Most liked posts in thread: 100 most popular players of all time

Jamie Lawrence should be a shoo in for the list.

 

Are you taking the piss.

 

Here is my top ten in no particular order

1. Stuart McCall
2. Peter Beagrie
3. Robbie Blake
4. Lee Duxbury
5. Gary Jones
6. Nigel Pepper
7. Dean Windass
8. Beni Carbone
9. Lee Mills
10. Chris Waddle

 

Not easy to pick an all time favourite 10 from my time watching us(96 onwards), but here it goes in this order:

1. Stuart - Not many footballers you just call by their first name, but he's Mr Bradford City he's the exception.

2. Lee Mills - What a strike I absolutely idolised him in one of our most successful teams of all time, without his goals I'd have never got to see my club in the top flight.

3. Jamie Lawrence - Surprised he's not in everyone's top ten. The ultimate reformed character story, you'll struggle to find a player who cares and worked harder for this club. And an important part again of one of our most successful sides. He might not have grown up supporting us, but he's hurting as much as us atm he really is one of us.

4. Robbie Blake - I'll try get some players in from other eras but it isn't easy, an X factor player in that team, what a magician on his day made the game look like child's play. Turns out when I tried to play like him at school it wasn't so easy.

5. James Hanson - Limited footballer, who probably stayed a year to long. But some of the goals he scored are some of my best footballing memories they won't leave me, unlike a player like Carbone with all the talent in the world who I have no everlasting memories of. Who can forget Villa, Wembley etc. But my favourite was the volley at Burton away, for 6 long years I was desperate to see us get out of that league, and it wasn't until that goal that I thought it was finally going to happen. Thanks for the memories Big Jim.

6. Gary Jones - Wow when we announced his signing I was thinking really? A past it from Rochdale who's never played higher than the 3rd tier seriously. How wrong I was He was the torch barer to reignite our club when it looked like it could be going for good, everything you want in not only a footballer but a man, someone to look up to and someone to tell your kids to look up to. Probably the only player I'd describe as a legend who'd played for us for so little time, unbelievable the impact he made of the whole ethos of the club in such little time.

7. Nahki Wells - I won't but him into the legend category like some of the others, but what a player he was for us in his time with us some of the goals and most importantly the volume of goals for us, we couldn't have had the history making team without him. Smile though Nahki lad!

8. David Weatherall - A long standing player, but for the Liverpool goal alone he has to be on this list, one of the most important and iconic goals in our history. Not a bad defender in his day either! His reputation was probably tarnished a bit by the fact he stayed so long in a team on the decline, but it's by no means his fault.

9. Peter Beagrie - One of the players you'd put in the bracket of, him alone being worth the admission money. What excitement on his day, a true wing wizard. What I'd do to see a player with his ability in a City shirt again!

10. Stephen Darby - It wasn't easy to pick a number 10. So I went with someone who should be an inspiration to us all with what he is going through, and the dignity he's handling it with. Not to mention a long standing player in some of our most successful teams in recent history and former club captain. The whole of Bradford is with this lad, and that says it all about the man he is.

Two special mentions to make. Firstly Bobby Campbell, I wasn't alive to see him play. But I was at the Northampton game after he died. And you could see what he meant to the older supporters who'd seen him, you don't get that sort of appreciation at a club without being a true legend.

And Finally Phil Parkinson who never even played for us. Maybe Jewell will go down as the better manager for his achievement of getting us to the top flight, however Phil came in when the club was in risk of going into non league and going out of existence with it. He stopped that them built a team that would give me some of my best memories as a City fan.

 

It was very very tough to offer five, and I could mention literally dozens that could qualify for my top five, but after much thought, I opted for the following five.
I won't go into reasons why, unless you want 3hours reading material.

Stu McCall
Bobby Campbell
Peter Beagrie
Joe Cooke
Ces Podd

( it was soooo hard leaving Peter Downsborough out )

Would you like to see my 16 that I'd never like to see here again !!

 

1. Gary Locke
2. Gary Locke
3. Gary Locke
4. Gary Locke
5. Gary Locke
6. Gary Locke
7. Gary Locke
8. Gary Locke
9. Gareth Edds
10. Gary Locke

 

I reckon you're in a club all on your own with that one.

 

From an earlier time I'd include

Bruce Stowell
Bobby Ham
Ian Cooper
John Hall
Gerry Ingram
Tom Hallett
Barry Swallow
Tony Leighton
Alex Smith
Steve Ingle
Archie Taylor

Long gone but certainly not forgotten.

 

Saw every one of them when it was about 2 bob (10p) to get in.

 

most popular PLAYERS of all time.

 

Only player that I'm surprised not to see mentioned so far is Andy O'Brien. Deserves to at least be in the conversation.

For what it's worth my top 3...

1. Robbie Blake - the greatest footballer ever seen at VP.
2. Stuart McCall.
3. Nigel Pepper - absolute hero in the run in to the 96/97 season.
3. St

 

Jermaine Johnson would be in before Omar Daley I'd suggest but I'm not sure either should be anywhere near.

 

other notable candidates, for popularity:

Edinho
John Hendrie
Chris Waddle

 

Surprised Nahki Wells hasn't been mentioned

 

1.luke cornwall
2.keith gillespie
3.chris brandon
4.willy topp
5.juanjo
6.bruno rodriguez
7.eddie johnson
8.jorge cadete
9.Robert Zabica
10.marco sas

 

A couple I'd love to be included would be Karl Goddard and Paul Tomlinson

 

No mention yet of the legend RON FUTCHER ??????

 

No, just a silly old git with a long memory.... like you!

 

Ces, Stuart, Bobby, Goodman and a left field one, Eric McManus.