Gloucester Iron
6:17 Thu Nov 28
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Tom Finney
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ornchurch ammer
5:19 Thu Nov 28
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Budgie Byrne is one he used to like.
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Soldier of Justice
4:19 Thu Nov 28
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no one asked for your fucking life story ted you drip
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ted fenton
4:16 Thu Nov 28
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Noel Cantwell
My dad rated him as a defender and was gutted when he went to Man Utd he was playing for us when my dad first took me to Upton Park.
We both watched Bobby Moore mature so.
Bobby Moore.
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On The Ball
4:10 Thu Nov 28
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Stanley Matthews as he is a Blackpool fan. I'm lucky he left really!
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arsene york-hunt
3:42 Thu Nov 28
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Bobby Moore
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JayeMPee
3:00 Thu Nov 28
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Dusty Millar
When I was a kid we lived in Dorset, nearest big club in those days was Pompey. We supported Portland United and played in the 4th qualifying round of the FA Cup for the first and last time in the 1950's!! We lost 6-5 to Llanelli and Dusty scored all five goals, a hero at the time.
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pdbis
2:58 Thu Nov 28
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My old man didn't have a favourite, but being an old man myself it was always the great Billy Bonds. No one has come close for me.
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joe royal
9:18 Thu Nov 28
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Sir Robert.
Was a bit upset to see him on the losing side on the 75 cup final. 9 year old me had never heard of him.
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Manuel
4:26 Thu Nov 28
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The old man was a man of few words, but he liked Brooking and was a big fan of John Barnes when he was at Liverpool.
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legrandefromage
3:00 Thu Nov 28
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MONTEITH
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blueeyed.handsomeman
2:57 Thu Nov 28
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Koscis,
Finney,
GOULDEN.
HUFTON
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8:27 Wed Nov 27
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My Dad’s favourite was Ernie Gregory. His favourite non WHU player was Derek Dooley. He lamented the unfortunate way Dooley’s career ended.
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Barty
8:17 Wed Nov 27
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Dad is a Newcatle fan so he favorued Shearer pretty highly understandably
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Lertie Button
8:14 Wed Nov 27
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Bobby Bonds me old china
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Takashi Miike
7:24 Wed Nov 27
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Budgie Byrne
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mashed in maryland
7:22 Wed Nov 27
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Historical- Bobby Moore
Contemporary- Julian Dicks
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Sir Alf
7:21 Wed Nov 27
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Oh my gawd
Bonzo in midfield was one obvious one I missed
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TheBoleynBoy
7:20 Wed Nov 27
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Billy Bonds. It still is his favourite player.
My Grandads was Ernie Gregory I think, well he likes to mention him a lot when he reminisces.
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Sir Alf
7:11 Wed Nov 27
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Everyone like Bob of course but I remember Andy Malcolm being heralded as one of our undervalued players in the mid-late 50s ( actually before my time :-) ) . And Greenwood getting rid of him for more technical players ( sound familiar ?)
I think the appreciation was that he always gave 100%, got "stuck in" etc.. Hmmmm...... 60 years later and we haven't got many like that and have not over the years :-(
Never been appreciated the midfield worker types and evidenced by thinking about who we have had iin that mould over the years. In the modern game you need the whole team working when not in possession but certainly more than one midfielder able to close down and press but our managers and perhaps fans have an aversion to them ( the old West Ham way demands lightweight "dandies"? ;-) ) .
I could only think of the following ( see below). Who did I miss that would work their nuts off to get possession and generally complement the mountain of "fancy dan" technicians we always seem to have an overabundance of ( exception of dark BFS years where technicians were a rare sight).
Here are the ones that seemed from memory to be good at it, Quite a few only for a short period due to injury etc.. We never seem to realise these types of players are essential to success of any team ( the "great unseen" players ) . Not many over the last 60 - 70 years:
Rice
Neil Orr
Behrami
Geoff Pike
Stewart Robson ( well the few he played - one full season and HOTY)
Peter Butler
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The_Phantom
6:47 Wed Nov 27
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Jimmy Greaves
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