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Guess the players

Found an old team sheet from a Pontins League Division 1 from December 1998 away at Burnley . A Very strong Wanderers 11 + 6 subs . Can you guess the line up . 

Dont expect anyone to know the Burnley team , I'd only ever heard of one of them . 

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1 minute ago, jmjhb said:

Matt Glennon?

exactly right , well done. 

Used to watch the reserves quite regularly in that era as they played at Leigh, but can’t say I’m finding any of the remaining names particularly easy!

1 hour ago, Krimzon said:

UPDATE ; 

Correct answers so Far 

1, Matt Glennon

2,

3, Robbie Elliott

4, 

5, Greg Strong

6,

7,

8, Hasney Aljofree

9, Dean Holdsworth

10, 

11, Ricky Gardner

Subs

12 , Eidur Gudjohnson

 

Neil Cox

Paul Warhurst 

Andy Todd

1 hour ago, Krimzon said:

Of the other subs , 1 was a player we released , then got back on loan and tried to sign permanant but couldnt afford him . One is a Greek name . 3 other subs I barely remember  Initials C.O.  Initials K.T. Initials L.P. 

# 10 No idea Initials A.B. 

Costas Xiourrupa?

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2 minutes ago, BWFC_LOVE said:

Costas Xiourrupa?

Outstanding . 

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6 minutes ago, Zico said:

Neil Cox

Paul Warhurst 

Andy Todd

nope nope and nope . 

John Newsome?

Scott Sellars?

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1 minute ago, Marc505 said:

John Newsome?

What a player ,but no . 

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Just now, Bertie said:

Scott Sellars?

far too good for the reserves 🙂

1 minute ago, Krimzon said:

What a player ,but no . 

I just Wikipediad him, always had it in my mind him and Warhurst had a great season long partnership. Says he only played 6 games!

Im trying to dredge names up from Champ Manager days now, grim.

Paul Ritchie?

Olaf Snorasson? (christ knows if that's how it was spelt)

Franck Passi?

I’ll throw a few more darts (I was 9 and probably be better at this than guessing a team from five years ago 😂)

Luke Staton

Paul Wheatcroft

Peter Morrison 

Jimmy Phillips in there somewhere?

Birkir Kristinsson

Gavin Ward

Lee Buggie

 

Dean Holden?

John Sheridan

Jamie Pollock

 

Jimmy Phillips

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5 hours ago, Marc505 said:

I just Wikipediad him, always had it in my mind him and Warhurst had a great season long partnership. Says he only played 6 games!

If I remember right , Newsome and Warhurst completely transformed the defence . We wanted to buy them both but could only afford one .  Not often you get such an impact over such a short loan spell . Reminds me of Martin Pike .

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Jimmy Phillips is correct . 

Getting towards the actual reserve plays . # 4 initials M.D. # 7 Initials N.C. # 10 Initials A.B. 

Is the Polish lad Jaroslaw Fojut? 

8 hours ago, BWFC_LOVE said:

Costas Xiourrupa?

He had an absolutely outstanding record for the reserves but ended up in Cyprus and then non league in the Midlands. Now owns a couple of takeaways in Stourbridge according to Companies House. 

2 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

He had an absolutely outstanding record for the reserves but ended up in Cyprus and then non league in the Midlands. Now owns a couple of takeaways in Stourbridge according to Companies House. 

Deffo has a picture of himself in a Bolton Kit up behind the counter next to the zappy fly trap thing and tiny fan.

 

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