| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread 14:14 - Oct 14 with 6910 views | enfieldargh |
Vic mobeley was signed from Sheffield Wednesday for around 50k when I was a mere nipper but due to him being involved in the Peter Swan betting scandal he never played for us and I don't know if we got our money back. Jim Gregory would have been chairman in those days so would love to know the true what's and all story.
The only other high profile player who we signed but never got to see was Richard Ord who I think cost us around 500k from sunland.
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| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 10:19 - Oct 15 with 1317 views | Discodroids |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 09:54 - Oct 15 by Northernr |
Who was the Dundee midfielder Wilkins was on his way to see when he got the sack? Always kept an eye on him after that (never amounted to much) but I've forgotten his bloody name now.
Carl Leaburn played for us for about 15 inglorious minutes at Reading. |
Gavin Rae? |  |
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| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 10:45 - Oct 15 with 1294 views | Snipper |
We very nearly signed Mickey Hazard from Chelsea in the late 80s. I remember reading in the paper that he was gutted that the move broke down at the last minute. Chelsea pulled out of the deal apparently. |  | | |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 10:56 - Oct 15 with 1282 views | PBLOCK |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 09:54 - Oct 15 by Northernr |
Who was the Dundee midfielder Wilkins was on his way to see when he got the sack? Always kept an eye on him after that (never amounted to much) but I've forgotten his bloody name now.
Carl Leaburn played for us for about 15 inglorious minutes at Reading. |
Wasn't it a Dundee UNite midfielder called David Hannah? |  | | |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 11:03 - Oct 15 with 1277 views | Northernr |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 10:56 - Oct 15 by PBLOCK |
Wasn't it a Dundee UNite midfielder called David Hannah? |
That's the one. |  | | |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 11:10 - Oct 15 with 1267 views | qprxtc |
We were milliseconds away from signing Roberto Baggio in 1996. But he got lost around Hammersmith Broadway and was never seen again. |  | | |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 11:17 - Oct 15 with 1260 views | Antti_Heinola |
Along the same lines - incredible players we've been linked with.
The two I recall are - Schmeichel, who we genuinely were after until United snaffled him and we took Stejskal. And when Lineker had finished with Barca I think we may have been in the running, vaguely, until Venners took him to Spurs.
Later Ronaldinho, I spose. |  |
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| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 12:06 - Oct 15 with 1227 views | loftboy |
Ray Houghton had a trial and was told he wasn't good enough before destroying us in 1986 for Oxford and several games after when he signed for liverpool |  |
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| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 12:44 - Oct 15 with 1185 views | californiahoop |
This takes the thread in another direction but we also missed Pearce like that, I have heard Houghton commentate on our games a few times, I think he followed us as he speaks fondly about the old players, add Tony Gale to the list also and we would have had some team.
I also remember a rumour of us going for Wright and Robbie Earle. | | | |
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| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 12:48 - Oct 15 with 1181 views | DannyPaddox |
Colin Viljoen. South African born Ipswich midfielder - very exotic for the time. Didn't he play on a pre-season tour in the late 70s in Ireland or Scandinavia? Fell down a fjord? Lost in a bog? |  | | |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 13:04 - Oct 15 with 1163 views | paulparker |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 10:45 - Oct 15 by Snipper |
We very nearly signed Mickey Hazard from Chelsea in the late 80s. I remember reading in the paper that he was gutted that the move broke down at the last minute. Chelsea pulled out of the deal apparently. |
Great shout , I remember that ,
We had a fee agreed of around 250k may have been 87 when they got relegated
Bates pulled the plug on that , again would have been a brilliant signing at the time
What about Leon Knight @ Sam Parkin they were close to signing but pulled out due to wages |  |
| 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
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| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 13:18 - Oct 15 with 1154 views | Toast_R |
Mamady Sidibé
After he tore us a very depressing new one for Swansea in the FA Cup, he was on trial with QPR in pre-season and I think he scored a couple (One against Celtic?) and was blatantly head and shoulders better then anything we had up front. Ollie wanted him but I believe he got a better offer from Gillingham (a league above QPR) for who he signed. Did well there. Real shame Ollie coundn't pull that deal off. |  | | |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 13:23 - Oct 15 with 1147 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
Did footballing giant Dominic Shimmin ever play for us?
