| Most painful transfers ever 13:01 - Aug 15 with 4456 views | stickymockwell |
Mine was Gaardsoe. I think it finally dawned on me that we were a million miles from the promised land. Dyer and Treacle helped us move forward and went to much larger clubs.
I'm a bit meh about Omari |  |
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| Most painful transfers ever on 14:20 - Aug 15 with 920 views | Kievthegreat |
| Most painful transfers ever on 13:03 - Aug 15 by _clive_baker_ |
Ian Marshall to Leicester. I'm pretty sure I actually cried when my dad told me. |
I did cry! We were on holiday in Southern France (or possibly Spain) at the time and we found out when my parents phoned back home.
When the bad news was relayed to me, I cried and refused to believe it for days!
In my defence, I was 6 years old. |  | | |
| Most painful transfers ever on 14:24 - Aug 15 with 901 views | waveneyblue |
Gaardsoe, really got me too. As you said, it proved at the time we had no chance of success unless we utterly fluked it.
And Taricco.
When Burns/Chaplin go i will need counselling... im 52 years old |  | | |
| Most painful transfers ever on 14:27 - Aug 15 with 878 views | ketton_itfc |
Two stand out - Butcher because it was the final nail after relegation in 86 and Atkinson. The manner was a bit messy but the fee 450k still annoys me. |  | | |
| Most painful transfers ever on 14:32 - Aug 15 with 851 views | reusersfreekicks |
| Most painful transfers ever on 13:12 - Aug 15 by GlasgowBlue |
The slow drip of departures from the 1981 team. |
Agreed horrific
Wark, Mariner, Brazil, Osman, Muhren, Thijssen etc etc |  | | |
| Most painful transfers ever on 14:35 - Aug 15 with 840 views | _clive_baker_ |
| Most painful transfers ever on 14:20 - Aug 15 by Kievthegreat |
I did cry! We were on holiday in Southern France (or possibly Spain) at the time and we found out when my parents phoned back home.
When the bad news was relayed to me, I cried and refused to believe it for days!
In my defence, I was 6 years old. |
We're a similar age. Pathetic in hindsight that its one of my 'remember where you were moments' haha. |  | | |
| Most painful transfers ever on 14:37 - Aug 15 with 832 views | monty_radio |
| Most painful transfers ever on 13:07 - Aug 15 by norfsufblue |
Butch to Rangers
Dozzell to Spurs really hurt me tbf |
Both of those told us, if we needed to know, that we were no longer on the up. |  |
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| Most painful transfers ever on 14:39 - Aug 15 with 815 views | Wright1 |
Richard Wright for me. Nothing wrong with the circumstances or the club from what I remember... but I was young and he was my hero. | | | |
| Most painful transfers ever on 14:44 - Aug 15 with 796 views | monty_radio |
Ray Crawford, as the only part of Alf's team that still had a career, in front of him, and, from the same side, though to a lesser extent, Dixie Moran. As to my favourites departing and leaving me bereft, Danny Hegan and Colin Viljoen, although the latter had fallen out of favour with Bobby. | |
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| Most painful transfers ever on 14:45 - Aug 15 with 795 views | rkc123 |
For me it was that collective loss of Davis, Miller, Kuqi and Bent. I had tried to convince myself we would replace them and kick on the following season, and it quickly became apparent that was not going to happen. | | | |
| Most painful transfers ever on 14:53 - Aug 15 with 779 views | StNeotsBlue |
| Most painful transfers ever on 14:27 - Aug 15 by ketton_itfc |
Two stand out - Butcher because it was the final nail after relegation in 86 and Atkinson. The manner was a bit messy but the fee 450k still annoys me. |
Another vote for the late great Dalian Atkinson, the youthful me was convinced that he was going to lead our charge back to the top. The fact Sheff Wed pinched him for just £450,000 just rubbed salt in the wound, never liked them since.
His display against Middlesbrough, in an otherwise meaningless game, is one of the greatest individual performances I've seen in a Town shirt, possibly only surpassed by Super Jim against Bolton. Which was a slightly more important game. |  | | |
| Most painful transfers ever on 14:57 - Aug 15 with 771 views | Everydayblue |
Butch' to Rangers...... | | | |
| Most painful transfers ever on 14:59 - Aug 15 with 764 views | vilanovablue |
Butcher to Rangers was pretty grim as a kid growing up. |  | | |
| Most painful transfers ever on 15:00 - Aug 15 with 754 views | FoghornGleghorn |
Leon Best (inbound). | | | |
| Most painful transfers ever on 15:00 - Aug 15 with 761 views | Unhinged_dynamo |
| Most painful transfers ever on 14:15 - Aug 15 by itfc_bucks |
Especially for so low a fee.
