Random footballers from years gone by that you remember for no reason...

niki442

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Junior Hoilett for smashing me in FM 2011
Vaclav Kadlec for smashing for me in the same game
 

Big Andy

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Listened to some stories from him on a podcast the other day. Decent player at the time
I've just googled him, turns out he's on the sex offenders register because he wanked himself off in his van in front of a mum and teenage daughter.
 

JEire

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Love hearing all the old names.

Tore Andre Flo - For a tall bloke he had quick feet.
Egil Ostenstad - Terrorised Utd in one game.
Sasa Curcic -Good player. Actually had to come on Football Focus to tell everyone how to say his name correctly.
Christian Dailly - Very good defender. Bit of a journeyman.
Paulo Wanchope - Lanky awkward chap but had the knack to dribble out of small spaces and was skilful with the ball at his feet. Hansen loved him and would often be featured on MOTD.
Alex Manninger - Superb keeper. Never really got a chance at Arsenal but from what we did see he was class. Never got why they sold him.
 

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Junior Hoilett for smashing me in FM 2011
Vaclav Kadlec for smashing for me in the same game
Kenny Lunt always seemed to score against who ever I took over in the Championship or League 1.

Bought him once and he did shit all. So I left him to rot in the reserves so he couldn't ever score against me again.
 

Pascal Quiff

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I picture Morton Gamst Pederson, latching on to a nod down and fizzing the ball into the far corner as much as I think of the Roman Empire.
 

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Kenny Lunt always seemed to score against who ever I took over in the Championship or League 1.

Bought him once and he did shit all. So I left him to rot in the reserves so he couldn't ever score against me again.
What a K.Lunt
 

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I swear Merlin must’ve printed 500,000 copies of this guy cause it felt like I used to get him in every single pack of stickers I bought! No fecker on the playground wanted to swap for him either.
 

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In one of the early versions of Championship Manager you could buy a 35 year old John Aldrigde from Tranmere and he would be a pretty good guarantee for goals. Still remember the name
 

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Stefan Kuntz
Andranik Teymourian
Denis Wise
Nigel Martyn
Haras Vuckic
Abel Xavier
Petr Kouba
Konstantin Zyryanov
Vasilios Tsiartas
Kakha Kaladze
Johannes Vennegoor of Hesselink
Toto Schillaci
Tibor Dombi
Gordon Durie
Kubilay Turkyilmaz
Derlei
Dado Prso
Marcelo Zalayeta
Mista
 

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Frank Worthington
Stan Bowles

both geniuses in their own way
 

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Whenever I see one of these threads, I always think of one player.
Paul Bosveldt
 

Anustart89

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Sebastien Frey popped up in the CM 01/02 experiment thread, that was a name I hadn't thought about in about 15 years.
 

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This thread needs more photos of old players in terribly ill-fitting shirts. So here's one:

Steve Potts



An American who was somehow a lifer at West Ham, but never played for the US national team.
 

Zlatan 7

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I've just googled him, turns out he's on the sex offenders register because he wanked himself off in his van in front of a mum and teenage daughter.
fecking hell, nothing like that came up in the podcast :lol:
 

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Patrick Berger, Frank Le Beouf and Paulo Wanchope. The 3 players first on my list for a BBQ.
 

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Matt Jansen
Matt Derbyshire
Roque Santa Cruz

All played for Blackburn at some point I think.
 

JBG

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Marcelo Salas
Youri Djorkaeff
Mustapha Hadji
Ivan Zamarano
Jean Alain Boumsong
Jan Koller
Thomas Hassler
Lars Ricken
Edmilson