Legend (13 Viewers)

[Houchens Head]

Anyone who had a testimonial? Can't think of many help me out here.

Bill Glazier. Best keeper City ever had! And that includes Oggy! I was at his Testimonial which was against an England 1966 XI. It ended up a silly score, 5-5 or 6-6 - something like that. Fantastic player!

 

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[skybluesam66]

testimonials i remember
glazier (yes was 6-6)/gynn (return of hutch)/sillett (v spurs)/harry roberts (remember King playing before or at HT)/shaw (celtic)/Busst (man u)

 

[Moff]

Not a legend per se for us, but with his peers, is Roland Nilsson.

He was an immaculate player, a great pro and won over 100 caps for Sweden, that is pretty good.

(Thought he deserved a bit more as a manager with us seeing as they moved that idiot Jim Smith in to help him, and it completely fekked the rest of the season up)

 

[Joy Division]

He was crap so ability means nothing then?

Konjic wasn't 'crap', he was an average defender. Had very good games and some poor ones too.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Konjic wasn't 'crap', he was an average defender. Had very good games and some poor ones too.

People seemed to like him as he made those crazy runs out of he defence with he ball, he was OK as a defender but did get injured quite often, best performance for us was the last day at HR when he was playing for Derby:claping hands:

 

[Colin Steins Smile]

Roland Neilson was a class player, he qualifies for me along with Oggy.

As for Mo Konjic ....my recollection of him was that he spent a lot of time being injured, but when he did play he was iconic. Not a legend for me due to missed matches.

 

[torchomatic]

Personally for me, genuine "legends" have been few and far between. Since supporting City, "my" legends have been Tommy Hutch, Lloyd McGrath and David Thompson

 

[Ashdown]

Just maybe the lack of candidates for' legend' status in the last 16 years or so directly coincides with our complete lack of success ?! That and the fact that anyone who shows any promise or worth has been sold by the club pronto to balance the books. Roland was a good call by some as he oozed class in his position and had achieved a lot elsewhere too. Truly memorable performances are thin on the ground of late { really feel for fans under the age of 25 }, Mifsud's goal at Old Trafford springs to mind as it made for a great night but I'm struggling post 1999 !

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

None of the players stay long enough now to earn legend status

 

[skybluelee]

For me you would have to classify the entire cup winning squad as legends for what they achieved, although possibly not Sedgley, but definitely Rodger.

In addition to that, in my lifetime (83/84 onwards), I would only add;

Speedie
Ndlovu
Dublin

I want to say Shaw for longevity of service, but on that basis I would have to consider Hall, McSheffrey and, god forbid, Doyle. So I won't choose any of them.

 

[jimmyhillsfanclub]

Noel Whelan was a bit of a legend.....

...not a bad footballer either.

 

[WestEndAgro]

Noel Whelan was a bit of a legend.....

...not a bad footballer either.

What a great signing Noel was, absolute quality I remember Leeds fans going into melt down when he signed for us, he was "one of their own"

I would put him in the Legend bracket, along with Speedie both characters who liked a little mischieve.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Magnus Hedman was a legend to me as I stopped going for about a year at the end of Oggy's time as it was driving me crazy that the lumbering clown was still being picked and as soon as Hedman got his place I started going again.

 

[LB87ccfc]

Dublin will never be a legend to me idolised when here but left a very bad taste in his engineered move away so sorry but Judas is not a legend in my book.

Ndlouv however is, Roland Nillson was outstanding at RB but not here too long, Keane for the wonderful short stint he gave us at HR maybe.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Dublin will never be a legend to me idolised when here but left a very bad taste in his engineered move away so sorry but Judas is not a legend in my book.

Ndlouv however is, Roland Nillson was outstanding at RB but not here too long, Keane for the wonderful short stint he gave us at HR maybe.

Ndlovu legend around the city A player who could really excite the fans.

 

[Moff]

What a great signing Noel was, absolute quality I remember Leeds fans going into melt down when he signed for us, he was "one of their own"

I would put him in the Legend bracket, along with Speedie both characters who liked a little mischieve.

Totally agree with this, loved both players!

