• One club players

Posted: **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?

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:33 pm**

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

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:33 pm**

Brian Miller?

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:33 pm**

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

Carragher, Gerrard, G Neville, Giggs, Scholes

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:37 pm**

Ryan Giggs
Maldini
Scholes

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:37 pm**

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

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:39 pm**

Tony Adams
Carragher
Charlton brothers

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:40 pm**

Thought of another - Totti.

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:44 pm**

Ledley king , daniel de rossi

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:45 pm**

Puyol

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:46 pm**

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

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:49 pm**

Alessandro Costacurta

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:50 pm**

Ali Dia at Southampton

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:51 pm**

Jamie Carragher

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:52 pm**

John Angus? I think

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:54 pm**

Steve Bull at Wolves

Edit just checked and he was at a couple of others

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 6:58 pm**

John Angus, Jimmy Adamson, Colin McDonald?

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:24 pm**

A little bit cruel , but does Duncan Edwards count ?

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:31 pm**

Di Natale for Udinese, top player too

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 7:42 pm**

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

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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;)

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 8:15 pm**

Tom Finney

Posted: **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

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 8:24 pm**

Mark Noble at West Ham?

Posted: **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;

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 9:35 pm**

claretburns wrote:Mark Noble at West Ham?

Had a couple of loan spells when he was young.

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 9:43 pm**

Agbonlahor?

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:06 pm**

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

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:10 pm**

Johnny Haynes & George Cohen at Fulham
Brian Labone at Everton

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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?

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:42 pm**

Peter Crouch?

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:00 pm**

John Trollope 770 for Swindon

Posted: **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?

Posted: **Thu Jun 27, 2019 11:02 pm**

Jimmy armfield.

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Sat Jun 29, 2019 10:14 am**

Lionel Messi, Barcelona player?

Posted: **Sat Jun 29, 2019 10:21 am**

BurnleyFC wrote:Peter Crouch?

I knew I'd forgot someone.

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