Matt Holland to Charlton was the one that probably gut punched the hardest. |
Holland really hurt at the time as it kinda made it real how skint we were at the time
Most recently I was guilted when Webster went to brizzle, a good player and not a lot of money for him | |
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| Most painful transfers ever on 15:04 - Aug 15 with 743 views | CastroSito |
Kuqi for me. I always knew Bent/Ambrose/Garvan would be off at some point, but Shef felt like the sort of player prem clubs wouldn't be interested in. | | | |
| Most painful transfers ever on 15:17 - Aug 15 with 692 views | waveneyblue |
| Most painful transfers ever on 14:24 - Aug 15 by waveneyblue |
Gaardsoe, really got me too. As you said, it proved at the time we had no chance of success unless we utterly fluked it.
And Taricco.
When Burns/Chaplin go i will need counselling... im 52 years old |
And Butcher, that stung with the absolute farce of getting relegated by an Arsenal team who were on holiday when they played Oxford, after everyone else had finished.
Thankfully wouldnt be allowed now. | | | |
| Most painful transfers ever on 15:25 - Aug 15 with 674 views | Radlett_blue |
| Most painful transfers ever on 14:24 - Aug 15 by waveneyblue |
Gaardsoe, really got me too. As you said, it proved at the time we had no chance of success unless we utterly fluked it.
And Taricco.
When Burns/Chaplin go i will need counselling... im 52 years old |
Does anyone believe BFJ's spin that the sale of Gaardsoe was for "footballing reasons"?
This one became even more galling when, the next season, he was ever present & POTY in WBA's promotion winning side. |  |
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| Most painful transfers ever on 15:26 - Aug 15 with 669 views | Len_Brennan |
Marnier for me, he was my first real footballing hero.
The break up of that side was hatd to take, with so many brilliant players, but Gates & Butcher really hit hard towards the end.
Seeing many of our best players going to Charlton (eg. Holland, Hermann, Bent & Ambrose) after relegation & failure to get back, for a fraction of what they were worth; and then seeing them shine for an over achieving club in the PL, could only make us think of what might have been. | | | |
| Most painful transfers ever on 15:59 - Aug 15 with 632 views | monty_radio |
| Most painful transfers ever on 15:26 - Aug 15 by Len_Brennan |
Marnier for me, he was my first real footballing hero.
The break up of that side was hatd to take, with so many brilliant players, but Gates & Butcher really hit hard towards the end.
Seeing many of our best players going to Charlton (eg. Holland, Hermann, Bent & Ambrose) after relegation & failure to get back, for a fraction of what they were worth; and then seeing them shine for an over achieving club in the PL, could only make us think of what might have been. |
That quartet you mention went on to play over 600 Premiership games between them after we sold them at less than face value. | |
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| Most painful transfers ever on 16:09 - Aug 15 with 612 views | Radlett_blue |
| Most painful transfers ever on 14:44 - Aug 15 by monty_radio |
Ray Crawford, as the only part of Alf's team that still had a career, in front of him, and, from the same side, though to a lesser extent, Dixie Moran. As to my favourites departing and leaving me bereft, Danny Hegan and Colin Viljoen, although the latter had fallen out of favour with Bobby. |
Colin Viljoen was to me clearly Town's best player when I started coming regularly (1972). However, when he left in 1978 he was 30 & becoming injury prone so I wasn't disappointed & we got £100,000, a decent fee at the time, from Man City. His subsequent form would indicate that, as usual, Robson got it right - he was a great judge of a player - although his unpopularity with some of the other players would have been a factor too, as they opposed Robson's idea of bringing Viljoen back into the side for the 1978 FA Cup final. | |
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| Most painful transfers ever on 16:12 - Aug 15 with 601 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
Mark Brennan to Boro. Favourite player at the time.
Killed me. |  |
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| Most painful transfers ever on 16:18 - Aug 15 with 587 views | Keno |
when Chappers leaves |  |
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| Most painful transfers ever on 16:44 - Aug 15 with 567 views | BeachBlue |
Clive Woods.
It left an indelible scar on my life. I was five years old my favourite player left to join Norwich!
I cried. |  | | |
| Most painful transfers ever on 17:15 - Aug 15 with 538 views | monty_radio |
| Most painful transfers ever on 16:09 - Aug 15 by Radlett_blue |
Colin Viljoen was to me clearly Town's best player when I started coming regularly (1972). However, when he left in 1978 he was 30 & becoming injury prone so I wasn't disappointed & we got £100,000, a decent fee at the time, from Man City. His subsequent form would indicate that, as usual, Robson got it right - he was a great judge of a player - although his unpopularity with some of the other players would have been a factor too, as they opposed Robson's idea of bringing Viljoen back into the side for the 1978 FA Cup final. |
Yes. I don't deny that his better days were behind him, but it was not for nothing that the great SBR had earlier called him "Ace" and it was as that midfield ace that my teenage self had loved him.
 Please nobody suggest SBR called him Ace cos he couldn't remember his real name! | |
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| Most painful transfers ever on 17:15 - Aug 15 with 538 views | monkeymagic |
| Most painful transfers ever on 13:12 - Aug 15 by GlasgowBlue |
The slow drip of departures from the 1981 team. |
Mills, Mariner, and Butch leaving were the ones that really stung me from the ‘81 side.
I have some very left field examples too, Trevor Putney (mostly because he joined Norwich), Kevin Wilson, David Lowe, and Bobby Petta! | | | |
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