Anyone remember Willie Ferry..

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  1. Tarntyke

    Tarntyke Well-Known Member

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    Only played a handful of games for us. Hope the link works.
    Edit, no it hasn’t it was from FB, I’ll try again
     
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    Yes. Not sure why. Maybe the name stuck. Wasn't he a winger.
    I think it's the same guy on a facebook post.
    Had his leg amputated (saved his life ?) after a crash. In which he was drink driving.
     
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    I remember Ramsgate ferry. Used to do a brilliant smorgasbord. Worth a day trip to France just for that. Happy days!
     
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    Allan Clarke's greatest ever signing.
     
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    I also picked up on another BBS thread from 2012 when I googled him. that people commented on how good he was.
    I'll give you Paul Gibbs as a contender for worst ever player lol. But to be fair he appears to have more games behind him. half in non league.
     
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    Yeah, that’s the story cheers.
     
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    I had a brief conversation on FB with him a couple of years ago. He was just out of his depth when he signed for us. Big, strong centre forward but not really good enough for our needs at the time.
     
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    Honestly - Willie Ferry. He was like the guy Grahame Souness signed for Southampton on the strength of a video. No offense to the lad but I suspect the amputation may have made him a better footballer.
     
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    I know they played at a higher level but Peter Sands & Brek Shey have got to be in the running for our worst ever signings .
     
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    There are many contenders lol.
     
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    Anyone who's ever played the BFC version of Top Trumps will know his BFC career very well.
     
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    A bit like Barry Conlon then.
     
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    Not as good as Barry Conlon
     
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    No one contends with Willy he really was in a league of his own.
     
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    Yes, I was just going to say that reading that article now makes me feel bad, cos when I made the Top Trumps I put him in as a joke card for my kids to want to avoid!
     
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    But did you know that the first game he played at Oakwell was for England Schoolboys?
     
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    An ex-player, from this era, told me a story about Willie Ferry. He’d not been signed for us long, and one morning, on his way to training, popped into a supermarket where he won a trolley dash and duly did it there and than making him late for training.
    From that day on, Clarkey was gunning for him and wanted him gone.
     
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