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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix 00:17 - Dec 12 with 10006 viewsMidlands_Ranger

Danny maddix....wow....carrying on from the others I've chosen, from my era as a Rangers fan, this guy always was a favourite. Quick, great leap(the ridiculous amount of headers he won), the smile on the face, the passion and commitment, the desire to defend. A class act for me, I remember him still being here in darker days, wearing that neon yellow away kit with black stripe, Ericsson sponsor dark days. And in those days still being totally up for it, looking head and shoulders above many on the pitch, especially his fellow defenders. Not to mention born on the 11th of October sharing my very own birthday(you know when you were a kid and you looked on the stickers or in the programme to see who in the squad was born on or at least near your birthday and hoped it wasn't someone Shiiite).

I remember just watching games of him winning so many headers,beating bigger men with more 'known' names.

Share them memories on the humble and legendary Danny Maddix.....
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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 00:36 - Dec 12 with 7992 viewsDevonwhitewhitewhite

Pains me to say it , given how long he played for us, but he was one of those players back in the heyday when he joined like, well, Devon White and Gary Chivers that if you saw their name on the team sheet you knew Paul Parker or Les or Macca were out and we were in trouble. Danny was a lovely chap I'm sure, and a talented player, particularly once we were relegated to his level, but he had a brain fade in him pretty much every game in the top flight. Osman Kakay is this generations Danny Maddix, able to play about 85% of this level.
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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 00:51 - Dec 12 with 7975 viewsMidlands_Ranger

Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 00:36 - Dec 12 by Devonwhitewhitewhite

Pains me to say it , given how long he played for us, but he was one of those players back in the heyday when he joined like, well, Devon White and Gary Chivers that if you saw their name on the team sheet you knew Paul Parker or Les or Macca were out and we were in trouble. Danny was a lovely chap I'm sure, and a talented player, particularly once we were relegated to his level, but he had a brain fade in him pretty much every game in the top flight. Osman Kakay is this generations Danny Maddix, able to play about 85% of this level.


Totally fair shout, I was just a young un when Danny was first 11 material, and from where we were then and what we had he looked good, always impressed, gave it all the heart and you know what, I like that, he cared, he left it out there.

Interesting point you make though,the transition from player to player, squad to squad, times to other times, different memories and impressions left to all of us individually. But that's what this is about....he was one of the good guys though..no doubt
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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 04:03 - Dec 12 with 7896 viewsSydneyRs

Yeah I was never really a fan and saw him more as a back up player. However he was very decent in a man marking type role and earned the nickname "the shadow" due to that.
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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 04:38 - Dec 12 with 7876 viewsMidlands_Ranger

Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 04:03 - Dec 12 by SydneyRs

Yeah I was never really a fan and saw him more as a back up player. However he was very decent in a man marking type role and earned the nickname "the shadow" due to that.


It is always interesting how we all see and value players differently.....apart from George Santos
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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 07:00 - Dec 12 with 7820 viewsGaryBannister86

Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 00:36 - Dec 12 by Devonwhitewhitewhite

Pains me to say it , given how long he played for us, but he was one of those players back in the heyday when he joined like, well, Devon White and Gary Chivers that if you saw their name on the team sheet you knew Paul Parker or Les or Macca were out and we were in trouble. Danny was a lovely chap I'm sure, and a talented player, particularly once we were relegated to his level, but he had a brain fade in him pretty much every game in the top flight. Osman Kakay is this generations Danny Maddix, able to play about 85% of this level.


You're seriously comparing Danny Maddix to Osman Kakay?

My mind is blown. Mind blown.

Can just imagine Kakay going to Leeds and marking one of the Premier League's most dangerous strikers completely out of the game. Oh yeah.
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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 09:04 - Dec 12 with 7728 viewsBluce_Ree

You lot better keep Maddix's name out of your filthy lying mouths.

In a world where KARL READY EXISTS, Maddix should be remembered fondly.

Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. Stefan Moore, Stefan Moore running down the wing. He runs like a cheetah, his crosses couldn't be sweeter. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore. Stefan Moore.

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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 09:11 - Dec 12 with 7714 viewsBrianMcCarthy

Maddix was an excellent defender, lightning quick with great anticipation and concentration, rarely fouled and was also good in the air.

