No trouble at all, my man. But I'm curious as to why you went for him. I remember him vaguely from the early days of the Premier League, but he doesn't strike me as an obvious choice, so to speak.
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No trouble at all, my man. But I'm curious as to why you went for him. I remember him vaguely from the early days of the Premier League, but he doesn't strike me as an obvious choice, so to speak.
Confirmed
MJJ - 238m - 1. Bobby Charlton 66m, 2. Bryan Robson 60M, 3. Kenny Dalglish 49m 4. Ray Wilson 10m 5. Harry Gregg 10m 6. Alex Raisbeck 10m 7. Nat Lofthouse 10m 8. Jack Charlton 12m 9. P. Beardsley 10m 10. Lee Dixon 10m
Annah - 260m 1. George Best 95m, 2. Stanley Matthews 52m, 3. Danny Blanchflower 63m 4. B. Collins 10m 5. Jim Leighton 10m
6. McCracken 10m 7. Hardwick 10m 8. Ron Burgess 10m
Skizzo - 300m 1. John Charles 42m, 2. Bobby Moore 52m 3. Neville Southall 15m 4. Paul Ince 26m 5. Gary Neville 30m6. David Beckham 50m 7. Frank Lampard 15m 8. Bobby Lennox 20m9.Ian Wright 10m 10. Tony Dunne 10m 11. Mark Lawrenson 10m 12. Bobby Murdoch 20m
Lynk - 295m(-5m)1. Roy Keane 75m 2. Pat Jennings 30m 3. Billy Meredith 30m 4. Tony Adams 35m 5.John Terry 39m6.Barry 10m 7. Duff 10m 8. Fowler 14m9. Waddle 10m 10. V. Anderson 16m 11. Ivor Allchurch 10m 12. J. Carey 16m
Barney - 265m 1. Paul Scholes 67m, 2. Graeme Souness 56m 3. Jimmy Armfield 15m 4. John Greig 17m 5. Ronnie Simpson 10m 6. John Barnes 20m 7. Kevin Keegan 10m 8. Neil Franklin 21m9. Billy Liddell 19m 10. Jimmy McGrory 22m 11. David O' Leary 10m 12. B. Auld 10m 13. Wilf Mannion 10m
EAP - 285m 1. Paul Gascoigne 46m, 2. Norbert P. Stiles 45m, 3. Paul McGrath 45m 4. Michael Owen 16m 5.Liam Brady 49m6. Shay Given 14m 7.George Cohen 12m 8. Wes Brown 10m 9. Tommy Gemmell 12m 10. Sparky Hughes 10m 11. Emlyn Hughes 12m 12. McManaman 14m
Raees (-5m) - 268m 1. Denis Law 58m, 2. Dave Mackay 49m, 3. Alan Ball 17m 4. Billy Bremner 47m 5. Sol Campbell 37m 6.Eddie Hapgood 10m7. Billy McNeill 18m 8. Ray Clemence 10m9.Raich Carter 12m 10. Cliff Jones 10m 11. Peter Lorimer 10m
Chesterlestreet - 272m 1. Duncan Edwards 69m,2. Billy Wright 30m, 3. Roger Byrne 27m; 4.Johnny Haynes 30m 5.William R. Dean. 45m 6. W. Woodburn 10m7. Jack Kelsey 10m 8. Pat Crerand 20m 9. Cliff Bastin 12m 10. Alex Jackson 19m
Gio - 268m 1. Jimmy Greaves 30m, 2. Tom Finney 72m 3. Ashley Cole 36m 4. Davie Meiklejohn 10m 5. Des Walker 34m 6. Alan Morton 29m 7. Alex James 21m 8. Gordon Banks 10m 9. George Young 16m 10. Alan Mullery 10m
Stobzilla - 286m 1. Jimmy Johnstone 38m; 2. Alan Hansen 40m 3. Johnny Giles 50m 4. Eddie Gray 40m 5. Kevin Ratfcliffe 15m 6. Peter Reid 15m 7.Danny McGrain 28m 8. Ron Springett 10m9.Alan Shearer 20m 10. Teddy Sheringham 10m 11. Mike England 10m 12. Stuart Pearce 10m
SirAF- 260m 1. Giggs 70m, 2. Hurst 10m, 3. Gary Lineker 25m 4. Trevor Brooking 18m 5. Steven Gerrard 33m 6. Joe Hart 10m 7. John O'Shea 10m 8. Ledley King 25m 9. Leighton Baines 15m 10. Michael Carrick 14m 11.Terry Butcher 16m 12. Alex Ferguson 10m 13. Sandy Jardine 23m [REMOVED: Gary Pallister]
Crappy - 269m 1. Irwin 42m, 2. Rush 30m 3.Wayne Rooney 20m 4. Bale 30m 5. Rio Ferdinand 55m 6. Jim Baxter 47m 7. Andy Goram 10m 8. Phil Neal 15m 9.Patsy Gallacher 10m 10. Steve Bruce 10m
Bids for Round 8 - Any Eligible player - 2 COMPULSORY nominations per manager (bid start time 8 AM BST)
[Ron Burgess
Jack Charlton
Bobby Murdoch
Alan Mullery
Peter Beardsley
Lee Dixon
Steve McManaman
Stuart Pearce
Steve Bruce
David O' Leary
Bertie Auld
Wilf Mannion]
Stan Mortensen - Annah 10m - 24:00
Mel Hopkins - Annah 10m - 24:00
Bill Slater - Annah 10m - 24:00
Kenny Sansom - Annah 10m - 24:00
Bob Crompton - Raees 10m 00.24
Glenn Hoddle -MJJ 10m 04:50
Phil Thompson-MJJ 10m 04:50
Paul Beesley - Raees 10m 09:01
Willie Miller - Gio 10m 11.38
Steve Bould -
Norman Whiteside -
Gordon Strachan -
Nigel Winterburn -
Lawrie Reilly -
Sandy Turnbull -
Steve Bloomer -
MJJ - 238m - 1. Bobby Charlton 66m, 2. Bryan Robson 60M, 3. Kenny Dalglish 49m 4. Ray Wilson 10m 5. Harry Gregg 10m 6. Alex Raisbeck 10m 7. Nat Lofthouse 10m 8. Jack Charlton 12m 9. P. Beardsley 10m 10. Lee Dixon 10m
Annah - 260m 1. George Best 95m, 2. Stanley Matthews 52m, 3. Danny Blanchflower 63m 4. B. Collins 10m 5. Jim Leighton 10m
6. McCracken 10m 7. Hardwick 10m 8. Ron Burgess 10m
Skizzo - 300m 1. John Charles 42m, 2. Bobby Moore 52m 3. Neville Southall 15m 4. Paul Ince 26m 5. Gary Neville 30m6. David Beckham 50m 7. Frank Lampard 15m 8. Bobby Lennox 20m9.Ian Wright 10m 10. Tony Dunne 10m 11. Mark Lawrenson 10m 12. Bobby Murdoch 20m
Lynk - 295m(-5m)1. Roy Keane 75m 2. Pat Jennings 30m 3. Billy Meredith 30m 4. Tony Adams 35m 5.John Terry 39m6.Barry 10m 7. Duff 10m 8. Fowler 14m9. Waddle 10m 10. V. Anderson 16m 11. Ivor Allchurch 10m 12. J. Carey 16m
