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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi 22:38 - Jan 7 with 6243 viewsSwailsey

Kevin Bru
Colin Healy
Kayden Jackson
Alex Bruce

Can’t place my finger on exactly why, but you just grow attached to certain players don’t you.

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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 22:50 - Jan 7 with 4045 viewsnorfsufblue

Ian Redford for me.... always wanted ( and felt like he would) him along with Neil Woods to kick-start our team back to greatness but it never really happened.
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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 23:09 - Jan 7 with 3990 viewsChurchman

Interesting choices Swailsey, but not for me. The three that always leap to mind are:

Gus Uhlenbeek - he’d go charging up the wing like an enraged rhino to cries of ‘shut the gate!’ Before hoofing it into the wide open spaces behind the goal or over the stand. He was great.

Shefki Kuqi - rampaged around chasing everything from the ball to a paper bag (Joe Royle) and that goal celebration was just the best. It was an event.

An all time fave though is Micky Stockwell. He played like a Duracell Bunny. He was everywhere. It was once said he did everything including chiselling the names on the memorial wall with his teeth. It was a sad day when he called it a day after a long career. Thoroughly nice bloke too, apparently.
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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 23:09 - Jan 7 with 3988 viewsCoastalblue

Micky Stockwell for me, though going a long way back now, Milts as well.

More recent times Kayden is certainly one.

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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 23:27 - Jan 7 with 3903 viewsHugoagogo_Reborn

Jason de.Vos
Ian Westlake
Tommy Miller
Luke Varney
Adam Proudlock (purely because he obviously looked at a pie and gained 7 pounds, like me, but Joe Royle took a punt and he had a blonde highlighted mullet, and had no right being a footballer)
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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 07:17 - Jan 8 with 3517 viewsWeWereZombies

Interesting little black book but I know you don't mean that.

Clive Woods
Chris Kiwomya
Jonas Knudsen
Teddy Bishop

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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 07:35 - Jan 8 with 3458 viewsdurhamj

Mick Stockwell - Mr Ipswich. He played all over the park and gave everything. His running style was fab, somewhat Idiosyncratic like Tom Cruises.

David Lowe - stylish and with a great finish. I remember a stonking header at Elm Park back in the day, shame he didn't continue to progress.

Mark Brennan - always thought he'd make it higher, but in a Town shirt, in the games I saw him as a kid (and he can't have been much older than me), he bossed the midfield and had a presence about him.
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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 07:46 - Jan 8 with 3431 viewsKieran_Knows

Sixto Peralta for me. No reason at all other than it was around that time my Auntie first started taking me to Town games and his name always stood out to me.

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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 07:50 - Jan 8 with 3409 viewsBlueBoots

Greg Leigh - desperately unlucky (for him) that we signed one of the best young left-backs in the country shortly after him...

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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 07:54 - Jan 8 with 3388 viewsDubtractor

Gus Uhlenbeek. Absolute pace merchant, couldn't cross a ball, but always has the sense of something exciting happening when he got the ball.

Bobby Petta. That season we scored 5 in a load of games, I'm sure he was playing like Messi in his prime, and I was gutted when he went to Celtic.

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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 08:01 - Jan 8 with 3362 viewsChurchman

Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 07:35 - Jan 8 by durhamj

Mick Stockwell - Mr Ipswich. He played all over the park and gave everything. His running style was fab, somewhat Idiosyncratic like Tom Cruises.

David Lowe - stylish and with a great finish. I remember a stonking header at Elm Park back in the day, shame he didn't continue to progress.

Mark Brennan - always thought he'd make it higher, but in a Town shirt, in the games I saw him as a kid (and he can't have been much older than me), he bossed the midfield and had a presence about him.


David Lowe I think got a bad knee injury and was never quite the same for us. Not sure John Lyall was a huge fan either as his. His favoured forwards werevery much Kiwomya (lovely player), Dozzell, Goddard and Whitton.

As you say, he was a terrific player. He ran with a hunched posture and appeared to have an oversized head (big hair!).

Brennan is an interesting choice. He came into the team about the same time as headband and glass knees Ian Cranson. Lovely, stylish midfielder. Looking at wiki, he left during John Duncan’s time. I have often wondered what player he might have been with better managers than Ferguson and Duncan and a better team than those we had 83-88.
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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 08:09 - Jan 8 with 3304 viewshoppy

Your mention of Colin Healy got me thinking and wondered… who was it that said…..


For me, Nigel Gleghorn, Kevin Wilson, Gus Uhlenbeek would all feature on the list.

