| A Town XI that never was… 09:20 - Nov 19 with 8071 views | selondonblue23 |
Inspired by a podcast I’ve heard from Palace fans. An XI of players who somehow never played for Town, but it really feels like they did or very much could have had things gone differently.
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GK: Joe Lewis - From Bury, played for Posh, very promising at one time. The perfect fit for a 2012 move to PR.
RB: Greg Halford - A talented, young Colchester player. How did he never move here?!
CB: Paddy McCarthy - Had to check he didn’t play for us under Jewell.
CB: Richard Wood - Ditto. Still not sure he didn’t play next to Danny Higginbotham and/or Neill Collins.
LB: George Friend - Maybe we went for Stephen Ward instead…
RM: Gareth McLeary - “Tabb, finds Skuse, he plays it to McLeary…”
CM: Kenny Lunt - I loved the Crewe team he was in. Rivers, Ashton etc. We always seemed to beat them approx 4-3. I feel like around the 2000-2004 era we were very good at picking up the best players at less good clubs, but maybe we just took Jamma instead.
CM: Graeme Dorrans - Obviously the Norwich connection comes into play but feels very us at one time or another, maybe it could have been us instead of Albion when he moved down to England.
LM: Stephen Quinn - Possibly because of his brother but I really feel like this has happened.
CF: Craig Mackail-Smith - The Posh thing again. Good player for them, very Jewell.
CF: Billy Sharp - Scored a lot of goals in Championship while we were there. Had that nice moment at PR for Doncaster where we clapped him. Would have been a Chopra or Priskin type signing.
Manager - Warnock. I think we’d have had a lot of fun.
In forming this I did feel slightly scarred by Jewell and McCarthy, but there’s a touch of Burley/Royle/Magilton in there too.
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| A Town XI that never was… on 09:23 - Nov 19 with 5523 views | tractordownsouth |
David Nugent |  |
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| A Town XI that never was… on 09:44 - Nov 19 with 5382 views | iamatractorboy |
Any credible XI has to include Mr Batistuta, surely  | | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 09:50 - Nov 19 with 5362 views | SitfcB |
James Coppinger.
Kevin Phillips. |  |
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| A Town XI that never was… on 10:10 - Nov 19 with 5295 views | Sharkey |
To answer the question about Halford, it seems strange to remember that at the time Colchester had a better team than Town. He wanted to play in the PL, which he did, and Reading paid something like 3 million. He's still playing this season, I believe. (Blyth Spartans.)
For what it's worth, I do think it's strange Town didn't sign Poku a couple of seasons ago, particularly as he was very much McGreal's project. But Colchester almost seem to have a deal with Peterborough whereby they'll send players there and Posh will 'fatten them up for market' and split the profit. (Kent, Poku, Ihonvien. Szmodics of course went there via Bristol C.) |  | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 10:12 - Nov 19 with 5282 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Mustapha Hadji.
Armando Broja. 😉 [Post edited 19 Nov 2024 10:13]
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| A Town XI that never was… on 10:25 - Nov 19 with 5209 views | charlie1 |
Ruud Gullitt
Paul Gascoigne
Sir Bobby had them both in the door on trial but passed. | | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 10:30 - Nov 19 with 5188 views | Pique |
Ian Crook
Hassan Kachloul
Joel Ward |  | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 10:32 - Nov 19 with 5180 views | Mookamoo |
Mart Poom
Seemed odds on he was going to be our keeper.
Instead we got Marshall and Sereni and a whole lotta pain [Post edited 19 Nov 2024 10:32]
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| A Town XI that never was… on 10:38 - Nov 19 with 5139 views | PhilTWTD |
Worth pointing out Neill Collins never played for us either! |  | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 10:38 - Nov 19 with 5129 views | PhilTWTD |
| A Town XI that never was… on 10:32 - Nov 19 by Mookamoo |
Mart Poom
Seemed odds on he was going to be our keeper.