Barney - 265m 1. Paul Scholes 67m, 2. Graeme Souness 56m 3. Jimmy Armfield 15m 4. John Greig 17m 5. Ronnie Simpson 10m 6. John Barnes 20m 7. Kevin Keegan 10m 8. Neil Franklin 21m9. Billy Liddell 19m 10. Jimmy McGrory 22m 11. David O' Leary 10m 12. B. Auld 10m 13. Wilf Mannion 10m
EAP - 285m 1. Paul Gascoigne 46m, 2. Norbert P. Stiles 45m, 3. Paul McGrath 45m 4. Michael Owen 16m 5.Liam Brady 49m6. Shay Given 14m 7.George Cohen 12m 8. Wes Brown 10m 9. Tommy Gemmell 12m 10. Sparky Hughes 10m 11. Emlyn Hughes 12m 12. McManaman 14m
Raees (-5m) - 268m 1. Denis Law 58m, 2. Dave Mackay 49m, 3. Alan Ball 17m 4. Billy Bremner 47m 5. Sol Campbell 37m 6.Eddie Hapgood 10m7. Billy McNeill 18m 8. Ray Clemence 10m9.Raich Carter 12m 10. Cliff Jones 10m 11. Peter Lorimer 10m
Chesterlestreet - 272m 1. Duncan Edwards 69m,2. Billy Wright 30m, 3. Roger Byrne 27m; 4.Johnny Haynes 30m 5.William R. Dean. 45m 6. W. Woodburn 10m7. Jack Kelsey 10m 8. Pat Crerand 20m 9. Cliff Bastin 12m 10. Alex Jackson 19m
Gio - 268m 1. Jimmy Greaves 30m, 2. Tom Finney 72m 3. Ashley Cole 36m 4. Davie Meiklejohn 10m 5. Des Walker 34m 6. Alan Morton 29m 7. Alex James 21m 8. Gordon Banks 10m 9. George Young 16m 10. Alan Mullery 10m
Stobzilla - 286m 1. Jimmy Johnstone 38m; 2. Alan Hansen 40m 3. Johnny Giles 50m 4. Eddie Gray 40m 5. Kevin Ratfcliffe 15m 6. Peter Reid 15m 7.Danny McGrain 28m 8. Ron Springett 10m9.Alan Shearer 20m 10. Teddy Sheringham 10m 11. Mike England 10m 12. Stuart Pearce 10m
SirAF- 260m 1. Giggs 70m, 2. Hurst 10m, 3. Gary Lineker 25m 4. Trevor Brooking 18m 5. Steven Gerrard 33m 6. Joe Hart 10m 7. John O'Shea 10m 8. Ledley King 25m 9. Leighton Baines 15m 10. Michael Carrick 14m 11.Terry Butcher 16m 12. Alex Ferguson 10m 13. Sandy Jardine 23m [REMOVED: Gary Pallister]
Crappy - 269m 1. Irwin 42m, 2. Rush 30m 3.Wayne Rooney 20m 4. Bale 30m 5. Rio Ferdinand 55m 6. Jim Baxter 47m 7. Andy Goram 10m 8. Phil Neal 15m 9.Patsy Gallacher 10m 10. Steve Bruce 10m
Bids for Round 8 - Any Eligible player - 2 COMPULSORY nominations per manager (bid start time 8 AM BST)
[Ron Burgess
Jack Charlton
Bobby Murdoch
Alan Mullery
Peter Beardsley
Lee Dixon
Steve McManaman
Stuart Pearce
Steve Bruce
David O' Leary
Bertie Auld
Wilf Mannion]
Stan Mortensen - Annah 10m - 24:00
Mel Hopkins - Annah 10m - 24:00
Bill Slater - Annah 10m - 24:00
Kenny Sansom - Annah 10m - 24:00
Bob Crompton - Raees 10m 00.24
Glenn Hoddle -MJJ 10m 04:50
Phil Thompson-MJJ 10m 04:50
Paul Beesley - Raees 10m 09:01
Willie Miller - Gio 10m 11.38
Steve Bould -
Norman Whiteside -
Gordon Strachan -
Nigel Winterburn -
Lawrie Reilly -
Sandy Turnbull -
Steve Bloomer -
I've spelt it completely wrong .. my bad let me change it. Note to self, never ever post half asleep again!!Confirmed
MJJ - 238m - 1. Bobby Charlton 66m, 2. Bryan Robson 60M, 3. Kenny Dalglish 49m 4. Ray Wilson 10m 5. Harry Gregg 10m 6. Alex Raisbeck 10m 7. Nat Lofthouse 10m 8. Jack Charlton 12m 9. P. Beardsley 10m 10. Lee Dixon 10m
Annah - 260m 1. George Best 95m, 2. Stanley Matthews 52m, 3. Danny Blanchflower 63m 4. B. Collins 10m 5. Jim Leighton 10m
6. McCracken 10m 7. Hardwick 10m 8. Ron Burgess 10m
Skizzo - 300m 1. John Charles 42m, 2. Bobby Moore 52m 3. Neville Southall 15m 4. Paul Ince 26m 5. Gary Neville 30m6. David Beckham 50m 7. Frank Lampard 15m 8. Bobby Lennox 20m9.Ian Wright 10m 10. Tony Dunne 10m 11. Mark Lawrenson 10m 12. Bobby Murdoch 20m
Lynk - 295m(-5m)1. Roy Keane 75m 2. Pat Jennings 30m 3. Billy Meredith 30m 4. Tony Adams 35m 5.John Terry 39m6.Barry 10m 7. Duff 10m 8. Fowler 14m9. Waddle 10m 10. V. Anderson 16m 11. Ivor Allchurch 10m 12. J. Carey 16m
Barney - 265m 1. Paul Scholes 67m, 2. Graeme Souness 56m 3. Jimmy Armfield 15m 4. John Greig 17m 5. Ronnie Simpson 10m 6. John Barnes 20m 7. Kevin Keegan 10m 8. Neil Franklin 21m9. Billy Liddell 19m 10. Jimmy McGrory 22m 11. David O' Leary 10m 12. B. Auld 10m 13. Wilf Mannion 10m
EAP - 285m 1. Paul Gascoigne 46m, 2. Norbert P. Stiles 45m, 3. Paul McGrath 45m 4. Michael Owen 16m 5.Liam Brady 49m6. Shay Given 14m 7.George Cohen 12m 8. Wes Brown 10m 9. Tommy Gemmell 12m 10. Sparky Hughes 10m 11. Emlyn Hughes 12m 12. McManaman 14m
Raees (-5m) - 268m 1. Denis Law 58m, 2. Dave Mackay 49m, 3. Alan Ball 17m 4. Billy Bremner 47m 5. Sol Campbell 37m 6.Eddie Hapgood 10m7. Billy McNeill 18m 8. Ray Clemence 10m9.Raich Carter 12m 10. Cliff Jones 10m 11. Peter Lorimer 10m
Chesterlestreet - 272m 1. Duncan Edwards 69m,2. Billy Wright 30m, 3. Roger Byrne 27m; 4.Johnny Haynes 30m 5.William R. Dean. 45m 6. W. Woodburn 10m7. Jack Kelsey 10m 8. Pat Crerand 20m 9. Cliff Bastin 12m 10. Alex Jackson 19m
Gio - 268m 1. Jimmy Greaves 30m, 2. Tom Finney 72m 3. Ashley Cole 36m 4. Davie Meiklejohn 10m 5. Des Walker 34m 6. Alan Morton 29m 7. Alex James 21m 8. Gordon Banks 10m 9. George Young 16m 10. Alan Mullery 10m
