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  • Thread starter Voice_of_Reason
  • Start date Dec 7, 2015
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rupert_bear

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #36
bringbackrattles said:
Not a player but how about Noel Cantwell ? Got us into Europe after finishing 6th in the First Division.
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That statement has left me feeling quiet ill
 

Otis

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #37
rupert_bear said:
That statement has left me feeling quiet ill
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Why? Are you xenophobic and anti-European?
 

Otis

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #38
blueflint said:
willie humphries,bill myerscough,arthur lightning,ronnie rees i could go on and on
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Please don't.
 
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duffer

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #39
I'm not sure he was exactly a legend, but anytime we get around to this conversation in the pub Stewart Robson's name comes up.

He was a Rolls-Royce of a player when fit.
 
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Speedies_Chips

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #40
Otis said:
Plead don't.
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This is now becoming a thread where you just have to name any City player you remember!
 
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rupert_bear

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #41
Otis said:
Why? Are you xenophobic and anti-European?
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No I lived through the Cantwell era unfortunately and have a bloody good memory
 
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Loughborough Sky Blue

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #42
I always that that paul telfer was massively underrated in the Strachan era
 

bringbackrattles

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #43
rupert_bear said:
No I lived through the Cantwell era unfortunately and have a bloody good memory
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So did I and he had big job on his hands following Jimmy Hill's departure, and whatever your feelings on Cantwell he got us into Europe following a 6th position in the top flight.
 
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wingy

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #44
bringbackrattles said:
So did I and he had big job on his hands following Jimmy Hill's departure, and whatever your feelings on Cantwell he got us into Europe following a 6th position in the top flight.
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Yeah he did and like you say not an easy gig
Wasn't pretty IIRC
 

Otis

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #45
duffer said:
I'm not sure he was exactly a legend, but anytime we get around to this conversation in the pub Stewart Robson's name comes up.

He was a Rolls-Royce of a player when fit.
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And a Talbot Samba of one when he wasn't.
 

Grendel

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #46
Otis said:
Don't remember that. Away or at home?
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Home - sadly he scored for Leeds.
 

oakey

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #47
David Cross, Graham Oakey, Danny Thomas, Mick McGuire.
People need to realise that in the 70s we had our most successful sides, usually mid table but some good cup runs and few relegation scraps, bar the one that Sunderland fans are still wetting their pants over.
 

Adge

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #48
Loughborough Sky Blue said:
I always that that paul telfer was massively underrated in the Strachan era
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What the hell! Ok, if you're going along them lines I would say Trevor Benjamin.
 

Otis

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #49
Adge said:
What the hell! Ok, if you're going along them lines I would say Trevor Benjamin.
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Don't forget Leigh Jenkinson and Kevin Kyle.
 

Voice_of_Reason

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #50
Robert Rosario
 

Voice_of_Reason

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #51
Noel Simpson, Martin Macdonald, Roy Kirk, Lol Harvey, showing my age here now.
 

tisza

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #52
Otis said:
I don't know how old you are, Tisza, but we once had an ex Nottingham Forest left back play for us in the 1970's, I think it was Peter Hindley, who had the most enormous beer belly on him. It was a surprise he could even stand.

He was definitely bigger than Peter Barnes!
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he was there in my 1st season (1974) but to be fair I was only 5 years so don't remember him that clearly !! A mention should be made of a couple others from that side - Graham Oakey & Dennis Mortimer (before he turned to the dark side)
What this thread does show me is with some of the names being mentioned is how old some of the posters on here are. I was worried I might be the oldest but at 48 i seem to be a bit of a spring chicken compared to some of you
 

Voice_of_Reason

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #53
Gordon Nutt - sold to Arsenal.
 

Colin Steins Smile

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #54
The spider - Chris Catlin!
 

rob9872

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #55
David Bell and Julian Darby, actually scrap that, looking back I think I'd have preferred Andy Bell from Erasure and Terrence Trent D'arby
 

MalcSB

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #56
Not necessarily a legend, but Wilf Smith was the only player I ever saw achieve a 10/10 rating in one of the Sunday papers after a match.
 

Gazolba

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #57
Ron Farmer. Best penalty-taker we ever had and a very solid and reliable half-back. Rarely ever saw him lose possession or send a pass astray. He was our Paul Scholes.



