meggoisgod Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Chelsea with Vialli and Gullit playing was pretty formidable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Triplo Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Trevor Brooking for WHU 1981. We only lost 1-0 at home, but fekn tore us a new one all game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls s18 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Allan Simonsen for Charlton on New Year’s Day 1983 . He was the current European player of the year (no idea how charlton got him ) but he tore us apart in front of a big crowd ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls s18 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 When Barcelona signed Argentinian forward Diego Maradona in 1982, Spanish league restrictions meant Simonsen was to compete with Maradona and Bernd Schuster for only two places allowed for foreign players in each starting line-up. Simonsen saw it as a personal insult, and asked Barcelona for his contract to be annulled.[8] He made a shock move to English Second Division side Charlton Athletic for £300,000 in October 1982.[13] He rejected offers from Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur, in order to play for a club with less stress and attention.[8] Despite scoring nine times in 16 appearances, the club had trouble funding his transfer and wages after three months, and he was put up for sale.[13] Simonsen then chose to return to his childhood club VB in 1983. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Have to say I thought Tammy Abraham looked like something very special when we played Bristol City a couple of seasons back. Remember him bullying both Lees and Loovens that night. Suppose when most of the games you watch/remember are in the Championship, you are looking at those players who go onto become top players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anlaby Owl Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 On 17/12/2019 at 22:09, wilyfox said: Kanchelskis. Owen. Could name a few. Alan Shearer & Ian Wright always caused us problems too. Mark Hughes made us look soft at times as well. I hated watching mark hughes (regardless of who he played against) all that holding defenders shirts and treading on toes. The game was a fair bit 'tougher' back then and players were openly hard in the tackle and often equally open in fouling other players (accepting their punishment like men) so hughes aproach of being snidy/sneaky (always getting away with it) wasnt cricket as far as i was concerned. For me hughes goes down in history for different reasons, things that i don't admire him for at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 30 minutes ago, Owls s18 said: Allan Simonsen for Charlton on New Year’s Day 1983 . He was the current European player of the year (no idea how charlton got him ) but he tore us apart in front of a big crowd ! He'd been European Footballer of the Year in 1977, he wasn't the current one. Then he finished 3rd for 1983 after leaving Charlton that summer and going back to Denmark. I remember him being bloody good that day though - but Steve Gritt stole the show! And that "big crowd" on 3rd January was less than 12k... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls s18 Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 10 minutes ago, alanharper said: He'd been European Footballer of the Year in 1977, he wasn't the current one. Then he finished 3rd for 1983 after leaving Charlton that summer and going back to Denmark. I remember him being bloody good that day though - but Steve Gritt stole the show! And that "big crowd" on 3rd January was less than 12k... Hmm dodgy memory from me but New Year’s Day was on the Saturday so Monday the 3rd was a bank holiday (although not for the firm I worked for and I nearly got the sack for going to the match! ) if the crowd was only 12k then they must of all been on my part of the kop ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wilyfox Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 26 minutes ago, Anlaby Owl said: I hated watching mark hughes (regardless of who he played against) all that holding defenders shirts and treading on toes. The game was a fair bit 'tougher' back then and players were openly hard in the tackle and often equally open in fouling other players (accepting their punishment like men) so hughes aproach of being snidy/sneaky (always getting away with it) wasnt cricket as far as i was concerned. For me hughes goes down in history for different reasons, things that i don't admire him for at all. Yes, he was a dirty player. But that was my point. He made us look too soft in dealing with him, and caused us lots of problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Fantham Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Mon 3rd Jan 1983 we beat Charlton 5-4, gate was 11799 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anlaby Owl Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 7 minutes ago, wilyfox said: Yes, he was a dirty player. But that was my point. He made us look too soft in dealing with him, and caused us lots of problems. It was the start of the 'fergie time' type decisions at the time. Any other team with a player who performed in that way would have been crucified but because it was the darlings of the tv companies it rarely got mentioned and referees were also inclined to ignore it. Its funny how cheating has changed in public perception. I remember that incident at leeds where our striker clearly dived in the box (im sorry i cant remember his name) and there was prolonged outrage from the sports media. Today it would barely get mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anlaby Owl Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Gordon watson wasnt it (our player who dived at leeds) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cognacbarnowl Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 On 19/12/2019 at 10:09, torryowl said: I didn't know jack whitham was dead ...when did that happen ? On 19/12/2019 at 10:15, OxonOwl said: WikiP seems to think he is alive and is 73 Apologies to everyone, especially Jack Whitham. Seems I was grossly misinformed during a conversation with a fellow owl last year who told me he had passed on a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nut Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 3 hours ago, Anlaby Owl said: Gordon watson wasnt it (our player who dived at leeds) If it was Gordon Watson it was at Hillsborough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandypants Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 (edited) On 17/12/2019 at 20:39, Birstall Owl said: Paul Gascoigne 1990 Wednesday 2 - 4 Spurs This. He could have been one of the greatest ever if it wasn’t for his demons Edited December 22, 2019 by shandypants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VictoryBell Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Santos and Pele, 1972 - though neither were at their best that day (watch somebody mention Barcelona, now!) Seriously - probably Man U and George Best August 31st 1968 - nobody who was there will ever forget that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerson Thome Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 19 hours ago, Anlaby Owl said: Gordon watson wasnt it (our player who dived at leeds) He was just anticipating contact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earlsfieldowl Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Not the greatest by a long shot, Kevin Phillips always seemed to score against us. A real thorn in our side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain30 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Best was best in 1968 and I saw Pele but Malcom Macdonald and Don Givens playing for Luton were leagues above us in 1970 in a 5-1 victory. Duncan Mackenzie a couple of years later was another who mesmorised us playing for Notts Forest before his move to Leeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bulgaria Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Went to reserve game when we were playing man utd and a certain Paul Scholes was in their team. He was brilliant and made the other 21 players look like school kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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