Martin Laursen
Random footballers from years gone by that you remember for no reason...
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Yuri Zhirkov
Ben Haim
Joze Altidore. PL flop. Toronto FC legend.
Steed Malbranque
Chris Eagles
Ben Haim
Joze Altidore. PL flop. Toronto FC legend.
Steed Malbranque
Chris Eagles
Hamer Bouazza
John salako
Youssi Benayoun.
Because I remember reading a banter article in Goal.com about alternate professions for some footballers and there big picture of him with the caption “Yay, I made £2,5 today - Benayoun - beggar”. i thought it was funny at the time.
Because I remember reading a banter article in Goal.com about alternate professions for some footballers and there big picture of him with the caption “Yay, I made £2,5 today - Benayoun - beggar”. i thought it was funny at the time.
Jan Åge Fjørtoft - somehow his name stands out to me whenever my team played against Swindon Town on CM1.
William Prunier
Dean Holdsworth
Paul Warhurst - again another one from CM1, he's always on my sub list being able to play DMA C on CM1
William Prunier
Dean Holdsworth
Paul Warhurst - again another one from CM1, he's always on my sub list being able to play DMA C on CM1
Michel Vonk
Frank Yallop
Ted McMinn
Frank Yallop
Ted McMinn
Daniel Cordone
Paul Dickov
Paulo Wanchope
Mart Poom
Lenvoy Primus
All of them have had great games against us
Mart Poom
Lenvoy Primus
All of them have had great games against us
Can I say Pogba?
Andy Preece
Martin Carruthers
John Pemberton
Trevor Benjamin
Kiki Musampa
Nicky Banger
Jonathan Gould
Michael Frontzek
Joey Beauchamp
Ulrich van Gobbel
Darren Caskey
Martin Carruthers
John Pemberton
Trevor Benjamin
Kiki Musampa
Nicky Banger
Jonathan Gould
Michael Frontzek
Joey Beauchamp
Ulrich van Gobbel
Darren Caskey
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Decided to do a team with the first player for each position that popped into my head, this would be classic 442 relegation battling side.
Dean Kiely
Pamarot Repka Bramble Tarnat
Rommedal Quashie Prutton Robert
Zigic Mbesuma
Dean Kiely
Pamarot Repka Bramble Tarnat
Rommedal Quashie Prutton Robert
Zigic Mbesuma
Michael Bridges
Matteo Brighi - That Italian midfielder who was inexplicably rated at 97 on Fifa 03
Danny Invincible - Aussie who used to play for Swindon & Kilmarnock, saw someone mention Max Power and this dude popped straight into my head
Danny Invincible - Aussie who used to play for Swindon & Kilmarnock, saw someone mention Max Power and this dude popped straight into my head
Jeremy Goss!
Had one or two good seasons with Norwich inlcuding scoring against Bayern in the UEFA Cup at the Olympicstadion
Had one or two good seasons with Norwich inlcuding scoring against Bayern in the UEFA Cup at the Olympicstadion
Adam Le Fondre
Mido
Tore André Flo
Pascal Cygan
Tore André Flo
Pascal Cygan
Steve Ogrizovic
John Bumstead
Georgios Donis
John Bumstead
Georgios Donis
Michael Chopra
Dean Windass
Michel Bastos
Joe Ledley
Clint Dempsey
Mark Viduka
Dean Windass
Michel Bastos
Joe Ledley
Clint Dempsey
Mark Viduka
Ken Monkou and Graeme Le Saux, they always just rhymed in my head
Oh, hello mental image of Chris Marsden chipping a ball aimlessly across the midfield versus Everton.
Darren huckerby
Nicky Weaver.
Seem to remember a Manchester derby where Schmeichel (now at City) was injured in the warm-up, and a PA announcement came out for Weaver (their third choice) to make his way to the City dressing room, but he was already shit-faced.
Also Carlo Nash who lived in jogging bottoms.
Seem to remember a Manchester derby where Schmeichel (now at City) was injured in the warm-up, and a PA announcement came out for Weaver (their third choice) to make his way to the City dressing room, but he was already shit-faced.
Also Carlo Nash who lived in jogging bottoms.
Hugo Rodallega and Michu. Two shite players who played like Ronaldinho for two or three games a season.
The streets will never forget
Petter Rudi
Gus Uhlenbeek
Gudni Bergsson
Peter Thorne
Iliyan Kiryakov
Franz Carr
Gus Uhlenbeek
Gudni Bergsson
Peter Thorne
Iliyan Kiryakov
Franz Carr
Alfie!
Michu's first season at Swansea was great, to be fair. 18 goals in 35 games as Swansea finished 9th.
Bought as Hughes’s replacement, a role to which he was completely unsuited, at a time when the whole team was in meltdown.
Dd a decent job alongside McClair after he’d been brought in though, and Fergie has said that getting rid of him when Hughes came back was his first mistake at United.
