Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

[Bored Of Education]

The thread in which we discuss clubs that players turned out for - usually at the end of their career - that you have totally forgotten.
Even if it was two or three years ago.

I will start the ball rolling

David Seaman - Man City
Dion Dublin - Celtic

Really? etc, etc

[Mighty Mudhsuden]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

Ian Wright - Nottingham Forest
Chris Waddle - Sunderland

[Andy C]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

Kenny Sansom: Everton. Not only did he turn out for us, he actually scored for us.

[Felicity, I guess so]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

Peter 'The Cat' Bonetti played a few games for Dundee Utd

[King On The Rye]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

Peter Beardsley, Stan Collymore - Fulham

[Mumpo]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

They say you learn a new thing every day. Today I learned that Andy C is an Everton fan.

[Hot Orange]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

John Scales - Ipswich.

[Zombie]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

Ray 'Butch' Wilkins played a mighty 61 minutes for Palace against Liverpool.

That record in full?
Played - 1
Won - 0
Drawn - 0
Lost - 1
For - 1
Against - 6

A true Selhurst legend, our Ray.

[Mighty Mudhsuden]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

I remember seeing Beardsley playing for Fulham. It was different then because when they came into all the al-Fayed money they got people out of the top divisions like Albert and Bracewell. There was a real shock factor about it.

I don't know why but I just can't see that happening now. Is it because there are 'stars' lower down who command big money now?

[Andy C]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

There's more to life than Sporting Erps-Kwerps. mumpo.

[treibeis]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

Mick Channon and Alan Ball - Bristol Rovers

[Ray de Galles]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

For some reason , Turf Moor has seen the fag end of Ian Wright, Chris Waddle, Paul Gascoigne and ( I presume) Andy Cole's careers ( though the middle two squeezed out a few more games with Torquay and Boston respectively).

What does this say about Burnley?

[EIM]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

Andy Goram and Dion Dublin (again) for Manchester United

[Ray de Galles]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

Kevin Campbell only stopped drawing a wage from Cardiff City less than a year ago but even this January I was shocked when him "playing" for us was mentioned as I had clean forgotten about him.

[Mighty Mudhsuden]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

In a few years it'll be Henrik Larsson - Manchester United.

[Mighty Mudhsuden]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

Nigel Clough at Sheffield Wednesday is a good one, although I'm not sure he ever played.

[Guest]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

Charlie George finished his career at Dundee United though he never managed a first team appearance.

[Jorge Porbillas]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

Ian Rush - Wrexham. Didn't manage to score a goal though.

[blameless]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

George Best playing for Hibs usually makes peoples' jaws drop a fair bit.

Another one I found out about during the weekend's Milan derby was that Roberto Mancini played for Leicester. WTF?

[Ray de Galles]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

Of course, Paul Warhurst so owns this thread.

[The Awesome Berbaslug!!!]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

Bobby charlton-Waterford united 1975 31 (18)
George Best- Cork Celtic 1975-76 61 (29)

[Houdi Elbow]

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Nigel Clough at Sheffield Wednesday is a good one, although I'm not sure he ever played.

Bruce Grobelaar was also on loan to us at a similar time (only ever made the bench though). Other odd ones in recent years were Stuart Ripley and Steve Harkness - there must be many more.

I saw Alan Hudson turn out for Stoke a few times in the early 80s.

[Andy C]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

Hudson spent two spells at Stoke, the first one lasting at least a couple of seasons.

[David Agnew]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....



Just one appearance (Sir Bobby Robson's testimonial, prior to signing for Hibs. Because of the rules at the time, he was actually signed as a player, because it was the only way he could appear for us (because his previous club was based outside the UK)

[nuts n gum]

Really? Did they? Oh, yeeeess....

Paul Jones played for Liverpool in 96/97 on loan.

David Ginola at Everton also springs to mind...