He went straight into the first team as we were playing the sweeper system in 87-88. That man-marking role definitely suited his talents but he was also good in a flat back four.

Could also bang a goal, and some of his goals were damn fine.

Injuries hampered him from about 95(?) onwards, but prior to that he was really very good.

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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 09:16 - Dec 12 with 7704 viewsNorthernr

Met Danny Maddix last year for our Patreon, absolutely top bloke.

Interviewed in a pub with a load of 80s and 90s classics playing in the background which made for a unique mix...

https://www.patreon.com/posts/danny-maddix-63266342
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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 09:34 - Dec 12 with 7651 viewsRs_Holy





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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 09:47 - Dec 12 with 7633 viewsMidlands_Ranger

Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 07:00 - Dec 12 by GaryBannister86

You're seriously comparing Danny Maddix to Osman Kakay?

My mind is blown. Mind blown.

Can just imagine Kakay going to Leeds and marking one of the Premier League's most dangerous strikers completely out of the game. Oh yeah.
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Gotta agree
Couldn't even mention it directly myself...absolute sacrilege.....no comparison at all...and I like Kakay!
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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 09:48 - Dec 12 with 7628 viewsMidlands_Ranger

Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 09:04 - Dec 12 by Bluce_Ree

You lot better keep Maddix's name out of your filthy lying mouths.

In a world where KARL READY EXISTS, Maddix should be remembered fondly.


Very Fondly remembered by me.....was a little shocked at the first two replies...
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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 09:49 - Dec 12 with 7625 viewsMidlands_Ranger

Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 09:16 - Dec 12 by Northernr

Met Danny Maddix last year for our Patreon, absolutely top bloke.

Interviewed in a pub with a load of 80s and 90s classics playing in the background which made for a unique mix...

https://www.patreon.com/posts/danny-maddix-63266342


Sounds like a dream I've had
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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 09:51 - Dec 12 with 7622 viewsMidlands_Ranger

Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 09:11 - Dec 12 by BrianMcCarthy

Maddix was an excellent defender, lightning quick with great anticipation and concentration, rarely fouled and was also good in the air.

He went straight into the first team as we were playing the sweeper system in 87-88. That man-marking role definitely suited his talents but he was also good in a flat back four.

Could also bang a goal, and some of his goals were damn fine.

Injuries hampered him from about 95(?) onwards, but prior to that he was really very good.


That's the Maddix I remember

Spot on with that analysis.....and yeah had some lovely goals on his record, bombing forward out of nowhere at times
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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 10:00 - Dec 12 with 7597 viewsloftboy

I remember a header he scored at the Dell, couldn’t have volleyed it any harder!

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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 10:34 - Dec 12 with 7551 viewsAntti_Heinola

Shocking replies at the top there.

Danny's in my top 10 all time favourite players. An excellent defender, with great pace, strength and could pass a ball too. Went on to captain the club, and in some dark times was one of the few bright spots.

My two biggest memories of Danny are:

1. I think it was his first game back from that awful foot injury that almost ended his career. Great game v Sheff Wed that we won 3-2, with goals from Les, Trev and Gallen's first goal for the first team. But what gets forgotten is Danny coming on as a sub. Crowd were at fever pitch anyway as it was a tumultuous game, and he started a move at the School End, and then just hammered forward, arrowing down the middle of the pitch. A cross came in, I guess from Impey, and he met it, right in front of the Loft, willimg him to score and I think it hit the outside of the post, keeper beaten. I think there might have been a full scale pitch invasion if that went in.

2. Other end of the scale. Palace game, needing to win to stay up. Maddix was by a million miles player of the season that year, but he was nursing an injury. I got there really early as usual back then and watched him gingerly jogging round the pitch with the physio. He was the one player we needed for that game. Somehow, he played, was excellent as usual, and we won 6-0 in a game that definitely wasn't fixed.

Also, Dale Winton once told me he quite fancied Danny.

Fantastic defender.

Bare bones.

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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 10:42 - Dec 12 with 7536 viewsloftboy

Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 00:36 - Dec 12 by Devonwhitewhitewhite

Pains me to say it , given how long he played for us, but he was one of those players back in the heyday when he joined like, well, Devon White and Gary Chivers that if you saw their name on the team sheet you knew Paul Parker or Les or Macca were out and we were in trouble. Danny was a lovely chap I'm sure, and a talented player, particularly once we were relegated to his level, but he had a brain fade in him pretty much every game in the top flight. Osman Kakay is this generations Danny Maddix, able to play about 85% of this level.


