| Best left back 22:56 - Apr 10 with 5641 views | Myke |
Was Ian Gillard our best ever left back? Or was it Wilson, or Samson or Brevett or the nutty Argentinian or the guy who tackles with his head or... |  | | |  |
| Best left back on 22:57 - Apr 10 with 4040 views | distortR |
clive wilson was such a wonderful footballer | | | |
| Best left back on 23:01 - Apr 10 with 4017 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
Ian Gillard you don't hold down being the left back for fourteen years without being the best.
2nd Wilson |  |
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| Best left back on 23:03 - Apr 10 with 4012 views | colinallcars |
Going back a long way, Tony Ingham was very classy for the third tier. Most left backs were fairly crude then. A little later......don't forget the irrespressible Jim Langley. |  | | |
| Best left back on 23:03 - Apr 10 with 4010 views | distortR |
| Best left back on 23:01 - Apr 10 by 2Thomas2Bowles |
Ian Gillard you don't hold down being the left back for fourteen years without being the best.
2nd Wilson |
that's it, i'm reaching for the shooter.........
but as a kid, ian gillard was my hero | | | |
| Best left back on 23:04 - Apr 10 with 4007 views | PeterHucker |
I only saw Ian Gillard play for us once and it was his last ever game.
But from what older fans have told me he was a very reliable full back and didn't stand for any nonsense. He also made more appearances for QPR than any other player apart from Tony Ingham.
We've had some great left backs in the time I've been watching QPR though, so out of the ones I've seen more than Ian Gillard I'd rank them.....
1. Ian Gillard
2. Clive Wilson
3. Ian Dawes
Honourable mentions to some other favourites of mine Gino Padula, Clint Hill, Kenny Sansom, Rufus Brevett. |  | | |
| Best left back on 23:06 - Apr 10 with 3994 views | 2Thomas2Bowles |
| Best left back on 23:03 - Apr 10 by distortR |
that's it, i'm reaching for the shooter.........
but as a kid, ian gillard was my hero |
Very upset when he left/retired I thought Ian Dawes was shite in comparison. | |
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| Best left back on 00:15 - Apr 11 with 3875 views | quickpassrotter |
Ian Gillard. Undoubtedly. |  | | |
| Best left back on 00:48 - Apr 11 with 3824 views | eastside_r |
When I was a kid I used to play at left-back even though I was right-footed. IG was our no.3 at the time so I was always him in my head.
Of course I wanted to be Stan but I knew my limitations.
But sorry, Willo was something else.
Stalked by Man City fans which I used to think was friendly (they used to sponsor him) but it was actually 'you're so good you bar steward how could you have ever left us'.
A dream of a player. Clive Wilson for me. |  | | |
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| Best left back on 01:04 - Apr 11 with 3802 views | OnlyMe |
Gillard and Wilson wee both great. But at different times, in teams playing different styles of football and (a fair bit) at different levels).
So I'd put them equal best. | | | |
| Best left back on 01:43 - Apr 11 with 3775 views | Boston |
Gillard. | |
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| Best left back on 01:52 - Apr 11 with 3769 views | timcocking |
Spurious. Wouldn't know what Gillard was like, but he'd have had to have been amazing to be better than Clive Wilson.
Let's call it a draw.
(You weren't talking about Gino, were you? Likeable and with a good name for singing, but hardly Clive Wilson) [Post edited 11 Apr 2018 1:53]
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| Best left back on 02:30 - Apr 11 with 3752 views | Boston |
| Best left back on 01:52 - Apr 11 by timcocking |
Spurious. Wouldn't know what Gillard was like, but he'd have had to have been amazing to be better than Clive Wilson.
Let's call it a draw.
(You weren't talking about Gino, were you? Likeable and with a good name for singing, but hardly Clive Wilson) [Post edited 11 Apr 2018 1:53]
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I predict, that in the next twenty four hours, you will have one or two people describe to you just how amazing Gillard was. | |
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| Best left back on 02:40 - Apr 11 with 3751 views | PlanetHonneywood |
A team with a Gillard or Wilson in it, won’t have too many worries about the left side of defence. You’d be very happy with either. Great players, and Wilson was just a bloody good footballer.
