Name the most obscure Burnley player

[steve1264b]

There can only be one who wins this. The worst player ever to play for us (in my opinion).

Mark Caughey 8 appearances in 1987, he wasn't fit enough and was terrible

[gandhisflipflop]

Luigi cennamo

[Culmclaret]

There can only be one who wins this. The worst player ever to play for us (in my opinion).

Mark Caughey 8 appearances in 1987, he wasn't fit enough and was terrible

Some stiff competion David Jones just gets my vote for the worst I ever saw

[ClaretTony]

Dean Bowditch - I remember seeing him score a hat trick for Ipswich, so I was excited to sign him. I was wrong.

I was told that he came with the attitude that he was better than Burnley. He was soon to find out that he wasn't.

[CaymanClaret]

Jean-Louis Valois is my personal favourite

[Mrpotatohead]

Richard Eckersley

[jrgbfc]

I'd completely forgotten Wayne Hennessey had been with us. Did we have a left winger called Steve Slawson for a spell in the mid 90s? Sorry if already mentioned!

[ClaretTony]

I'd completely forgotten Wayne Hennessey had been with us. Did we have a left winger called Steve Slawson for a spell in the mid 90s? Sorry if already mentioned!

Mullen brought Slawson in on loan in 1993

[Bow]

Graham Coughlan

[ChrisG]

Nicknamed "manta" for some strange reason.

I used to know Ian when he was at Burnley and I was a kid. The name Manta was on account if his ears which gave his face the shape of a manta ray

[claretburns]

Joseph Mills.

Played at home against Bolton on opening day for 2012/13 season and from memory I thought he was excellent at left back and bombing forwards and thought we had exciting wing backs for the season with Trippier at right back but hardly saw him after that.

[KlyBfc]

Charlie Bishop
John Clayton

[DXS]

Andy Kilner
Peter Devine
Darren Heesom

[gc14]

Mark Caughey, Robert Regis , Jim Heggarty , Tony Woodworth

[aclaretinstevenage]

I always go back to Nathan Peel on this kind of thread!

[longsidetrumpet]

Nearly all these obscure players fit into the ‘ahh, now you mention him’ category for me. But one player already named is somebody I had to look up recently after his name cropped up somehow, I had absolutely no memory of him - Stanislav Varga, central defender who came to us on loan in early 2008 from Sunderland aged 35, and actually made 10 appearances for us.

[Enola Gay]

Wayne Dowell

Didn’t he get seriously injured in that 94/95 game against Middlesbrough when Bryan Robson just sat in the centre circle hacking anyone who came near while a starstruck referee just let him do as he pleased?

[Enola Gay]

Wayne Russell

Still remember a 3-0 defeat away at Boothferry Park under Clive Middlemass where he didn’t even look like a goalkeeper’s cousin.

[DukeOfBar]

Tony Hancock

[ŽižkovClaret]

Still remember a 3-0 defeat away at Boothferry Park under Clive Middlemass where he didn’t even look like a goalkeeper’s cousin.

Anything less likely to inspire commitment and focus as a back up keeper playing under a caretaker manager?

[ŽižkovClaret]

Nearly all these obscure players fit into the ‘ahh, now you mention him’ category for me. But one player already named is somebody I had to look up recently after his name cropped up somehow, I had absolutely no memory of him - Stanislav Varga, central defender who came to us on loan in early 2008 from Sunderland aged 35, and actually made 10 appearances for us.

Always have him on loan when you start a FM2008 Burnley save and i always punt him off back

[HahaYeah]

Paul Shaw.

[EarbyClaret]

Was it Wayne Russell who played in the FA Cup game against Liverpool at Turf Moor - pulled off a decent save from either Rush or Fowler and we got a 0-0 draw

Not sure why Beresford didn't play but he was back for the replay at Anfield

I think it was Wayne Dowell who effectively got the Boxing Day home game v Port Vale abandoned - I seem to remember him going in for a slide tackle and aquaplaning across the waterlogged surface at which point the ref had seen enough

[Clarets86]

Tony Ellis in the Stan era. Did score though

[Shappie]

Anthony Shandran
Brad Maylett
Earl Davis
Jason Hardy

[Shappie]

There can only be one who wins this. The worst player ever to play for us (in my opinion).

