Ethan Pinnock

Futcher is easily and by some distance the best technical centre half we have ever had or are ever likely to have. He would have been an England regular if he could have controlled the ‘Futcher’s Acts of Random
Madness’ - I should have patented that.

 

But what makes that line even better is it applies to his brother too.

If we were to list our best players from the past 50 years, centre backs would dominate it. We’ve always managed to unearth great centre backs. Getting players like Futcher and Evans was great business though, as they had both played levels above where we were when we signed them.

I was always excited, as a youngster, whenever we signed someone that had appeared on a Topps card or Panini sticker. Actually, I’ve got a great picture quiz about that, but I still haven’t decided what to do with it.