LionOfGosforth

Watching Fulham v Cardiff, desperate stuff like. There was a period not long back when Cardiff seemed to pick up points every time we did, don't know how they're bloody awful.

Southampton 1 Bournemouth 2

Oof yep. Gust of wind would have blown him over, fecking hopeless but a trier.

Yer right like, cheap as chips and a right laugh standing with your mates. Those days are loooooong gone sadly. A lot of the stuff already mentioned really chimes with me. I was at the Barnsley "Ranson and Fereday" game, remember Fumaca's "interesting" take on football and still can picture the like of Mavis Riley and Rob McDonald disgracing our no 9 shirt, but it was all a good laugh in those days. There's probably a better thread for these types of reminiscences but did you happen to go to that Blackpool cup game in 87, probably around September time? We got beat 1-0, but I never went to even those types of games expecting much, it was for the craic and being with your mates mostly. Anyway, I remember Gazza getting dogs abuse when he tried to clap the fans at the end but the funniest memory from that is this lad turning around furious as the whistle went, face the colour of blackcurrant jam, shouting "The Chronicle back page headline tomorrow should be "FUCKING SHIT!!"". It was hilarious at the time, the thought of a newspaper using profanity as their headline but it had been that bad

Separate point and not relevant to the discussion but if that's true, it's as big an indictment of the modern game as anything I can think of. That gruesome, useless little shitehawk making about 10 times what a decent doctor probably makes in the public sector.

Yer right like, cheap as chips and a right laugh standing with your mates. Those days are loooooong gone sadly.

There was one bloke who I ended up standing near in the Gallowgate Corner most home games. Constantly yelled "Dillon, get off!!!", pretty much every time he touched the ball. Was moderately amusing the first time I heard it, but by about March, the novelty had worn off like That was my mate Neil, had a laugh like Basil Brush, hated Kevin Dillon with a passion. You could tell, swear Dillon heard him one time when he yelled as he was taking a corner 'kinell, can't believe someone else remembers this 30 years on

He's up there. I remember settling down to watch the 98 world cup with so much excitement to see this striker we'd just signed, top scorer in France and leading the line for his country at the WC. He was shite. I thought, just an aberration, he'll be good for us. He did trundle one in off the post against Liverpool in a 4-1 defeat so not all bad like!

Andersson was a weird one, I think Shearer even recommended him to Daggers as an ideal strike partner, played for Milan and cost reasonable money for the time (around 3.5m?). Missed Clarke and Rafferty, before my time. What about Shinton? Wasn't he top scorer one year with about 4? 80-81 season, which was about as grim as I've ever seen us, he finished top scorer with 7. I had a badge which I bought in the Kard Bar that said <b>'Bobby Shinton's more slippery than a frog's belly'. Great times.</b> The great man himself used to come down my street every Wednesday in his sponsored Ford Escort, to drop his pools money off at the Littlewoods agent in our street. How times have changed. Brilliant!!!

Andersson was a weird one, I think Shearer even recommended him to Daggers as an ideal strike partner, played for Milan and cost reasonable money for the time (around 3.5m?). Missed Clarke and Rafferty, before my time. What about Shinton? Wasn't he top scorer one year with about 4? Also scored against the big clubs away too. Weird one. Sure he nearly scored a stunner on his debut. Scored in a 1-1 at Man Utd and a 1-1 at Chelsea, also scored at Liverpool. Was playing in the era right after I moved away so I didn't see him play live much. Maybe it was the daft hair? injuries? a perceived lack of heart? Double-checking the records, he didn't score many like, about 5 across 2 seasons

Andersson was a weird one, I think Shearer even recommended him to Daggers as an ideal strike partner, played for Milan and cost reasonable money for the time (around 3.5m?). Missed Clarke and Rafferty, before my time. What about Shinton? Wasn't he top scorer one year with about 4?

There was one bloke who I ended up standing near in the Gallowgate Corner most home games. Constantly yelled "Dillon, get off!!!", pretty much every time he touched the ball. Was moderately amusing the first time I heard it, but by about March, the novelty had worn off like Used to stand in the corner during that season - shifted to the Scoreboard after the playoffs v the mackems. I remember 'Kenny Everett' who used to sit in the East Stand and start the signing up there. Different times. Loads of characters and memories and about 3 quid to get in

There was one bloke who I ended up standing near in the Gallowgate Corner most home games. Constantly yelled "Dillon, get off!!!", pretty much every time he touched the ball. Was moderately amusing the first time I heard it, but by about March, the novelty had worn off like

Perfect description of how the game played out. A complete match report in one sentence. Quite literally nothing else happened

Was a canny away day in that era, decent bars nearby, always a big following but mixed results on the pitch to say the least. Went 3 times 89-92 and we were shite each time but still, as a youngun, you enjoyed yourself anyway. Probably saw you with the cone on yer nappa that day

