| Best Lower League Signing? 14:12 - May 31 with 7467 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
Looking forward to seeing who Paul Hurst goes in for. Got me thinking that we have made some cracking signings from the lower leagues in the past.
I think my favorite lower league signing of all time has to be Matt Holland. I remember when we signed him I thought.... who the hell is he.... that's a lot of money!! Turned out to be money well spent.
Simon Milton would be up there too.
Who would be your nomination?
(I'm not basing this on financial return, as I realise Mings would win that!!) [Post edited 31 May 2018 14:14]
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 14:16 - May 31 with 4488 views | SpruceMoose |
Sam Parkin. Until he actually got on the pitch that is. On the face of it he was a great signing. It's almost like Swindon took the money and sent us an impostor. |  |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 14:19 - May 31 with 4478 views | Cuffy81 |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 14:16 - May 31 by SpruceMoose |
Sam Parkin. Until he actually got on the pitch that is. On the face of it he was a great signing. It's almost like Swindon took the money and sent us an impostor. |
Jon Walters
I remember the moaning and whining on here the day we signed him. Not good enough etc etc. |  | | |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 14:22 - May 31 with 4464 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 14:16 - May 31 by SpruceMoose |
Sam Parkin. Until he actually got on the pitch that is. On the face of it he was a great signing. It's almost like Swindon took the money and sent us an impostor. |
Or that he might have been a jolly good footballer that couldn't head the ball.
We have a track record for signing tall strikers and lumping the ball up to them and wondering why they are not the same player they were before.
Whoever Hurst signs, I hope he sees their style of play and strengths and ensures it is utilised to its maximum and fits in well with those who are already here (and, of course, that it becomes much more attractive football all round). |  |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 14:23 - May 31 with 4449 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
As for the OP, David Johnson (Johnno). | |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 14:24 - May 31 with 4448 views | Dyland |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 14:19 - May 31 by Cuffy81 |
Jon Walters
I remember the moaning and whining on here the day we signed him. Not good enough etc etc. |
The same posters were still moaning when we sold him, insisting he'd never be good enough for the Premiership. He did alright as far as I recall :) |  |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 14:34 - May 31 with 4395 views | BOjK |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 14:23 - May 31 by Nthsuffolkblue |
As for the OP, David Johnson (Johnno). |
We signed him from Bury who were in our league at the time, weren't they? |  |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 14:37 - May 31 with 4380 views | homer_123 |
Tommy Miller.
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Mings and Cresser |  |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 14:44 - May 31 with 4334 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 14:34 - May 31 by BOjK |
We signed him from Bury who were in our league at the time, weren't they? |
I think so. | |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 14:45 - May 31 with 4334 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 14:19 - May 31 by Cuffy81 |
Jon Walters
I remember the moaning and whining on here the day we signed him. Not good enough etc etc. |
Good shout.
I liked the fact that it was our players who recommended him to the manager as he was so hard to play against.
...bit like the way Utd signed Ronaldo... | |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:01 - May 31 with 4278 views | Cuffy81 |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 14:45 - May 31 by Marshalls_Mullet |
Good shout.
I liked the fact that it was our players who recommended him to the manager as he was so hard to play against.
...bit like the way Utd signed Ronaldo... |
We played Chester in the FA Cup and Alex Bruce said he was a handful over the 2 games?
Really our most successful players over the past 10 years have been lower league signings, Mings, Cresswell, Bart, Walters - Hurst has to be looking at this with his knowledge of the English lower leagues. | | | |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:04 - May 31 with 4253 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:01 - May 31 by Cuffy81 |
We played Chester in the FA Cup and Alex Bruce said he was a handful over the 2 games?
Really our most successful players over the past 10 years have been lower league signings, Mings, Cresswell, Bart, Walters - Hurst has to be looking at this with his knowledge of the English lower leagues. |
I forgot that Bart was a lower league signing!
What a signing that was. | |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:05 - May 31 with 4252 views | BOjK |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:01 - May 31 by Cuffy81 |
We played Chester in the FA Cup and Alex Bruce said he was a handful over the 2 games?
Really our most successful players over the past 10 years have been lower league signings, Mings, Cresswell, Bart, Walters - Hurst has to be looking at this with his knowledge of the English lower leagues. |
True. I was trying to think back to Burley's time as manager and it is surprising how few players he got in from the lower leagues who went on to establish themselves. Holland is about the only one I can think of.
Edit: Gary Croft? [Post edited 31 May 2018 15:09]
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:12 - May 31 with 4223 views | Lord_Lucan |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:15 - May 31 with 4203 views | PhilTWTD |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:05 - May 31 by BOjK |
True. I was trying to think back to Burley's time as manager and it is surprising how few players he got in from the lower leagues who went on to establish themselves. Holland is about the only one I can think of.
Edit: Gary Croft? [Post edited 31 May 2018 15:09]
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Signed from Blackburn, although had previously been at Grimsby. |  | | |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:18 - May 31 with 4184 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:05 - May 31 by BOjK |
True. I was trying to think back to Burley's time as manager and it is surprising how few players he got in from the lower leagues who went on to establish themselves. Holland is about the only one I can think of.
Edit: Gary Croft? [Post edited 31 May 2018 15:09]
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Were Crewe in our league when he signed Jermaine Wright?
I guess he did well with youth players, signings from abroad (Tarricco, Wilnis, Reuser) and a few older players dropping down (Magic, Mogga) | |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:18 - May 31 with 4182 views | flimflam |
Nigel Gleghorn went on to have an OK career after we plucked him from Red Star |  |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:20 - May 31 with 4168 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:12 - May 31 by Lord_Lucan |
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Before my time. But cant really argue with that!! | |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:21 - May 31 with 4164 views | connorscontract |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:12 - May 31 by Lord_Lucan |
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That's who I was going to say.
So I'll add in Mick Mills. | | | |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:22 - May 31 with 4153 views | Alan_Handsome |
David Lowe from Wigan around 86/87. |  |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:23 - May 31 with 4148 views | flimflam |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:21 - May 31 by connorscontract |
That's who I was going to say.
So I'll add in Mick Mills. |
Mills joined our youth setup from Portsmouth youth setup [Post edited 31 May 2018 15:23]
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:26 - May 31 with 4127 views | GeoffSentence |
Steve Palmer.
If I have remembered this correctly he came to us from Cambridge university, put in a useful stint on the pitch and used his computing degree to write ticketing software for the club. What a bargain. |  |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:27 - May 31 with 4120 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:26 - May 31 by GeoffSentence |
Steve Palmer.
If I have remembered this correctly he came to us from Cambridge university, put in a useful stint on the pitch and used his computing degree to write ticketing software for the club. What a bargain. |
I used to use the Cambridge into as a bit of trivia.
Never thought he was that useful for us, but did well for Watford. | |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:31 - May 31 with 4110 views | GeoffSentence |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:27 - May 31 by Marshalls_Mullet |
I used to use the Cambridge into as a bit of trivia.
Never thought he was that useful for us, but did well for Watford. |
Yeah but we got free ticketing software out of him. | |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:33 - May 31 with 4099 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:31 - May 31 by GeoffSentence |
Yeah but we got free ticketing software out of him. |
I get you, more of an IT employee who played for the first team occasionally. ;-) | |
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| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:42 - May 31 with 4068 views | connorscontract |
| Best Lower League Signing? on 15:23 - May 31 by flimflam |
Mills joined our youth setup from Portsmouth youth setup [Post edited 31 May 2018 15:23]
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And Portsmouth were a League below us at the time. | | | |
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