Stobzilla - 286m 1. Jimmy Johnstone 38m; 2. Alan Hansen 40m 3. Johnny Giles 50m 4. Eddie Gray 40m 5. Kevin Ratfcliffe 15m 6. Peter Reid 15m 7.Danny McGrain 28m 8. Ron Springett 10m9.Alan Shearer 20m 10. Teddy Sheringham 10m 11. Mike England 10m 12. Stuart Pearce 10m
SirAF- 260m 1. Giggs 70m, 2. Hurst 10m, 3. Gary Lineker 25m 4. Trevor Brooking 18m 5. Steven Gerrard 33m 6. Joe Hart 10m 7. John O'Shea 10m 8. Ledley King 25m 9. Leighton Baines 15m 10. Michael Carrick 14m 11.Terry Butcher 16m 12. Alex Ferguson 10m 13. Sandy Jardine 23m [REMOVED: Gary Pallister]
Crappy - 269m 1. Irwin 42m, 2. Rush 30m 3.Wayne Rooney 20m 4. Bale 30m 5. Rio Ferdinand 55m 6. Jim Baxter 47m 7. Andy Goram 10m 8. Phil Neal 15m 9.Patsy Gallacher 10m 10. Steve Bruce 10m
Bids for Round 8 - Any Eligible player - 2 COMPULSORY nominations per manager (bid start time 8 AM BST)
[Ron Burgess
Jack Charlton
Bobby Murdoch
Alan Mullery
Peter Beardsley
Lee Dixon
Steve McManaman
Stuart Pearce
Steve Bruce
David O' Leary
Bertie Auld
Wilf Mannion]
Stan Mortensen - Annah 10m - 24:00
Mel Hopkins - Annah 10m - 24:00
Bill Slater - Annah 10m - 24:00
Kenny Sansom - Annah 10m - 24:00
Bob Crompton - Raees 10m 00.24
Glenn Hoddle -MJJ 10m 04:50
Phil Thompson-MJJ 10m 04:50
Paul Reaney - Raees 10m 09:01
Willie Miller - Gio 10m 11.38
Steve Bould -
Norman Whiteside -
Gordon Strachan -
Nigel Winterburn -
Lawrie Reilly -
Sandy Turnbull -
Steve Bloomer -
MJJ - 238m - 1. Bobby Charlton 66m, 2. Bryan Robson 60M, 3. Kenny Dalglish 49m 4. Ray Wilson 10m 5. Harry Gregg 10m 6. Alex Raisbeck 10m 7. Nat Lofthouse 10m 8. Jack Charlton 12m 9. P. Beardsley 10m 10. Lee Dixon 10m
Annah - 260m 1. George Best 95m, 2. Stanley Matthews 52m, 3. Danny Blanchflower 63m 4. B. Collins 10m 5. Jim Leighton 10m
6. McCracken 10m 7. Hardwick 10m 8. Ron Burgess 10m
Skizzo - 300m 1. John Charles 42m, 2. Bobby Moore 52m 3. Neville Southall 15m 4. Paul Ince 26m 5. Gary Neville 30m6. David Beckham 50m 7. Frank Lampard 15m 8. Bobby Lennox 20m9.Ian Wright 10m 10. Tony Dunne 10m 11. Mark Lawrenson 10m 12. Bobby Murdoch 20m
Lynk - 295m(-5m)1. Roy Keane 75m 2. Pat Jennings 30m 3. Billy Meredith 30m 4. Tony Adams 35m 5.John Terry 39m6.Barry 10m 7. Duff 10m 8. Fowler 14m9. Waddle 10m 10. V. Anderson 16m 11. Ivor Allchurch 10m 12. J. Carey 16m
Barney - 265m 1. Paul Scholes 67m, 2. Graeme Souness 56m 3. Jimmy Armfield 15m 4. John Greig 17m 5. Ronnie Simpson 10m 6. John Barnes 20m 7. Kevin Keegan 10m 8. Neil Franklin 21m9. Billy Liddell 19m 10. Jimmy McGrory 22m 11. David O' Leary 10m 12. B. Auld 10m 13. Wilf Mannion 10m
EAP - 285m 1. Paul Gascoigne 46m, 2. Norbert P. Stiles 45m, 3. Paul McGrath 45m 4. Michael Owen 16m 5.Liam Brady 49m6. Shay Given 14m 7.George Cohen 12m 8. Wes Brown 10m 9. Tommy Gemmell 12m 10. Sparky Hughes 10m 11. Emlyn Hughes 12m 12. McManaman 14m
Raees (-5m) - 268m 1. Denis Law 58m, 2. Dave Mackay 49m, 3. Alan Ball 17m 4. Billy Bremner 47m 5. Sol Campbell 37m 6.Eddie Hapgood 10m7. Billy McNeill 18m 8. Ray Clemence 10m9.Raich Carter 12m 10. Cliff Jones 10m 11. Peter Lorimer 10m
Chesterlestreet - 272m 1. Duncan Edwards 69m,2. Billy Wright 30m, 3. Roger Byrne 27m; 4.Johnny Haynes 30m 5.William R. Dean. 45m 6. W. Woodburn 10m7. Jack Kelsey 10m 8. Pat Crerand 20m 9. Cliff Bastin 12m 10. Alex Jackson 19m
Gio - 268m 1. Jimmy Greaves 30m, 2. Tom Finney 72m 3. Ashley Cole 36m 4. Davie Meiklejohn 10m 5. Des Walker 34m 6. Alan Morton 29m 7. Alex James 21m 8. Gordon Banks 10m 9. George Young 16m 10. Alan Mullery 10m
Stobzilla - 286m 1. Jimmy Johnstone 38m; 2. Alan Hansen 40m 3. Johnny Giles 50m 4. Eddie Gray 40m 5. Kevin Ratfcliffe 15m 6. Peter Reid 15m 7.Danny McGrain 28m 8. Ron Springett 10m9.Alan Shearer 20m 10. Teddy Sheringham 10m 11. Mike England 10m 12. Stuart Pearce 10m
SirAF- 260m 1. Giggs 70m, 2. Hurst 10m, 3. Gary Lineker 25m 4. Trevor Brooking 18m 5. Steven Gerrard 33m 6. Joe Hart 10m 7. John O'Shea 10m 8. Ledley King 25m 9. Leighton Baines 15m 10. Michael Carrick 14m 11.Terry Butcher 16m 12. Alex Ferguson 10m 13. Sandy Jardine 23m [REMOVED: Gary Pallister]
Crappy - 269m 1. Irwin 42m, 2. Rush 30m 3.Wayne Rooney 20m 4. Bale 30m 5. Rio Ferdinand 55m 6. Jim Baxter 47m 7. Andy Goram 10m 8. Phil Neal 15m 9.Patsy Gallacher 10m 10. Steve Bruce 10m
Bids for Round 8 - Any Eligible player - 2 COMPULSORY nominations per manager (bid start time 8 AM BST)
[Ron Burgess
Jack Charlton
Bobby Murdoch
Alan Mullery
Peter Beardsley
Lee Dixon
Steve McManaman
Stuart Pearce
Steve Bruce
David O' Leary
Bertie Auld
Wilf Mannion]
Stan Mortensen - Annah 10m - 24:00
Mel Hopkins - Annah 10m - 24:00
Bill Slater - Annah 10m - 24:00
Kenny Sansom - Annah 10m - 24:00
Bob Crompton - Raees 10m 00.24
Glenn Hoddle -MJJ 10m 04:50
Phil Thompson-MJJ 10m 04:50
Paul Reaney - Raees 10m 09:01
Willie Miller - Gio 10m 11.38
Steve Bould -
Norman Whiteside -
Gordon Strachan -
Nigel Winterburn -
Lawrie Reilly -
Sandy Turnbull -
Steve Bloomer -
Is this him?
