Glen Little’s Top Ten Goals

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Glen Little’s Top Ten Goals

Post by martin_p » Wed Jul 03, 2019 8:28 am

Well worth a watch.

https://youtu.be/McJY5Q1TBLY
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Post by Lord Beamish » Wed Jul 03, 2019 8:34 am

He was a special talent; shining through some dark days.
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Post by SalisburyClaret » Wed Jul 03, 2019 8:46 am

Superb skills - how many multi million Premier League superstars could do that

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Post by South West Claret. » Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:06 am

Good old Blakey he really was something special wasn't he at that time.

Quiz question which manager signed him from Ireland?

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Post by wilks_bfc » Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:07 am

South West Claret. wrote:Good old Blakey he really was something special wasn't he at that time.

Quiz question which manager signed him from Ireland?
Heath?

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Post by 4:20 » Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:13 am

Never seen a player like him, I always thought "how does the ball stick to this clumsy looking oaf?" It was magic to watch him and his bumbling total control. A bit like Usain Bolt, rewrote the rule book for me on stereotypical greatness.

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Post by Dark Cloud » Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:18 am

Every time he got the ball you expected something fantastic to happen. An absolutely brilliant talent.

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Post by claptrappers_union » Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:25 am

Dark Cloud wrote:Every time he got the ball you expected something fantastic to happen. An absolutely brilliant talent.
I feel a bit sorry for him in a way, because I think playing for Burnley probably held him back. I know he went onto play for Bolton and Reading in the Premier League, but it was probably a couple of years too late. Great talent. Fans from all the clubs he has played for loved him though.

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Post by cricketfield73 » Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:55 am

I was hoping that the Bristol Rovers goal was going to be no.1.
Enigmatic to never actually look to have control of the ball yet produce such majestic skill!
I'd have loved to have seen him in this PL era.

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Post by martin_p » Wed Jul 03, 2019 10:07 am

Noticeable that four of the goals I’m the op ten are from the first half of the 2001/2 season. He was on fire that season up until Christmas (as were most of the team to be fair). Still don’t understand how we managed not even to make the play-offs after being top at Xmas.

I also find it disturbing that a couple of the goals are now over 20 years ago!!!
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Post by ElectroClaret » Wed Jul 03, 2019 11:21 am

cricketfield73 wrote:I was hoping that the Bristol Rovers goal was going to be no.1.
It always will be for me. :P

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Post by martin_p » Wed Jul 03, 2019 11:33 am

ElectroClaret wrote:It always will be for me. :P
And I think the context of the match in which it was scored helped. Big game against a club at the top, a must win to keep us in touch at the top and down to ten men (Payton sent off).

It was a big couple of weeks for the club, some important wins and a week and a bit after Glen’s Bristol Rovers goal a certain Ian Wright turned up at the Turf.

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Re: Glen Little’s Top Ten Goals

Post by Croydon Claret » Wed Jul 03, 2019 11:35 am

Number 3 against Grimsby was equally as nuts as the Bristol Rovers goal

Fantastic stuff

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Post by PhilC » Wed Jul 03, 2019 11:58 am

Worth a listen ....

https://play.acast.com/s/magicsponge/36 ... f5f690fc7d" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: Glen Little’s Top Ten Goals

Post by the_fat_shearer » Wed Jul 03, 2019 12:53 pm

Some top quality there!

How muddy and full of divots was Macclesfield?!?! Looks like a Sunday League pitch!

Glenda is undoubtedly in my top 3 favourite players of all time. As others mentioned, you just knew with him on the ball that something would happen and he always had the ability to beat a man, which seems to be missing a lot from the games these days.

As others have mentioned, that Bristol goal in the context of the game and situation was amazing - Payts owes him one!

Have to agree with others on here that he really could have done more for his career had he left us sooner but I'm glad he didn't!

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Re: Glen Little’s Top Ten Goals

Post by JohnDearyMe » Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:08 pm

Wonder why those clowns Glenn Roeder and Chris Waddle took so long to play him that season?

