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Stanley Bowles , Rodney Marsh , Bob Latchford , Steve Highway , John Toshack , Dennis Tueart , Charlie George , Steve Perryman , Arnold Muerhen not mentioned in any posts ...... never world beaters but fantastic quality players imho
I remember watching Bob Latchford, had a bit of a belly on him and an even worse beard but he knew where the back of the net was.. and how to nod 'em in.
Would take the goalie with him too, not like todays namby pambies
Brilliant Herb. hero of mine glad someone else remembers his sublime skills. He was not quick by any means but a real pleasure to watch. I know he is Irish but England ought to ditch half their team for a player like McIlroy who could hold onto the ball for an age if he wanted too.
Brilliant Herb. hero of mine glad someone else remembers his sublime skills. He was not quick by any means but a real pleasure to watch. I know he is Irish but England ought to ditch half their team for a player like McIlroy who could hold onto the ball for an age if he wanted too.
as a kid living in clitheroe my mum would never allow me to go to united too far, so i watched burnley and blackburn alternate weeks ( 11 miles) so i watched nearly every home game jimmy mc'ilroy played and when burnley sold him to stoke i vowed never to go to turf moor ever again , to this day 49 years later i never have. i did go to stoke to see him once and im sure stan mathews was playing 1962 i think.we moved to stockport in 62 so i was allowed to watch my team every week home and away.
Might be worth checking Herb but Stoke v Burnley may have been in 1963, Stoke came up in 1962, Burnley finished third; I think Stoke got promotion to Div One.
Best players I saw play live, as opposed to on the telly. Best, Law, Charlton, Beckenbauer.
Pele, obviously brilliant, but everyone remembers him for the goals he DIDN'T score (outrageous dummy Vs Uruguay, shot from the halfway line against Czechs, THAT save by Banks). If Law had been on the end of that cross Gordon would have been picking the ball out of the net, I saw Law score headers past him too many times.
glad to see that george best's name is amongst most ppl's list so far!! would be interesting to count up the votes for each player mentioned,when this topic ends to see who gets most votes!
bill it was april 1st 1963. second division stoke won 3-1 i think cant remember who against. just remember the date. as we just moved from wilmslow that day and my mum wanted me out of the way. i remember because she was knocked over ( car) at stockport station on her way to meet me and spent 3 months in hospital. i didnt know where we lived and spent 4 hrs in the police station. sh!t day.
Best footballers I've only seen bits of footage of on the telly - and some bits on youtube if you take a look, are John Charles and Duncan Edwards. Both out of the same egg. Could play anywhere. Puskas and Di Stefano also rate a mention. And to anyone who reckons the game is too fast nowadays for these old stagers - they had the ability to play the game at whatever pace damn well suited 'em.
bill it was april 1st 1963. second division stoke won 3-1 i think cant remember who against. just remember the date. as we just moved from wilmslow that day and my mum wanted me out of the way. i remember because she was knocked over ( car) at stockport station on her way to meet me and spent 3 months in hospital. i didnt know where we lived and spent 4 hrs in the police station. sh!t day.
Memory test, not absolutely certain but I think it was Stoke v Luton, I was there unless I'm getting it mixed up with another game. If I'm right Stan scored one his rare goals for Stoke.
Best footballers I've only seen bits of footage of on the telly - and some bits on youtube if you take a look, are John Charles and Duncan Edwards. Both out of the same egg. Could play anywhere. Puskas and Di Stefano also rate a mention. And to anyone who reckons the game is too fast nowadays for these old stagers - they had the ability to play the game at whatever pace damn well suited 'em.
I have seen all those play; I had to call up the memory banks on Duncan Edwards but I saw him at the Wolves but can't remeber too much about him.
There is an interesting feature in todays Daily Mail (Thurs) by the sportswriters suggesting their best teams. The only one all ten put in was George Best; Bobby Moore was in nine.
I wouldn't hesitate with my 'best' player in the vote, - the answers in this sentence
I doubt if even Bill saw this guy play - league wise he only played 18 games for Barnsley scoring 8 goals before he got injured and decided that his day job offered more security in those days of the maximum wage. But his career stats as a goal scorer were astonishing, and he set records with almost every non-league club that he graced.
His record for Gresley Rovers, where he played most of his football was amazing - 313 games 285 goals. Proper old fashioned centre forward, not over tall but built like a bull and with a sledgehammer shot in either foot.
Gordon Duggins.
Here's some Gresley stats:
Top scorer:
1954-55 20 league and 5 cup goals
1965-66 69 league and 5 cup goals
1967-68 32 goals all league
1968-69 38 goals all league
1969-70 15 league and 6 cup goals
Joined Barnsley 1955 for £600 a club record until Phil Gee joined Derby County in 1985.
Gordon rejoined Gresley for the 1963- 1964 season.
In 1965-66 season Gordon scored a remarkable 74 goals. The highlights being:
Oct 2nd: Scored the last 7 goals in a 9-0 win away at Clay Cross.
Oct 9th: Scored both goals in a 2-1 win at home to Eastwood.
Oct 16th: Scored all six at Wilmorton.
Oct 23rd: Hit both goals in the 3-2 defeat at Boston.
Oct 30th: Scored two out of the three against Burton Albion Reserves.
Nov 6th: 1 against Linby.
Nov 13th: Injured.
Nov 20th: 5 out of 7 against Anstey.
david beckham :)steve gerrad 
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