Courtesy of CT:

Ron Farmer: 1958-1967, 318 apps, 52 goals


A TOUGH-TACKLING half back, signed from Nottingham Forest by Billy Frith in November 1958 in a £6,000 double deal with goalkeeper Arthur Lightening, he was a key member of the team promoted from Division Four that season.
Over the next few seasons Ron was a virtual ever-present in the side with his main strength being winning the ball and feeding his forwards with penetrating passes.
Ronnie's penchant was for scoring long-range goals and taking penalties.
He was entrusted with taking spot-kicks soon after Jimmy Hill's arrival in 1961 and over the next five seasons he missed only one out of 23 attempts - that was at Millwall in 1964 when his shot hit the post.

His nonchalant penalty-taking style fooled many goalkeepers.

The kicks may not have been powerful but they were always deadly accurate.
In August 1963 he became the only City defender to score a hat-trick when, against Crystal Palace at Highfield Road he scored two penalties and a stunning 35-yard free-kick in a 5-1 victory.
That season he ended with 11 goals - eight from penalty kicks - as City won the Third Division title.
In the 1967 Division Two promotion season there were signs that 31-year old Ronnie was slowing up but he played 34 games and only lost his place to Brian Lewis in the final run-in.
Ron played just four games in the top division before signing for Notts County on a free transfer.
In 1969 he was lured back to Highfield Road as youth team coach.
He led an outstanding crop of young players to the FA Youth Cup final in his first season but in November 1971 he was sacked.
He was one of only four players to appear for the club in all four divisions of the Football League (George Curtis, Brian Hill and Mick Kearns were the others).
 
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Gazolba

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #58
standupforcity said:
Ray pointer...if only for his Roy of the Rovers look!
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Great player. England international. Saw him score some wonderful goals for CCFC. Not many people have heard of him never mind know he played for us. Scored 13 in 26 for us even when he was well past his peak.
 

skybluelee

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #59
I know he went down the pan but David Smith was fantastic 88/89.
 

Moff

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #60
skybluelee said:
I know he went down the pan but David Smith was fantastic 88/89.
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Went down the pan....yep he joined the Blouse
 

Moff

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #61
Again not a real legend...well unless you talk about his drinking, but I dont think Noel Whelan was ever given the apprecaiation he should have had.

He scored goals, fully committed, skillfull, worked hard off the ball, and nearly chopped Andy Townsend in half with a tackle against the Villa in one derby game, what was not to like.
 

LastGarrison

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #62
Phil Babb rarely gets a mention but was top drawer for us.
 

Calista

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #63
tisza said:
he was there in my 1st season (1974) but to be fair I was only 5 years so don't remember him that clearly !! A mention should be made of a couple others from that side - Graham Oakey & Dennis Mortimer (before he turned to the dark side)
What this thread does show me is with some of the names being mentioned is how old some of the posters on here are. I was worried I might be the oldest but at 48 i seem to be a bit of a spring chicken compared to some of you
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48 is the new 18
 

Paxman II

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #64
Chippo and Hadji deserve mention. Legend status belongs to the likes of Tommy Hutchison and Ernie Hunt along side Willie Carr - remember that free kick? Neil Martin could head a ball like a bullet!
ANd of course Robbie Keane and a certain George Curtis.
 
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covboy9

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #65
skybluelee said:
I know he went down the pan but David Smith was fantastic 88/89.
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down the pan?
 
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hopesprings

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  • Dec 7, 2015
  • #66
covboy9 said:
down the pan?
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Roy Barry was absolute class until he broke his leg against Sheff Wed I think....He would have gone on to really great things ...never the same player after
 

Johhny Blue

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  • Dec 8, 2015
  • #67
Charlie George
 

Terry Gibson's perm

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  • Dec 8, 2015
  • #68
tisza said:
had to be the fattest player I've seen play for the city - although a past-his-prime Bob latchford was close!!
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Mick Quinn would take some eating
 

stevefloyd

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  • Dec 8, 2015
  • #69
hamil99 said:
Marcus Hall and Callum Davenport, really believe the later would of been a great defend for country and club if he was not advised badly and did some stupid shit.
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Marcus Hall... you are fucking joking
 

The Great Eastern

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  • Dec 8, 2015
  • #70
hopesprings said:
Roy Barry was absolute class until he broke his leg against Sheff Wed I think....He would have gone on to really great things ...never the same player after
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Roy Barry was probably my favourite City player from the 70's and that includes the likes of Tommy Hutch. Just utter quality and, you're so right, was never the same player after his broken leg
 
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