He went from left back in the league cup final against boro

to our reserves in the space of months

Year after year in the top flight, then apparently clueless for us

Posted By: pants on July 17th 2008 at 13:21:47

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Players I remember us signing (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 17, 13:16:01
- Simon Howarth on deadline day, I phoned teamtalk and everything..... (n/m) (NCFC) - stringersrevenge, Jul 17, 14:39:21
- I remember hearing that we'd taken Jose Maria Bakero on trial (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 17, 13:52:06
  - haha yep - saw the game against Cambridge (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jul 17, 14:03:30
- well done chas, you've turned it into transfer nostalgia day (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 17, 13:44:36
  - well we aren't signing players in the present (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 17, 14:15:17
- Fleck (2nd time round) (NCFC) - Dave in France, Jul 17, 13:38:31
  - I remember reading that we'd signed Matthew Rush on p312 of Ceefax (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 17, 13:39:37
    - p.312!! (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 17, 14:15:47
      - When you knew you'd read the same stories for the last 3 days, 312 was the only salvation (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 15:43:47
    - He's on Soccer 97 for the ps one (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:41:24
      - WHAT A GAME THAT IS! (n/m) (NCFC) - samcd84, Jul 17, 13:52:33
      - Is that the one where Barry Davies says "He was on the next page, he read that so early" (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 17, 13:42:14
        
        nah, alan green "uh er, must get these teeth fixed" (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:43:15
        
        "THAT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT SHOT HE MADE HE LOOK VERY EASY" (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:43:52
        
        Calm down for God's sake! (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 17, 13:44:36
        
        My two favs were "my granny could have save that", and once playing a two player game (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:45:43
        
        "Joypad"?? (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 17, 13:52:13
        
        " after that shot he deserves a kicking" - that was a golf game though (n/m) (NCFC) - Small, Jul 17, 13:50:07
        
        lol (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jul 17, 13:48:14
        
        Haha! (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 17, 13:47:37
- Worthington's triple signing of summer 2005. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 17, 13:32:52
  - Except Thorne (NCFC) - Old Git, Jul 17, 13:35:29
    - He said it was miles better than doing your mum. (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 17, 13:36:06
      - didn't expect this sort of debauchery ^^^^^^ to develop today (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 17, 13:37:37
        
        It's old ground to be honest Tomby. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 17, 13:38:41
        
        Good news re the Prodigy, I was beginning to feel like a leper (NCFC) - Old Git, Jul 17, 13:57:11
        
        I'm waiting to see if it's all true (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:38:27
        
        anyway, while we are waiting... Efan Ekoku (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 17, 13:40:09
        
        I remember him signing! (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Jul 17, 13:52:55
        
        oh yeah, loods were after him too (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:41:00
        
        I'm selling the story to The Sunday People as we speak. (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 17, 13:39:08
        
        nice scoop, I didn't know you could nosh someone off whilst posting on here (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:40:04
        
        Crumbs:-( (n/m) (NCFC) - CB41, Jul 17, 13:41:54
        
        I've hollowed out a space under the computer desk especially. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 17, 13:41:15
        
        lol (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:41:59
        
        I'll sit tight and wait for PK to start posting again, then. (n/m) (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 17, 13:43:20
        
        Sure PK wasn't DUFFYIN?????? (n/m) (NCFC) - mike_the_sphinx, Jul 17, 13:46:20
  - Except Thorne, who was proven with 139 goals (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:34:21
    - Then I looked at a Cardiff site which said he'd spent all season on the treatment table. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 17, 13:35:22
      - He could shoot 14 goals from that distance? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:36:13
        