Well, I'm stumped. Unless he means Paul Beesley. But then the question becomes not as much who as...why?
http://www.paulbeesley.co.uk/
Seems like everyone has brilliant wingers, so paradoxically it may end up not being that important to field top notch side backs: “My wingers will destroy your fullbacks.” “No, MY wingers will destroy YOUR fullbacks.” And so on. In other words, some other factor may very well be more important.
I mean, what can you do against these bloody wingers? Have someone competent stay on them and pester them a bit - and that's that, really. Beyond that, well, you have two basic types, I guess: 1. The trickster/crosser type (who depends on having someone first rate to cross to - and then the battle becomes a different one right away); and 2. The cutting-inside-goal-scoring type, who will be up against some truly outstanding, hard-as-nails central defenders in addition to the poor bastard at LB or RB.
I think so, yes. The one I'm thinking about is a scouser by birth at least, according to wiki.Aye the pool of great wingers and wide attackers is very deep as shown by how the likes of Jackson, Liddell, Bastin, Waddle and Barnes were cheap as chips.
Gio please don't make this worse than it already is, I feel so embarassed
That was grand, man. You should get a bonus for that one, actually. Paul Reaney is a somewhat different proposal, yes. I think it's wise of you to go with the Super Leeds angle over the...scouse tour guide angle.
Indeed - and there are still a couple (at least) out there who haven't even been brought up.
I think it's wise of you to go with the Super Leeds angle over the...scouse tour guide angle.
I actually haven't a clue how I even reached that name... completely baffled myself
Here's the Paul Beesley I - vaguely - remember:
Scouser who used to play for Leeds. And City. A vote puller if I ever saw one.
His best years were with Sheffield United, though - when they were up in the PL in the first seasons after the inception of said league.
So, while not being my - or anyone else's, I reckon - first (or fifth) choice CB in an all time draft, he was at least a footballer.
Scouser who used to play for Leeds. And City. A vote puller if I ever saw one.
His best years were with Sheffield United, though - when they were up in the PL in the first seasons after the inception of said league.
So, while not being my - or anyone else's, I reckon - first (or fifth) choice CB in an all time draft, he was at least a footballer.
Very odd draft in that regard.
Here's the Paul Beesley I - vaguely - remember:
Scouser who used to play for Leeds. And City. A vote puller if I ever saw one.
His best years were with Sheffield United, though - when they were up in the PL in the first seasons after the inception of said league.
So, while not being my - or anyone else's, I reckon - first (or fifth) choice CB in an all time draft, he was at least a footballer.
I faintly recognised the (similar) name when Raees first posted it, and Wiki then refreshed the very few of my brain synapses that were devoted to remembering Paul Beesley. To be frank, I'm highly disappointed in Raees for not signing him now.
Hell yes. Imagine having both Fergie and Beesley in the thing. It would've been, as they say, epic: And they'd be locked in direct combat too given their favoured positions.
Crappy - Sorry folks.. was visiting NY so was not posting much.. anyway this draft has sped away.
Just consider this the last leg of auction draft.
We will start the snake tomorrow night BST.
We will stop the auction round all together in another 24 hours that is 4 PM BST7
So I guess it is 12 hours still and I got my team ready? Will get to the write up then!
Just consider this the last leg of auction draft.
We will start the snake tomorrow night BST.
We will stop the auction round all together in another 24 hours that is 4 PM BST7
So I guess it is 12 hours still and I got my team ready? Will get to the write up then!
Confirmed
MJJ - 238m - 1. Bobby Charlton 66m, 2. Bryan Robson 60M, 3. Kenny Dalglish 49m 4. Ray Wilson 10m 5. Harry Gregg 10m 6. Alex Raisbeck 10m 7. Nat Lofthouse 10m 8. Jack Charlton 12m 9. P. Beardsley 10m 10. Lee Dixon 10m
Annah - 260m 1. George Best 95m, 2. Stanley Matthews 52m, 3. Danny Blanchflower 63m 4. B. Collins 10m 5. Jim Leighton 10m
6. McCracken 10m 7. Hardwick 10m 8. Ron Burgess 10m 9. Stan Mortensen 10. Bill Slater 11. Mel Hopkins 12. Kenny Sansom
Skizzo - 300m 1. John Charles 42m, 2. Bobby Moore 52m 3. Neville Southall 15m 4. Paul Ince 26m 5. Gary Neville 30m6. David Beckham 50m 7. Frank Lampard 15m 8. Bobby Lennox 20m9.Ian Wright 10m 10. Tony Dunne 10m 11. Mark Lawrenson 10m 12. Bobby Murdoch 20m
Lynk - 295m(-5m)1. Roy Keane 75m 2. Pat Jennings 30m 3. Billy Meredith 30m 4. Tony Adams 35m 5.John Terry 39m6.Barry 10m 7. Duff 10m 8. Fowler 14m9. Waddle 10m 10. V. Anderson 16m 11. Ivor Allchurch 10m 12. J. Carey 16m
Barney - 265m 1. Paul Scholes 67m, 2. Graeme Souness 56m 3. Jimmy Armfield 15m 4. John Greig 17m 5. Ronnie Simpson 10m 6. John Barnes 20m 7. Kevin Keegan 10m 8. Neil Franklin 21m9. Billy Liddell 19m 10. Jimmy McGrory 22m 11. David O' Leary 10m 12. B. Auld 10m 13. Wilf Mannion 10m
EAP - 285m 1. Paul Gascoigne 46m, 2. Norbert P. Stiles 45m, 3. Paul McGrath 45m 4. Michael Owen 16m 5.Liam Brady 49m6. Shay Given 14m 7.George Cohen 12m 8. Wes Brown 10m 9. Tommy Gemmell 12m 10. Sparky Hughes 10m 11. Emlyn Hughes 12m 12. McManaman 14m
