Last Gasp 4:16 Wed Nov 27
when you was a kid who was your old mans favourite player
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My old man raved about Harry Hooper.
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eusebiovic
4:17 Wed Nov 27
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Eusebio
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ray winstone
4:22 Wed Nov 27
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Bobby Moore.
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The Stoat
4:23 Wed Nov 27
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Dave Dunmore at Leyton Orient
Johnny Byrne at West Ham
He was an O’s fan and took me there often as well as West Ham who I of course pledged my allegiance to for life, he did have a soft spot for us though
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Far Cough
4:24 Wed Nov 27
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I didn't have an old man around but everyone was raving about Di Stefano and in England it was Bobby Smith for the Ys
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El Scorchio
4:26 Wed Nov 27
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Billy Bonds.
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62Hammer
4:48 Wed Nov 27
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Bobby Moore and Johnny Byrne
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Northern Sold
5:10 Wed Nov 27
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He just started going before they got promoted... Vic Keeble and Andy Malcolm... old man reckons there has never been a tougher player he has seen than Andy Malcolm... when me and him talk about players if it's about hard men it's... `Not fit enough to lace up Andy malcolm's Army boots'
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Moncurs Putting Iron
5:12 Wed Nov 27
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Revered Moore (Obviously).
Brooking when I was old enough to play.
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Grumpster
5:28 Wed Nov 27
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I imagine my old man was the disgrace of Poplar, as the soppy cunt doesn't and has never liked football, so his favourite player was Lee Travino who was probably shit at footie.
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Far Cough
5:39 Wed Nov 27
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SuperMex
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gph
5:44 Wed Nov 27
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Bobby Moore.
Don't think there's going to be much variety from people of my age.
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yngwies Cat
5:46 Wed Nov 27
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Sir Trevor
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Gidds
5:46 Wed Nov 27
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Bobby Moore had almost Godlike status for my Dad, the only player to come near to him was Budgie Byrne.
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Son of Sam
5:48 Wed Nov 27
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Brian Dear could do no wrong, Georgie Best and Garrincha.
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Chinkey Weasel
6:39 Wed Nov 27
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Peter Osgood. Luckily my mum is West Ham so followed her lead
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The_Phantom
6:47 Wed Nov 27
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Jimmy Greaves
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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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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
7:21 Wed Nov 27
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Oh my gawd
Bonzo in midfield was one obvious one I missed
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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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