Do You Remember Any Of These Stars ??

[BWWB]

The following players appeared only once for BCFC but didn't complete a game as they were either substituted or came on as a sub.

(Includes League and cup matches)

Michael Cartwright, Graham Caulfield, Steve Foley, Mike Guy, John Hanson, Adam Hardy, Mark Jules, Simon McGovern, Michael Milner, Leon Osborne, Martin Pattison, Magnus Pehrsson, Chris Sansam, Wayne Scargill, Matthew Smithard, Chris Stabb, Jari Vanhala, Daniel Verity and Jake Wright

[Parrot]

Theres some reet players on that list! lol :D

[cortado]

Jari Vanhala, what a legend, what did he get 3 or 4 minutes?

I feel a twang of guilt about Daniel Verity not making it as a pro, he scored an own goal or made a total cock-up leading to a goal (that memorable I can't remember) in a pre-season friendly in front of the old Kop and I gave him a load of abuse from about 5 yards away as he just looked at me in horror - must have worked wonders for a young lads confidence that! :(

[BBB]

Magnus Pehrsson was brought off as his club had agreed to sell him to IFKGothenburgh and i believe he went on to win intenational caps for Sweden ...bet he is gutted to have missed our rollercoaster ride :rolleyes:

[Parrot]

Jari Vanhala, what a legend, what did he get 3 or 4 minutes?

What did they call that bloke who kidded Souness at Saints that he was George Weahs cousin or something?

Came on as sub and was then subbed a few minutes later :eek:

Think Jari did the same to us! :poo:

[BWWB]

[quote=flying_bantam;213417]Jari Vanhala, what a legend, what did he get 3 or 4 minutes?

Jari Vanhala born Finland 29th August 1965 claimed to be the illegitimate son of Pelly (but misheard by G Richmond who thought he said Pele). Played in the memorable 0-0 draw with Reading on 17th December 1996 having been brought on as sub in the last few minutes.
Not heard of again until he recommended that City search the internet for a top player (misheard by M Lawn as a Topp player)

[cortado]

He didn't have a bad career to be fair, 23 caps for Finland and a couple of goals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jari_Vanhala

[Tyneside BCFC]

Wayne Scargill - legend :poo:

Only played 45 minutes for BCFC, 4-0 defeat at Bristol Rovers 94/95 season. He was allegedly sacked at half time and told to make his own way back to Bradford. Whatever happened, he didn't reappear in the 2nd half and never played again.

Do you remember that BWWB? It was a bloody long way home after that miserable performance.

[BWWB]

Bonfire night as I remember.

Gavin Oliver didn't help scoring an own goal.

Not quite as bad as the "bye bye Bradford" 4-3 defeat at Rovers though.

[Tyneside BCFC]

Bonfire night as I remember.

Gavin Oliver didn't help scoring an own goal.

Not quite as bad as the "bye bye Bradford" 4-3 defeat at Rovers though.

Yes, 3-2 up going into the last couple of minutes and then managing to totally f**k it up by conceding twice in injury time and Twerton Park was a real hell hole. I hated going there, 3 visits to see 3 defeats (3-4, 0-4, 0-1)

[DutchBantam]

Osborne still with us (for the moment).
Wright is a regular for Halifax.

[Stuttgart Bundesbantam]

Simon McGovern's the brother-in-law of an old schoolmate of mine. Got us free tickets back in the early-80s. Top bloke. I think he soon moved on to Farsley Celtic.

[Lofty]

What did they call that bloke who kidded Souness at Saints that he was George Weahs cousin or something?

Ali Dia - Southampton

In 1996 Graeme Souness immortalised himself in football folklore by falling for an amazing scam that resulted in him signing a player, so bad, that it made Gerard Houllier’s decision to buy Bruno Cheyrou look inspirational.

It all started when Ali Dia, a desperate 30 year-old nobody, convinced his agent to phone the Southampton boss pretending to be World Footballer of the Year George Weah recommending ‘his cousin’ (Ali Dia) as the next big thing.

Souness fell for it quicker than Robert Pires looking for a penalty and Dia was instantly signed up on a month’s loan. As you can imagine, Souness was eager to see what his new acquisition could do, but the Gods of Football Humour were smiling down on the Dell and a proposed reserve game, and Dia’s debut, against Arsenal was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

That close shave didn’t deter the ‘striker’ who tried to build up his credentials by saying, “I feel I have a bit of pace and I can dribble well. Hopefully I can now show enough of that to the manager and maybe get a place in his squad.”

Once again, Souness took the bait and Dia suddenly found himself on the bench in Southampton’s next game against Leeds. But the unthinkable was to follow.
Despite Souness never seeing Dia kick a ball, he brought him off the bench.

After one minute the whole crowd had to pinch themselves, trying not to believe that Coco The Clown was playing. Dia had the touch of an elephant and the deadliness of a fly. He couldn’t control a ball to save his life and after 14 minutes of 'Bambi on ice' the substitute was substituted, and his loan rapidly terminated.

After such a humiliation, you would expect that Souness would have learnt his lesson about taking on a player who clearly can’t play football. I guess this wouldn’t be the right time to mention the £7m he spent on Corrado Grabbi then… oops!

Ali Dia and Graeme Souness… we salute you! jump:

[Devil's Advocate]

[quote=flying_bantam;213417]Jari Vanhala, what a legend, what did he get 3 or 4 minutes?

Jari Vanhala born Finland 29th August 1965 claimed to be the illegitimate son of Pelly (but misheard by G Richmond who thought he said Pele). Played in the memorable 0-0 draw with Reading on 17th December 1996 having been brought on as sub in the last few minutes.
Not heard of again until he recommended that City search the internet for a top player (misheard by M Lawn as a Topp player)

You're more cynical than me and Chucks put together!