Raees (-5m) - 268m 1. Denis Law 58m, 2. Dave Mackay 49m, 3. Alan Ball 17m 4. Billy Bremner 47m 5. Sol Campbell 37m 6.Eddie Hapgood 10m7. Billy McNeill 18m 8. Ray Clemence 10m9.Raich Carter 12m 10. Cliff Jones 10m 11. Peter Lorimer 10m
Chesterlestreet - 272m 1. Duncan Edwards 69m,2. Billy Wright 30m, 3. Roger Byrne 27m; 4.Johnny Haynes 30m 5.William R. Dean. 45m 6. W. Woodburn 10m 7. Jack Kelsey 10m 8. Pat Crerand 20m 9. Cliff Bastin 12m 10. Alex Jackson 19m
Gio - 268m 1. Jimmy Greaves 30m, 2. Tom Finney 72m 3. Ashley Cole 36m 4. Davie Meiklejohn 10m5. Des Walker 34m 6. Alan Morton 29m 7. Alex James 21m 8. Gordon Banks 10m 9. George Young 16m 10. A. Mullery 10m
Stobzilla - 286m 1. Jimmy Johnstone 38m; 2. Alan Hansen 40m 3. Johnny Giles 50m 4. Eddie Gray 40m 5. Kevin Ratfcliffe 15m 6. Peter Reid 15m 7.Danny McGrain 28m 8. Ron Springett 10m9.Alan Shearer 20m 10. Teddy Sheringham 10m 11. Mike England 10m 12. Stuart Pearce 10m
SirAF- 260m 1. Giggs 70m, 2. Hurst 10m, 3. Gary Lineker 25m 4. Trevor Brooking 18m 5. Steven Gerrard 33m 6. Joe Hart 10m 7. John O'Shea 10m 8. Ledley King 25m 9. Leighton Baines 15m 10. Michael Carrick 14m 11.Terry Butcher 16m 12. Alex Ferguson 10m 13. Sandy Jardine 23m [REMOVED: Gary Pallister]
Crappy - 269m 1. Irwin 42m, 2. Rush 30m 3.Wayne Rooney 20m 4. Bale 30m 5. Rio Ferdinand 55m 6. Jim Baxter 47m 7. Andy Goram 10m 8. Phil Neal 15m 9. Patsy Gallacher 10m 10. Steve Bruce 10m
Bids for Round 8 - Any Eligible player - 2 COMPULSORY nominations per manager (bid start time 8 AM BST)
[Ron Burgess
Jack Charlton
Bobby Murdoch
Alan Mullery
Peter Beardsley
Lee Dixon
Steve McManaman
Stuart Pearce
Steve Bruce
David O' Leary
Bertie Auld
Wilf Mannion]
Bob Crompton - Raees 10m 00.24
Steve Bould -
Norman Whiteside -
Gordon Strachan -
Nigel Winterburn -
Lawrie Reilly -
Sandy Turnbull -
Steve Bloomer -
Glenn Hoddle
MJJ - 238m - 1. Bobby Charlton 66m, 2. Bryan Robson 60M, 3. Kenny Dalglish 49m 4. Ray Wilson 10m 5. Harry Gregg 10m 6. Alex Raisbeck 10m 7. Nat Lofthouse 10m 8. Jack Charlton 12m 9. P. Beardsley 10m 10. Lee Dixon 10m
Annah - 260m 1. George Best 95m, 2. Stanley Matthews 52m, 3. Danny Blanchflower 63m 4. B. Collins 10m 5. Jim Leighton 10m
6. McCracken 10m 7. Hardwick 10m 8. Ron Burgess 10m 9. Stan Mortensen 10. Bill Slater 11. Mel Hopkins 12. Kenny Sansom
Skizzo - 300m 1. John Charles 42m, 2. Bobby Moore 52m 3. Neville Southall 15m 4. Paul Ince 26m 5. Gary Neville 30m6. David Beckham 50m 7. Frank Lampard 15m 8. Bobby Lennox 20m9.Ian Wright 10m 10. Tony Dunne 10m 11. Mark Lawrenson 10m 12. Bobby Murdoch 20m
Lynk - 295m(-5m)1. Roy Keane 75m 2. Pat Jennings 30m 3. Billy Meredith 30m 4. Tony Adams 35m 5.John Terry 39m6.Barry 10m 7. Duff 10m 8. Fowler 14m9. Waddle 10m 10. V. Anderson 16m 11. Ivor Allchurch 10m 12. J. Carey 16m
Barney - 265m 1. Paul Scholes 67m, 2. Graeme Souness 56m 3. Jimmy Armfield 15m 4. John Greig 17m 5. Ronnie Simpson 10m 6. John Barnes 20m 7. Kevin Keegan 10m 8. Neil Franklin 21m9. Billy Liddell 19m 10. Jimmy McGrory 22m 11. David O' Leary 10m 12. B. Auld 10m 13. Wilf Mannion 10m
EAP - 285m 1. Paul Gascoigne 46m, 2. Norbert P. Stiles 45m, 3. Paul McGrath 45m 4. Michael Owen 16m 5.Liam Brady 49m6. Shay Given 14m 7.George Cohen 12m 8. Wes Brown 10m 9. Tommy Gemmell 12m 10. Sparky Hughes 10m 11. Emlyn Hughes 12m 12. McManaman 14m
Raees (-5m) - 268m 1. Denis Law 58m, 2. Dave Mackay 49m, 3. Alan Ball 17m 4. Billy Bremner 47m 5. Sol Campbell 37m 6.Eddie Hapgood 10m7. Billy McNeill 18m 8. Ray Clemence 10m9.Raich Carter 12m 10. Cliff Jones 10m 11. Peter Lorimer 10m
Chesterlestreet - 272m 1. Duncan Edwards 69m,2. Billy Wright 30m, 3. Roger Byrne 27m; 4.Johnny Haynes 30m 5.William R. Dean. 45m 6. W. Woodburn 10m 7. Jack Kelsey 10m 8. Pat Crerand 20m 9. Cliff Bastin 12m 10. Alex Jackson 19m
Gio - 268m 1. Jimmy Greaves 30m, 2. Tom Finney 72m 3. Ashley Cole 36m 4. Davie Meiklejohn 10m5. Des Walker 34m 6. Alan Morton 29m 7. Alex James 21m 8. Gordon Banks 10m 9. George Young 16m 10. A. Mullery 10m
Stobzilla - 286m 1. Jimmy Johnstone 38m; 2. Alan Hansen 40m 3. Johnny Giles 50m 4. Eddie Gray 40m 5. Kevin Ratfcliffe 15m 6. Peter Reid 15m 7.Danny McGrain 28m 8. Ron Springett 10m9.Alan Shearer 20m 10. Teddy Sheringham 10m 11. Mike England 10m 12. Stuart Pearce 10m
SirAF- 260m 1. Giggs 70m, 2. Hurst 10m, 3. Gary Lineker 25m 4. Trevor Brooking 18m 5. Steven Gerrard 33m 6. Joe Hart 10m 7. John O'Shea 10m 8. Ledley King 25m 9. Leighton Baines 15m 10. Michael Carrick 14m 11.Terry Butcher 16m 12. Alex Ferguson 10m 13. Sandy Jardine 23m [REMOVED: Gary Pallister]
Crappy - 269m 1. Irwin 42m, 2. Rush 30m 3.Wayne Rooney 20m 4. Bale 30m 5. Rio Ferdinand 55m 6. Jim Baxter 47m 7. Andy Goram 10m 8. Phil Neal 15m 9. Patsy Gallacher 10m 10. Steve Bruce 10m
Bids for Round 8 - Any Eligible player - 2 COMPULSORY nominations per manager (bid start time 8 AM BST)
[Ron Burgess
Jack Charlton
Bobby Murdoch
Alan Mullery
Peter Beardsley
Lee Dixon
Steve McManaman
Stuart Pearce
Steve Bruce
David O' Leary
Bertie Auld
Wilf Mannion]
Bob Crompton - Raees 10m 00.24
Steve Bould -
Norman Whiteside -
Gordon Strachan -
Nigel Winterburn -
Lawrie Reilly -
Sandy Turnbull -
Steve Bloomer -
Glenn Hoddle
Yes, it says 4PM but I reckon he means 4AM tomorrow, that is Tuesday at 04:00 GMT, with the snake to follow Tuesday night.
