Vintage rumours (12 Viewers)

[Esoterica]

Another one I think we were close to signing was Lee Bowyer. It was just before we signed McAllister, but then Leeds came in and pipped us.

Think the Bowyer transfer was being reported as a double deal with Richard Rufus too? Would have been a significant upgrade on Paul Williams.

 

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[lord_garrincha]

We're missing a goalie in our rumour XI.

So lets go for Antti "He's not 'Finnished'... He's 28!" Niemi.

I think he was at the Subaru/Isuzu sponsorship launch before Rangers sneaked in... So we got Hedman.

 

[The Philosopher]

Franz Carr from Forest back in the day was close to signing.

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

When Bobby Gould was manager his first signing looked like it would be Mick Fillery from Chelsea but he chose QPR instead.

 

[Jagmannn]

Am I correct in thinking we tried to sign Steve Bull and Ally McCoist in the 90s? Was chatting to the old man about it while England were shit against Scotland the other night. Might have just been pissed though.

The story was we went to watch Ally McCoist at Rangers ...and came back with Kevin Drinkwell instead

 

[Bernie Rhodes Nose]

When Bobby Gould was manager his first signing looked like it would be Mick Fillery from Chelsea but he chose QPR instead.

Phew!!!

 

[Bernie Rhodes Nose]

Franz Carr from Forest back in the day was close to signing.

I remember getting excited about the Franz Carr rumour via the old Teletext.
Great thread btw

 

[Greggs]

I remember getting excited about the Franz Carr rumour via the old Teletext.
Great thread btw

thank you! I do miss teletext, was it channel 301? Also used to be a good game called bamboozle?!

 

[wingy]

Ah Teletext , Saturday night holiday watch,on the plane out of Cov airport Sunday morning,Malaga airport by 11 and divi off the co op .
Perfect.

 

[Bernie Rhodes Nose]

Ah Teletext , Saturday night holiday watch,on the plane out of Cov airport Sunday morning,Malaga airport by 11 and divi off the co op .
Perfect.

You know

 

[BrisbaneBronco]

We were linked with Naill Quinn but Snoz choze Drinkell instead

 

[long way home]

Big Ron, thought he had pulled a master stroke by signing the Czech international Radek Bejbl before Euro 96. Apparently all was agreed, but the player wanted to wait until after the tournament to sign. He was not that well known before but ended up playing every minute of every game reaching the final. Really good player, who signed for A Madrid after the euros.

I also remember GS chasing Don Hutchinson and Niklas Alexandersson the the summer before we got relegated.

 

[Blind-Faith]

Big Ron, thought he had pulled a master stroke by signing the Czech international Radek Bejbl before Euro 96. Apparently all was agreed, but the player wanted to wait until after the tournament to sign. He was not that well known before but ended up playing every minute of every game reaching the final. Really good player, who signed for A Madrid after the euros.

I also remember GS chasing Don Hutchinson and Niklas Alexandersson the the summer before we got relegated.

Well atleast we eventually got Hutchinson

 

[wantageskyblue]

Believe he shook hands with Ron Atkinson on a deal.

He met Atkinson and was going to sign until Big Ron told him that he’d never actually seen him play. Lennon chose to sign for Leicester as O’Neill had, several times.

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

Phew!!!

Ha ha yes. We did end up with Ashley Grimes instead though

Another one that came back to me was when Dave Sexton became manager and we were rumoured to be signing Mike Duxbury & Steve Coppell.

 

[Flying Fokker]

Am I correct in thinking we tried to sign Steve Bull and Ally McCoist in the 90s? Was chatting to the old man about it while England were shit against Scotland the other night. Might have just been pissed though.

Trevor Francis was the one in my day as well.


This link 'Get me a tea’ - Trevor Francis on Nottingham Forest, Brian Clough & the million pound fee - Nottinghamshire Live (nottinghampost.com)

And this as well


Only two clubs had pockets deep enough to match Birmingham’s asking price: Forest and Coventry City, who proposed a novel joint-ownership scheme with Detroit Express, the American team controlled by the Coventry chairman Jimmy Hill with whom Francis had played the previous summer.







“They were very keen and wanted me to make a decision there and then,” Francis remembers. “What they didn’t realise is that I’d made my mind up before I’d even started negotiations, and after that meeting I was absolutely certain that what I wanted was to go to Forest. But out of respect for Coventry I felt I owed a phone call to their manager, Gordon Milne. I wanted him to be the first one to know what was going on.”



oud of being the first £1m player? Absolutely.”

 

[RedSalmon]

I remember hearing that we were very close to signing John Collins during the 1998 World Cup. Rumour was that him and McCalister (injured at the time) were big mates and it was all but nailed on.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Sunil Chhetri

 

[mr_monkey]

Sunil Chhetri

He actually spent some time on trial with us during I think Coleman's time but wasn't deemed good enough.

He's still going now and is either close to or has broken Ali daei's goal record

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

In the late seventies we seemed to have such a good side with money to spend and big crowds, it all seemed to go wrong when we went all seater, crowds then dropped and players and managers left!

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

I can’t remember of it was on here or The GMK forum but there was a rumour that Bolo Zenden was going to sign and Vince McMahon was going to buy the club

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

Sunil Chhetri

I still think we should of signed him on a year deal for marketing alone

 

[clint van damme]

I can’t remember of it was on here or The GMK forum but there was a rumour that Bolo Zenden was going to sign and Vince McMahon was going to buy the club

I heard a rumour about Bollo and Vince

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

Phil Masinga spotted at KFC. Must have been the the first of the 'in the know' internet message board rumours alongside those from Jim the Gateman, a kind of precursor to the recent Bristol City 3 & Gilmour rumours. Not the last to be completely wrong though

 

[Londonccfcfan]

Think the Bowyer transfer was being reported as a double deal with Richard Rufus too? Would have been a significant upgrade on Paul Williams.

You have a good memory.

 

[Greggs]

Pavel Nedved?

 

[cc84cov]

Beckford

 

[cc84cov]

Pavel Nedved?

Terry Wogan

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

Adam Le Fondre

 

[SlowerThanPlatt]

We were also supposed to get Jon Parkin when Turner went to Cardiff

 

[oscillatewildly]

Not a rumour, but back in the mists of time we turned down future European footballer of the year Kevin Keegan for being too small and Chris Waddle when they had trials. Someone was seriously shit back in the day.

The KK story is long overdue a QI style klaxon response every time it gets a mention.

 

[SBT]

David Healy, seemingly ever year from about 2003 onwards

 

[skybluedan]

wasnt Earnshaw the original “spotted filling up his Bentley at the Tesco garage by The Ricoh”?

Phil masinga

 

[skybluedan]

Lad at Bolton too vaz te?

 

[JimmyHillsbeard]

Phil masinga

he was in KFC