Reply With QuoteI saw Ronnie Moore score - does that count?
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Thorne was a solid pro and was very good in the air from memory.Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff
Scored some key goals too. He was above average.
Phil Stant was another one who scored some important goals.
People like Campbell, Nugent, Howarth and Pike also had decent (or very good) scoring records.
I saw Ronnie Moore score - does that count?
We have had a few very good centre forwards since the mid 2000s that were past their best when they came to us, but in their day had been top top players (Kevin Campbell, Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink, Rickie Lambert and other similar).
Not in the John Charles bracket (maybe not Toshack either) but Robbie Fowler was a great ('god') though not for us unfortunately!
The best for us that I have seen was Bothroyd.
What was Gary Stevens like to play against (the gangly former City striker I mean, not the one from Everton!)?
I always remember him being frustrating to watch but his record for us was decent.
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It was a pleasure to see the big man play, even though he was well past his prime.
Couple of others thrown in, Bobby Brown, unfortunately career ended too soon, Graham Moore, anyone remember Joe Bonson? Derek Tapscott a very good goal scorer and gentleman, was Sales Agent for Diadora 80’s/90’s
In order it's Gestede, Chopra, Bothroyd.
I remember Joe Bonkers
Agree 100%.
He is unique in that he was picked by a (at the time) very well respected Italian manager in 2 positions in a world best 11.
When the guy was pulled up on it, because a man can't play in 2 places he said, "you asked me to pick the best playing in the world in each position. I have".
Best centre forward in th world and best centre half - - at the same time/
I get your point, but I did he see him play and his presence on the park was immense. No player could forget for a minute that he was there. He was THE MAN, and the same in every team he played in.
I think in his first season au Juventus in a very defence minded Italian league he scared an unheard of 28 goals and won them the league. (don't pull me on the actual number but it was unheard of)
He was revered as a God in Turin and they have a statue of him outside the ground.
He was there raising money for a Turin charity when he was taken with his mortal illness. He was flown back to Leeds in the Juventus chairman's personal jet.
Chris Pike
All very true except for the fact that by the time he came to us he had slowed considerably, had a gammy knee and was a shadow of his former self. You could see how much class he had and what a wonderful player he had once been. In my view the best centre forward who ever played for us by reputation but the reality was somewhat different.
Tony Philliskirk
Earnie, Fkin legend.
Tony Evans?
Well the thread asked for the finest Centre forward we had seen at Cardiff city, there was no mention of if he was playing centre forward at the time nor if he played for us or someone else.
On that basis I recall Mick Channon ex Soton takes us to the cleaners one Friday night. Completely unplayable.Well the thread asked for the finest Centre forward we had seen at Cardiff city, there was no mention of if he was playing centre forward at the time nor if he played for us or someone else.
Matt Le Tissier as well for Southampton in a League Cup tie.
Trevor Ford
Trevor Ford 1953-1956 42 goals in 96 apps
Apparently a hard man when you could barge the goalie in the net.
We paid 30kfor him from Sunderland.How much would that be today.
He got banned for illegal payments from his time at Sunderland and went to play for PSV
When I was a lad Trevor Ford owned the garage in Whitchurch where Ty’n-y-Parc Road meets Manor Way where the Tesco petrol station is now opposite what was the Masons Pub. He and Fred Stansfield were my Whitchurch local heroes.
...and Eric Gates for Ipswich in an FA Cup tie
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