One club players

aggi · Post by **aggi** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:30 pm

I was just reading an article on F365 about one club players and it picked George Bray for ours https://www.football365.com/news/every- ... e-club-man" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm struggling to think of many others, particularly in recent times (excluding those who only had a brief professional career). Any suggestions for any others? And for clubs in general, are there many modern one club players?

colner · Post by **colner** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:33 pm

Brian Miller for us too. Matt Le Tiss off the top of my head for Southampton

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:33 pm

Brian Miller?

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:33 pm

Do you mean just playing careers or post-playing too?

Carragher, Gerrard, G Neville, Giggs, Scholes

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:35 pm

Purely on longevity that should win but Brian Miller was player, coach & manager and fulfilled the one club criteria.
Le Tissier is probably the most famous as his talents deserved a bigger club but player only.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:37 pm

Ryan Giggs
Maldini
Scholes

No Ney Never · Post by **No Ney Never** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:37 pm

Obvious ones who spring to mind; Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:39 pm

Tony Adams
Carragher
Charlton brothers

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:39 pm

Giggs was a youngster at Citeh, if that counts.
Bobby Charlton managed PNE, his brother managed a few.
Tony Adams has managed abroad.
Scholes managed Oldham, however briefly.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:40 pm

Thought of another - Totti.

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:44 pm

Ledley king , daniel de rossi

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:45 pm

Puyol

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:46 pm

Thinking back to the Championship Manager days... I think Franco Baresi was always with AC Milan.

Tall Paul · Post by **Tall Paul** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:47 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:Do you mean just playing careers or post-playing too?

Carragher, Gerrard, G Neville, Giggs, Scholes

Gerrard finished his playing career in the MLS.

Reecey1987 · Post by **Reecey1987** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:49 pm

Alessandro Costacurta

expoultryboy · Post by **expoultryboy** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:50 pm

Ali Dia at Southampton

GodIsADeeJay81 · Post by **GodIsADeeJay81** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:51 pm

Jamie Carragher

boatshed bill · Post by **boatshed bill** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:52 pm

John Angus? I think

BFCmaj · Post by **BFCmaj** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:54 pm

Steve Bull at Wolves

Edit just checked and he was at a couple of others

mdd2 · Post by **mdd2** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:58 pm

John Angus, Jimmy Adamson, Colin McDonald?

aggi · Post by **aggi** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:12 pm

I was just thinking of playing career. The Utd and Liverpool ones had occurred to me (although I'd forgotten about Gerrard's MLS spell) but no others.

expoultryboy · Post by **expoultryboy** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:24 pm

A little bit cruel , but does Duncan Edwards count ?

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:31 pm

Jimmy Armfield for the seasiders as a player,though he did manage Bolton and Leeds when he hung up his boots.

KRBFC · Post by **KRBFC** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:31 pm

Di Natale for Udinese, top player too

EarbyClaret · Post by **EarbyClaret** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:41 pm

Old school and before my time - honestly - Billy Wright and Jimmy Dickinson. I was going to say James Coppinger as he's such an iconic figure by modern standards didn't realise he had a career pre-Doncaster. As a former Bradford resident I thought maybe Ces Podd - but didn't realise he went on to play for Halifax.

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:42 pm

Burnley - George Bray, Bob Taylor, Brian Miller spring to mind

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:53 pm

A couple of famous Old Firm names come to mind,Billy McNeill and John Greig,both also managed their respective clubs.

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:53 pm

We also got 21 years out of Jerry Dawson.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Dawson_(footballer,_born_1888" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;)

basil6345789 · Post by **basil6345789** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 8:15 pm

Tom Finney

elwaclaret · Post by **elwaclaret** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 8:23 pm

basil6345789 wrote:Tom Finney

And a nicer man than the Preston Plummer you couldn’t have wished to meet. There again you could say the same of Brian Miller, George Bray, and Bob all four I was incredibly fortunate enough to have not only met but spoken at some length... in fact probably the four longest conversations I ever had with pro footballers, pure co-incidence too as they were all for very different reasons. Happy memories

claretburns · Post by **claretburns** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 8:24 pm

Mark Noble at West Ham?