Feels like half of Paliadini's brown envelope signings never put the shirt on. |  | | |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 13:26 - Oct 15 with 1144 views | aston_hoop |
A couple who sat on our bench a couple of times and never got on - Steve Lovell and Oguchi Onyewu. |  |
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| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 13:38 - Oct 15 with 1129 views | paulparker |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 10:45 - Oct 15 by Snipper |
We very nearly signed Mickey Hazard from Chelsea in the late 80s. I remember reading in the paper that he was gutted that the move broke down at the last minute. Chelsea pulled out of the deal apparently. |
Great shout , I remember that ,
We had a fee agreed of around 250k may have been 87 when they got relegated
Bates pulled the plug on that , again would have been a brilliant signing at the time
What about Leon Knight @ Sam Parkin they were close to signing but pulled out due to wages | |
| 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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| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 13:58 - Oct 15 with 1109 views | Antti_Heinola |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 13:18 - Oct 15 by Toast_R |
Mamady Sidibé
After he tore us a very depressing new one for Swansea in the FA Cup, he was on trial with QPR in pre-season and I think he scored a couple (One against Celtic?) and was blatantly head and shoulders better then anything we had up front. Ollie wanted him but I believe he got a better offer from Gillingham (a league above QPR) for who he signed. Did well there. Real shame Ollie coundn't pull that deal off. |
he was rubbish wasn't he? | |
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| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 14:00 - Oct 15 with 997 views | batmanhoop |
Paul Wanchope had a trial with us, apparently didn't impress, the rest is history | | | |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 14:15 - Oct 15 with 980 views | Northernr |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 13:38 - Oct 15 by paulparker |
Great shout , I remember that ,
We had a fee agreed of around 250k may have been 87 when they got relegated
Bates pulled the plug on that , again would have been a brilliant signing at the time
What about Leon Knight @ Sam Parkin they were close to signing but pulled out due to wages |
Leon Knight's dad told him to go to Brighton because they played better football than us didn't he? Worked out well.
Sam Parkin always wanted to come as he's a QPR fan but the stars never quite aligned.
Martin Bullock was another in those Sidibe games who we wanted but couldn't afford who went on to play well against us over the next couple of seasons.
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| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 14:18 - Oct 15 with 977 views | Discodroids |
others i remember shitting myself with excitement and' waiting to be rubber stamped ' according to brian moore on the big match, were ian walsh for around £300,000 the old crystal palace forward , Alan curtis the swansea forward for £500,000 , both under tommy docherty.
Also Bougherra from Rangers when we went up under warnock iirc, was a close one. | |
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| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 14:20 - Oct 15 with 976 views | Discodroids |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 13:26 - Oct 15 by aston_hoop |
A couple who sat on our bench a couple of times and never got on - Steve Lovell and Oguchi Onyewu. |
cor, i dont remember lovell at all. i always thought he was a very handy player.
good spot. | |
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| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 14:22 - Oct 15 with 975 views | Antti_Heinola |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 14:18 - Oct 15 by Discodroids |
others i remember shitting myself with excitement and' waiting to be rubber stamped ' according to brian moore on the big match, were ian walsh for around £300,000 the old crystal palace forward , Alan curtis the swansea forward for £500,000 , both under tommy docherty.
Also Bougherra from Rangers when we went up under warnock iirc, was a close one. |
Boumsong too, who's done well at Norwich since I think. | |
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| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 14:29 - Oct 15 with 968 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
What was that business with Leroy Lita?
Got booed then gave us a spanking . | | | |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 14:30 - Oct 15 with 966 views | Antti_Heinola |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 14:29 - Oct 15 by BazzaInTheLoft |
What was that business with Leroy Lita?
Got booed then gave us a spanking . |
that was always odd. people just thought he was arrogant i think.
there are a few characteristics that some football fans can't stand and if three or four are mixed together... | |
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| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 14:37 - Oct 15 with 952 views | enfieldargh |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 12:48 - Oct 15 by DannyPaddox |
Colin Viljoen. South African born Ipswich midfielder - very exotic for the time. Didn't he play on a pre-season tour in the late 70s in Ireland or Scandinavia? Fell down a fjord? Lost in a bog? |
Yes, went to a friendly at the old goldstone ground and he played in midfield and looked quite useful ......probably why we didn't sign him | |
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| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 14:38 - Oct 15 with 949 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 14:30 - Oct 15 by Antti_Heinola |
that was always odd. people just thought he was arrogant i think.
there are a few characteristics that some football fans can't stand and if three or four are mixed together... |
I thought it was a transfer thing, but maybe not. | | | |
| They almost wore the hoops- Karl Henry free thread on 14:39 - Oct 15 with 946 views | paulparker |
Remember a few years back sitting in the p1ssing rain watching Kettering vs QPR
In a pre season friendly
Sitting next to me was Andy Marshalls dad who played in goal that night
He was telling me it was between us and a perm club that was going to sign him
I think judging by the look on my face he thought he was talking rubbish
A week later he signed for Villa
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| 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
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