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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 08:25 - Jan 8 with 3248 viewsfarkenhell

Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 08:01 - Jan 8 by Churchman

David Lowe I think got a bad knee injury and was never quite the same for us. Not sure John Lyall was a huge fan either as his. His favoured forwards werevery much Kiwomya (lovely player), Dozzell, Goddard and Whitton.

As you say, he was a terrific player. He ran with a hunched posture and appeared to have an oversized head (big hair!).

Brennan is an interesting choice. He came into the team about the same time as headband and glass knees Ian Cranson. Lovely, stylish midfielder. Looking at wiki, he left during John Duncan’s time. I have often wondered what player he might have been with better managers than Ferguson and Duncan and a better team than those we had 83-88.


You're right about Cranson, but despite that he went on to play a shed load of games for Stoke after he left us.
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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 08:28 - Jan 8 with 3236 viewsfarkenhell

Post- the Robson era (when frankly I can't think of any players that I didn't warm to) I would have to choose Romeo Zondervan, Steve Whitton and, more latterly, Daryl Murphy.

Edit - plus Alex Mathie and Matt Holland.
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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 08:33 - Jan 8 with 3190 viewsFrimleyBlue

Jermaine Wright.

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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 08:38 - Jan 8 with 3181 viewshomer_123

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More recently:

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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 08:43 - Jan 8 with 3137 viewsBluespeed225

Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 08:33 - Jan 8 by FrimleyBlue

Jermaine Wright.


That goal at Crewe doesn’t get enough showings!
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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 08:44 - Jan 8 with 3134 viewshomer_123

Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 08:09 - Jan 8 by hoppy

Your mention of Colin Healy got me thinking and wondered… who was it that said…..


For me, Nigel Gleghorn, Kevin Wilson, Gus Uhlenbeek would all feature on the list.


Ahem


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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 08:46 - Jan 8 with 3123 viewshomer_123

Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 08:25 - Jan 8 by farkenhell

You're right about Cranson, but despite that he went on to play a shed load of games for Stoke after he left us.


Remind you of anyone?????

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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 08:46 - Jan 8 with 3119 viewsRobTheMonk

Jason Scotland and his thunderous shots.
Aaron Lee-Barrett and the points to game ratio stat that paints him in a surprisingly positive light.
Luke Hyam.
Kevin Bru.
No Bajner, no party.
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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 08:48 - Jan 8 with 3089 viewsSwansea_Blue

Westy. And a soft spot for Matt Richards at that time too, probably because he was the underdog and getting hammered by everyone. He didn’t deserve that.

I’m a fan of Woolfy in the current bunch. Seems Mr Ipswich. And obviously Chappers.

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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 10:10 - Jan 8 with 2870 viewsAlberto_the_frog

If there are four of them, they can't be unique ...
Anyway
Boncho,
Boncho Boncho,
Boncho Boncho,
Boncho Genchev
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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 10:17 - Jan 8 with 2832 viewsAYACCA

Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 23:09 - Jan 7 by Churchman

Interesting choices Swailsey, but not for me. The three that always leap to mind are:

Gus Uhlenbeek - he’d go charging up the wing like an enraged rhino to cries of ‘shut the gate!’ Before hoofing it into the wide open spaces behind the goal or over the stand. He was great.

Shefki Kuqi - rampaged around chasing everything from the ball to a paper bag (Joe Royle) and that goal celebration was just the best. It was an event.

An all time fave though is Micky Stockwell. He played like a Duracell Bunny. He was everywhere. It was once said he did everything including chiselling the names on the memorial wall with his teeth. It was a sad day when he called it a day after a long career. Thoroughly nice bloke too, apparently.
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I used to have a picture of Gus Uhlenbeek on my wall with a crown drawn in his head. Absolutely my most favourite player ever, followed closely by Roberto Baggio...
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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 10:20 - Jan 8 with 2816 viewsGlasgowBlue

From the Gamechanger era I'll add Kyle Edwards and Greg Leigh.

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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 10:29 - Jan 8 with 2773 viewsKeno

From different eras of being a Town fan

Roger Osborne,
Kiwomya my Lord
Jamma
Stewie
Tommy Smith
Wolfie
Janoi
Kayden
Morsy
Chappers
Hirst

rapidly growing on me

Delap
Cajuste

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Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 10:36 - Jan 8 with 2729 viewsBseaBlue

Players I’ve uniquely loved over the years as much as Janoi on 08:33 - Jan 8 by FrimleyBlue

Jermaine Wright.


There was a bloke that used to sit above us in the family enclosure that would religously boo Jermaine Wright when his name was read out prior to every game. Could never understand it.
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