Instead we got Marshall and Sereni and a whole lotta pain [Post edited 19 Nov 2024 10:32]
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We'd already got Marshall. Wonder how different things would have been if we'd got Poom. | | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 10:49 - Nov 19 with 5074 views | WeWereZombies |
Pat Jennings |  |
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| A Town XI that never was… on 10:50 - Nov 19 with 5069 views | PrideOfTheEast |
Hassan Kachoul | | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 11:05 - Nov 19 with 5014 views | Mookamoo |
| A Town XI that never was… on 10:38 - Nov 19 by PhilTWTD |
We'd already got Marshall. Wonder how different things would have been if we'd got Poom. |
I think we stay up with Poom
Didn't we bid £4 million and they wanted £5 million. Ended up paying near that for Sereni anyway.
Yes, Derby also went down but we were a much better side than them | | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 11:05 - Nov 19 with 5008 views | Churchman |
Jonathan Douglas. He never played for Town, but it really feels like he did. Sorry, that was unfair, harsh, not relevant and uncalled for….. couldn’t resist.
I’ll go for Jaden Philogene. |  | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 11:10 - Nov 19 with 4988 views | oldburian |
Barry Smart, England Schoolboys keeper in the late fifties when at Silver Jubilee School in Bury.
Went to Chelsea and never heard of again. | | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 11:15 - Nov 19 with 4947 views | PhilTWTD |
| A Town XI that never was… on 10:25 - Nov 19 by charlie1 |
Ruud Gullitt
Paul Gascoigne
Sir Bobby had them both in the door on trial but passed. |
Gullitt was never on trial, we just looked at him. We were the first professional club to look at John Barnes. | | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 11:24 - Nov 19 with 4886 views | exeterblue10 |
Kenny Lunt. There’s one to add to the spoonerism thread from earlier this week [Post edited 19 Nov 2024 11:31]
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| A Town XI that never was… on 11:44 - Nov 19 with 4781 views | charlie1 |
| A Town XI that never was… on 11:15 - Nov 19 by PhilTWTD |
Gullitt was never on trial, we just looked at him. We were the first professional club to look at John Barnes. |
There are a few town-related websites that say Gullitt had a trial with us, but that Robson decided against it because of concerns over discipline and he went on to sign for Feyenoord.
Urban myth maybe. | | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 11:44 - Nov 19 with 4780 views | Sharkey |
| A Town XI that never was… on 11:15 - Nov 19 by PhilTWTD |
Gullitt was never on trial, we just looked at him. We were the first professional club to look at John Barnes. |
You mean Gullit was 'scouted', i.e watched while playing for someone in the Netherlands? | | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 11:55 - Nov 19 with 4744 views | Keno |
there was local lad, Roberto Carlos type left back, I think his name was Phil Ham |  |
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| A Town XI that never was… on 12:07 - Nov 19 with 4703 views | PhilTWTD |
| A Town XI that never was… on 11:44 - Nov 19 by charlie1 |
There are a few town-related websites that say Gullitt had a trial with us, but that Robson decided against it because of concerns over discipline and he went on to sign for Feyenoord.
Urban myth maybe. |
I think that's the story getting embellished over the years. I think the only source for it is the Evening Star on the day after we won the UEFA Cup. | | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 12:11 - Nov 19 with 4675 views | PhilTWTD |
| A Town XI that never was… on 11:44 - Nov 19 by Sharkey |
You mean Gullit was 'scouted', i.e watched while playing for someone in the Netherlands? |
Indeed, Haarlem. He was 18, if I remember rightly. | | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 12:20 - Nov 19 with 4628 views | selondonblue23 |
| A Town XI that never was… on 10:38 - Nov 19 by PhilTWTD |
Worth pointing out Neill Collins never played for us either! |
Haha, woops, the other Collins. Danny was it? Scored at City Ground, I think. | | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 12:21 - Nov 19 with 4618 views | selondonblue23 |
| A Town XI that never was… on 09:50 - Nov 19 by SitfcB |
James Coppinger.
Kevin Phillips. |
Both great shouts. | | | |
| A Town XI that never was… on 12:22 - Nov 19 with 4607 views | PhilTWTD |
| A Town XI that never was… on 12:20 - Nov 19 by selondonblue23 |
Haha, woops, the other Collins. Danny was it? Scored at City Ground, I think. |
Yes, Danny. Went to a community thing with him once and seemed a good bloke. | | | |
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