| Our defence 10:18 - Sep 2 with 5393 views | samueloneils |
Surely someone will correct me but is this the youngest and least experienced back line we have ever had.?
Gordon 22 39 appearances
Ferguson 24 29 appearances
Beckwith 22 94 appearances
Gordon has 6 starts for Sheff Utd but all others for all 3 are at NL level.
Considering this what a cracking performance from them as a unit over the last 2 games. |  | | |  |
| Our defence on 16:33 - Sep 2 with 5008 views | blackdogblue |
Who cares?
Results do the talking 👍 |  |
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| Our defence on 16:47 - Sep 2 with 4963 views | DaleiLama |
If you're good enough, you're old enough. Ask Luke and George and Daniel to name but a few |  |
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| Our defence on 17:31 - Sep 2 with 4841 views | Dale_4_Life |
long may this continue..
Agree if your good enough your old enough!
Defense Gods please look away. | | | |
| Our defence on 17:37 - Sep 2 with 4818 views | YadHoDale |
Joe Rafferty, Craig Dawson, Paul Butler are just three examples of young defenders who played well when given their chances and developed into excellent players at Dale. I hope Kyron, Kyle and Sam can turn out just as well. |  | | |
| Our defence on 18:36 - Sep 2 with 4657 views | davidab2202 |
Alan Reeves was another around that age and he wasn't bad either and for us old timers Ray Aspden comes to mind but think he might have been a little bit older than the current boys are | | | |
| Our defence on 19:14 - Sep 2 with 4525 views | 442Dale |
These are always interesting threads!
Couple of examples off the top of the head and having checked The Book:
At the start of 95/96 after an injury to Peter Valentine, we had a back four of Alex Russell who was 22, Paul Butler 22, Dave Bayliss 19 and Kevin Formby 23. Only Butler had played a significant number of games at the time.
At Exeter in 87/88 we had a centre back pairing of the 18 year old Jason Smart and Zac Hughes who was 16.
Alan Reeves is actually a deceiving one, older than you think as he turned 24 during his first season with us. |  |
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| Our defence on 20:21 - Sep 2 with 4333 views | EllDale |
I think I remember a time around 1977/78 when the squad was wafer thin that Ian Bannon and Billy Boslem played together in the back four? [Post edited 2 Sep 20:22]
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| Our defence on 11:29 - Sep 4 with 3337 views | Peaky |
| Our defence on 19:14 - Sep 2 by 442Dale |
These are always interesting threads!
Couple of examples off the top of the head and having checked The Book:
At the start of 95/96 after an injury to Peter Valentine, we had a back four of Alex Russell who was 22, Paul Butler 22, Dave Bayliss 19 and Kevin Formby 23. Only Butler had played a significant number of games at the time.
At Exeter in 87/88 we had a centre back pairing of the 18 year old Jason Smart and Zac Hughes who was 16.
Alan Reeves is actually a deceiving one, older than you think as he turned 24 during his first season with us. |
Some good memories of this era | | | |
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| Our defence on 12:27 - Sep 4 with 3170 views | dingdangblue |
2014 when we beat Coventry 1-0 at Spotland in League 1 our back 4 was Rafferty 20,Eastham 23,O'Connell 20, Tanser 19 - which was very young. [Post edited 4 Sep 12:47]
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| Our defence on 13:09 - Sep 4 with 3079 views | D_Alien |
| Our defence on 20:21 - Sep 2 by EllDale |
I think I remember a time around 1977/78 when the squad was wafer thin that Ian Bannon and Billy Boslem played together in the back four? [Post edited 2 Sep 20:22]
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Don't forget Brian Hart (i've been trying to for decades) |  |
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| Our defence on 13:20 - Sep 4 with 3039 views | dawlishdale |
Eek. I'd actually almost forgotten about him...but sadly, still have nightmares about Billy Boslem. | | | |
| Our defence on 13:20 - Sep 5 with 2343 views | rochedale |
| Our defence on 12:27 - Sep 4 by dingdangblue |
2014 when we beat Coventry 1-0 at Spotland in League 1 our back 4 was Rafferty 20,Eastham 23,O'Connell 20, Tanser 19 - which was very young. [Post edited 4 Sep 12:47]
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Tanser had a blinder that game. I was sat in the main stand for some reason and remember how well he played at full back, pretty sure he got man of the match too. |  |
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| Our defence on 15:21 - Sep 5 with 2155 views | davidab2202 |
| Our defence on 13:20 - Sep 5 by rochedale |
Tanser had a blinder that game. I was sat in the main stand for some reason and remember how well he played at full back, pretty sure he got man of the match too. |
And gone on to have a reasonable career in football with well over 250 appearances in senior football | | | |
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