Favourite ever captain?

[ClaretTony]

Steve Davis was my first captain when i properly started going home and away under Stan and i used to love his marauding runs driving through the middle of the pitch so i'd say him.

Stan's first captain was Stretch Armstrong but it very quickly passed to Steve Davis when we signed him. Wasn't Graham Branch Stan's last captain after Davis left?

[1989_claret]

You're probably right CT but Davis was the captain for the majority of the first seasons under Stan when i started.

[blatherwickstattoos]

Stan's first captain was Stretch Armstrong but it very quickly passed to Steve Davis when we signed him. Wasn't Graham Branch Stan's last captain after Davis left?

Him or David may I think

[ClaretTony]

You're probably right CT but Davis was the captain for the majority of the first seasons under Stan when i started.

Definitely, from replacing Stretch right through to when he left.

[Goliath]

Him or David may I think

I vaguely remember it being a very odd setup where Branch was club captain but May would still captain the team even when Branch was playing. I could be wrong, was my first season of watching us so I must have been about 12

[blatherwickstattoos]

I vaguely remember it being a very odd setup where Branch was club captain but May would still captain the team even when Branch was playing. I could be wrong, was my first season of watching us so I must have been about 12

David May was defo captain at some point. Tony grant too at times I think.

[ClaretTony]

David May was defo captain at some point. Tony grant too at times I think.

Neither were ever club captain though.

[Fretters]

According to Glen Little on the Undr the Cosh podcast, May was nutted in training by Stan and stormed out saying he'd never play for us again. The next morning, he was sitting in the dressing room and somebody said, "I thought you were gone?"

He replied, "I'm captain now!"

[ClaretTony]

According to Glen Little on the Undr the Cosh podcast, May was nutted in training by Stan and stormed out saying he'd never play for us again. The next morning, he was sitting in the dressing room and somebody said, "I thought you were gone?"

He replied, "I'm captain now!"

That one leaked out into the national press

[Fretters]

That one leaked out into the national press

Can you imagine Stan managing these days? It would be on TikTok within five minutes!

[ClaretTony]

Can you imagine Stan managing these days? It would be on TikTok within five minutes!

He was of his day I would say

[Goliath]

The ex players all seem to love him.

[jos]

Graham Alexander was the first that sprang to mind.

[warksclaret]

For me Steve Davies, Martin Dobson, Steven Cauldwell, Tom Heaton in their time were good leaders

Tom Heaton you could hear him from the stands and even on televised games bellowing out instructions

[Corway]

Jimmy Adamson stands out as captain for many years of his 13 with the club including the Div 1 Title winners, European Cup Quarter final, FA Cup final losers and being named Player of the Year.
Few others have been captain for more than a few seasons.

[KernowHouseClaret]

John Pender and Steve Davis