Prendo's boots Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Tommy Craig Mel Sterland Steve McLean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emilianenko Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 4 hours ago, OWL1969 said: Best 3 regular takers I can recall were Smith, Sterland and McLean. Although the 2 recall Pressman taking were both unstoppable one top corner, one bottom corner, but hit equally powerfully. A strange Quirk for Blair's penalties ( if my memory is correct) was he only took them against 2 teams and had very differing records. His 1st was missed against QPR 3 scored in the same match against Luton Then another miss again against QPR. I'm pretty certain he never took any others. I'm sure if I'm wrong somebody will let me know. I think Blair missed one in a night match away at Norwich.Was Stainrods debut I think who won the penalty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennz Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Mark Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 1 hour ago, sexpistol said: Which game was that? Oldham, 14th Feb 1981. (40 years next week!) We won 3-0, he scored twice but missed a late pen. Can't recall him taking any more after that, come to think of it I can't remember many other penalties at all in my first couple of years. Banno probably scored a few but he also missed two in a game at Wolves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 I'll not spoil too much of the fun. The worry about Kevin Pressman is what if he hit the woodwork and the opposition broke away ? But there was a left Back in the early 50's who hit them just as hard. WHAT WAS HIS NAME ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, nevthelodgemoorowl said: I'll not spoil too much of the fun. The worry about Kevin Pressman is what if he hit the woodwork and the opposition broke away ? But there was a left Back in the early 50's who hit them just as hard. WHAT WAS HIS NAME ? That would be Norman Curtis. Obviously well before my time (but not yours!). I'd have loved to have seen him (or anyone) take a penalty in the style described in this article : https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/norman-curtis-sheffield-wednesday-full-back-whose-thunderous-penalties-won-him-a-place-in-fans-hearts-1790063.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new zealand owl Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 we hardly ever get pens do we? probably because on the whole we have been rubbish for 30 years I will go for 'Toothpaste' Maclean I do wish we had some good pen takers in 2017....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 22 minutes ago, alanharper said: That would be Norman Curtis. Obviously well before my time (but not yours!). I'd have loved to have seen him (or anyone) take a penalty in the style described in this article : https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/norman-curtis-sheffield-wednesday-full-back-whose-thunderous-penalties-won-him-a-place-in-fans-hearts-1790063.html RIP Norman Curtis, Wednesday Legend. (A real One). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kagoshimaowl Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Sheridan was decent. Maclean never missed and Brunt used to smash them! Funnily enough, Nuhiu only missed one for us I think and scored about 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markg Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 9 hours ago, phoenixowl said: Can't remember Chris McGuire ever missing one I was going to say the same. Maguire always seemed confident and I never thought he was going to miss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch McLovin Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 11 hours ago, punkskaphil said: Thank God you were never our manager. During the period after the prem, this would have been the most entertainment we gave our fans for years. Can’t see a problem with it myself. I also think I’d probably have been a better manager than the ones we had at the time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevthelodgemoorowl Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 David (Bronco) Layne was on pens at the time. I'm too lazy at the moment to check whether this was a 5-2 or 5-4 victory for us. Anyway, we had a Pen awarded and it fell to Bronco to convert. A run up from the edge of the area and absolutely nailed it. The ball smashed into Blackburn keeper Fred Else's face with such ferocity that it laid Else out cold and deprived him of a couple of teeth before ricocheting into the roof of the Leppings Lane net. A bit of extra time there as poor old Fred Else took a good few minutes to recover. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWL1969 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 13 hours ago, Emilianenko said: I think Blair missed one in a night match away at Norwich.Was Stainrods debut I think who won the penalty. I may have got the team wrong then, maybe he missed 2 against Norwich and not QPR. (Or 1 against each,) I'm pretty sure though, that he only scored those 3 all in the same match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five Archers Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 22 hours ago, Bulldog said: Mark Smith in the early 80s. I don't have the best memory but am I correct in saying that he scored 10 in a row then missed the next3? A couple of side stories from the early 80's, Gary Bannister missing 2 penalties against Wolves - I remember it was a Tuesday night and I was listening to it on the radio. Shout out for Andy Blair's hat-trick of penalties against Luton in the league cup - My uncle is a Luton supporter who saved the local newspaper report stating that Luton were cheated out of the game and should have won 2-1. I got chucked out at that wolves game for swearing at a copper for grinning after Bannister missed the second 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five Archers Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 On 09/02/2021 at 18:56, fredowl said: that one landed in the five arches carpark I’ve still got the ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airborne_rat_of_s6 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 On 09/02/2021 at 17:41, Holmowl said: Fletcher scored 6 out of 7. The 7th was a good firm wide shot saved. Never looked like missing with the others. Hooper blasted his two home and the Ipswich keeper is still looking for his hand. Bannan has 3 in 3 and (touch wood) looks very competent. Three good takers there. Makes you wonder why Bannan is so good with penalties but awful at corners and other set pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexpistol Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 I wouldn’t pick Sterland based on this effort. Unlike one of his penalties, he normally used to blast them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WMJ4ever Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I remember Mel Sterland scoring one against Grimsby that nearly knocked Nigel Batch into the kop on the way into the back of the net. The thud of the kick, followed by the deafening roar of the kop... Great days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexpistol Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 8 hours ago, WMJ4ever said: I remember Mel Sterland scoring one against Grimsby that nearly knocked Nigel Batch into the kop on the way into the back of the net. The thud of the kick, followed by the deafening roar of the kop... Great days... This one? About 03:55 in the clip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexpistol Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 Michael Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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