But while he was as mad as a bag of frogs, unpredictable and prone to losing his head, I still think Mark Dennis on his day, was unplayable. Those of us who were at the Boleyn for the start of the 87 or was it the 88 season, saw a bloke utterly dominate the oppo. Admittedly he was playing left wing-back but for the next few months, I just loved his maverick style, mixed with the fear that he might just lamp someone for shits and giggles. |  |
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| Best left back on 07:02 - Apr 11 with 3661 views | smegma |
| Best left back on 23:03 - Apr 10 by colinallcars |
Going back a long way, Tony Ingham was very classy for the third tier. Most left backs were fairly crude then. A little later......don't forget the irrespressible Jim Langley. |
And just shy of 500 appearances in the process. | | | |
| Best left back on 07:18 - Apr 11 with 3640 views | Esox_Lucius |
Just so he never gets forgotten. I would like offer Taye Taiwo in a cameo role. |  |
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| Best left back on 07:39 - Apr 11 with 3616 views | Lblock |
Clive Wilson end of.
Simply amazing and my all time favourite player
Also a thoroghly nice bloke!!! |  |
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| Best left back on 07:58 - Apr 11 with 3592 views | kingsburyR |
I don't remember Gillard but he'd have to be some player to oust Wilson.
God I have fond memories of Willow and Bardsley. What a pair of full backs they were!!! |  |
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| Best left back on 08:07 - Apr 11 with 3571 views | johncharles |
Gillard.
Of course it’s got to be Gillard. No one got past Ian. |  |
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| Best left back on 08:24 - Apr 11 with 3530 views | BrianMcCarthy |
I saw Gillard play quite a few times but was too young to appreciate him, so I can't pick one from him and Wilson.
Wilson was sublime, though. Fine defender and brilliant on the ball. |  |
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| Best left back on 08:29 - Apr 11 with 3520 views | ElHoop |
Gillard and Wilson were very different so it's hard top compare them. Gillard was big and physical and could move across to the middle and fill in there during a game, as could Clement. Wilson and Bardsley were more mobile but less physical, smaller. I wouldn't even be sure as to which was the best back four either. I think that they were both a good fit for their teams - if you'd have switched them around then neither team would have been quite so effective. |  | | |
| Best left back on 08:36 - Apr 11 with 3503 views | hoopdog |
Ability wise it has to be Kenny Sansom but really wasn't here long enough to compete with Hillard and Wilson | | | |
| Best left back on 09:49 - Apr 11 with 3431 views | paulparker |
in my life time it would be Dawes , so underrated a left back a head of his time I still cannot believe we got rid of him for Mark Dennis, if you think of Danny Rose is good Dawes was twice the player of him
I also think people go OTT on sansom yes he was good but he was here 1 season without really pulling up trees , perhaps that goal against Arsenal clouds peoples judgement, clive Wilson was much , much better I always thought
top 3
Dawes
Wilson
Brevett due to being hard as nails and a more team player than sansom, Gino, etc |  |
| And Bowles is onside, Swinburne has come rushing out of his goal , what can Bowles do here , onto the left foot no, on to the right foot
That’s there that’s two, and that’s Bowles
Brian Moore
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| Best left back on 10:00 - Apr 11 with 3416 views | BostonR |
I am fortunate to have watched most of our left-backs since 1973 on-wards.
Gillard was a physically imposing player who would not look out of place in the PL today. Wilson was a brilliant footballer and could also play in the PL. The others fall short on that point for me, so it's between Gillard and Wilson.
For me, it is Gillard as he was part of that amazing 75 team and one of five R's players who got picked for Eng during that period. |  | | |
| Best left back on 10:25 - Apr 11 with 3365 views | terryb |
For defending it would be Gillard.
For attacking it would be Wilson.
Let us not forget to mention Gentleman Jim Langley in this thread though. | | | |
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