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 9:32 pm

aggi wrote:I was just reading an article on F365 about one club players and it picked George Bray for ours https://www.football365.com/news/every- ... e-club-man" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'm struggling to think of many others, particularly in recent times (excluding those who only had a brief professional career). Any suggestions for any others? And for clubs in general, are there many modern one club players?

Nice to see that George is being recognised. Doubt we will see the likes of him again.

http://www.uptheclarets.com/remembering-george-bray" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

aggi · Post by **aggi** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 9:35 pm

claretburns wrote:Mark Noble at West Ham?

Had a couple of loan spells when he was young.

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 9:43 pm

Agbonlahor?

dsr · Post by **dsr** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:06 pm

Apart from a loan spell, Ben Mee hasn't played for anyone but Burnley.

claretfern · Post by **claretfern** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:10 pm

Johnny Haynes & George Cohen at Fulham
Brian Labone at Everton

Bin Ont Turf · Post by **Bin Ont Turf** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:22 pm

Only one name comes to my mind when thinking of one club players/one club men, and that is Brian Miller.

claretburns · Post by **claretburns** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:25 pm

Messi for certain at Barca, though obviously can still move before retirement.

Did Nat Lofthouse play only for Bolton?

BurnleyFC · Post by **BurnleyFC** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:42 pm

Peter Crouch?

Rick_Muller · Post by **Rick_Muller** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:00 pm

John Trollope 770 for Swindon

timshorts · Post by **timshorts** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:01 pm

Tall Paul wrote:Gerrard finished his playing career in the MLS.

And didn't he win a title for man city?

timshorts · Post by **timshorts** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:02 pm

Jimmy armfield.

Tricky Trevor · Post by **Tricky Trevor** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 7:53 am

After re-reading the article I notice that after the players named it only gives their playing years. Although it mentions George’s time as kitman and coach.
With 21 years it should be Jerry Dawson for us.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 8:43 am

dsr wrote:Apart from a loan spell, Ben Mee hasn't played for anyone but Burnley.

Played once for Man City

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 8:46 am

Bin Ont Turf wrote:Only one name comes to my mind when thinking of one club players/one club men, and that is Brian Miller.

Brian was probably at Burnley longer than anyone but George Bray. I knew both of them well and one thing I can tell you about them was they were both as passionate about Burnley Football Club as I am. They both bled Claret and Blue. Two people we should be very proud to have been associated with our club.

MrMeeseeks · Post by **MrMeeseeks** » Fri Jun 28, 2019 1:10 pm

KRBFC wrote:Di Natale for Udinese, top player too

Di Natale started off at Empoli.

There’s a crazy stat that he hadn’t scored 20 goals in a single season until he was 32 and then ended up doing it 5 times.

AfloatinClaret · Post by **AfloatinClaret** » Sat Jun 29, 2019 2:00 am

basil6345789 wrote:Tom Finney

Perhaps not out of choice?
I recall reading somewhere - the Gary Imlach book about football in the days of the maximum wage? a few years ago that towards the end of Finney's career Juventus wanted to sign him and were offering him "an initial signing-on fee which alone exceeded his total career earnings at Preston." The club refused to release him.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Sat Jun 29, 2019 9:52 am

AfloatinClaret wrote:Perhaps not out of choice?
I recall reading somewhere - the Gary Imlach book about football in the days of the maximum wage? a few years ago that towards the end of Finney's career Juventus wanted to sign him and were offering him "an initial signing-on fee which alone exceeded his total career earnings at Preston." The club refused to release him.

Very much so. Finney wanted to go but players were not free to move then at the end of contracts. Was around 1980 when that came in and I think Ian Brennan was the first to leave Burnley by choice when his contract ended.

chekhov · Post by **chekhov** » Sat Jun 29, 2019 10:14 am

Lionel Messi, Barcelona player?

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sat Jun 29, 2019 10:21 am

BurnleyFC wrote:Peter Crouch?

I knew I'd forgot someone.