Best second-tier British football front twos of all time

[Needham]

Not the very best but effective and a real threat on their day, better than the sum of their parts, and British as in played in England, Scotland, Wales
Eg, Woodcock and Withe, Dixon and Speedie, Sherringham and Klinsmann

 

[roonster09]

Carew and Agbonhahore played well but not sure whether they fit here.

 

[GazTheLegend]

Do Collymore and Fowler count as second tier?

 

[SkeppyRed]

Steve Bull and Robbie Keane.

 

[Grylte]

The first who came to mind was Robbie Keane and Mark Viduka.
They played together at Leeds, didn't they?
Think they fit into this category.

 

[VorZakone]

Cisse and Ba were scoring for fun for 1 season.

 

[Manny]

Shearer and Bellamy

 

[SkeppyRed]

Sorry I thought you meant 2nd Div/Div 1/championship level originally.

Niall Quinn and Kevin Phillips.

 

[NouTreble]

Yorke and Cole at Blackburn

 

[el magico]

Second/third division? Deane and Agana.

 

[Grylte]

Shearer and Bellamy

Wouldn't call Shearer second tier, but maybe it will be 'accepted' in a front two with Bellamy.

 

[Gio]

Only second tier relative to the likes of Van Basten and Gullit, but:

Larsson and Sutton
McCoist and Hateley
Dalglish and Rush

 

[Ecstatic]

Maybe Les Ferdinand with ****** at QPR

 

[Bwuk]

Keane and Berbatov?

 

[montpelier]

Bannister & Warboys of Bristol Rovers if only for being called ''Smash & Grab'' -

 

[montpelier]

Wright & Bright

 

[Moby]

Shearer and Ferdinand.

 

[Thunderhead]

Shearer and Ferdinand.

is that really second tier?

Phillips and Quinn at Sunlun

 

[BlackShark_80]

-Keane and Berbatov
-Drogba and Anelka
-Hasselbaink and Gudjohnsen

 

[12OunceEpilogue]

Nathan Ellington and Jason Roberts were great for Wigan in the inaugural Championship season in 04-05. I vaguely recall a segment on Sky in which they were cutting each other's hair and pretending that such was the strength of their connection they had achieved telepathy.

 

[Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber]

Quinn - Phillips

 

[Needham]

Only second tier relative to the likes of Van Basten and Gullit, but:

Larsson and Sutton
McCoist and Hateley
Dalglish and Rush

Dalglish and Rush second tier? Come on...

 

[Trizy]

Sturridge and Suarez

 

[red4ever 79]

Beardsley and Linekar

 

[Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber]

Heskey - Cotee

 

[Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber]

Van nistelrooy Solksjaer. Sheringham Cole

 

[Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber]

Deeney - Ighalo Wartford Stewart- Scowcroft Ipswich

 

[Port Vale Devil]

Sheringham and Cascarino were fantastic at Millwall.

Surely the best 2nd tier pairing.

 

[Adam-Utd]

Drogba and Torres.

Billed as 2 of the best strikers in the league, don't think they ever played a pass to eachother.

 

[Grylte]

Many seems to not understand what OP means.

 

[Gio]

Dalglish and Rush second tier? Come on...

Relative to the Dutchies yes. Mind you've got Klinsmann in there as well who was hardly second rate either.

Perhaps more like:

Beardsley and Cole at Newcastle
Smith and Wright at Arsenal
Juan Sara and Fabian Caballero at Dundee
Darren Jackson and Keith Wright at Hibs
Tommy Coyne and Owen Coyle at Motherwell

 

[Annihilate Now!]

Heskey and Owen for England

 

[Gentleman Jim]

Andy Gray and Graeme Sharp.

 

[montpelier]

Dougan & Richards

 

[donkeyfish]

Deeney and Ighalo were pretty good, at least compared to what I expected.

Vardy and Okazaki perhaps, although Okazaki perhaps is more of a 10-ish player

 

[Jooney10]

I was always very impressed with Crouch and Defoe when they paired up for either Spurs or Pompey. They were the classic ‘little and large’ combination and worked really well as a duo.

 

[Red_toad]

Sutton and Shearer were epic for a short while.

 

[duffer]

Drogba and Torres.

Billed as 2 of the best strikers in the league, don't think they ever played a pass to eachother.

I don't think they ever played as a front 2.

 

[Adam-Utd]

I don't think they ever played as a front 2.

Bad memory as a Chelsea fan then

 

[duffer]

Bad memory as a Chelsea fan then

They're certainly standing next to each other in that pic.