| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... 14:51 - Sep 20 with 1922 views | Bloots |
....maybe it's just the passing of time, but he never seems to get the credit I think he deserves.
Should he go down as one of our best ever keepers?
How many were better than him?
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| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 14:55 - Sep 20 with 1873 views | gainsboroughblue |
Decent enough but considering he was 6' 5", he really didn't command his area like he should. Had a great rapport with the North Stand back in the day though. |  |
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| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 14:57 - Sep 20 with 1858 views | homer_123 |
Cooper, Wright, Davis, Bartos and Walton - I'd all have better than him...he was very good though! [Post edited 20 Sep 2022 15:28]
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| Well, yeah but.... on 15:05 - Sep 20 with 1818 views | Bloots |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 14:55 - Sep 20 by gainsboroughblue |
Decent enough but considering he was 6' 5", he really didn't command his area like he should. Had a great rapport with the North Stand back in the day though. |
....he could ping it 50 yards onto Steve Whitton's head. | |
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| OK, here goes.... on 15:06 - Sep 20 with 1814 views | Bloots |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 14:57 - Sep 20 by homer_123 |
Cooper, Wright, Davis, Bartos and Walton - I'd all have better than him...he was very good though! [Post edited 20 Sep 2022 15:28]
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....I don't think Wright was as good as many people say.
Gumpf. | |
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| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 15:08 - Sep 20 with 1806 views | Sharkey |
I wonder how many of his shirts he kept. Could be one very colourful array, and goalkeeping shirts in those days were BIG. |  | | |
| OK, here goes.... on 15:10 - Sep 20 with 1792 views | homer_123 |
| OK, here goes.... on 15:06 - Sep 20 by Bloots |
....I don't think Wright was as good as many people say.
Gumpf. |
That's a whole different discussion. I'd even say Alexander was better or at least as good as CF.
Did like CF though. | |
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| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 15:53 - Sep 20 with 1685 views | bluelagos |
Think he suffers a bit from being in goal when Utd put 9 past him. Think he conceded another 7 when he faced them again (after leaving us) too.
For me I can think of a few who were better, Wright, Cooper, Davis, Walton and Serini. Not old enough to remember Bailey but presume he could play too. |  |
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| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 16:36 - Sep 20 with 1623 views | Illinoisblue |
Mate of mine used to shout “keeper’s ball” in a half decent Canadian accent from the front of the North Stand in the early 90s. Craig gave him a thumbs up a couple times. Good old days. |  |
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| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 16:47 - Sep 20 with 1604 views | gainsboroughblue |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 16:36 - Sep 20 by Illinoisblue |
Mate of mine used to shout “keeper’s ball” in a half decent Canadian accent from the front of the North Stand in the early 90s. Craig gave him a thumbs up a couple times. Good old days. |
I can remember Craig giving Cambridge fans 'a bit back' before turning to us lot and giving the clenched fist and bellowing 'come on', which inspired a good ten mins or so continued chanting. He was good like that was Canada's no.1. | |
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| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 17:19 - Sep 20 with 1507 views | chicoazul |
He was no Clive Barker. |  |
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| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 17:29 - Sep 20 with 1493 views | hype313 |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 17:19 - Sep 20 by chicoazul |
He was no Clive Barker. |
Ronnie's brother? |  |
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| Woof!! (n/t) on 17:33 - Sep 20 with 1482 views | Bloots |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 17:19 - Sep 20 by chicoazul |
He was no Clive Barker. |
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| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 19:23 - Sep 20 with 1382 views | Bluespeed225 |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 17:29 - Sep 20 by hype313 |
Ronnie's brother? |
‘Heeeres’s Ronnie’. Now there was a keeper! |  | | |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 19:32 - Sep 20 with 1360 views | Perublue |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 19:23 - Sep 20 by Bluespeed225 |
‘Heeeres’s Ronnie’. Now there was a keeper! |
Indeed ... Fearon had the best chant (is it a chant ?) ever...even though Craig was better,kinda always hoped it would be Ronnie playing in my teen ways with my chums just for that "Shining" moment. [Post edited 20 Sep 2022 19:33]
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| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 19:35 - Sep 20 with 1342 views | FoghornGleghorn |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 17:19 - Sep 20 by chicoazul |
He was no Clive Barker. |
See, no bites. Or cenobites. | | | |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 19:53 - Sep 20 with 1305 views | bluesym |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 14:55 - Sep 20 by gainsboroughblue |
Decent enough but considering he was 6' 5", he really didn't command his area like he should. Had a great rapport with the North Stand back in the day though. |
He commanded it better than Bart ever did for us! |  |
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| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 20:24 - Sep 20 with 1241 views | solemio |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 15:53 - Sep 20 by bluelagos |
Think he suffers a bit from being in goal when Utd put 9 past him. Think he conceded another 7 when he faced them again (after leaving us) too.
