Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:50 pm
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Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:53 pm
I remember giving Razor Ruddock stick at Selhurst around 2000 for carrying timber. We then brought Ronnie Jepson on as sub and he made Razor look like Peter Crouch.
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:54 pm
Probably lots in the 1920s but recently Paul Stewart and Nick Pickering were a bit slobbish !
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:55 pm
Gazza
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 5:59 pm
Mark Kendall
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:05 pm
Ronnie Jepson
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:11 pm
I remember Keith Treacey carrying quite a few pounds. One away game at Barnsley you could see his belly hanging over his shorts.
On here there was a bizarre debate about wether he was in good shape, with quite a few insistent that he was fine. I liked the guy, but he was fat.
On here there was a bizarre debate about wether he was in good shape, with quite a few insistent that he was fine. I liked the guy, but he was fat.
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:13 pm
Bob Lord ..
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Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:32 pm
Les Thompson
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:35 pm
Nathan Peel and Vincent Overstone always seemed big lads
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:38 pm
None of these thank god and Adebayo Akinfenwa didn't make the cut.
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Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:39 pm
Keith Tracey definitely could been in better shape as mentioned.
Peter Swan wasn't a beanpole but not sure he was fat. Still remember him vomiting coming back on to the pitch after half-time at a pre-season friendly at Stockport though!
Peter Swan wasn't a beanpole but not sure he was fat. Still remember him vomiting coming back on to the pitch after half-time at a pre-season friendly at Stockport though!
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:58 pm
I don't remember Tommy Cassidy being too svelte.
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:01 pm
Gerry Creaney wasn't slim
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:18 pm
Paul barnes
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:20 pm
Creaney's gut was immense. I remember being really excited that we'd signed a premiership striker, then totally gobsmacked when he came on for his debut. He was good though and I'm sure he scored a lot of goals for us.BertiesBeehole wrote:Gerry Creaney wasn't slim
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:22 pm
They didn't call him 'The Beast' because he had a 30" waistband...
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:20 pm
Paul Fletcher was never svelte.
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:25 pm
I seem to remember Jamie Hoyland doing that on a regular basis.the_fat_shearer wrote:Keith Tracey definitely could been in better shape as mentioned.
Peter Swan wasn't a beanpole but not sure he was fat. Still remember him vomiting coming back on to the pitch after half-time at a pre-season friendly at Stockport though!
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:32 pm
Every game wasn't it?Tall Paul wrote:I seem to remember Jamie Hoyland doing that on a regular basis.
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:41 pm
Nick Pickering,the LINESMAN used to outrun him!
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:43 pm
Tony Waiters was a big lad. Probably not quite as big as the flying pig, Tommy Lawrence but a big unit nevertheless.
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:44 pm
Probably McLardie who despite his girth scored 13 goals in 1891
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 8:46 pm
Robbie Blake piled it on while he was sat on the bench for Leeds.
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:01 pm
Yep on the centre spot too if i remember correctly. Surprised he was never penalised for it!ClaretTony wrote:Every game wasn't it?
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:27 pm
I acquired his last ever full Burnley kit, I think the whole back 4 could fit in it.Claretmatt4 wrote:They didn't call him 'The Beast' because he had a 30" waistband...
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 9:40 pm
Paul Robinson
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:18 pm
Ian bray was a porker
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:25 pm
The late great Billy O'Rourke?
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:38 pm
Big fat Ron, Shirley.
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2017 11:17 pm
He only played four games for us and he shouldn't have played because of injury.k90bfc wrote:Nick Pickering,the LINESMAN used to outrun him!
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 5:59 pm
Not sure what you think being fat is but Akinfenwa certainly isn't fat.minnieclaret wrote:None of these thank god and Adebayo Akinfenwa didn't make the cut.
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Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:53 pm
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Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:15 pm
Liam Barrel Robinson
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:22 pm
Another vote for Ian Bray - plus Billy Rodaway (2nd spell)
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 8:28 pm
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Your standards of fat are different to mine, KRBFC.KRBFC wrote:Not sure what you think being fat is but Akinfenwa certainly isn't fat.
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 12:55 am
And your standards are very wrong ....minnieclaret wrote:
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Your standards of fat are different to mine, KRBFC.
He is a beast - huge - massive ....
But definitely not fat.
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 3:06 am
Clearly, look at him without a shirt on he's not even close to being fat.minnieclaret wrote:
Your standards of fat are different to mine, KRBFC.
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 12:16 pm
A lot of people have this misconception about Akinfenwa due to a lot of press comments about how he is "too big" to play football. I think a lot of people take "too big" as "too fat" ... But it's more the fact that running around for 90 minute carrying nearly 20 stone of muscle is never ideal.KRBFC wrote:Clearly, look at him without a shirt on he's not even close to being fat.
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 2:01 pm
Another vote for Mark Kendall..
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:57 pm
Porkiest player I ever saw was Francis Lee and I wish I hadn't, but I can't remember Burnley ever having a portly player.
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2017 12:25 am
Big Jon Parkin was a unit, quite a handy one too in his PNE days.
Re: Fattest player to have played for the Clarets ?
Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2017 7:18 am
Definitely Ian Bray for me.
Remember seeing him against Stockport in the Autoglass in 1992 and he did not look like a footballer at all. The odd player before or since might have looked a couple of pounds overweight but Bray just looked like a very fat amateur that had been drafted in from the pub league.
Huge he was.
Remember seeing him against Stockport in the Autoglass in 1992 and he did not look like a footballer at all. The odd player before or since might have looked a couple of pounds overweight but Bray just looked like a very fat amateur that had been drafted in from the pub league.
Huge he was.