I remember him signing!

Was the last day of the transfer window - was obv before t'internet, so you had to get news from Ceefax. There'd been loads of rumours about him, and about how quick he was - I was well excited, and kept refreshing and refreshing the page.

Eventually went to bed disappointed - but next morning turned on Ceefax - and there he was. Was v happy.

Posted By: Tricky Hawes on July 17th 2008 at 13:52:55

Message Thread

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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