Who would you have in your all time Rovers starting eleven?
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Who would you have in your all time Rovers starting eleven?
This might help
http://homepage.eircom.net/~sligorov...100/Top100.htm
Mark Mc Lean
Seamus Coleman Chris Butler
Gavin Peers Declan Boyle
Johnny Kenny Padraig Moran
Chris Turner Will Hastie
Eddie Annand Ian Gilzean
SUBS.... Tony Kelly
Raf Cretaro
Falcon Rose
Wesley Charles
Robert Brunton
brush
coleman
peers
ventre
boco
ogrady
moran
blinkhorn
charles
butler
almeida
jordan
cretaro (until july 09)
theres a few more id say aswell but cant think atm
some of my favourites over the last few years
Gather round, children, and I will give you the definitive all time greatest Rovers team (442). As a bonus, I will tell you why, in the cases where you will only have heard of them at your grandfather's knee. Be warned, I will brook no argument in relation to this matter and a crossed Avvenalaf is a cross Avvenalaf.
Alan Patterson Arguably the best goalkeeper ever to play in the league. In the title winning season on 1977 he gave a display in Finn Park that put the Alamo in the ha'penny place.
Eunan 'Bustie' Blake In time, I expect that we will agree that Seamus Coleman was the greatest right full ever to play in The Showgies but in their respective times there, Bustie was the best ever. At that time, LOI played serious representative matches against Scottish and English leagues. It will come as no surprise to you that Dublin clubs dominated these selections but Bustie was so good that his exclusion was out of the question.
David Pugh Consider the fact that most of the guys David played with would have made Choice and Manson look like Torres and Ronaldo and you get the picture. Another Alamo merchant.
Gavin Peers There is a God. 'Carry me off on my shield'.
Graham Fox Another 1977 man and a wonderful footballer with any club he ever played with.
Johnny Kenny Comment is superfluous. No one who was there the night they turned on the lights will ever forget the goal Johnny scored that night.
Pat McCluskey Pat was only 17 when he came on loan from Celtic in the 69/70 season. Christ, what a player. He went on to play for Celtic and Scotland but, unfortunately, took a few wrong 'social' decisions and never fulfilled his immense potential. Could have been better that Roy Keane. Still works as a match day host at Parkhead.
Tony Fagan 'Nuff said. 'Bury my heart on the half way line'.
Johnny Armstrong The flying Scotsman. Became one of our own and lit up the Showgrounds on many a dull afternoon when all around him seemed to be wearing wellingtons full of water. Legend.
Johnny Brooks Came amongst us when our experience of cross channel football consisted of The Big Match watched in a blizzard reception on UTV. Scored goals of unimaginable beauty and was probably the first player to catch the unanimous admiration of both the shed and the stand. I remember leaving the Showgies after another Brooks exhibition and hearing a young lad ask his father 'Daddy, who is Johnny playing next?'.
Paul McGee The one player who went on to make a more than decent career for himself. played over 25 times for Ireland and was the main man in the 1977 year.
So, that's it. Don't thank me - just don't argue with me.
I heard about this goal before, what was it like?Quote:
Johnny Kenny Comment is superfluous. No one who was there the night they turned on the lights will ever forget the goal Johnny scored that night.
Screamer from 30 yards? walking it into the goals?
Gathered the ball on the halfway line and headed off, leaving defenders flailing in his wake. When he got to the box, had the presence of mind to remember to slip the ball past the advancing goalie and set up a season where we finished with the treble.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joxter
Eddie Annand scored a similar goal against Cobh but Johnny had the copyright at that stage.
Oi! What about Dan Murray.?Quote:
Originally Posted by A.Dolan
manson deserves a mention aswell
No Martin Bayly ?? class midfielder.....does any rovers fan remember him playing ?
Came back from Wolves because of a spate of injuries. He was definetely a class act, Ritchie his brother played in the same Rovers team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain2007
Thank god someone remembers him,I'll never forget Martin especially having the pleasure of chasing his shadow around the Showgrounds in the late eighties, was a terrific footballer and deserves at least a mention IMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by red bellied
--------------------------Fred Davis---------------------------
Kupono Low------Chris Rutherford-------Tony Stenson-------Paul Morgan
Johnny Kenny----Michael Savage--------Tony Fagan------Harry McLoughlin
--------------Padraig Moran-----------Martin Bayly-----------
Subs:
John O'Hara
Andy Spring
John Burke
Willie Hastie
James Mulligan
... ahem ...
Bayly I have to say was one of the best players I ever saw in the Showgrounds, one of the lads who wouldn't have looked out of place in '77. Two more similarly classy players I loved watching were Charlie McGeever and Anthony Gorman.
Martin Bayly No. 6 in this game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Captain2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C37nD3iJjnc
----------Patterson--------------
coleman/Boco-----Peers-----Pugh------Fox
Kenny---Fagan---McGee---McLaughlin
-----------Bradley----Moran----------
Subs;
Dykes
Annand
Boyle
Brunton
O'Grady
Cretaro
O'Hara
------------------Brush----------------
Coleman-------Peers------Charles--Low
Cretaro--------Birks------O'Grady-Rowlands
--------------Moran------McTiernan------
That was the strip with small confederate flags down both sleeves, weird and just pure luck we had no black player in that teamQuote:
Originally Posted by showgies
Mathers (only 1 game against Nantes but the best rovers keeper I ever saw)
Coleman
Peers
Boyle
McDonnell
Kenny
Fagan
Hastie
McLoughlin
Moran
Annand
Matt Boswell
Robbie Keggan Gavin Dykes David Pugh Mark Hutchinson
Steve Jones (c) Tony Fagan Tony Kelly Johnny Kenny
Paul McGee Eddie Annand
Subs
Mark Mclean
Harry Mc loughlin
Ian gilzean
Will Hastie
Gavin Peers
jimmy mulligan, what a player. went to ballymena i think.
