Which players....

Got you attached to BFC?

Mine are David Currie, Steve Agnew, Steve Cooper, Gwyn Thomas, Paul Futcher amongst others.

Of course, more have come along that have cemented that attachment; Taggart, Brendan, Biggins, Redders, De Zeeuw and latterly Conor and Adam

The point is, players, for me anyway, get you hooked and you want to see them again, almost on the words of a bastardised song, you want them to thrill you again.

Plans, balance sheets, directors don't draw you in, you don't fall in love with them as a kid. You can fall in love with experience but the players are an intrinsic and immovable part of this.

Memories are made of great moments of players, players doing things that we will talk abart for years to come, old timers talked of Blanchflower, Robledo and Taylor. Others of Glavin, Parker, Banks, McCarthy, Aylott and of course Redfearn, Ward to mention a few.

 

Pat Howard, as he was a fellow Dodworther, Eric Winstanley & David Booth.

 

Was going to mention Winnie and Howard under "old timers mention"

 

Bruce Dyer, Daniel Nardiello

 

When I was a kid I was attached to football non-stop.
Bob Latchford at Everton and no stand-out at barnsley until Mccarthy and Glavin

 

As far as I was concerned, those three players could do no wrong.

 

Johnny McCann Lol Chapell Eddie O'Hara then
the great Tony Leighton

 

First started going in 1965 as a 5 year old but really got the bug in 1975. Would have to say my first hero was Brian Joicey and then an uninterrupted run of great players til the early 80s. What a great team we had then.

 

Jan Åge Fjørtoft

 

Johnny McCann, Lol Chappell, Eddie O 'Hara and the great Tony Leighton

 

Eddie Loyden....................reyt centre forrad and E for B and Leslie Lea

Jim Iley-Out's successor Clarkey got the whole town buzzing and the makings of that team that included Glavin Banks Macca and Aylott - now when THAT team that dismantled Aylott being replaced by Tony Cunningham and Glavin being replaced by Billy Ronson etc. - now that was painful...........

So in my case it was Clarkey coming and his team that he started building in the 3rd division rather than any individual

 

Eric Winstanley, George Hampstead , Eddie loyden, bob Earnshaw , Anton Otulowski Brian Joicey,Ronnie Glavin, Ian Banks, Andy Payton.
Cooper n Currie , Futcher . Loads more tbh.

 

First reds team I saw was Clark, Tommy Graham, Derek Bell etc.

I still think of the players as being older than me and I'm 52!

I would never want to meet the players personally, but on the pitch they're what I go to see, and I think that when I'm more bothered about what goes on behind the scenes than on the pitch then that'll be it for me.

 

Hundreds, far too many to mention. It's the players that we fall in love with at the start, not the club. 50 years ago there was a chance of having a fairly long term relationship with a player, nowadays it's just a fleeting affair, sadly. Just look at the backs of fans' replica shirts to prove the point.

 

Cooper Currie Aggie Futch absolute giants when I was a kid saw early 80s team but was too young to take it all in but I see my youngen's eyes light up with Hammill and latterly Connor & Winnall team first but the love of players goes hand in hand hope we have found some new hero's.

 

The first player to catch me eye was Ken Oliver. I think it was largely because for the first few games he was wearing a bandage on his head which as a young kid, I thought was fascinating. My first real hero though at Barnsley was Pat Howard my overall hero was the magnificent John Charles, irrespective of who he played for.

 

The likes of Glavin, Banks and McCarthy were the players I enjoyed watching the most when my Dad first started taking me and my brother.

 

Fell in love with the 81/82 side. Attended before then, but Glavin! Oozed class.

 

Hunter, Bell, Glavin, Macca, Evans, Redders, Currie Ward, Hignett, Hendre, Hourihane. Lots of special players. I have a virtual bond with Hunters team and will always cherish the memories.

 

David Watson