Mark Caughey 8 appearances in 1987, he wasn't fit enough and was terrible

Tony Hancock was worse !

[claretburns]

Nearly all these obscure players fit into the ‘ahh, now you mention him’ category for me. But one player already named is somebody I had to look up recently after his name cropped up somehow, I had absolutely no memory of him - Stanislav Varga, central defender who came to us on loan in early 2008 from Sunderland aged 35, and actually made 10 appearances for us.

Think he made his debut against Arsenal in FA Cup, he was massive.

[exilecanada]

Tony Hancock was worse !

He only lasted a half hour?

[BFCmaj]

Andy Waine
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[gandhisflipflop]

Mike pollitt

[Cirrus_Minor]

Bambo

[Winstonswhite]

Ryan Noble

[williamjblazkowicz]

Scott Oakes.

[THEWELLERNUT70]

Barry Powell

[Eyesofblue2]

Richard Dixey

[PWBFC]

Richard Huxford is about the best I can muster.

[Casper2]

Mickey Wardrobe was a unit .

[Selby Claret]

Varga. Superb.

Around the era of Rhys Williams and Chris Baird.

Wiliams and Baird weren't the same era

Williams played under Coyle in 08-09 and missed the playoffs (did his loan expire?)

Baird played under Dyche when we were promoted in 14

[Selby Claret]

Tony Hancock was worse !

My vote is Nick Pickering - lauded as an England international - played 3 or 4 times and was awful

[blatherwickstattoos]

Debuted under Stan and played one more for Cotterill - both as a sub. And as mentioned above, first name Joel.

He was due to be on the bench before Chaplow got his debut. He pulled up injured in the warm up allowing Chappy to get his chance ( only yts in the boot room who had his bag of kit with him) the rest is history he had a good career but wasn’t even making the starting line up for the reserves at the time.

[Steve-Harpers-perm]

Stephen Grant

Brian Mooney

[Herts Clarets]

Doug Hodgson

[ClaretTony]

He was due to be on the bench before Chaplow got his debut. He pulled up injured in the warm up allowing Chappy to get his chance ( only yts in the boot room who had his bag of kit with him) the rest is history he had a good career but wasn’t even making the starting line up for the reserves at the time.

Chappy was just coming back from glandular fever too when he got that debut as a sub at Norwich in 2003. I thought Joel was forced to pull out through illness.

[ClaretTony]

My vote is Nick Pickering - lauded as an England international - played 3 or 4 times and was awful

Another player we signed while injured.

[bigdavethemaddog]

Derek Adams

[Bordeauxclaret]

Didn’t he get seriously injured in that 94/95 game against Middlesbrough when Bryan Robson just sat in the centre circle hacking anyone who came near while a starstruck referee just let him do as he pleased?

He was sent off in the home game for two fouls on Alan Moore.

[blatherwickstattoos]

Chappy was just coming back from glandular fever too when he got that debut as a sub at Norwich in 2003. I thought Joel was forced to pull out through illness.

Groin strain in the warm up. I was at Wigan at the time but this is the info I had form my old teammates.

Still in touch with both Chappy and Pilky. Chappy still in
America settled now and pilky is bang into his fell running these days

[ClaretTony]

Groin strain in the warm up. I was at Wigan at the time but this is the info I had form my old teammates.

Still in touch with both Chappy and Pilky. Chappy still in
America settled now and pilky is bang into his fell running these days

I knew Chappy well along with his mum & dad who I still see occasionally at games although we no longer sit in the same stand.

[gizmo]

Just remembered Martyn Busby, on loan from QPR He was a big unit in midfield thought we might have signed him at the time. I would agree with the comments re Mark Caughey the worst I've seen, saw him 3 or 4 times and he was consistently awful.

[Socrates]

Paul McKenzie

Brad Maylett

Tony Woodworth

Jason Hardy

Paul McKay

Paul France