The First Team That Started The Journey (5 Viewers)

[baldy]

 

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[baldy]

(Dunno why SKY have got it in that weird order but here's the line-up for that first match after relegation 25 years ago)

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

I refuse to believe Keith O’Neil was fit

 

[ptr]

Lee Carsley in goal fucking hell. Times really were bad.

 

[baldy]

Who the hell's L Hall too?

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Am I being daft…who is L Hall? Do they mean Marcus?

 

[baldy]

Am I being daft…who is L Hall? Do they mean Marcus?

It must be - or Paul even (probably not)

 

[ProfessorbyGrace]

Anyone else think that Gavin Strachan was (at best) marginally mediocre?

His best performance for us was away at the cup at Villa, but in truth, Boateng carried him a bit.

 

[baldy]

Anyone else think that Gavin Strachan was (at best) marginally mediocre?

His best performance for us was away at the cup at Villa, but in truth, Boateng carried him a bit.

Yeah that's all I remember of him - just being mediocre at the very best

 

[Terry_dactyl]

It must be - or Paul even (probably not)

Yeah, I wondered about Paul but I don’t know if he hadn’t already gone.

Id seen Paul a few times when he was playing for Pompey and was really happy we’d signed him. He wasn’t all that for us.

 

[ProfessorbyGrace]

On reflection, that team should have gone straight back up.

Thompson’s sale derailed us a bit, but all I recall of that season was frightening inconsistency.

 

[baldy]

Yeah, I wondered about Paul but I don’t know if he hadn’t already gone.

Id seen Paul a few times when he was playing for Pompey and was really happy we’d signed him. He wasn’t all that for us.

Yeah I was quite pleased with his signing too - he'd played ok at the World Cup for the Reggae Boys too

 

[Torquay Sky Blue]

It must be - or Paul even (probably not)

Yes Paul Hall , started his football life down here at Torquay. Cov signed him from Portsmouth

 

[baldy]

On reflection, that team should have gone straight back up.

Thompson’s sale derailed us a bit, but all I recall of that season was frightening inconsistency.

I remember Jean Guy Wallemme having a mare in the following match at home to Wolves too & barely playing afterwards

 

[Shannerz]

On reflection, that team should have gone straight back up.

Thompson’s sale derailed us a bit, but all I recall of that season was frightening inconsistency.

From what I recall, we started badly, got it going, then fell apart.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Yeah I was quite pleased with his signing too - he'd played ok at the World Cup for the Reggae Boys too

I’d completely forgotten he’d played for Jamaica. We made a couple of punt signings around the same time if I remember rightly…Kyle Lightbourne, and some Welsh bloke who played upfront whose name I can’t now remember.

 

[Shannerz]

I’d completely forgotten he’d played for Jamaica. We made a couple of punt signings around the same time if I remember rightly…Kyle Lightbourne, and some Welsh bloke who played upfront whose name I can’t now remember.

Simon Howarth.

Him and Lightbourne played up front together in an away game at Barnsley, and were utterly inept.

Some of our recruitment in the 90s was baffling.

 

[Razzle Dazzle Dean Gordon]

I remember Jean Guy Wallemme having a mare in the following match at home to Wolves too & barely playing afterwards

Wallemme was late 90s and only played a couple? He fucked off because they couldnt find a french language school in Coventry iirc....who'd have thought that eh

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Simon Howarth.

Him and Lightbourne played up front together in an away game at Barnsley, and were utterly inept.

Some of our recruitment in the 90s was baffling.

That’s it! I thought it was Simon something…went on to have a decent enough career I think.

Possibly before the big influx of players from abroad so shopping in a smaller pool?

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

From what I recall, we started badly, got it going, then fell apart.

Didn’t it fall apart when we got rid of Richard Money as Nilsson’s assistant? Then brought in Jim Smith?

 

[Shannerz]

That’s it! I thought it was Simon something…went on to have a decent enough career I think.

Possibly before the big influx of players from abroad so shopping in a smaller pool?

Yeah, I think he was a decent lower league player, but not good enough for the top flight. Seem to remember we paid a bit for him, though.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Yeah, I think he was a decent lower league player, but not good enough for the top flight. Seem to remember we paid a bit for him, though.

£750k? Or thereabouts I think?

 

[Shannerz]

£750k? Or thereabouts I think?

Sounds about right, yes. A bit for us at the time!

 

[shepardo01]

On reflection, that team should have gone straight back up.

Thompson’s sale derailed us a bit, but all I recall of that season was frightening inconsistency.

4th with 10 games to go!
Picked up 4 more points....

 

[DT-R]

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Thats better....

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[Sky Blue Wozza]

Didn’t KON go off injured after about 30mins? One of the (many) problems that season IIRC, is that Hughes stopped scoring after the first few games. Then there was the awful end to the season. Jim Smith. Horacio Carbonari etc

 

[Mr pot]

Was at Portsmouth uni that year.

Remember some fat Gillingham fan in a local boozer that year and I was telling him it had all gone to shit and how towards the end of the season.

I have never met to this day a Gillingham fan outside of Gillingham again.

 

[skybluelee]

Didn’t KON go off injured after about 30mins? One of the (many) problems that season IIRC, is that Hughes stopped scoring after the first few games. Then there was the awful end to the season. Jim Smith. Horacio Carbonari etc

and Paul Trollope!

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

I recall the match report headline of ‘Hero Hughes’ which aged like milk in the Sahara

 

[jto123]

Saw this the other day. How sweet it will be if we get back.

 

[Sky Blue Harry H]

Wallemme was late 90s and only played a couple? He fucked off because they couldnt find a french language school in Coventry iirc....who'd have thought that eh

To be fair, he was doing well to still be playing in his late 90s. Most have given up on walking football way before that.

 

[hinckley cov]

I remember Jean Guy Wallemme having a mare in the following match at home to Wolves too & barely playing afterwards

Wasn’t he supposed to be home sick and we sold him because he wanted to go home after a couple of games ?

 

[lord_garrincha]

Wasn’t he supposed to be home sick and we sold him because he wanted to go home after a couple of games ?

Yeah. He was long gone by '01 - Shearer tore him a new one & can't remember much from him after that

 

[ccfc_Tom]

Didn’t it fall apart when we got rid of Richard Money as Nilsson’s assistant? Then brought in Jim Smith?

I saw Nilsson at an ex players night and blamed injuries If i recall correctly. Said the chairman promised him at least 1 new player in the last half of the season and it was going to be Ginola. Then I think a combination of him not wanting to drop to the champ and the chairman not being proactive we kept losing and the transfer dragged on for weeks and never happened.

 

[chiefdave]

Does anyone know who the 'we'll be back' chap is and if he's still around? Need to see him at a game with an updated sign if he is!