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Happy_Martian

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Happy_Martian

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I bloody loved Ndlovu...what a player he was.

Can't think of one goal that he scored which was a simple tap in :) Favourites though are the Wimbledon away 2-0 win with 7000 Cov fans in attendance. Nuddy scampering from the halfway line to slot it past Hans Segers. But best memory was his impertinent dribble at Goodison Park, from outside our penalty area zigging and zagging and utterly confusing the Everton defenders (and most of the Cov players too :) ) before deftly lobbing Nev Southall from outside the Everton box. 1-1 on the day but that run always stood out.
 

Gynnsthetonic

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Loved that the commentators couldn't pronounce his name, one used to pronounce it Peter Un-lovo, then there was Peter Und-Luuurve in a Barry White style 😀
 
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Alan Dugdales Moustache

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Can't think of one goal that he scored which was a simple tap in :) Favourites though are the Wimbledon away 2-0 win with 7000 Cov fans in attendance. Nuddy scampering from the halfway line to slot it past Hans Segers. But best memory was his impertinent dribble at Goodison Park, from outside our penalty area zigging and zagging and utterly confusing the Everton defenders (and most of the Cov players too :) ) before deftly lobbing Nev Southall from outside the Everton box. 1-1 on the day but that run always stood out.
Never heard so much noise at an away game by our fans than that Wimbledon game. Everyone else won that day down at the relegation end of the table so it was a vital win. That game stands out as one of the most memorable.
 
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Possibly the most exciting and talented player i have seen play for us. On his day looked on a completely different level to everyone else. Great memories like him coming on (his debut?) at Highbury and scoring, the goal against the Villa, the Wimbledon match and a home game against Ipswich when he was outstanding.

However, my overriding feeling is he didn't achieve anywhere near as much as he should have. Wouldn't make it into my all time best City 11, although would probably be a sub.
 

shmmeee

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Possibly the most exciting and talented player i have seen play for us. On his day looked on a completely different level to everyone else. Great memories like him coming on (his debut?) at Highbury and scoring, the goal against the Villa, the Wimbledon match and a home game against Ipswich when he was outstanding.

However, my overriding feeling is he didn't achieve anywhere near as much as he should have. Wouldn't make it into my all time best City 11, although would probably be a sub.

Who would you have ahead of him on the wing?
 

Gynnsthetonic

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I was at Goodison in 92 when he ran the length of the pitch to make it 1-1, his deflective shot looped over Southall, Happy days!
 

Adge

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What about David Smith . Phenomenal talent. Not sure he believed that though
Left in the team too long by Sillett and unfortunately the confidence drained out of him meaning the inevitable happened and the crowd turned on him.
 

SkyblueDad

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Was talking to a Liverpool fan on the holiday and he mentioned his hat-trick at Anfield couldn’t understand why we never built a top team round him.
 

CDK

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Can't think of one goal that he scored which was a simple tap in :) Favourites though are the Wimbledon away 2-0 win with 7000 Cov fans in attendance. Nuddy scampering from the halfway line to slot it past Hans Segers. But best memory was his impertinent dribble at Goodison Park, from outside our penalty area zigging and zagging and utterly confusing the Everton defenders (and most of the Cov players too :) ) before deftly lobbing Nev Southall from outside the Everton box. 1-1 on the day but that run always stood out.
Was at plough lane that day he was a superb talent a genius.
 

Tile Hill Phil

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Ndlovu at Palace v Wimbledon (work that out) with Dion at centre back. Needed to win to stay up in the very pale Pony kit.
Cov fans took up the whole side in fancy dress . What an away day that was
Someone mentioned earlier that game was 7000 City fans there,I remember reading there were 10000 of us there. Really warm day and the Cov players coach struggled to get past as we were all drinking outside the pubs near the ground.
 

Torquay Sky Blue

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Someone mentioned earlier that game was 7000 City fans there,I remember reading there were 10000 of us there. Really warm day and the Cov players coach struggled to get past as we were all drinking outside the pubs near the ground.
And Strachan walked round the pitch to tell the fans to stop running on after we scored. It was in vain as Pink Panther ran past him
 

Happy_Martian

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Someone mentioned earlier that game was 7000 City fans there,I remember reading there were 10000 of us there. Really warm day and the Cov players coach struggled to get past as we were all drinking outside the pubs near the ground.

The quotes I saw were "over 7000" so put 7K for ease. But I found this by coincidence

 

ProfessorbyGrace

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Why did he not go even further, do people think?
I’ve often wondered this, and having seen a lot of Ndlovu between 1993 and 1996, he seemed to dip dramatically in and out of form. Teams, I feel, cottoned onto his directness and marked him closely, and at times he would make odd decisions with the ball.

But never, aside from Darren Huckerby, have I seen a player in Sky Blue who could do something truly astonishing, that could change a game in a heartbeat.

He had magic in his boots, at times. That hat trick at Anfield…😎
 

Houchens Head

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There was an Ndlovu who scored yesterday for a lower league team. I just caught the name on the BBC ticker tape thing but missed full name and team before it disappeared. Anyone know who he is and if he might be related to our Nuddy?
 

Torquay Sky Blue

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There was an Ndlovu who scored yesterday for a lower league team. I just caught the name on the BBC ticker tape thing but missed full name and team before it disappeared. Anyone know who he is and if he might be related to our Nuddy?
Lee Ndlovu plays for Borehamwood

From Zimbabwe but don't think they're related
 

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