Favourite Barnsley player of all time

Stevie Cooper.. yes I know he was **** but loved those brilliant headers that came to nowt... Redfearn 2nd Glavin 3rd

 

Not best but favourites...

Alan Little
Mike Lester
Ali Millar
Derek Bell
Joe Joyce

 

Mick Butler, David Hirst, Stuart Gray, Ronnie Glavin, Darren Foreman nt

 

Jesus christ!!!

Have to agree true leader and driving force. But in footballing terms he couldn't trap a bag of fecking sand!

 

Glavin, Glavin, Glavin.......

.....for anyone who remembers the early eighties then there is only one man.

Other favourites and underated (and usually forgotten) include John MacDonald, Paul Futcher, Larry May and Stuart Gray

 

RE: Swansea, Man City, Brighton and Liverpool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0IkTri3l_E

fair brings tear to the eye.

35k crammed into Oakwell. I remember rushing back home to watch it on tv. Poor old Des Lynam complained about the empty grounds & got lots of abuse from Reds fans as they had just played the highlights from an near full Oakwell.

 

No you can't comment on Glavin can you? you never saw him play......

so you have'nt got an argument have you? ********, he was a player of incredible talent, Redfearn was a great servant to us as I said earlier, a brilliant on pitch motivator and leader, but, to compare him on football terms with Glavin is like comparing Nelson to Captain Pugwash.

James, if you're going to debate something, make sure you are aware of the subject matter, now, **** off.

 

Forgot about Foreman - legend

Particularly in Japanese Whispers at kicking out time - his movement and turns were second to none!
Although he may be worth a place on the bench after THAT GAME at Elland Road

 

Glavin ,Hignett,Ward ,Redfearn! nt

 

Blimey... Redfearn, Glavin, McCarthy, Ward, Futcher...

probably others I can't think of right now.

 

... of course Hignett too. nt

 

Now now boys!

 

Agreed but they were the same in one respect

When they got to the edge of the penalty area they had one thing in mind and it often resulted in the net bulging. Not many players since can boast the same.

 

Too many quality players have come and gone for me to pick just one out.

Most are obvious but Id like to throw Stuart Gray into the hat as well.

 

Arjan De Zeeuw or Neil Redfearn and also paul ried for some reason

 

I think there may be a little confusion between favourite player and best player. I really used to like Andy Rammell - he certainly was not the best player by any means but he always struck me as an honest player. The look on his face when he got a hat trick against West Ham was absolutely magic.

We have ha good players like Dyer -but somehow never warmed to the guy as he always seemed to play more for himself than the team.

Though I have seen Glavin play it was to towards the back end of his time with us and he certainly did not register with me as anything special. Though from the comments that we have heard there is no doubt he was regardless of the division that we played in at the time.

Redfearn I think stands head an shoulders above some very good players that we have had. He is bound to be a favourite of many not because he was a good or even great player. But because he was so likeable. Nice bloke and definitely a team player but good enough to stand out as an individual. Oh if only we had him now. Having said that I wonder what we might be saying about Anderson in a few years if he stays. Suppose that is part of the problem. If a player as good as Redfearn or Glavin likely to stay with us long enough for us to class him as a favourite before they move on.

 

My favourite player was the first name and number i ever had on the back of my shirt...

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RE: No you can't comment on Glavin can you? you never saw him play......

So Glavin was more than twenty times the player Redfearn was but had a less successful career - funny that

As you're such an expert why don't you explain that one - ********

 

Neil Redfearn - that man bled Barnsley F.C. and we should never have sold him.

I don't give a **** what anyone says about 'a million is a good price for a player of that age' - that is complete B*ll*cks. He had good years ahead of him and we never did anything decent with that money anyway (we certainly have never replaced him). He was absolutely priceless and the best captain we have had in the last twenty years at least - possibly ever. Look at what we went out and spent money on after he left: Mike Sheron. FFS. He never came anywhere near to making the contribution that Redfearn made to Barnsley (and would have made after we came down from the Prem).

The goals he scored, the contribution he made on the pitch, the relationship he had with the fans and the club. Nobody comes close to Neil Redfearn.

Second best is Craig Hignett, who was absolutely class. Then I'd go with Ashley Ward. Here for such a brief window of time, but what a superb bloke.

 

Favourite Barnsley FC player is Malcolm Graham who played inside forward for the Tykes in the 50's and 60's. Had a cannonball shot from his "lethal left foot" and could strike a ball harder than anyone I've seen since. He scored 46 goals in 129 matches for us. We could certainly do with him now!!