For me I can think of a few who were better, Wright, Cooper, Davis, Walton and Serini. Not old enough to remember Bailey but presume he could play too. |
Sereni was not a good all-round goalkeeper. He was a great shot saver, but many of those saves would not have been necessary if he had been better at all other aspects of the GK's arts. Craig definitely better than him. | | | |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 21:36 - Sep 20 with 1141 views | chicoazul |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 20:24 - Sep 20 by solemio |
Sereni was not a good all-round goalkeeper. He was a great shot saver, but many of those saves would not have been necessary if he had been better at all other aspects of the GK's arts. Craig definitely better than him. |
I will never understand people who don’t rate Sereni. “He was a great shot stopper but…” what else do you want from a keeper? | |
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| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 21:41 - Sep 20 with 1101 views | LeoMuff |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 21:36 - Sep 20 by chicoazul |
I will never understand people who don’t rate Sereni. “He was a great shot stopper but…” what else do you want from a keeper? |
Be able to catch crosses would have been a bonus for £4.5m.
He was bang average. |  |
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| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 22:00 - Sep 20 with 1073 views | Melford |
The 91/92 promotion winning team as a whole are underrated. They won the league as champions, where's their documentary? My best year supporting Town, on the pitch at the Manor Ground |  |
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| OK, here goes.... on 22:28 - Sep 20 with 1044 views | Radlett_blue |
| OK, here goes.... on 15:06 - Sep 20 by Bloots |
....I don't think Wright was as good as many people say.
Gumpf. |
Wright was better than Craig Forrest. That's why selling him for £500k was good business. |  |
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| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 22:40 - Sep 20 with 1027 views | Enigma_Blue |
I always thought that Jon Hallworth was the slightly better keeper, Craig Forest's saves were more spectacular looking though. | | | |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 08:54 - Sep 21 with 860 views | hype313 |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 22:40 - Sep 20 by Enigma_Blue |
I always thought that Jon Hallworth was the slightly better keeper, Craig Forest's saves were more spectacular looking though. |
Jon Hallworth was a calamity, In fact I would go as far and say he would be in the top 3 worst keepers we've had in our history. | |
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| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 10:40 - Sep 21 with 819 views | Radlett_blue |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 08:54 - Sep 21 by hype313 |
Jon Hallworth was a calamity, In fact I would go as far and say he would be in the top 3 worst keepers we've had in our history. |
I thought Hallworth was poor. I've never forgiven him for his disastrous debut, when we lost 4-3 at Oxford after cruising to a 3-0 lead. This ultimately was the relegation decider, although we'd also thrown away a 2-0 lead to lose 3-4 at home to Everton the game before. I assume Paul Cooper was injured.
However, Hallworth did carve out a decent career at Oldham & Cardiff so maybe he just needed some experience. | |
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| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 13:15 - Sep 21 with 766 views | Enigma_Blue |
| Craig Forrest is 55 today.... on 08:54 - Sep 21 by hype313 |
Jon Hallworth was a calamity, In fact I would go as far and say he would be in the top 3 worst keepers we've had in our history. |
I was only a kid at the time he was with us so maybe I am mis-remembering but he always seemed very solid to me. When he left us for Oldham he spent 8 season as first choice keeper which included 3 seasons in the premier league. He also helped them to reach 2 FA semi-finals and a league cup final. | | | |
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