I was a shite day all round. On the bus leaving Blackburn, the local radio guy was going on like they'd just won the champions league with the best performance of all time. I don't remember Tom's Diner from that day but i remember it being sung there the following season when we went and won 0-1 to a last minute Steve Howey goal. Liam O'Brien ;-) And yup - the ditty was sung. I was there. Think it was only the second game and I was already sick of that season. 90 minutes of hell saved by one second of inspiration. Seem to remember that we got a corner and Dillon took it, but scuffed it along the ground, everyone groaned then a split second later, O'Brien had lashed it into the top corner. We couldn't even take a corner right that game, Tom's fucking Diner indeed

It was a banner era My abiding memory of Fereday will always be that Barnsley game - 5k away fans watching in disbelief as he tried to work a ham-fisted 1-2 with Ranson and the ball trundled out for a goalkick with us 1-0 down and about 10 minutes left. Cue the entire away end going radge with disgust

I was a shite day all round. On the bus leaving Blackburn, the local radio guy was going on like they'd just won the champions league with the best performance of all time. I don't remember Tom's Diner from that day but i remember it being sung there the following season when we went and won 0-1 to a last minute Steve Howey goal. Ah crap, you're right. I was at both games and mixed them up, knew it happened at Blackburn. Just remember the game being shite and I was totally frustrated by events on the pitch and then about 75% of our fans decided to hum this song. I was fucking livid. I think Liam O'Brien scored in that game with quite literally the very last kick of the game. Utterly terrible game but winning 1-0 with the last kick of an away game was pretty special and funny too. The locals didn't like it much

I was at that game. What a performance it was. Got beat 2-0, literally everyone was shite but him...Jesus wept Everything about that day was crap, got beat, got me sandwiches nicked by Lancashire bizzies. A large percentage of our fans actually hummed the tune to that fucking atrocious song "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega at one point. Jesus Christ, I wanted to do murder that day

Someone please put me out of my misery, It’s doing my head in Paul Moran. I vote for Rob McDonald. Ronald McDonald with his clown feet would have been more effective. That’s him!! Fuck me he made McDonald look competent. Easily the winner. Just realised he only played one game!! And I was there. Fuck me Already mentioned pages back. Came on against Wolves, looked still pissed from the night before. If memory serves, Gazza took him out in the toon on the Friday night as they were both at Spurs at the time. Never seen a worse cameo in my life, looked like a fan won a competition to play for half an hour in a real game. Ah sorry, just noticed that!! Yeah that was the legend, Gazza took him out the night before Massively worse than the others being mentioned, had to be seen to be believed. That was complete embarrassment, next on the list but not a forward was Wayne Fereday Yeah that was a period towards the end of the Jim Smith era right before Ardiles took over and we were just loaning trash left and right. Dave Mitchell, Tommy Gaynor, that Wilson bloke from Forest (Terry?). No idea who sanctioned loaning Moran, but I think that half hour was all he played for us. Not seen anything worse. Fereday was a bit different, lightning fast winger who had a couple of decent moments but was generally crap. Recall one game down at Barnsley, he came on as a sub and we were 1-0 down, remember him and Ranson getting pelted with abuse for one period of terrible misplaced passes that had to be seen to be believed. Quinny eventually equalized. Getting off-track but I also recall a player Darren Bradshaw. One of those hopeless tiny fee players we signed in the Smith era, think he cost 40k from York. He came on as a second half sub at Blackburn, did nothing right at all, and was eventually subbed himself, simply for being hopeless. Don't think I can recall a sub being subbed, except due to injuries.

Someone please put me out of my misery, It’s doing my head in Paul Moran. I vote for Rob McDonald. Ronald McDonald with his clown feet would have been more effective. That’s him!! Fuck me he made McDonald look competent. Easily the winner. Just realised he only played one game!! And I was there. Fuck me Already mentioned pages back. Came on against Wolves, looked still pissed from the night before. If memory serves, Gazza took him out in the toon on the Friday night as they were both at Spurs at the time. Never seen a worse cameo in my life, looked like a fan won a competition to play for half an hour in a real game.

Concur 100%. Seen most of the strikers we've had since about 83 and Pingel is about the worst. Scored once off his lug against Liverpool, knew nowt about it. Utterly terrible, not a single worthwhile attribute, no pace, presence, goal instinct, nowt. Others already mentioned, like Rob Mcdonald, Mavis Reilly at least had some physical attributes and in the case of Mcdonald, single-handedly won us a game at Sheff Wed by scoring and setting up a scuffed winner for Michael O'Neill. We've had some tripe on loan too, Dave Mitchell, Tommy Gaynor spring to mind. Actually just remembered one worse...Paul Moran! He was on loan around 91, apparently got utterly shit-faced on the Friday before his home "debut" against Wolves the next day. Came on second half as a sub and sort of wandered around in a daze contributing absolutely nothing to a dire 0-0 draw and was never seen again.

Aye but Man City wanted him, rather have Billy Askew

<b>60 million.</b> Man City have Fernandinho and Man Utd have Fred. You couldn’t make it up. Christ. Wasn't familiar with the deal to sign him, was thinking he must have been a free transfer

Fucking Fred, one-man comedy show