Ah yes, the Colombian ambassador to Sligo.Quote:
Originally Posted by CF1989
What Heroic acts did half of that team do on behalf of rovers ? If the thread is about heroes expect it should be most of the 77 team and the additional lads in 83 and 94 and a few of the current crop , the all time hero would have to be steny who refused to go off at half time in 83 and instead got his leg sown back together again and went on to score the equaliser.Quote:
Originally Posted by red metal
------------Patterson------------
Coleman--Peers--Stenson---Fox
Kenny--O'Grady--Fagan--McLoughlin
----------McGee--Annand---------
Subs:
O' Hara/Brush
Boyle
Hastie
Boco
Cretaro
Not one mention of Brian Tosh...strange.
O'Hara
Coleman
Rutherford
Peers
Nolan
Johnny Kenny
Fago
McDonnell
Harry
Annand
Ski
Subs:
Broujous
Boyle
Bonner
Hastie
Padraig Moran
Cretaro
There are quite a few others that could make the bench, but we'll stop there.
Two international players that may have got into the team, if we had them in their prime:
Billy Hamilton and Mark Kelly
my memory only goes back as far as the 80's - i can't really comment on the last 3 seasons as i have seen about 12 games - hence i rarely comment on this forum any more - but here goes
O'hara - i rememember a few rovers keepers - from lally to Brujos Mcclean to Banana - he was probably the best i saw
Coleman - obvious choice - ryan cross was another that used to impress me , likewise Gerry Kelly wasn't bad -
Robbie Brunton - great player , signed from Stoke - went on to Bohs via Derry and someone else i think
Gavin Boyle - pure class - really thought he would make it at Celtic
Peers - saw alot of him under Fat Seanie in 2006 season -
Johnny kenny - tough one between him and Raf - his asthma stopped him reaching a higher level according to some
Will Hastie - quality player
Gerry Kelly - ex Bolton - whilst his time was short - i don't i have ever seen anyone who could pass the ball like him - stud out a mile whenever i saw him - had a bit of keith Foy about him though
O'Grady - quality player
Moran - legend as as far as i'm concerned
Annand - i think probably the best natural striker i have seen at the showgies -
Subs
Raf
Mulligan
Foy - on pure ability
Mcclean
You can't pick a centre back pairing as one of your centre backs!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Royal rover
Have you actually seen half those players play?Quote:
Originally Posted by sligofan4ever
Combination of the link provided with some helpful stats aswell as players i've seen myself. Youtube to an extent aswell, the one site that can make anyone look good at football - except the keeper wearing the blue top in this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDxwyOGj1EMQuote:
Originally Posted by Rovers1
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nah Nah Nah Nah
Same thing applies to the central midfield pairing of Gerry Kelly.
Reminds me of the loyalist graffiti in Belfast after the first death of a hunger striker.
WE'LL NEVER FORGET YOU, JIMMY SANDS
Seeing as this is a "heroes" all time 11 and not an all time 11 talent wise, this would be mine from what I've seen:
1.Matt Boswell
2.Philip Gallagher
3.Wesley Charles
4.Gerry Carr
5.Shaun Holmes
6.Danny Ventre
7.Damien Scanlon
8.Glen Shannon
9.Paul McTiernan
10.Luther Watson
11.Gareth Gorman
12.John O'Hara
13.Keith Carty
14.Ramuel Miller
15.Chris Butler
16.Jamie McKenzie
Which I'm guessing are Coleman, Peers and O'Grady?Quote:
Originally Posted by sligofan4ever
heroes 11 for me would be something like
tommy arcaba
zoltan vassas
wes charles
kevin julien
david o'dowd
piotr badzjiak
carl van der velden
ramuel miller
sean flannery
luther watson
riviere williams
subs
paul brown
darren jack
jalmard kusten
khalid el kalif
hoefkins (think thats the name, dutch lad used to play with a big enough side in holland i think)
tim mccann
robbie hedderman
marcus hallows
Where's he these days? Ended up in Limerick for a season after he left us IIRC?Quote:
Originally Posted by CF1989
Pretty sure his season with limerick was before he came here?sound lad,always remember him on about the time he had to go with the lads and watch the sligo gaa team,he hadn't a clue what was going on!his dislike of the gah makes him a hero in my eyes!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rovers1
cant remember him from adam, saw the name in a programme recently though, great name
a patterson
s coleman
c rutherford
g peers
g fox
p mcgee
m bates
w hastie
h mcloughlin
e annand
g hulmes
subs
t fagan
m leonard
m bayly
p moran
t stenson
j ohara
J Lynch
R Rooney
E Scanlon
G Dykes
I Lynch
A Rooney
H Mcloughlin
M Rooney
T Fagan
J Skeffington
E Devins
subs
M Savage
M oDonnell
j lynch in goals :eek:
Has to be someone else better? Young, Eames maybe