It means that the auction all together will stop then. The actual deadlines hasn't been changed from what I gather unless he mentioned it elsewhere?
Auction draft will end at 4 pm bst. No more nominations.
I ll prep the template n rules for snake draft bids
I have no idea what either of you are on about. But it makes no difference to me - I'm only waiting for the snake rounds.
And when will these commence?
I have no clue on what's happening now.
Anyways will come back when it's draw time.
Confirmed
MJJ - 238m - 1. Bobby Charlton 66m, 2. Bryan Robson 60M, 3. Kenny Dalglish 49m 4. Ray Wilson 10m 5. Harry Gregg 10m 6. Alex Raisbeck 10m 7. Nat Lofthouse 10m 8. Jack Charlton 12m 9. P. Beardsley 10m 10. Lee Dixon 10m
Annah - 260m 1. George Best 95m, 2. Stanley Matthews 52m, 3. Danny Blanchflower 63m 4. B. Collins 10m 5. Jim Leighton 10m
6. McCracken 10m 7. Hardwick 10m 8. Ron Burgess 10m 9. Stan Mortensen 10. Bill Slater 11. Mel Hopkins 12. Kenny Sansom
Skizzo - 300m 1. John Charles 42m, 2. Bobby Moore 52m 3. Neville Southall 15m 4. Paul Ince 26m 5. Gary Neville 30m6. David Beckham 50m 7. Frank Lampard 15m 8. Bobby Lennox 20m9.Ian Wright 10m 10. Tony Dunne 10m 11. Mark Lawrenson 10m 12. Bobby Murdoch 20m
Lynk - 295m(-5m)1. Roy Keane 75m 2. Pat Jennings 30m 3. Billy Meredith 30m 4. Tony Adams 35m 5.John Terry 39m6.Barry 10m 7. Duff 10m 8. Fowler 14m9. Waddle 10m 10. V. Anderson 16m 11. Ivor Allchurch 10m 12. J. Carey 16m
Barney - 265m 1. Paul Scholes 67m, 2. Graeme Souness 56m 3. Jimmy Armfield 15m 4. John Greig 17m 5. Ronnie Simpson 10m 6. John Barnes 20m 7. Kevin Keegan 10m 8. Neil Franklin 21m9. Billy Liddell 19m 10. Jimmy McGrory 22m 11. David O' Leary 10m 12. B. Auld 10m 13. Wilf Mannion 10m
EAP - 285m 1. Paul Gascoigne 46m, 2. Norbert P. Stiles 45m, 3. Paul McGrath 45m 4. Michael Owen 16m 5.Liam Brady 49m6. Shay Given 14m 7.George Cohen 12m 8. Wes Brown 10m 9. Tommy Gemmell 12m 10. Sparky Hughes 10m 11. Emlyn Hughes 12m 12. McManaman 14m
Raees (-5m) - 278m 1. Denis Law 58m, 2. Dave Mackay 49m, 3. Alan Ball 17m 4. Billy Bremner 47m 5. Sol Campbell 37m 6.Eddie Hapgood 10m7. Billy McNeill 18m 8. Ray Clemence 10m9.Raich Carter 12m 10. Cliff Jones 10m 11. Peter Lorimer 10m 12. Bob Crompton
Chesterlestreet - 272m 1. Duncan Edwards 69m,2. Billy Wright 30m, 3. Roger Byrne 27m; 4.Johnny Haynes 30m 5.William R. Dean. 45m 6. W. Woodburn 10m 7. Jack Kelsey 10m 8. Pat Crerand 20m 9. Cliff Bastin 12m 10. Alex Jackson 19m
Gio - 268m 1. Jimmy Greaves 30m, 2. Tom Finney 72m 3. Ashley Cole 36m 4. Davie Meiklejohn 10m5. Des Walker 34m 6. Alan Morton 29m 7. Alex James 21m 8. Gordon Banks 10m 9. George Young 16m 10. A. Mullery 10m
Stobzilla - 286m 1. Jimmy Johnstone 38m; 2. Alan Hansen 40m 3. Johnny Giles 50m 4. Eddie Gray 40m 5. Kevin Ratfcliffe 15m 6. Peter Reid 15m 7.Danny McGrain 28m 8. Ron Springett 10m9.Alan Shearer 20m 10. Teddy Sheringham 10m 11. Mike England 10m 12. Stuart Pearce 10m
SirAF- 260m 1. Giggs 70m, 2. Hurst 10m, 3. Gary Lineker 25m 4. Trevor Brooking 18m 5. Steven Gerrard 33m 6. Joe Hart 10m 7. John O'Shea 10m 8. Ledley King 25m 9. Leighton Baines 15m 10. Michael Carrick 14m 11.Terry Butcher 16m 12. Alex Ferguson 10m 13. Sandy Jardine 23m [REMOVED: Gary Pallister]
Crappy - 269m 1. Irwin 42m, 2. Rush 30m 3.Wayne Rooney 20m 4. Bale 30m 5. Rio Ferdinand 55m 6. Jim Baxter 47m 7. Andy Goram 10m 8. Phil Neal 15m 9. Patsy Gallacher 10m 10. Steve Bruce 10m
Bids for Round 8 - Any Eligible player - 2 COMPULSORY nominations per manager (bid start time 8 AM BST)
[Ron Burgess
Jack Charlton
Bobby Murdoch
Alan Mullery
Peter Beardsley
Lee Dixon
Steve McManaman
Stuart Pearce
Steve Bruce
David O' Leary
Bertie Auld
Wilf Mannion]
Bob Crompton
Paul Reaney - Raees 10m 09:00
Steve Bould -
Norman Whiteside -
Gordon Strachan -
Nigel Winterburn -
Lawrie Reilly -
Sandy Turnbull -
Steve Bloomer -
Glenn Hoddle
MJJ - 238m - 1. Bobby Charlton 66m, 2. Bryan Robson 60M, 3. Kenny Dalglish 49m 4. Ray Wilson 10m 5. Harry Gregg 10m 6. Alex Raisbeck 10m 7. Nat Lofthouse 10m 8. Jack Charlton 12m 9. P. Beardsley 10m 10. Lee Dixon 10m
Annah - 260m 1. George Best 95m, 2. Stanley Matthews 52m, 3. Danny Blanchflower 63m 4. B. Collins 10m 5. Jim Leighton 10m
6. McCracken 10m 7. Hardwick 10m 8. Ron Burgess 10m 9. Stan Mortensen 10. Bill Slater 11. Mel Hopkins 12. Kenny Sansom
