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Obscure players you remember for weird reasons

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  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    Yaya Banana
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    Ruben Ayala.
    Longest hair I ever remember seeing on a footballer.
    I know it was the 70's but blimey
  • Pelham123
    Pelham123 Posts: 379
    Mick Vinter of Notts County and Alan Groves of Oldham were always difficult opponents.
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    Johnny Harrison
    Skillfull CAFC youth product of slight build and small stature (he looked about 4' 11")
    In one of his first games, against Brighton, he was upended in no uncertain terms by self-loving lardarse Steve Foster.
    Foster then proceeded to haul him up, smile patronisingly and pat him on the head several times like you would a cheeky toddler.
    I don't think JH ever recovered from the humiliation
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Chris Brass
    Broke his own nose whilst scoring an own goal
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saa7OQKWMCM
  • Six-a-bag-of-nuts
    Six-a-bag-of-nuts Posts: 8,127
    Peter Knowles.
    Wolves wonderkid who I witnessed put on a sublime display of skill and invention at the Valley one saturday back in 1966.
    The Wolves fans idolised him.
    Within a year or 2 he had become a Jehovah's Witness and gave up football completely.

    His brother Cyril had a distinguished career as a full-back for Spurs and as far as I know never turned to religion.
    Nice one Cyril :wink:
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,145
    Ron Futcher , hatrick to put Barnsley 0-3 up at The Valley then sent off as we went on to win 5-3
  • Viewfinder
    Viewfinder Posts: 4,910
    heckington_reds said:

    Brett Angel...Stockport i think...totally hated him for absolutely no reason.

    A friend of mine is a Stockport supporter, and he hated Brett Angel too.

  • Viewfinder
    Viewfinder Posts: 4,910
    edited October 2018
    Gordon Bolland, a forward with us and Millwall in the late 1960s and early 70s. Have a look at his remarkable barnet: https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/football-25th-july-1973-gordon-bolland-of-millwall-news-photo/79664318

  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,846
    MrOneLung said:

    Frank Bunn - Oldham.

    Scored 6 goals in a league cup match against Scarborough early 90’s

    25May98 said:

    Frankie Bunn. Scored six in one game for Oldham. It sticks in my mind. Without doing a Google search I know nothing else about him.

    Great minds @25May98
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  • Zinedine Bagheri
    Zinedine Bagheri Posts: 527
    Ian Woan of Forest. Used to hate him and his floppy blond hair and he'd always score screamers.
  • Aethelstan
    Aethelstan Posts: 542
    North Lower Neil said:


    Remember Jose Dominguez, the ex-Spurs player really well as a mate at school had a weird obsession with him, he honestly thought he was one of the best players in the league but didn't get many chances.

    I remember him. People who do not understand football often favour ball-playing midgets because they look pretty. I'll take Carl Leaburn every time. I draw the line at Makienok, though.
  • Aethelstan
    Aethelstan Posts: 542
    Blackheathen said:



    Talking of Arsenal, anyone remember Don Roper I think it was, scoring direct from a corner. Don't hear of that very often.

    Saw Stuart Leary do it on my very first visit to the Valley. We beat Grimsby 2-0.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    Johnny Ostergaard, the former ice hockey player, who joined us along with fellow Dane Viggo Jacobsen.
  • CAFCsayer
    CAFCsayer Posts: 10,223
    edited October 2018
    Nortey Nortei... Chelsea youth product... A great philosopher once said...
  • heckington_reds
    heckington_reds Posts: 727
    Paul Cooper...Ipswich keeper from the 80s.
    Reminds me of the guy from Robins Nest
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,842
    edited October 2018
    Not especially obscure, but George Berry for THAT Afro.

  • Blackheathen
    Blackheathen Posts: 6,655
    Watched Millwall trounce Ipswich by something like 8-1 back in the 50's. For some reason I remember the names of the goalkeepers and no other players. In goal for Ipswich was a guy called Burns who seemed incredibly old to me and certainly too old to jump. In goal for Millwall was Hinton but I cann't remember their first names.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    MrOneLung said:

    Some people need to look up the word obscure!!

    Cory Gibbs
  • Brendan_O_Connell
    Brendan_O_Connell Posts: 8,938
    Steve Stone. Used to want to smash his bald head in with a shovel!!
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  • QatarNapsy
    QatarNapsy Posts: 998
    John McGinlay............ what a ding-dong-doo
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,899
    Alan groves Oldham the crowd gave him a bad time

    Trevor hockey Birmingham..dirty so and so

    Alan shoulder Newcastle scored against us at the valley from an incredible angle

    Will Sullivan I think he only played a couple of games walked past him once and couldn't believe how small and slight he was

  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,223
    MrLargo said:

    Wilf Rostron of Watford. Memorable for possibly being the first person in around half a century to be called "Wilf".

    Has there been one since?

    Oh yeah that diving cheating scumbag at Palace.
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,899
    Robert Lee who was a turnstile operator at Charlton before he played for Newcastle
  • QatarNapsy
    QatarNapsy Posts: 998
    QatarNapsy said:

    John McGinlay............ what a ding-dong-doo

    Always remember it from the end of season videos, but found it on youtube.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H-Pxm5GaX4
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,609
    heckington_reds said:

    Paul Cooper...Ipswich keeper from the 80s.
    Reminds me of the guy from Robins Nest

    Might explain why he would stand to one side when facing a penalty, what with one arm and that.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,737
    guinnessaddick said:

    heckington_reds said:

    Paul Cooper...Ipswich keeper from the 80s.
    Reminds me of the guy from Robins Nest

    Might explain why he would stand to one side when facing a penalty, what with one arm and that.
    He had a great record for penalty saves n’all didn’t he?
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,218
    Alan Biley for a couple of reasons

    1. For his ridiculous blond mop of a hairstyle.

    2. Quiz games v a bunch of lads from Barnet FC. Go into the pub with our lot and one of ours would say is Alan Biley playing for then tonight. Everytime without fail.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,218
    edited October 2018
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