Best ‘free’ signing??

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  1. Jud

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    So were in the free market for a striker/more attacking options...

    Q. Who do you think was the best freebie we’ve ever signed?

    Was Vaz Te a fee signing - if so i thought he did ok in i terms of impact!
     
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    McPhail and Howard were both free transfers, I think? Bobby Hassell too.
     
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    Was Clint Marcelle signed on a Bosman? Also Neil Thompson maybe?
     
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    Hignett?
     
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    Yiodam, paddy McCourt, Marc Roberts
     
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    Paid mega bucks (for Barnsley, at the time) for Hignett. £1Million springs to mind
     
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    Loads of candidates for best free transfer signing, but if you mean "best unattached signing", there ain't nobody to compare with Adam Hammill.
     
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    I thought he had a girlfriend
     
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    Bollöx, "best free agent signing" then.
     
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    Very true.

    Completely turned our season around, then the rest of the squad stepped up on the momentum he created.

    I was there for his redebut - against York in the JPT. Michael Coulson scored that day too. It's funny what you remember.
     
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    You're right Tyke 67. Martin Bullock was supposed to be the " makeweight" in the deal,
    but on seeing the ground and facilities at Aberdeen, he refused the deal he had been
    offered. It meant that we had to pay a lot more for Higgy than first thought.
    We eventually offloaded Bully when Blackpool signed him. Always rememember he came
    back and played a blinder in the Cup, when Blackpool beat us at Oakwell.
     
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    Nice memory DR:)
     
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    Got to be Adam Hamill or Yiadom in recent memory.
     
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    Forgot Adam Hammill was a free 2nd time around. Got to be the best then for me
     
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    Norman Hunter anyone?

    Think he came on a free.
     
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    Hammill : the Second Coming

    has to be.


    Neil Thompson wasn’t half bad either ...
     
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    I was there too......will never ever forget that game
     
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    Can I say mido lol
     
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    You can, but it’s a bit of a mouthful :)
     
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    Struggle to find frees not already mentioned. But for a pittance of a £40k bargain of a lifetime. The king himself.
    Steve Daley the highest fee of that year 1979 £1.45m

    Edit
    Paul Wilkinson
    Neil Thompson
    Jovo Bosancic.

    and who could forget Paul Gibbs. :) Wonder if Hells -Bells did.
     
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