Skizzo - 300m 1. John Charles 42m, 2. Bobby Moore 52m 3. Neville Southall 15m 4. Paul Ince 26m 5. Gary Neville 30m6. David Beckham 50m 7. Frank Lampard 15m 8. Bobby Lennox 20m9.Ian Wright 10m 10. Tony Dunne 10m 11. Mark Lawrenson 10m 12. Bobby Murdoch 20m
Lynk - 295m(-5m)1. Roy Keane 75m 2. Pat Jennings 30m 3. Billy Meredith 30m 4. Tony Adams 35m 5.John Terry 39m6.Barry 10m 7. Duff 10m 8. Fowler 14m9. Waddle 10m 10. V. Anderson 16m 11. Ivor Allchurch 10m 12. J. Carey 16m
Barney - 265m 1. Paul Scholes 67m, 2. Graeme Souness 56m 3. Jimmy Armfield 15m 4. John Greig 17m 5. Ronnie Simpson 10m 6. John Barnes 20m 7. Kevin Keegan 10m 8. Neil Franklin 21m9. Billy Liddell 19m 10. Jimmy McGrory 22m 11. David O' Leary 10m 12. B. Auld 10m 13. Wilf Mannion 10m
EAP - 285m 1. Paul Gascoigne 46m, 2. Norbert P. Stiles 45m, 3. Paul McGrath 45m 4. Michael Owen 16m 5.Liam Brady 49m6. Shay Given 14m 7.George Cohen 12m 8. Wes Brown 10m 9. Tommy Gemmell 12m 10. Sparky Hughes 10m 11. Emlyn Hughes 12m 12. McManaman 14m
Raees (-5m) - 278m 1. Denis Law 58m, 2. Dave Mackay 49m, 3. Alan Ball 17m 4. Billy Bremner 47m 5. Sol Campbell 37m 6.Eddie Hapgood 10m7. Billy McNeill 18m 8. Ray Clemence 10m9.Raich Carter 12m 10. Cliff Jones 10m 11. Peter Lorimer 10m 12. Bob Crompton
Chesterlestreet - 272m 1. Duncan Edwards 69m,2. Billy Wright 30m, 3. Roger Byrne 27m; 4.Johnny Haynes 30m 5.William R. Dean. 45m 6. W. Woodburn 10m 7. Jack Kelsey 10m 8. Pat Crerand 20m 9. Cliff Bastin 12m 10. Alex Jackson 19m
Gio - 268m 1. Jimmy Greaves 30m, 2. Tom Finney 72m 3. Ashley Cole 36m 4. Davie Meiklejohn 10m5. Des Walker 34m 6. Alan Morton 29m 7. Alex James 21m 8. Gordon Banks 10m 9. George Young 16m 10. A. Mullery 10m
Stobzilla - 286m 1. Jimmy Johnstone 38m; 2. Alan Hansen 40m 3. Johnny Giles 50m 4. Eddie Gray 40m 5. Kevin Ratfcliffe 15m 6. Peter Reid 15m 7.Danny McGrain 28m 8. Ron Springett 10m9.Alan Shearer 20m 10. Teddy Sheringham 10m 11. Mike England 10m 12. Stuart Pearce 10m
SirAF- 260m 1. Giggs 70m, 2. Hurst 10m, 3. Gary Lineker 25m 4. Trevor Brooking 18m 5. Steven Gerrard 33m 6. Joe Hart 10m 7. John O'Shea 10m 8. Ledley King 25m 9. Leighton Baines 15m 10. Michael Carrick 14m 11.Terry Butcher 16m 12. Alex Ferguson 10m 13. Sandy Jardine 23m [REMOVED: Gary Pallister]
Crappy - 269m 1. Irwin 42m, 2. Rush 30m 3.Wayne Rooney 20m 4. Bale 30m 5. Rio Ferdinand 55m 6. Jim Baxter 47m 7. Andy Goram 10m 8. Phil Neal 15m 9. Patsy Gallacher 10m 10. Steve Bruce 10m
Bids for Round 8 - Any Eligible player - 2 COMPULSORY nominations per manager (bid start time 8 AM BST)
[Ron Burgess
Jack Charlton
Bobby Murdoch
Alan Mullery
Peter Beardsley
Lee Dixon
Steve McManaman
Stuart Pearce
Steve Bruce
David O' Leary
Bertie Auld
Wilf Mannion]
Bob Crompton
Paul Reaney - Raees 10m 09:00
Steve Bould -
Norman Whiteside -
Gordon Strachan -
Nigel Winterburn -
Lawrie Reilly -
Sandy Turnbull -
Steve Bloomer -
Glenn Hoddle
A load of bids have disappeared off those latest lists.
Which? Except the expired ones.
Glenn Hoddle -MJJ 10m 04:50
Phil Thompson-MJJ 10m 04:50
Paul Reaney - Raees 10m 09:01
Willie Miller - Gio 10m 11.38
Phil Thompson-MJJ 10m 04:50
Paul Reaney - Raees 10m 09:01
Willie Miller - Gio 10m 11.38
Glenn Hoddle -MJJ 10m 04:50
Phil Thompson-MJJ 10m 04:50
Paul Reaney - Raees 10m 09:01
Willie Miller - Gio 10m 11.38
I found these, should be in there? @Gio
Phil Thompson-MJJ 10m 04:50
Paul Reaney - Raees 10m 09:01
Willie Miller - Gio 10m 11.38
I found these, should be in there? @Gio
England's greatest right-back/right sided centre back? - Mr Blackburn...
England's first professional captain, Bob Crompton is perhaps the greatest figure in 134 years of Blackburn Rovers history. Such is his legend that even 68 years after his death, Crompton is still considered one of the greatest players, managers and clubman of all time.
Why? Because he did it not for money or fame, but for the love of his club.
The beginnings of Bob Crompton were simple enough. Born into a Lancashire family on the 26th September 1879, there was little to suggest he would become one of the immortals of the game. Crompton however, rose quickly through the ranks and in 1896 (aged only 17) he made the move from Blackburn Trinity to First Division Blackburn Rovers. On the 10th of April the following year, Crompton made a successful first team debut.
At the age of 21, Crompton's football and leadership quality saw him become Rovers Captain. He did not shrink from his new responsibilities, continuing his form and ensuring Blackburn steadily rose in the First Division.
