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Players Who Never Made It.

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Mark Connolly, cost a cool £1m when money was no object... 

If my memory serves McEnespie was really impressive on his debut. 

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  • Dr Faustus
    Dr Faustus

    My next door neighbour was married to Brian Smith; too you to remember myself, but I was told he was good, and never really fulfilled his potential, for various reasons. 

7 hours ago, waddy256 said:

We went to school with his daughter !

Did we? Never knew that. Your year or mine?

10 hours ago, Duck Egg said:

I'm trying to remember the left back Bruce Rioch trialled from Milan. Not sure whether we ever signed him

Post on here doesn't he? 

3 minutes ago, DLH said:

Post on here doesn't he? 

Ah is that him? Gambarro? Did he ever sign/play for us?

27 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

Ah is that him? Gambarro? Did he ever sign/play for us?

Think it was just a loan wasn't it? Think he played once or twice. Remember being well excited about him signing... 

8 hours ago, Biggish Dave said:

Did we? Never knew that. Your year or mine?

Yeah below you iirc

Mikael Kaprielian

On 29/04/2019 at 06:49, Dr Faustus said:

My next door neighbour was married to Brian Smith; too you to remember myself, but I was told he was good, and never really fulfilled his potential, for various reasons. 

Lived in Atherton near Howe Bridge. Keen BW fan, used to bump into him buying the BEN in the 90s.  Sadly died too young a few years ago. I didn't see him much for us but watched him play for Bury around 1983, he really stood out, real class on the ball.

On 29/04/2019 at 13:02, Youri McAnespie said:

I chose him as a counter to Youri in my nickname not necessarily because he's the shitest I've seen (especially these past years) but more because we paid Raith £600k for the shit b*stard.

Remember being sat in traffic on Deansgate in Manchester with the bird at the time. Pulled up in traffic next to us was a white golf GTI with roof down  tunes blaring and full of lads.

Girlfriend muttered what a set of knobs, mcanespie was driving thinking he was on another level.

 

 

3 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said:

Lived in Atherton near Howe Bridge. Keen BW fan, used to bump into him buying the BEN in the 90s.  Sadly died too young a few years ago. I didn't see him much for us but watched him play for Bury around 1983, he really stood out, real class on the ball.

Managed Atherton Colls for a short spell as he rang me up to play for them.

Hazy memory of Smith being right footed then stuck out left one game in front of the paddock

Left foot swinger floated in to the lever end goal

Gretar steinsson

was amazing for us

there was a story going about that he lived in a garage before he became a footballer and that some kid he saw in subway on the reebok loved  him , so Gretar went back to his car and gave him his boots

whatever he was a class act for us 

Edited by Mona

Fyi

He then joined premier league club Everton in December 2018 as Chief European Scout, after nearly 4 years at Fleetwood Town.[142][141] As part of his duties at Everton, Grétar scouts players in the lower tiers of English football.[141]

 

40 minutes ago, Mona said:

Gretar steinsson

was amazing for us

there was a story going about that he lived in a garage before he became a footballer and that some kid he saw in subway on the reebok loved  him , so Gretar went back to his car and gave him his boots

whatever he was a class act for us 

He was rubbish 

19 hours ago, Mona said:

Gretar steinsson

was amazing for us

there was a story going about that he lived in a garage before he became a footballer and that some kid he saw in subway on the reebok loved  him , so Gretar went back to his car and gave him his boots

whatever he was a class act for us 

It was in Nandos

I was trying to think of names I remembered from the late 70s and who seemed to drop off the radar.  At that time when  we had Taddy Nowack, we also had some connection with the similar sounding Yan Nowacki, who was supposed to be rising star. Don't know if he actually fully played for the first team, but we must have had some connection as I remember the coincidence with Taddy's name.

Bit of searching though indicates things were a bit more unfortunate...

https://www.itv.com/news/2016-11-28/ex-youth-footballer-fears-he-may-have-been-one-of-barry-bennells-first-victim-in-early-1970s/

 

Think Jan Nowacki was a couple of years earlier. Can't remember ever seeing him play, but he was in the list of players that used to be inside the back cover of the old programmes, so may have got a subs appearance (or unused sub) here or there.

If I remember, I'll have a rummage through some old programmes see what tips up (google didn't help).

3 hours ago, wakey said:

Think Jan Nowacki was a couple of years earlier. Can't remember ever seeing him play, but he was in the list of players that used to be inside the back cover of the old programmes, so may have got a subs appearance (or unused sub) here or there.

If I remember, I'll have a rummage through some old programmes see what tips up (google didn't help).

He was a reserve team regular

Pretty sure the rothmans of the time had him as ex filth

Don't think he ever played

The next young winger was Craig moores, who again didn't make it

Pretty sure he was actually selected for a home game that was postponed about 2.30

Sheppards site confirms no first team action

Moores had a sub appearance

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A local lad Peter Olynick 

Gary Martindale was top scorer in reserves when the won the league, thought he'd make it but never happened. Macanespie was shagging a girl I went to school with when he played for us. Heard he was a tool sounds like they were right reading stories on here. Stuart Whitaker was a good shout. I thought delroy facey was going to be class, shows what I know.

Hasney Aljofree

Steve Fulton

Greg Strong

Everyone of our squad this season. The shit cunts! 

Vaz Te was tipped as the new Eusebio FFS. Haha. That goal in Guimaraes, don't remember it on the day but it was good watching it back a few weeks later! 

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