Famous players who most fans don't realise played for your club

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Famous players who most fans don't realise played for your club

Postby joklend » 03 Jul 2018, 01:22

I'm wondering if Sunderland have the highest number of these.

Ally McCoist
Chris Waddle
Shay Given
Steve Bould (?)
Thomas Helmer
Dwight Yorke
Colin Cooper
Andy Cole
James McFadden
Brian Deane
Dominic Matteo
Peter Beagrie
Tore Andre Flo
Sully Muntari

Probably a few others I've overlooked. Maybe Lescott and Pienaar in a few years too.

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Postby joklend » 03 Jul 2018, 01:50

Wayne Bridge and Louis Saha, there's two more.

Emmanuel Eboue was on our books but managed to get a 12 month ban without playing for us.

El Hadji Diouf? The only thing he did while he was with us was threaten to stab Anton Ferdinand.

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Postby joklend » 03 Jul 2018, 01:56

Stewart Downing.

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Postby Darkness_Fish » 03 Jul 2018, 07:48

Not sure there's many from wigan. Victor Moses, possibly, and Kevin Kilbane.
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Postby Jumper K » 03 Jul 2018, 21:35

Bristol Rovers
Pele, Eusebio, Bobby Moore and Vitas Astafjevs.

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Postby The Modernist » 09 Jul 2018, 07:59

Sebastian Larsson
Andy Cole

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Postby Jumper K » 09 Jul 2018, 08:18

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Jumper K wrote:Bristol Rovers
Pele, Eusebio, Bobby Moore and Vitas Astafjevs.


And the Queen Mother, remember.

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Darkness_Fish wrote:Not sure there's many from wigan. Victor Moses, possibly, and Kevin Kilbane.


I remember both of them for Wigan (Moses especially as it's where he made his reputation), but I didn't know until today that Harry Maguire played for you.

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Postby Rayge » 09 Jul 2018, 10:15

Graham Souness besmirched Spurs shirt on several occasions
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Postby Darkness_Fish » 09 Jul 2018, 10:40

The Modernist wrote:
Darkness_Fish wrote:Not sure there's many from wigan. Victor Moses, possibly, and Kevin Kilbane.


I remember both of them for Wigan (Moses especially as it's where he made his reputation), but I didn't know until today that Harry Maguire played for you.

There's a good chance I never saw him play, I'd forgotten about him myself. What a season that was, three different managers, one of them (Malky Mackay) hired under a shitstorm of media coverage about him being Alf Garnett, who he turned out to be less tactically gifted than, and finished second from bottom in the league. I can't recall a more depressing season, and that was even after we'd hired Owen Coyle.

If I did see him play, I can guarantee he wasn't putting in performances like he's showing for England right now.
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Postby borofan » 09 Jul 2018, 17:54

Rayge wrote:Graham Souness besmirched Spurs shirt on several occasions

And he had the attitude knocked out of him when Jack Charlton got hold of him. Unfortunately it came back when Jack left.
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Postby Diamond Dog » 09 Jul 2018, 19:33

borofan wrote:
Rayge wrote:Graham Souness besmirched Spurs shirt on several occasions

And he had the attitude knocked out of him when Jack Charlton got hold of him. Unfortunately it came back when Jack left.



As I understand it, he played well in the limited time (1 European tie!) he got at Spurs but felt - and quite justifiably, in light of that Spurs team- that he ought to be getting more playing time. The manager (I think it was still Nicholson) didn't agree - and he was sold. I don;t see how that's besmirching a team really - he was an ambitious kid who felt he wasn't being appreciated enough.

He went to Boro and did get playing time - and hung around until Liverpool bid for him and Boro were (as I recall) more than happy to take the money for him.

He then went on to become one of the best midfield players in British football history. I'm guessing he thinks he won those particular arguments , don't you?
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Postby Lord Rother » 09 Jul 2018, 20:01

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Les Ferdinand
Anton Ferdinand
Martin Keown
Ray Houghton
Bobby Mihailov (aka Wiggy)
Robert Fleck
Jim Leighton
Matthew Upson
Chris Woods
Lawrie Sanchez
Trevor Morley
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Postby the masked man » 09 Jul 2018, 20:13

We've had a few at Forest:

Ian Wright
John Terry
Andy Cole
Niklaus Bendtner
Neil Lennon
Matthew Upson

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Postby Jimbly » 09 Jul 2018, 20:52

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Ian Wright
Paolo Di Canio
Pierre Van Hooijdonk
Gary Gillespie
Stuart Slater
Freddie Ljungberg
Ally McCoist
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Postby joklend » 10 Jul 2018, 01:21

Jackie Milburn, though not competitively.

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Geezee wrote:
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"I saw him take set pieces, yeah i saw him take set pieces..."



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Postby Rayge » 10 Jul 2018, 09:31

joklend wrote:Jackie Milburn, though not competitively.


If we're stretching the point, I have seen both Kenny Dalglish and Diego Maradona play for Spurs at WHL in testimonials
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