As a player, Crompton was both physically and mentally strong. His positioning was second to none and his solid ground game was complimented by his aerial supremacy. But Crompton did not let his formidable size and strength overrule his gamesmanship and he became well respected as one of the true gentleman of the game. Crompton had begun as a centre half but converted to full-back in the late 1890s. He had a reputation for robust tackling combined with a use of the shoulder charge, which would be penalized as rough play in more recent times. At his peak he was quick enough to recover if beaten or drawn out of position.He was a commanding figure, supreme in the air, but more importantly, a master tactician
While his meteoric rise at Rovers continued, Bob Crompton was recognised by his country. On the 3rd March 1902, Crompton made his debut for England at Right Back, soon becoming the first professional player to ever Captain them. Crompton held this position until the outbreak of the First World War, captaining 22 matches and earning a total of 41 caps. This record number of appearances was not exceeded until Billy Wright won his forty-second cap, in 1952.
Crompton went from strength to strength with Blackburn and in 1912, his persistence and tactical leadership were recognised with the ultimate; the Division One title. Two years later, Crompton's Rovers emulated this feat, cementing themselves as the greatest side of the pre-war era. However, Rovers never managed to win an FA cup with Crompton as a player, despite reaching the final in the premiership winning 1911-1912 season.
After the First World War Crompton retired, playing the last of his 608 games in 1920.
Martin Buchan
"Scottish outside left XXXXXXXXXX of Celtic was a dashing, tearaway forward, who used his powerful physique and tremendous speed and strength to the best advantage. He had been placed at outside left to pit his strength against the equally powerful Crompton. They went at it hammer and tongs throughout the 90 minutes. It was an example of robust shoulder charging the like of which will never be seen again - it ended with honour even - game ended 1-1. Crompton who ended his career with a record number of 41 England caps, was undoubtedly the outstanding full-back of his time. A commanding personality, he was the best kicker of a ball I ever ran across.
England's first professional captain, Bob Crompton is perhaps the greatest figure in 134 years of Blackburn Rovers history. Such is his legend that even 68 years after his death, Crompton is still considered one of the greatest players, managers and clubman of all time.
Why? Because he did it not for money or fame, but for the love of his club.
The beginnings of Bob Crompton were simple enough. Born into a Lancashire family on the 26th September 1879, there was little to suggest he would become one of the immortals of the game. Crompton however, rose quickly through the ranks and in 1896 (aged only 17) he made the move from Blackburn Trinity to First Division Blackburn Rovers. On the 10th of April the following year, Crompton made a successful first team debut.
At the age of 21, Crompton's football and leadership quality saw him become Rovers Captain. He did not shrink from his new responsibilities, continuing his form and ensuring Blackburn steadily rose in the First Division.
As a player, Crompton was both physically and mentally strong. His positioning was second to none and his solid ground game was complimented by his aerial supremacy. But Crompton did not let his formidable size and strength overrule his gamesmanship and he became well respected as one of the true gentleman of the game. Crompton had begun as a centre half but converted to full-back in the late 1890s. He had a reputation for robust tackling combined with a use of the shoulder charge, which would be penalized as rough play in more recent times. At his peak he was quick enough to recover if beaten or drawn out of position.He was a commanding figure, supreme in the air, but more importantly, a master tactician
While his meteoric rise at Rovers continued, Bob Crompton was recognised by his country. On the 3rd March 1902, Crompton made his debut for England at Right Back, soon becoming the first professional player to ever Captain them. Crompton held this position until the outbreak of the First World War, captaining 22 matches and earning a total of 41 caps. This record number of appearances was not exceeded until Billy Wright won his forty-second cap, in 1952.
Crompton went from strength to strength with Blackburn and in 1912, his persistence and tactical leadership were recognised with the ultimate; the Division One title. Two years later, Crompton's Rovers emulated this feat, cementing themselves as the greatest side of the pre-war era. However, Rovers never managed to win an FA cup with Crompton as a player, despite reaching the final in the premiership winning 1911-1912 season.
After the First World War Crompton retired, playing the last of his 608 games in 1920.
Martin Buchan
"Scottish outside left XXXXXXXXXX of Celtic was a dashing, tearaway forward, who used his powerful physique and tremendous speed and strength to the best advantage. He had been placed at outside left to pit his strength against the equally powerful Crompton. They went at it hammer and tongs throughout the 90 minutes. It was an example of robust shoulder charging the like of which will never be seen again - it ended with honour even - game ended 1-1. Crompton who ended his career with a record number of 41 England caps, was undoubtedly the outstanding full-back of his time. A commanding personality, he was the best kicker of a ball I ever ran across.
Auction drafts has a really different type of entertainment than the others. They really have you overly anxious, updating the page nonstop or panicking over some random alert etc.
The joy when you land your player is really unmeasured in compared to snake drafts. The last hour you go from trying to convince yourself you won't get the player so you won't be upset if you loose out on him - to updating every couple of mins and getting really stoked nobody has outbid you - to try and convince yourself you don't want him that bad.
It has been a really weird draft, the only player who I wanted and didn't get was Raich Carter, but Joga later showed me a piece where he spoke negatively about playing with Matthews - so I got lucky and avoided a mine there.
Yet to see if this draft is going to be absolutely brilliant because of the seemingly way too big pool, or if it will be a negative. I don't think we've ever tried something similar, so it may end up being either.
The joy when you land your player is really unmeasured in compared to snake drafts. The last hour you go from trying to convince yourself you won't get the player so you won't be upset if you loose out on him - to updating every couple of mins and getting really stoked nobody has outbid you - to try and convince yourself you don't want him that bad.
It has been a really weird draft, the only player who I wanted and didn't get was Raich Carter, but Joga later showed me a piece where he spoke negatively about playing with Matthews - so I got lucky and avoided a mine there.
Yet to see if this draft is going to be absolutely brilliant because of the seemingly way too big pool, or if it will be a negative. I don't think we've ever tried something similar, so it may end up being either.
Plus, it wasn't Martin Sheen who said it. Martin Sheen is a wee bit too young to have played with Crompton. No, it was his son - the boozer.
Clever, eh?
Yup agreed. Both the sources for the Franklin and Mannion's write ups were reliable (guardian, independent, an excellent online encyclopedia and not the unreliable Wiki, fa.com etc). Actually feels good to plagarize and not even bother with a bibliography. Was the bane of all our existences back when we were studying as it meant you couldn't graduate if you didn't cite or plagiarized even a wee bit...
Yeah it will be hard to convince people about a player's quality from a write up alone but at least they can determine what type of player he was and what were his fortes.
Anyway how do you guys rate David O'Leary?
Too clever, ever since the Beesley moment pal.. I ain't got a clue whats going on. My head needs a rest.
What are we waiting for? There's just a bunch of 10m players nobody is going to bid more on!
Crappy has been away in NY(Lucky bastard) and is probably a bit busy settling in! Will probably take some time to settle in or he may have fell in a coma due to the jet lag.
Aye pretty good, well rounded, one of the better centre-halves on the ball.
That's what we were hoping for.