Claimed he was in a bad place mentally following the death of his dad, Dave Shipperley, who I remember playing for Gillingham in the mid 70s.
He was sold while I was living near there (to Charlton?) and I think his replacement was a young Steve Bruce.
So in a thread about “random irrelevant players from the 90s” these are some of the names people have come up with? I gave up at page 4.
A who’s who of quality players from the 90s and early noughties.
Maybe I didn’t understand this thread but the quote from the OP stated:
Random irrelevant players always pop into my head from my childhood watching football. Often wonder what they are up to these days, or just think back nostalgically about how they played. Some I remember because they were just symbolic of utter rubbish plodders who used to occupy the PL in the 90s, early 00s
None of those names above even come close to fitting
A great goalie for much of his career. Won 11 caps for England at a time when we had some great keepers. Like Seaman.
Decent internationals.
A truly world class player. What?
You MUST be joking.
Not the worst post in here but there are some really good players on that list. Doesn’t fit the criteria at all.
You’re mental. Three iconic strikers from the heyday of Serie A and a top international midfielder. What?
4 more good players who made a decent mark on the game.
Decent and well known enough not to be on this list.
Di Livio of that great Juventus team? World Cup winning Littbarski with 94 caps for Germany? Careca as in one of the best strikers in the world through the mid-late eighties, early nineties Careca?
One of the best Colombian players ever?
Obviously.
6th highest transfer fee of all time when he moved to Lazio. The bar for random irrelevance is high.
A who’s who of quality players from the 90s and early noughties.
Maybe I didn’t understand this thread but the quote from the OP stated:
Random irrelevant players always pop into my head from my childhood watching football. Often wonder what they are up to these days, or just think back nostalgically about how they played. Some I remember because they were just symbolic of utter rubbish plodders who used to occupy the PL in the 90s, early 00s
None of those names above even come close to fitting
Thought I was done but….
Christ on a bike, some of these names.
All very good and well known players.
Same
A great player
Can’t believe Asprilla has been mentioned 3 times by posters. He’s a fecking legend of the game.
Firstly Salas was fecking amazing, especially pre-injury. And Real Madrid, Inter Milán and Chile legend Ivan Zamorano is a random plodder from the 90s?
Christ on a bike, some of these names.
Just off the top of my head, players that I remember either from sticker books or from the back garden world cups we used to plays as kids (we used to do our own commentary and everything. Good times)
Mikel Madar
Tony Meola
Gerry Peyton
Ian Butterworth
Tab Ramos
Daniel Timofte
Robert Jarni
Enzo Sheiffo
Marco Etcheverry
Danny Boffin
Mikel Madar
Tony Meola
Gerry Peyton
Ian Butterworth
Tab Ramos
Daniel Timofte
Robert Jarni
Enzo Sheiffo
Marco Etcheverry
Danny Boffin
So in a thread about “random irrelevant players from the 90s” these are some of the names people have come up with? I gave up at page 4.
A great goalie for much of his career. Won 11 caps for England at a time when we had some great keepers. Like Seaman.
Decent internationals.
A truly world class player. What?
You MUST be joking.
Not the worst post in here but there are some really good players on that list. Doesn’t fit the criteria at all.
You’re mental. Three iconic strikers from the heyday of Serie A and a top international midfielder. What?
4 more good players who made a decent mark on the game.
Decent and well known enough not to be on this list.
Di Livio of that great Juventus team? World Cup winning Littbarski with 94 caps for Germany? Careca as in one of the best strikers in the world through the mid-late eighties, early nineties Careca?
One of the best Colombian players ever?
Obviously.
6th highest transfer fee of all time when he moved to Lazio. The bar for random irrelevance is high.
A who’s who of quality players from the 90s and early noughties.
Maybe I didn’t understand this thread but the quote from the OP stated:
Random irrelevant players always pop into my head from my childhood watching football. Often wonder what they are up to these days, or just think back nostalgically about how they played. Some I remember because they were just symbolic of utter rubbish plodders who used to occupy the PL in the 90s, early 00s
None of those names above even come close to fitting
Calm down.
Would you be happier if I just threw out Vant Schip, Fortunato and Poggi?
Calm down.
Would you be happier if I just threw out Vant Schip, Fortunato and Poggi?
I mean at least it would make sense.
Van 't Schip was a good player for Ajax
I think a lot of people didn't fully read the first post, just looked at the thread title and treated it as another "name a random old player" thread. Rather than one with an emphasis on irrelevant mediocrity/rubbish.
I think a lot of people didn't fully read the first post, just looked at the thread title and treated it as another "name a random old player" thread. Rather than one with an emphasis on irrelevant mediocrity/rubbish.
Marlon Harewood
Matt Derbyshire
Ali Al-Habsi
Cattermole
Shola Ameobi
Senderos
Doyle
Matt Derbyshire
Ali Al-Habsi
Cattermole
Shola Ameobi
Senderos
Doyle
This guy was on fire at one point. Classy little player