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1, Mike Mahoney

2 Ian Twitchen 5 Clint Boulton 4 Dick Edwards 3, Phil Sandercock.

6 Rodney jack 8 Bruce Rioch 11 Lee Sharpe

10 Robin Stubbs 9 Steve Cooper 8 Paul Dobson Subs Jimmy Dunne
Alan Welsh
Willie brown
Jim Mcnichol
Manager Cyril Knowles
Coach Leroy Rosenior
maybe not the best players ever but MY favourites that live long in memory

Adlington, Smith, Allen, Benson, Bettany, Wolstenholme, Atkinson, Cox, Stubbs, Northcott, Somers.

No subs in those days.

See related thread 50th anniversary .....

I'm not a big fan of "time-travel teams", so all of mine come from the halcyon days when competing for promotion to League 2 was something to be proud of!

Donnelly Bond Edwards Kitchener Benson Mitchinson Dunne Welsh(A) Cave Rudge Scott Sub. Welsh(E)

Dave B

Olejnik
Cannoville Woods Branston McGlinchey
Bedeau Russell O'Kane Hill
Graham Ward

Just off the top of my head a few players I particularly enjoyed seeing play for us.

Favourite, not best by any means:

Manager: Leroy

Neville Southall

Andy Gurney
Chris Todd
Wayne Thomas
Kevin Nicholson

Jean-Pierre Simb
Alex Russell
Chris Hargreaves
Kevin Hill

Rodney Jack
Adebayo Akinfenwa

IlshamSchmilsham wrote:I'm not a big fan of "time-travel teams", so all of mine come from the halcyon days when competing for promotion to League 2 was something to be proud of!

Donnelly Bond Edwards Kitchener Benson Mitchinson Dunne Welsh(A) Cave Rudge Scott Sub. Welsh(E)

Dave B

This, plus the Sandercock brothers !!!!!

Not the best but my favourites from my era. Difficult to leave a few out...

Southall
Gurney Thomas Branston Gibbs
Goodridge Russell Hargreaves Sharpe
Jack Loram

Olejnik Elliott Hockley O'Kane Carlisle Graham Ward

Off the top of my head:

Howells
Gurney Saunders Elliot Gibbs
Goodridge Young Russell Loram
Jack Edwards

Subs Olejnik, Thomas, Carayol, Sills, Hargreaves, O'Kane, Fowler

1.John Dunn

2.John Bond 4.John Benson 5.Reg Wyatt 3.Bill Kitchener

7.Dougie Clarke 6.John Smith 10.Tommy Mitchinson 11.Tony Scott

8.Tommy Spratt* 9.Robin Stubbs*

The above team is a combination of players from different seasons and eras.


*SAS (Spratt and Stubbs) were the goalscoring combo that fired us to promotion in the 65-66 season. Sadly, Tommy Spratt couldn't find his Division IV goalscoring form at Division III level.

Olejnik

Gurney, Saunders, Elliot, Gibbs

Goodridge, Russell, O'Kane, Loram

Jack, Graham


If I was picking a team to do well, I'd probably have to leave out Russell or O'Kane and bring in a defensive minded midfielder.....maybe Micky Holmes or Sean Joyce.

This team would attack but probably get caught on the counter every time.

I wasn't going to play this game but as my memories go back even further than the times when Frank O'Farrell was manager, I thought what the hell. So here goes -
Chairman: Tony Boyce
Manager: Frank O'Farrell (if Frank wasn't available, I'd have a shortlist of Cyril Knowles, Leroy Rosenior and Kevin Hodges)
Team: Terry Adlington; John Bond, Colin Bettany, Ken Brown, Brian McGlinchey; Jimmy Dunne, Tommy Minchington, Don Mills; Ronnie Shaw, Sam Collins, Robin Stubbs
Also in my squad I'd have John Turner, Paul Gibbs, Andy Gurney, Eunan O'Kane, Alex Russell, John 'Smudger' Smith, Rodney Jack, David Graham and Davy Caldwell. Yeah, yeah - I know it's a big squad but with that team winning week after week (even against Telford & Alfreton) gates would swell to over 15,000 even in lethargic South Devon so finances would be okay.

I feel sorry for young whippersnappers like yellowfever who have seen so few decent players in yellow shirts that they have to include Bedeau !!!! Bliddy 'ell - you were born three decades too late !!!

Trojan 67 wrote:1.John Dunn

2.John Bond 4.John Benson 5.Reg Wyatt 3.Bill Kitchener

7.Dougie Clarke 6.John Smith 10.Tommy Mitchinson 11.Tony Scott

8.Tommy Spratt* 9.Robin Stubbs*

The above team is a combination of players from different seasons and eras.


*SAS (Spratt and Stubbs) were the goalscoring combo that fired us to promotion in the 65-66 season. Sadly, Tommy Spratt couldn't find his Division IV goalscoring form at Division III level.

Pretty much the team I would choose Trojan-that midfield with Clarke and Scott supplying the ammunition from the wings for Stubbsy,was the best ever.

Trojan 67 wrote:1.John Dunn

2.John Bond 4.John Benson 5.Reg Wyatt 3.Bill Kitchener

7.Dougie Clarke 6.John Smith 10.Tommy Mitchinson 11.Tony Scott

8.Tommy Spratt* 9.Robin Stubbs*

I would switch Eric Welsh for Scotty on the left wing and possibly put Alan Welsh in for Spratty as well - but apart from that you have a top-team there my friend!

Favourite team, probably not best

Olejnik

Gurney, Branston, Ellis, McGlinchey

Bedeau, Russell, O'Kane, Hill

Jack, Graham

Subs: Southall, Nicholson, Woods, Fowler, Brandon, Sills, Kuffour

Manager: Rosenior

Bobby Olejnik

Liam Rosenior
Mark Ellis
Guy Branston
Brian McGlinchey

Wayne Carlisle
Jason Fowler
Alex Russell
Kevin Hill

David Graham
Joe Kuffour

Substitutes
Andy Marriot
Craig Taylor
Steve Woods
Eunan O'Kane
Chris Hargreaves
Tim Sills
Jamie Ward

What a side that would be, along with the strongest ever bench!