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Steve harper
Just reading back through an old 442 magazine from years ago and there is a pullout giving you the worst player to play for each 92 league clubs. Steve harper won it for us. Surely there have been worse!!! I started going on in 1989 so remember him and I didn't think he was too bad in the dark old days of the 4th division............ I remember Jason Hardy used to get dogs abuse from the crowd I thought he was awful!!!!
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There has been a lot worse than Steve Harper.....his namesake Alan Harper for one!
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He seemed to be involved in a large percentage of goals for us in the title winning season from memory. I was 11 at the time though!
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You sure it wasn’t Alan Harper?
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Harper was a talented lower league winger, and a key part of our 4th Division Championship Squad. He was far from the worst player we’ve ever had.
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Definitely Steve harper. I was surprised. He was decent at that level
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Harper played for us in 4th Division, we've had crapper players representing us in the Championship - Nathan Delfouneso springs to mind.
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Our worst ever player would have played for us in 1986 or 1987. Steve Harper was a world beater compared to some of the crap we had to watch back then.
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I agree, nowt wrong with Steve Harper........well perhaps his hair style was a bit dodgy !Herts Clarets wrote:Our worst ever player would have played for us in 1986 or 1987. Steve Harper was a world beater compared to some of the crap we had to watch back then.
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Wasn't around in the 80s but we certainly had some bad uns in the 90s, mainly around the Waddle era. Steve Morgan and Mike Williams are 2 that spring to mind.
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Hampton was dogger. That said we had some shockers.
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Whoever put the article together clearly didn’t watch us very much. Steve Harper was quite good for the level at the time and as said above we have had many many worse players.
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It will always be Nick Pickering as far as I'm concerned.
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Ex Rosehill school lad who came on as sub in a European cup final. He was an excellent footballer.Spijed wrote:Surely Peter Hampton is up there?
There have been far worse.
But we shouldn't malign individuals. The manager chose them.
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Peter Hampton had a half decent career.
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Tony Hancock - and I think he cost us £100k.
If only we had a dry powder store in those days.
If only we had a dry powder store in those days.
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If it’s the same article I remember I think our very own graham branch won the nomination for tranmere rovers.
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Steve Harper was a very good player at the level we were at and was hugely important in us finally getting out of the basement and beginning our rise. Absolutely plain daft to ever describe him as our worst player. Pacey,tricky, good crosser and could score too. Sh*t haircut mind which quite possibly WAS the worst ever seen at Burnley (certainly top 5!) but I never held it against him.
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50k for Hancock from memory which was a lot of money for us then. The expectation and then the disappointment ... What about Woodworth, Caughey, Devanney, J Harris, and then Jones Mk1, Kendal and Stewart.
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Scored a cracker to win the game v Aldershot away
Not on the cd for that season as Aldershot didnt pay the company who filmed the game do it wasnt released to the cd compilers
Tony Hancock was definately in there as worst ever .Frank Casper managed to offload him to PNE which was a master stroke saving us money we badly needed
Not on the cd for that season as Aldershot didnt pay the company who filmed the game do it wasnt released to the cd compilers
Tony Hancock was definately in there as worst ever .Frank Casper managed to offload him to PNE which was a master stroke saving us money we badly needed
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We've certainly had worse in the last 10 years.
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In my time I would have to say Nathan Peel, Howey, Stewart, Ford
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Nothing dodgy about that perm!Aclaret wrote:I agree, nowt wrong with Steve Harper........well perhaps his hair style was a bit dodgy !
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Tony Hancock’s only meaningful contribution was away at Stockport in the FA cup replay!
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Winston white. Jason Hardy. Mark Ford. Paul Stewart. Mark winstanley. Mark kendall. Nick pickering......... Wow we've paid wages to a lot of dross over the years (as has every other club BTW not just us) just shows how far we've come and where we are now. Who'd have thought losing at home to the might of Hereford, Halifax, Rochdale et al where we are now. UTC
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I will not hear a bad word about Winston White.Wooshydeakin wrote:Winston white. Jason Hardy. Mark Ford. Paul Stewart. Mark winstanley. Mark kendall. Nick pickering......... Wow we've paid wages to a lot of dross over the years (as has every other club BTW not just us) just shows how far we've come and where we are now. Who'd have thought losing at home to the might of Hereford, Halifax, Rochdale et al where we are now. UTC
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. saw that goal quite recently.Woodleyclaret wrote:Scored a cracker to win the game v Aldershot away
Not on the cd for that season as Aldershot didnt pay the company who filmed the game do it wasnt released to the cd compilers
Tony Hancock was definately in there as worst ever .Frank Casper managed to offload him to PNE which was a master stroke saving us money we badly needed
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Leebrook Heesom Heggarty Gallagher Malley Caughey Chippendale Regis Jones as a starter for players that were far far worse than Steve Harper.
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F***ing stop it will yer.Herts Clarets wrote:Leebrook Heesom Heggarty Gallagher Malley Caughey Chippendale Regis Jones as a starter for players that were far far worse than Steve Harper.
I've only just started sleeping right.
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Leon Cort. You can't name worse.
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Think he scored a cracker at Stockport once! We still got beat!Bin Ont Turf wrote:I will not hear a bad word about Winston White.
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I could give you a long, long list who were all considerably worse.whiffa wrote:Leon Cort. You can't name worse.
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You think that if we'd had Leon Cort or his eighties equivalent instead of Joe Gallagher in 86-87, we would have been a worse side?whiffa wrote:Leon Cort. You can't name worse.
If you want to make a case for worst Premier League player, then you could give it a go. But worst ever? Nowhere near.
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Not at Burnley, he didn't. He was kept out of the side by Darren Heesom for a spell, and that wasn't because Heesom was a star.Blackrod wrote:Peter Hampton had a half decent career.
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I could give you a long list worse than Joe Gallagher toodsr wrote:You think that if we'd had Leon Cort or his eighties equivalent instead of Joe Gallagher in 86-87, we would have been a worse side?
If you want to make a case for worst Premier League player, then you could give it a go. But worst ever? Nowhere near.
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Been an excellent player prior to joining us.Blackrod wrote:Peter Hampton had a half decent career.
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I dare say. He was just the centre half who played the full season in 86-87. Wasn't the other centre half position shared by Steve Gardner (who I quite liked) and Jim Heggarty? Or was Heggarty a different season?ClaretTony wrote:I could give you a long list worse than Joe Gallagher too
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Heggarty left before the season started and Gardner didn't come in until the season after. The regular central defenders that season were Gallagher and Deakin.dsr wrote:I dare say. He was just the centre half who played the full season in 86-87. Wasn't the other centre half position shared by Steve Gardner (who I quite liked) and Jim Heggarty? Or was Heggarty a different season?
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Oh, the perils of old age. I used to have all this off pat. That's why I mentioned Gallagher - the only one I could be sure of!ClaretTony wrote:Heggarty left before the season started and Gardner didn't come in until the season after. The regular central defenders that season were Gallagher and Deakin.
Didn't Taffy play sweeper a few times that season or thenabouts?
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Taffy played at the back in the following season after he'd been released and come back as youth coach.dsr wrote:Oh, the perils of old age. I used to have all this off pat. That's why I mentioned Gallagher - the only one I could be sure of!
Didn't Taffy play sweeper a few times that season or thenabouts?
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Steve Harper was bad before but excellent after his bandaged wrist.
p.s. Paul Atkinson the worst
p.s. Paul Atkinson the worst