Old Gold - players at the age when many others would have retired, but through a combination of desire and professionalism come in and do the business.
I give you
Paulo Di Canio Christian Dailly And, going back a bit, Chris Whyte
For our older readers, pure platinum .......may I present to you, prolific centre forward Barry Endean:
Ex-Everton youth team, scored the winning goal for Watford in their FA Cup quarter final against Liverpool.
In 2 seasons, scored 28 goals for Watford in 77 games.
The next year we paid good money for him, scoring just once during the whole bloody season for Charlton.
Prolific my arse.
And then 18 goals for Blackburn Rovers, the next season.
Old Gold - players at the age when many others would have retired, but through a combination of desire and professionalism come in and do the business. I give you Paulo Di Canio Christian Dailly And, going back a bit, Chris Whyte
Old Gold - players at the age when many others would have retired, but through a combination of desire and professionalism come in and do the business. I give you Paulo Di Canio Christian Dailly And, going back a bit, Chris Whyte
Old Gold - players at the age when many others would have retired, but through a combination of desire and professionalism come in and do the business. I give you Paulo Di Canio Christian Dailly And, going back a bit, Chris Whyte
Old Gold - players at the age when many others would have retired, but through a combination of desire and professionalism come in and do the business. I give you Paulo Di Canio Christian Dailly And, going back a bit, Chris Whyte
Going back further still Cliff Holton.
And even further.. John Hewie
John Hewie was indeed a great player for us but, as our third highest appearance maker, can it be said that he "came in" (as a veteran) and did the business?
Old Gold - players at the age when many others would have retired, but through a combination of desire and professionalism come in and do the business. I give you Paulo Di Canio Christian Dailly And, going back a bit, Chris Whyte
Going back further still Cliff Holton.
And even further.. John Hewie
John Hewie was indeed a great player for us but, as our third highest appearance maker, can it be said that he "came in" (as a veteran) and did the business?
This is true LG, he came as a frisky youngster and left as a friskier oldster.
For our older readers, pure platinum .......may I present to you, prolific centre forward Barry Endean:
Ex-Everton youth team, scored the winning goal for Watford in their FA Cup quarter final against Liverpool. In 2 seasons, scored 28 goals for Watford in 77 games.
The next year we paid good money for him, scoring just once during the whole bloody season for Charlton. Prolific my arse.
And then 18 goals for Blackburn Rovers, the next season.
Was there some particular reason for his massive dip in form with us Oggy, or was he just bad?
He was a steady enough player, with a bit of flair......and good enough to win international recognition. Then got crippled by a 2-year long serious injury that wrecked his League career.
Hi Stig ......re Barry Endean. Well, it was 40 years ago now, but my recollection is of a player who was carrying a bit too much weight, lacking mobility and sharpness.
Funny thing, he did the biz for his previous club. And also the one we sold him to.
He was a steady enough player, with a bit of flair......and good enough to win international recognition. Then got crippled by a 2-year long serious injury that wrecked his League career.
Fair comment, Oggy. He did come from non-League and return to it though.
Hi Stig ......re Barry Endean. Well, it was 40 years ago now, but my recollection is of a player who was carrying a bit too much weight, lacking mobility and sharpness.
Funny thing, he did the biz for his previous club. And also the one we sold him to.
Cheers Oggy.
I was reading about this. Apparently when we got rid of Endean it was in a swap deal for Eamonn Rogers. Rogers' record as a forward for Charlton was played 43, scored 3. So it sounds as if we even didn't get much out of Endean when he went.
[quote][cite]Posted By: Red5[/cite]How about a BROWN RANGE: Players that were shite when they came and shite when they left?[/quote] Brown Range - Paddy McCarthy.
Old Gold - players at the age when many others would have retired, but through a combination of desire and professionalism come in and do the business. I give you Paulo Di Canio Christian Dailly And, going back a bit, Chris Whyte
Going back further still Cliff Holton.
And even further.. John Hewie
John Hewie was indeed a great player for us but, as our third highest appearance maker, can it be said that he "came in" (as a veteran) and did the business?
This is true LG, he came as a frisky youngster and left as a friskier oldster.
Harry Cripps?.. come on you old lions
Cripps a great shout on this - wouldn't have been easy to win us round, yet he did thanks to some surprisingly handy performances, even nicked a goal or two.
I'd put Mark Bowen & Mark Bright in this category - if only we could unearth a couple like that now.
And for deepest Brown (players you knew were crap and wondered what the hell we were doing paying any money at all for them) I give you Djimi Traore
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[quote][cite]Posted By: Red5[/cite]How about a BROWN RANGE:
Players that were shite when they came and shite when they left?[/quote]
marcus bent
Ralph Milne
Jesper Blomqvist
I give you
Paulo Di Canio
Christian Dailly
And, going back a bit, Chris Whyte
he got one coming on as a second half sub v france last november
Ex-Everton youth team, scored the winning goal for Watford in their FA Cup quarter final against Liverpool.
In 2 seasons, scored 28 goals for Watford in 77 games.
The next year we paid good money for him, scoring just once during the whole bloody season for Charlton.
Prolific my arse.
And then 18 goals for Blackburn Rovers, the next season.
Going back further still Cliff Holton.
This is true LG, he came as a frisky youngster and left as a friskier oldster.
Harry Cripps?.. come on you old lions
Les Burns
Gary Churchouse
Paul Gorman
Cyril Davies
He was a steady enough player, with a bit of flair......and good enough to win international recognition.
Then got crippled by a 2-year long serious injury that wrecked his League career.
Well, it was 40 years ago now, but my recollection is of a player who was carrying a bit too much weight, lacking mobility and sharpness.
Funny thing, he did the biz for his previous club. And also the one we sold him to.
Cripps a great shout on this - wouldn't have been easy to win us round, yet he did thanks to some surprisingly handy performances, even nicked a goal or two.
I'd put Mark Bowen & Mark Bright in this category - if only we could unearth a couple like that now.
And for deepest Brown (players you knew were crap and wondered what the hell we were doing paying any money at all for them) I give you Djimi Traore