 

[Joy Division]

Magnus Hedman was a legend to me as I stopped going for about a year at the end of Oggy's time as it was driving me crazy that the lumbering clown was still being picked and as soon as Hedman got his place I started going again.

Lumbering clown is a bit harsh, seems to be a fair bit of oggy bashing recently on here which is just a bit weird.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Lumbering clown is a bit harsh, seems to be a fair bit of oggy bashing recently on here which is just a bit weird.

Towards the end as I think we kept him in goal for too long as he couldn't cope with the back pass rule

I am told he is a good coach though

 

[Moff]

Towards the end as I think we kept him in goal for too long as he couldn't cope with the back pass rule

I am told he is a good coach though

I did feel the same anxiety towards the end of Oggys playing career whenever he came off his line. I seem to remember him nearly giving a goal away in the home FA Cup Quarter final tie against Sheff Utd, when he did one of his mad cap dashes off the line.

That said, he was a great servant to the club, a bloody good goalkeeper and on the times I met him a nice bloke too.

 

[steve82]

Gary mabbutt!!

 

[Brylowes]

Hutch,Oggy,Peake . Definitely
Nillson,Speedy,McGrath,Keane ,Killer etc . Maybe
Always loved Brian Borrows me'self

 

[Grendel]

Personally for me, genuine "legends" have been few and far between. Since supporting City, "my" legends have been Tommy Hutch, Lloyd McGrath and David Thompson

You forgot Dublin

 

[JimmyHillsbeard]

You forgot Dublin

Kevin Gallacher. Oozed class at a time when we were otherwise dreadful.

 

[Grendel]

Hutch,Oggy,Peake . Definitely
Nillson,Speedy,McGrath,Keane ,Killer etc . Maybe
Always loved Brian Borrows me'self

McGrath as a player was poor though and Keane hardly here long enough to blink.

 

[torchomatic]

You forgot Dublin

No, i didn't.

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[devonrich]

These are the sky blue players since FA cup heroes that can be considered true SB legends

Speedie (a the word legend was made for him) - his goal scoring chips will remain forever in my mind.
Gallacher - just a class act on and off pitch. True gent
Stewart Robson - What a action man hero. He may have only really played a season but god he did everything to keep us up.
Ndlovu - World class pace and trickery
Babb - Brilliant brilliant defender with pace
McAllister - Pay your money to watch any day of week.

Oh where have those days gone - think of the absolute shite that have taken their numbered shirts.

 

[Brylowes]

George Boetang was another great player for us,but another
not here long enough.

 

[RegTheDonk]

Richard Shaw actually

This was the only guy I could think of post Dublin. Not that he was brilliant, but he was consistent and loyal, and stayed long enough for a testimonial. Shame he couldn't cut it in a managerial capacity.

 

[Gazolba]

A legend to me (though I hate the term) would be someone who played for us for a long time, significantly contributed to our success, and then either managed the club or worked on the coaching staff. So that would be George Curtis, Peter Sillett, Bobby Gould and Steve Ogrizovic. There might be others I've forgotten.

 

[Joy Division]

George Boetang was another great player for us,but another
not here long enough.

No way was he 'great'. He had one good season.

 

[Sky Blue Kid]

A legend to me (though I hate the term) would be someone who played for us for a long time, significantly contributed to our success, and then either managed the club or worked on the coaching staff. So that would be George Curtis, Peter Sillett, Bobby Gould and Steve Ogrizovic. There might be others I've forgotten.

90% of the squad JH put together along with the second division promotion squad are all legends in my eyes

 

[skybluelee]

Dublin will never be a legend to me idolised when here but left a very bad taste in his engineered move away so sorry but Judas is not a legend in my book.

72 goals in 170-odd games. The most influential player (by quite some way) of our PL era. Sky Blue Legend every day of the week.

 

[ccfcway]

as a side note, is Fleck our current "longest serving" player ?

 

[Deleted member 5849]

72 goals in 170-odd games. The most influential player (by quite some way) of our PL era. Sky Blue Legend every day of the week.

Yep. Hated the way he left, but time's a healer and all that, and allows me to remember that without him, we'd have been long gone.

Not sure a player has singlehandedly led a side for as long as he did us.

 

[Grendel]

as a side note, is Fleck our current "longest serving" player ?

No