| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) 07:13 - Mar 18 with 5315 views | Phildo |
Following Clive's advice on the Corona thead
Who was the first player you idolised as a kid? Not the best or the most memorable but the one who caught your attention as a youngster
I will start with Steve Wicks
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| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 07:15 - Mar 18 with 2890 views | smegma |
Dave Clement. He scored in my first Rangers game. |  | | |
| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 07:23 - Mar 18 with 2870 views | distortR |
David Kerslake. England captain at all levels he played at, until he caught glandular fever.
Oooooooh, you mean when I was a kid.
Ian Gillard. I played left back for the primary school, he played left back for my team. | | | |
| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 07:49 - Mar 18 with 2841 views | peejaybee |
Tony Ingham |  |
| If at first you dont succeed, pack up and f**k off home. |
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| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 07:50 - Mar 18 with 2841 views | paulparker |
As a kid Gary waddock
As a teen Paul Parker
As an “adult” Adel , that 2010/11 season was one of the happiest times of my life |  |
| 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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| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 08:19 - Mar 18 with 2808 views | Hayesender |
Absolutely loved Simon Stainrod as a wide eyed 12 year old.
He just seemed to swagger over the pitch |  |
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| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 08:29 - Mar 18 with 2795 views | loftus77 |
Stan - then I read the OP more carefully.
Martyn Busby - when I first started going, the crowd used to give him the bird, not realising the extent of his injury problems.
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| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 08:53 - Mar 18 with 2757 views | colinallcars |
George Petchey. |  | | |
| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 08:59 - Mar 18 with 2747 views | DWQPR |
Stan. | |
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| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 09:16 - Mar 18 with 2739 views | joe90 |
Euro 92 I remember liking Ruud Gullit, possibly because as a 7 year old I liked his cool hairstyle and orange shirt! I remember my brother was trying to explain why I should support England, haha.
Kinkladze scored some great goals, Yeboah, basically anyone who played in PL between 94-98, haha
From QPR Dichio was my hero. [Post edited 18 Mar 2020 9:17]
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| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 09:37 - Mar 18 with 2713 views | ozexile |
I missed Stanley at Loftus road. So use to go and watch him at Brentford. Amazing. | | | |
| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 09:38 - Mar 18 with 2711 views | RamseyR |
Lucky enough to be a kid for the Dave Sexton years, so all the players in that team.
Apart from Rangers...Kevin Keegan for me. Loved how he would get kicked to bits in Internationals and just keep getting up. |  | | |
| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 09:40 - Mar 18 with 2711 views | BucksRanger |
Mike Keen - a 3rd Division footballer who played like Booby Moore. |  | | |
| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 09:43 - Mar 18 with 2710 views | Esox_Lucius |
I started going to see QPR because of Marsh but my favourite then was Roger Morgan, followed by Ron Hunt. Don Masson later on, followed by Clive Allen and more recently, Ale Faurlin, even though Adel made the hair on my neck stand out, and currently Ebere, who does the same thing. |  |
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| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 09:52 - Mar 18 with 2697 views | westberksr |
just caught the end of the great 70's team, so have to say Stan.
As a centre back myself I always loved Bob Hazel, then Alan McDonald
latterly is was Adel |  | | |
| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 09:59 - Mar 18 with 2681 views | terryb |
I have two, both of which were before I had any interest, let alone support for Queens Park Rangers!
As a youngster in the late '50's /very early '60's my "hero" was Brian Douglas. My father was a Blackburn fan & we had a family outing to The Valley for the promotion decider of 1958(?). Blackburn won 4-3 after leading 4-1 with 5 minutes left! Douglas was tte star & replaced Finney in the England team (Tom, not Paul!).
Then as a 10/11 year old Stewart Scullion came into my life! A 17 year old that broke into the first team for Chesham United (my first love) & to this day is the best player to have worn ther claret & blue! He never played for Scotland (a fellow called Jimmy Johnstone kept him out), but he played many a game in the first division for the best post war Sheffield United team (Scullion, Woodward & Currie front line) & many an older Watford fan regards him as among their best ever players.
Stewart remains my favourite ever player with only Ale Faurlin getting anywhere near! | | | |
| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 10:00 - Mar 18 with 2681 views | Orthodox_Hoop |
Gary Bannister |  | | |
| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 10:06 - Mar 18 with 2672 views | MrSheen |
Missed the golden years, only started going after relegation as a teenager. Big Bob Hazell, the only autograph I’ve ever got. |  | | |
| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 10:11 - Mar 18 with 2665 views | qprxtc |
Phil Parkes.
I was 9 when we sold him and cried my eyes out.
Seven months later I was booing him when he came back with West Ham. We won 3-0. |  | | |
| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 10:11 - Mar 18 with 2664 views | Mick_S |
| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 08:19 - Mar 18 by Hayesender |
Absolutely loved Simon Stainrod as a wide eyed 12 year old.
He just seemed to swagger over the pitch |
I idolised the man. Bicycle kick against Cardiff, wasn't it, hmmm. |  |
| Did I ever mention that I was in Minder? |
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| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 10:26 - Mar 18 with 2627 views | dannyblue |
Roy Wegerle for me |  | | |
| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 10:30 - Mar 18 with 2617 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Dave Thomas. |  |
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| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 11:18 - Mar 18 with 2580 views | francisbowles |
Rodney. Scored a hatrick, two of which were in the Big Match goal of the season contest, the first game I came to as a twelve year old.
Before that I watched Brentford and my hero was Alan Mansley, a goalscoring winger and crowd favourite, who they had signed from Skelmersdale after they had reached the F.A. Amateur Cup Final. Unfortunately 'Ollie' as he was known had serious injuries and eventually followed the manager to Notts County.
Didn't really know what happened to him, so looked him up on wiki. Sadly he died of a heart attack aged just 54. 24 goals in 96 games for the Bees. No mention of his injuries but that he fell out of favour when Frank Blunstone took over as their manager. Blunstone was ex scum, so that was unfortunate. | | | |
| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 11:36 - Mar 18 with 2553 views | thame_hoops |
| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 09:16 - Mar 18 by joe90 |
Euro 92 I remember liking Ruud Gullit, possibly because as a 7 year old I liked his cool hairstyle and orange shirt! I remember my brother was trying to explain why I should support England, haha.
Kinkladze scored some great goals, Yeboah, basically anyone who played in PL between 94-98, haha
From QPR Dichio was my hero. [Post edited 18 Mar 2020 9:17]
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haha i loved Gullit too. My mate had a small goal in his garden and We'd practice crosses and headers Gullit style into an empty net.
Kid (1987)-Gary Bannister/John Byrne
Teen- Evil Les
Adult-Adel |  | | |
| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 11:53 - Mar 18 with 2533 views | Nov77 |
Phil parkes, Stan and then Tony Currie |  |
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| Favourite player as a young boy (or girl) on 12:24 - Mar 18 with 1701 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Think it was just that his work rate wasn't high enough for Gerry Francis? | |
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