No he wasn't really a big personality or anything. If we remember, he

got a fair bit of criticism when he was playing right-back. It was when Mike Walker turned him into a sweeper that he was fantastic.

But as great as a player as he was - that's not enough to make them a legend.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on September 21st 2005 at 15:11:03

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Legends (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, Sep 21, 15:04:09
- now Jimmy Bone was a hellva player..... (NCFC) - oh arr, Sep 21, 15:41:23
  - Kenny. Kenny Foggo. Kenny Foggo on the wing..... (NCFC) - pieman63, Sep 21, 15:46:57
- Can you name some more legends please? (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 21, 15:05:15
  - The Team of 71/72 (NCFC) - Claygate_Canary, Sep 21, 15:26:02
    - I thought Colin Sullivan (England U23) was later - signed for ?70k from Plymouth (n/m) (NCFC) - oh arr, Sep 21, 15:42:33
    - The team of '72? (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, Sep 21, 15:34:05
  - Ron Davies, Tommy Bryceland, Colin Suggett, Peter Sylvester, Bill Punton (n/m) (NCFC) - Claygate_Canary, Sep 21, 15:14:58
    - Ron Davies was pre Ron Saunders (n/m) (NCFC) - oh arr, Sep 21, 15:44:04
    - Grandad (n/m) (NCFC) - The Judge, Sep 21, 15:23:03
      - Not yet, I hope, lol (n/m) (NCFC) - Claygate_Canary, Sep 21, 15:28:37
    - and Mal Lucas for trying to prove that his head has harder than the River End railings (n/m) (NCFC) - Claygate_Canary, Sep 21, 15:22:58
  - John Deehan (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 21, 15:14:12
  - carey scott ottosson develd de waard fenn brady crichton dalgleish walsh benjiman jarrett (n/m) (NCFC) - greendude, Sep 21, 15:12:43
    - fair point though - some players ARE legendarily bad (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 21, 15:15:21
      - Jimmy "offside" Blair has to be a legendarily bad player (n/m) (NCFC) - oh arr, Sep 21, 15:45:25
        
        he defied the laws of the game... (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 21, 16:09:40
        
        Does he coach our current strikers? (n/m) (NCFC) - Delveg, Sep 21, 15:49:23
      - Adrian Coote - legend! (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 21, 15:20:34
        
        local Pikey legend too! (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 21, 15:23:08
    - Agree with Ulf Ottosson. But where's Ged Brannan? (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 21, 15:13:41
      - What about Paul Hughes? (n/m) (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Sep 21, 15:27:33
        
        Good shout - Andy Roberts and Graham Stuart, too. (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 21, 15:28:39
        
        I would say Zema aswell, but people allways defend him (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Sep 21, 15:34:01
      - oh and des hamilton... LEGEND! (n/m) (NCFC) - greendude, Sep 21, 15:17:05
        
        Andy Hughes (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 21, 15:18:38
        
        Michael Watt. (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 21, 15:19:31
  - I would say in addition to the names already suggested (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, Sep 21, 15:11:41
    - Peter Mendham? Presumably just for being vaguely local? (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 21, 15:13:51
  - Oh, and we're forgetting one.....Stevie Bruce (the player) (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 21, 15:11:29
  - iwan!!! (n/m) (NCFC) - greendude, Sep 21, 15:07:56
  - Iwan, Eadie, Fox, Sutton, Malky, Gunny, Crook, Gordon, Hendo (NCFC) - Borough Canary, Sep 21, 15:07:35
    - Fox, Malky, Hendo were not legends. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 21, 15:08:25
      - Fox and Malky are legends (NCFC) - Borough Canary, Sep 21, 15:17:20
    - Culverhouse, Bowen and Butterworth (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 21, 15:08:20
      - Only Bowen (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 21, 15:08:38
        
        Not Culverhouse? (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 21, 15:09:38
        
        No he wasn't really a big personality or anything. If we remember, he (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 21, 15:11:03
        
        was Bowen a big personality? (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 21, 15:12:39
        
        No but I put him down as a legend because he had this habit of (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 21, 15:13:44
        
        Fair play. Legendary goal against Walker's Everton though :P (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Sep 21, 15:11:53
  - Fleck, Gunn, Gossy, Keelan, Duncan Forbes, Drinkell (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 21, 15:06:51
    - Gossy is quite a funny entry (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 21, 15:12:04
      - Yeah that is what I mean about "legends". He was actually worse than (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Sep 21, 15:15:28
        
        terry Allcock, ken Nethercott, Percy Varco...... (NCFC) - fareastcanary, Sep 21, 20:22:14

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