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Best 11 Challenge

Post by claret10 » Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:09 am

Name the ex/current best Burnley 11:

Rules are you can use any formation but all of the players' surnames must begin with the same letter: (try not to cheat by using ex players section)

Pope

Pickering - Parkinson - Pender - Pashley

Pugh - Phelan - Painter - Paterson

Payton - Pointer

Subs
Philliskirk
Pearce (gk)
Papadopolous
Porter
Pilkinton

Manager: Potts

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Re: Best 11 Challenge

Post by Down_Rover » Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:34 am

Heaton
Hardsley Harkowski Hee Haylor
Hendrick Hork Hestwood HicNeil
Harnes Hood

Subs are full of Hope
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Re: Best 11 Challenge

Post by Goobs » Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:42 am

Coyne
Camara Cahill Carlisle Cowan
Cork Chaplow Cook
Conroy Crouch Cole

Crichton
Cowans
Cooke
Cox
Caldwell
Creaney
Chadwick

Manager Coyle
Coach Cotterill

I realise half this team could probably be replaced by the likes of Connelly, Coates, Casper etc but I have gone for players from my era (going on since mid - late 80's)
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Re: Best 11 Challenge

Post by NottsClaret » Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:48 am

Surely a great - maybe only - chance for Peter Zelem to appear in a best XI side.

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Re: Best 11 Challenge

Post by Quickenthetempo » Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:48 am

Beresford
Bardsley Bikey Branch Briscoe
Boyd Ball Barton Brady
Barnes Blake

Britton
P Barnes
Blacklaw

Branch was a utility player and I can't think of another Centre half.

The team is who I saw play with two famous clarets making the bench and Paul Barnes an extra forward

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Re: Best 11 Challenge

Post by ClaretAndJew » Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:50 am

Blacklaw

Briscoe Bikey Brass Bardsley

Branch Bartley Barton Blake

Berisha Barnes
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Re: Best 11 Challenge

Post by ClaretAndJew » Tue Apr 09, 2019 11:51 am

Quickenthetempo wrote:Beresford
Bardsley Bikey Branch Briscoe
Boyd Ball Barton Brady
Barnes Blake

Britton
P Barnes
Blacklaw

Branch was a utility player and I can't think of another Centre half.

The team is who I saw play with two famous clarets making the bench and Paul Barnes an extra forward
Ha. B's.

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Re: Best 11 Challenge

Post by lucs86 » Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:13 pm

Michopoulos
Mears McGreal Mee Mills
McMinn Marney Mellon McCann McIlroy
Moore (Ian)

Subs: Moore (Alan), Mahon, McDonald (Kevin), McNeil, Mullin

Can't think of a LB (or CB to move Mee if desperate).

Edited to add McNeil, Mills and Mullin
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Re: Best 11 Challenge

Post by aggi » Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:17 pm

lucs86 wrote:Michopoulos
Mears McGreal Mee ___
McMinn Marney Mellon McCann McIlroy
Moore (Ian)

Subs: Moore (Alan), Mahon, McDonald (Kevin)

Can't think of a LB (or CB to move Mee if desperate).

Edited to add McNeil!!
Monnington (he could replace any of them).

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Re: Best 11 Challenge

Post by TheFamilyCat » Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:46 pm

Did we ever play a game with Deakin, Davis, Davis & Daniel as the back four?

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Re: Best 11 Challenge

Post by Quickenthetempo » Tue Apr 09, 2019 12:51 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:Did we ever play a game with Deakin, Davis, Davis & Daniel as the back four?
No, that's why the Steve Davis's are nicknamed mark one and two.

Steve Davis of the 4th division champions side replaced mark one.

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Re: Best 11 Challenge

Post by TheFamilyCat » Tue Apr 09, 2019 1:26 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:No, that's why the Steve Davis's are nicknamed mark one and two.

Steve Davis of the 4th division champions side replaced mark one.
I’m sure the two Davises played together. I seemed to remember Burnley fans singing “there’s only two Steve Davises”.

Although I was only about 12 so can be mistaken.

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