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Post by Fretters » Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:14 pm

I remember him tearing Norwich to shreds at Carrow Road. We were losing but you just knew we'd win with Glen in that form and we did. He was absolutely unstoppable.

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Re: Glen Little’s Top Ten Goals

Post by martin_p » Wed Jul 03, 2019 1:21 pm

PhilC wrote:Worth a listen ....

https://play.acast.com/s/magicsponge/36 ... f5f690fc7d" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Not heard that before. Love Glen's stories about Stan :lol:

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Post by Hibsclaret » Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:22 pm

PhilC wrote:Worth a listen ....

https://play.acast.com/s/magicsponge/36 ... f5f690fc7d" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Thanks for that. Very funny...

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Post by Shappie » Wed Jul 03, 2019 3:42 pm

There was a decent goal V PNE with the outside of his boot which I thought may have made the list

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Post by Dark Cloud » Wed Jul 03, 2019 6:05 pm

claptrappers_union wrote:I feel a bit sorry for him in a way, because I think playing for Burnley probably held him back. I know he went onto play for Bolton and Reading in the Premier League, but it was probably a couple of years too late. Great talent. Fans from all the clubs he has played for loved him though.
Absolutely agree. I couldn't believe he wasn't given a crack at PL footy far earlier and can only assume that many clubs thought he was something of a "flat track bully" who was taking the pee out of lower league defenders and looked great "at that level", but didn't have what it takes for the PL. I was always convinced he DID have it and think his chance not only came slightly too late, but was hampered by injuries too in the end. Anyway, it meant we got his best years and at the time he was a breath of fresh air!

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Post by BurnleyFC » Wed Jul 03, 2019 8:50 pm

My favourite ever Claret.

Super Glen.

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Post by Sleeping Cat » Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:28 pm

Shappie wrote:There was a decent goal V PNE with the outside of his boot which I thought may have made the list
I really thought that was going to be number one.
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Re: Glen Little’s Top Ten Goals

Post by SammyBoy » Wed Jul 03, 2019 9:28 pm

He was definitely Premier League quality, if you listen to the podcast link posted above he mentions City bid 5 million for him that year we were top at Christmas then collapsed, but we turned it down and they bought Jon Macken instead. In that interview he says he didn't dare mention leaving to Stan, not sure if he was joking or not :D He was also a pivotal part of the Reading team that set the points record in the Championship.

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Post by Claretforever » Wed Jul 03, 2019 10:04 pm

How many times did he end up on his knees but tried taking players on whilst down?! :lol:

First time I saw him was at Anfield when he came on as a sub. Looked good that night.

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Post by Dark Cloud » Wed Jul 03, 2019 10:07 pm

Claretforever wrote:How many times did he end up on his knees but tried taking players on whilst down?! :lol:

First time I saw him was at Anfield when he came on as a sub. Looked good that night.
He'd only been on the field five minutes and a scouser turned to me and said "why the hell didn't this lad play from the start??"

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Post by Claretforever » Wed Jul 03, 2019 10:14 pm

Dark Cloud wrote:He'd only been on the field five minutes and a scouser turned to me and said "why the hell didn't this lad play from the start??"
I’m sure he nutmegged their player in the left back position. I don’t know whether I was seated in the side stand or whether I was just right in the corner, but we took a lot of fans that night.

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Post by fungus_the_bogeyman » Fri Jul 05, 2019 7:54 pm

My hero growing up! Hell of a player. Every time he got the ball you knew he was going to do something special. Absolutely loved watching him.

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Re: Glen Little’s Top Ten Goals

Post by elwaclaret » Fri Jul 05, 2019 7:58 pm

Was truely a breath of fresh air for us clarets. But he wasn’t fit to lace Waddle’s boots and would never make a footballer. :roll:

On his day he was breath taking, it was as though the ball was glued to his boot.

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