
Our very own arthritic winger!
 

Calista

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  • Dec 27, 2025
  • #64
skybluegod said:
Have we made many any worse contracts decisions in the last 20 years than him? Injury prone and dog shit... Let's give him a 4 year deal 'to protect his value'
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The contract decision was weird, and yes he lacked pace, but Bell was a technically excellent footballer.
 
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Legia Sky Blue

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  • Dec 27, 2025
  • #65
Terry_dactyl said:
He was knackered by the time he came to us; had been out injured for ages.
I can’t remember who it was against or who would’ve been managing at the time but he started one game on the wing!
Our very own arthritic winger!
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Yes, I was only judging players when they played for us. I appreciate McDonald had a decent career before joining us and that what we saw was not typical of his career in general.
 

stupot07

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  • Dec 27, 2025
  • #66
Another one just popped in my head winger Darren Currie. He was proper slow, can't remember him getting away from any fullback. He just used to make a yard of space then crossed.
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • Dec 27, 2025
  • #67
Legia Sky Blue said:
Yes, I was only judging players when they played for us. I appreciate McDonald had a decent career before joining us and that what we saw was not typical of his career in general.
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Awww yeah me too mate. I’ve honestly no idea what he was like before us but he was definitely the slowest player in all the years I’ve watched us.
It was almost incredible to watch.
 

skybluegod

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  • Dec 27, 2025
  • #68
Calista said:
The contract decision was weird, and yes he lacked pace, but Bell was a technically excellent footballer.
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So excellent that he signed for non league kings Lynn town within 12 months of leaving us...

He was shit. He could hit a decent cross field diagonal but that's about it.
 

Calista

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  • Dec 27, 2025
  • #69
skybluegod said:
So excellent that he signed for non league kings Lynn town within 12 months of leaving us...
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After sustaining a hip injury while playing for us that couldn't be fixed.
 

StrettoBoy

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  • Dec 28, 2025
  • #70
I remember Ken Keyworth being slow for a forward.
 
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