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Fair team there, however Robbie Blake and John Hendrie in their VP prime were a joy to watch.

Best actual up front pairing in the same team I have ever seen playing for City were undoubtedly Mills and Blake..

Their performance at Wolves will never be beaten in a Claret and Amber shirt.

 

Gk Liney
Rb Podd
Lb Cooper
Ch Ellam
Rh Harland
Lb Stowell
Rw Hall
Ir Bannister
Cf Stokes
I'll Reid
Lb Hockey

This is a team us oldies would enjoy watching
Open to debate

 

Welcome @tommycairns28 we need all new and old members we can get with a sense of humour, its a difficult one as several of us go back to the late 50s early 60s where I'm sure those players would come into contention along with the players who came after, needless to say my username is with regards the best centre forward I have seen in Claret & Amber, although there are several since who come very near, enjoy your stay, at times it can test your logic why you became a member.

 

Can't remember too well but the first front pair I saw were Bruce bannister and Bobby ham. Then gilly and gerry Ingram. Sir Bobby and John Hawley tore the division a new one so did Sean Mccarthy and Jimmy jewell. On to big Jimmy and nahki. Lots of failures in between but any front pair as effective as these would be more than enough to get us on the way.

 

Best/greatest is too subjective. Service vs talent. Hard to choose....

My personal favourites....3-5-2

GK - Matt Clark
CB - Andrew Davies
CB - Eddie Youds
CB - Dean Richards
CM - Stuart McCall
CM - Gary Jones
AM - Robbie Blake
RM - Chris Waddle
LM - Peter Beagrie
ST - Lee Mills
ST - Sean McCarthy

 

He won't make many teams on here but one of my favourites as a kid growing up was Karl Goddard.

Watching him just stood about doing kick ups and tricks instead of warming up properly was always fun.

Perhaps without the injury he'd have gone on to achieve more but either way, he's one of the first that really stuck in my memory.

 

So he left and went to Bury?

 

Gerry Ingram was one of mine

 

My favourite but necessarily the best would be,

GK Tomlinson
RB Stephen Darby
CB Dave Evans
CB Dean Richards
LB Wayne Jacobs
MF Stuart McCall
MF Josh Cullen
RW John Hendrie
LW Peter Beagrie
ST Bobby Campbell
ST Dean Windass

 

Difficult task but nothing wrong there with your selection, good effort...

 

Yes we can all recount some great players. I could go into chapter and verse re Stuart McCall, seeing him playing in our Norther Intermediate team as soon as he joined the club as a young kid. Then onto the reserves and the rest is history. I use him to counter those who recently have suggested that taking young players released by other clubs “ to develop” is a risk. Yes it’s true but it can also pay dividends. I saw him mature into a great player.

 

Belated Birthday wishes my friend .

 

Was a big fan of Bronco
Many others too

 

If you want a team who were great at different clubs but played for City towards the end of their career 1 -Southall 2-Reaney 3- Ray Wilson 4-McCall (also in all time team at City) 5- McFarland 6- Cherry 7-Waddle 8-Yorath 9- Leighton 10-Cowans 11- Beagrie ( another who also makes all time great at City)

 

He played briefly in the 70/71 season and became caretaker manager with some success but turned manager job down to become an undertaker.

 

Fit Bobby Ham and Charlie Rackstraw in there and you have my vote (from that era)

 

Let's be honest, if like some of us can go back 60 years then it's an impossible task to find just 11, would struggle to cut down to any best 11 over every decade.
There really has been many City favourites over the years albeit not many from the last 5 ...