        Anyway, Thorne proved me wrong at Norwich. So very, very wrong. (NCFC) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Jul 17, 13:36:54
- Martin Peters was the one that set off most fireworks in my brain (NCFC) - Old Git, Jul 17, 13:32:14
- Helveg, Ashton, Earnshaw all made an impression (n/m) (NCFC) - le_canari_parisien, Jul 17, 13:26:47
- Hucks - Awesome Chrimo present. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jul 17, 13:25:01
  - POI (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 17, 13:28:19
    - Dude (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 17, 13:29:23
      - OTBC USA (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 17, 13:32:47
  - late though (n/m) (NCFC) - samcd84, Jul 17, 13:26:23
- Brady, Hamilton, McVeigh, Derveld and De Waarad, all at once! (n/m) (NCFC) - Bob in France, Jul 17, 13:23:11
  - To think Stockport were interested at the time too (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:24:05
- Where were you when we signed Ollie Lamb? (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:22:55
  - There was a Ned Lamb (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Jul 17, 13:30:43
    - And at the end of the day it was time for bed Lamb (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:32:43
  - I think it is about time he got his first team shot (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 17, 13:26:25
- best signing in my era as a regular at carra....... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Jul 17, 13:17:46
  - good shout! remember that one too. (n/m) (NCFC) - le_canari_parisien, Jul 17, 13:28:11
  - he had a great shot from 30 yards vs Spurs at WHL (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 17, 13:22:26
    - I was there, aged 11 (n/m) (NCFC) - samcd84, Jul 17, 13:25:58
  - Yes, until that point our record signing was 950k for Darren bloody Beckford (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 17, 13:22:23
    - and in second place at ?700k was the even-worse (!) Paul Blades (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Jul 17, 13:36:42
      - Blades still makes me angry. (NCFC) - APB, Jul 17, 13:44:29
    - blimey, you must have a brain the size of a planet to remember all that shit (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 17, 13:25:48
      - Beckford is not something I will ever forget. To think we could have had Robbie Earle (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 17, 13:27:10
        
        Don't forget the day he was razor against Everton (NCFC) - APB, Jul 17, 13:32:00
        
        I remember a week or so later - the Forest fans were terrified of him. (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 17, 13:36:34
  - was so disappointed when he left, (NCFC) - samcd84, Jul 17, 13:21:28
    - We were in serious financial shit when we had to sell those two (n/m) (NCFC) - Small, Jul 17, 13:30:33
    - I loved Ashley, add him to my list (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 17, 13:24:55
      - What did he said that miffed everyone? (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:29:20
      - VKC got in on the act that day too (n/m) (NCFC) - samcd84, Jul 17, 13:26:55
  - I couldn't believe my eyes when that happened (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:19:55
    - He was that good he tried to Geoff Thomas it and it still went in (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:20:37
- I remember being pretty chuffed about Charlton (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:17:24
  - people kept saying that he (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 17, 13:18:49
    - He went from left back in the league cup final against boro (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:21:47
      - Lets not forget Helveg on the other side of the field ! (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 17, 13:24:25
        
        oh yeah, ten years in serie a then apparently Marc Edworthy was better (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:25:24
        
        he was (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 17, 14:18:48
- Ah come on, you must remember Huckerby/Crouch (n/m) (NCFC) - Hertz van Rental, Jul 17, 13:16:57
  - Ashton, Earnshaw, Marshall, Libbra, Cottee (!), Fleck mk2, Dion, Helveg (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 17, 13:18:43
    - I remember that we signed all these players (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 17, 13:19:40
      - I remember the day Eadie left, and sadly, as much as he was my fav player here (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:27:54
        
        i thought that too, like O'Neill was saying "heres some cash go buy windass" (n/m) (NCFC) - samcd84, Jul 17, 13:29:49
  - no, I was abroad (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 17, 13:17:50
    - me too, smoking some of that funny stuff in Amsterdam when I found out! (NCFC) - phrankin, Jul 17, 13:18:36
      - ha ha (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 17, 13:20:26
- ?? (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 17, 13:16:47
  - I know, I remember a David Nielsen at Wimbledon. There's a David Neilson on coronation st (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 17, 13:18:24
    - I remember him scoring against us and doing a really arrogant celebration (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jul 17, 13:56:20
      - for Grimsby (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jul 17, 14:14:05
  - agreed (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Jul 17, 13:17:58

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