Absolute Bollocks, in one of his first games he kept Ian Rush in his back pocket.

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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 10:50 - Dec 12 with 7520 viewsPhilmyRs

Danny Maddix compared to Ossie Kakay...wow.

A fine defender for us, and one of the best man-to-man markers, although still irritates me when he let Collymore escape after having him in his pocket all game. I think the main problem wih Danny from what I remember is injuries, as others mentioned. I think that held him back and why the later, mid-90s version was not so well thought of - he was also playing in rubbish team back then. But at his peak, his speed and anticipation were up there with the best of them. His biggest weakness from memory was composure with the ball at his feet but back then not so much emphasis on playing out from the back.
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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 10:58 - Dec 12 with 7497 viewsCamberleyR

Also never forget Danny's part in Trev Sinclair's goal of the season.

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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 11:06 - Dec 12 with 7479 viewsdaveB

He was always brilliant at man marking jobs, did a great job against Ian Rush several times and Lineker, Yeboah and many others

I'd argue he was a better all round player than Alan Mcdonald (obviously Macca was also very good don't get me wrong)

Maddix was quick, good in the air and read the game well. Injuries really hurt his career, he missed almost a full season when we were in the Prem

My main memory of him was an early game against West Ham, I think he played in midfield that day and with the game drifting a bit he threw himself into 2 great tackles, won them both then poked ball through to Fereday who crossed for a great Mark Stein goal but those Maddix tackles always stood out for me. Not long after he scored the winner


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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 12:23 - Dec 12 with 7388 viewsOakR

Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 07:00 - Dec 12 by GaryBannister86

You're seriously comparing Danny Maddix to Osman Kakay?

My mind is blown. Mind blown.

Can just imagine Kakay going to Leeds and marking one of the Premier League's most dangerous strikers completely out of the game. Oh yeah.
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100% - there is no comparison, and I quite like Kakay but come on now! The level of opposition apart from anything are worlds apart.

I thought he was great for us. Would I have him over Parker or Macca, well no, but was I still happy if he was playing, then yes.

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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 13:11 - Dec 12 with 7324 viewshantssi

Was he a free from Spurs?
If so perhaps one of our best ever signings!
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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 13:42 - Dec 12 with 7283 viewsBrianMcCarthy

Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 13:11 - Dec 12 by hantssi

Was he a free from Spurs?
If so perhaps one of our best ever signings!


I think we might have paid £50k?

Sounds familiar somehow.

Either way, a great signing, and I think one recommended to Jim Smith by Peter Shreeves who'd worked with him at Spurs.

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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 13:56 - Dec 12 with 7263 viewsNewYorkRanger

Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 11:06 - Dec 12 by daveB

He was always brilliant at man marking jobs, did a great job against Ian Rush several times and Lineker, Yeboah and many others

I'd argue he was a better all round player than Alan Mcdonald (obviously Macca was also very good don't get me wrong)

Maddix was quick, good in the air and read the game well. Injuries really hurt his career, he missed almost a full season when we were in the Prem

My main memory of him was an early game against West Ham, I think he played in midfield that day and with the game drifting a bit he threw himself into 2 great tackles, won them both then poked ball through to Fereday who crossed for a great Mark Stein goal but those Maddix tackles always stood out for me. Not long after he scored the winner




100% agree with this. Danny was well known as a man to man marking specialist, and was very good at it. Quality player and great servant to the club.

Glory hunter, me

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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 14:43 - Dec 12 with 7214 viewsQPRSteve

My flab is still ghasted by those early replies. A top, top player for us.
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Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 15:05 - Dec 12 with 7185 viewsslmrstid

Let's reminisce heroes....series...no:3 Danny Maddix on 13:42 - Dec 12 by BrianMcCarthy

I think we might have paid £50k?

Sounds familiar somehow.

Either way, a great signing, and I think one recommended to Jim Smith by Peter Shreeves who'd worked with him at Spurs.


No idea about Maddix but Crouch was £50k from Spurs I think.

One of the stalwarts of my early QPR days but I can't really remember much about Maddix slightly, just a bit too young for it. Soz.
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