| Home debut but Clarke was immense 09:28 - Jan 25 with 4111 views | carlisleaway |
What other players over the years spring to mind as an outstanding performance would you name.
I remember Paul Mariners debut v WBA as a starter |  | | |  |
| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 09:32 - Jan 25 with 3376 views | FattyBoomBoom |
Finidi George. Never seen a debut like it, especially from a 53 year old!!! |  | | |
| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 09:35 - Jan 25 with 3361 views | carlisleaway |
| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 09:32 - Jan 25 by FattyBoomBoom |
Finidi George. Never seen a debut like it, especially from a 53 year old!!! |
No way, I believe we were playing against 10 men that night and he had acres of space when he scored that goal | | | |
| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 09:36 - Jan 25 with 3349 views | J2BLUE |
Grant Ward |  |
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| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 09:43 - Jan 25 with 3308 views | Bluefields |
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| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 09:58 - Jan 25 with 3233 views | bournemouthblue |
| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 09:36 - Jan 25 by J2BLUE |
Grant Ward |
There's a player who started on fire before gradually tapering out
MM definitely got the best out of average players but I also think could also suck the life out of the more talented ones if they didn't have an engine and weren't doing their defensive work |  |
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| Sam Morsy vs Doncaster on 10:04 - Jan 25 with 3189 views | Dyland |
Yeh, Donny were pants, but Morsy looked like a computer game where one team/player are a few levels above the other. I was transfixed by his play. Never lost the ball, drove forward, always found a teammate. I tried to find comparisons with Town legend midfielders but couldn't.
Yes I know it's division three. And no, I'm not saying he's better than Thijssen or Magilton or whoever just because they don't really compare. Different players innit. |  |
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| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 10:23 - Jan 25 with 3088 views | suffolkpoker |
I remember Ian Marshall having a decent debut and going on to score in the next 10+ games in a row.
Ian, Ian Marshall!! |  |
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| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 10:23 - Jan 25 with 3089 views | HighgateBlue |
Paul Goddard's full debut in 1991 when he scored both goals in a 2-0 win against Hull.
MIke Pollitt was memorable but not an outstanding performance. And Mark Fish, well... |  | | |
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| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 10:29 - Jan 25 with 3041 views | Linners |
I sat next to an old boy last night (maybe in his 70s?) but it was such a delight to see how excited he was with Clarke. He turned to me at one point and said, "I think we've found ourselves a right back..." |  | | |
| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 11:22 - Jan 25 with 2797 views | FrimleyBlue |
Magilton.
Remember thinking we'd signed our own version of Beckham. Pingtastic. |  |
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| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 11:44 - Jan 25 with 2736 views | LeoMuff |
Matthew Bates, put Luke Chadwick in the top tier of the stand,great stuff. |  |
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| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 12:06 - Jan 25 with 2699 views | bluebudgie |
I'm old enough to remember Colin Viljoens debut against Portsmouth in the 60s he was only young at 18 but he came in to score a hat trick for town to win 4-2 , but Clarkes debut last night was very impressive and he looks so strong and assured for a 21 year old |  | | |
| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 12:51 - Jan 25 with 2616 views | Coastalblue |
Reluctant to say it, but Bullard. Scored against Derby in a very good performance from what I recall. |  |
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| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 12:57 - Jan 25 with 2596 views | Vic |
Mariners was the one that came to my mind! |  |
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| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 13:06 - Jan 25 with 2563 views | Radlett_blue |
| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 09:32 - Jan 25 by FattyBoomBoom |
Finidi George. Never seen a debut like it, especially from a 53 year old!!! |
Except that was Finidi's second game for Town. His debut was at Sunderland a few days before, when they kicked him off the park. |  |
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| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 13:18 - Jan 25 with 2527 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 13:06 - Jan 25 by Radlett_blue |
Except that was Finidi's second game for Town. His debut was at Sunderland a few days before, when they kicked him off the park. |
Yeah, the Derby game was his home debut in which he was absolutely incredible
I’ll add Martijn Reuser (swoon) popping up with an injury time winner to the list, probably not an incredible performance per se given he’d only been on for about 5 minutes but definitely a sign of things to come! [Post edited 25 Jan 2023 13:18]
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| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 13:20 - Jan 25 with 2508 views | bournemouthblue |
| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 13:06 - Jan 25 by Radlett_blue |
Except that was Finidi's second game for Town. His debut was at Sunderland a few days before, when they kicked him off the park. |
I guess we will put these down as immense home debuts | |
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| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 14:07 - Jan 25 with 2436 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 10:23 - Jan 25 by HighgateBlue |
Paul Goddard's full debut in 1991 when he scored both goals in a 2-0 win against Hull.
MIke Pollitt was memorable but not an outstanding performance. And Mark Fish, well... |
Was Pollitt's debut not also Matthew Bates home debut as well?
And Bates put Luke Chadwick into row C with a huge, fair, tackle?
Won himself a lot of Town fans in that moment! | | | |
| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 14:38 - Jan 25 with 2358 views | tractordownsouth |
Gwion Edwards v Blackburn
Sam Morsy v Doncaster (although it was only his league debut as he'd played against West Ham U21s in the EFL cup) |  |
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| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 14:51 - Jan 25 with 2331 views | chicoazul |
Steve Whitton. Debut for the ages applaused off at half time by Churchman’s, yes Churchman’s applauded a player.
Never before or since seen a player take corners down the right with his left foot, corners down the left with his right.
Also; Baltacha. |  |
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| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 18:12 - Jan 25 with 2135 views | Yallop2 |
Barry Cotter |  | | |
| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 18:55 - Jan 25 with 2095 views | Horsham |
| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 14:51 - Jan 25 by chicoazul |
Steve Whitton. Debut for the ages applaused off at half time by Churchman’s, yes Churchman’s applauded a player.
Never before or since seen a player take corners down the right with his left foot, corners down the left with his right.
Also; Baltacha. |
Are you sure about the Steve Whitton corner thing? Wasn’t Neil Thompson almost always on corner duty? He didn’t miss many games! If I remember correctly and I probably don’t… |  | | |
| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 18:57 - Jan 25 with 2079 views | Dubtractor |
| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 14:51 - Jan 25 by chicoazul |
Steve Whitton. Debut for the ages applaused off at half time by Churchman’s, yes Churchman’s applauded a player.
Never before or since seen a player take corners down the right with his left foot, corners down the left with his right.
Also; Baltacha. |
If you'd watched me in my younger days you'd have seen it! |  |
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| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 19:31 - Jan 25 with 2029 views | gordon |
Don't know if anyone remembers Owen Garvan's first full game as an 18 year old, first day of the season against Sheffield Wednesday I think - first half and hour he looked tidy but didn't get too involved, then all of a sudden there was a 5 or 10 minute spell where he totally he ran the game and you thought wow what have we got here.
Real shame it didn't quite work out, but he had incredible vision, composure and awareness for an 18 year old.
Think it was Cardiff actually, maybe Alan Lee scored in a 1-0 win? [Post edited 25 Jan 2023 19:32]
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| Home debut but Clarke was immense on 22:22 - Jan 25 with 1875 views | graham29a |
Anyone remember Sergei Baltacha Home Debut? Unless my memory fails me he scored an unlikely goal and became a cult player. | | | |
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