Who is the worst ever Pools player?

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22608

So much choice bbolt

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22608

Got to be John Borthwick surely. He was beyond compare as a terrible player.

dawlishmonkey · **Joined:** Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:53 am **Posts:** 1588

I would have said jermaine easter about 18 months back. he was bad for us.

John the Baptist · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:04 am **Posts:** 634

Scott Walker?

Jason Danskin?

Adie Mike?

Roy Tunks?

Each of those makes Borthwick look like Ronaldo.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22608

Shame he wasn't playing for Pools as a junior then. Whenever I seen him he was truly awful.

John the Baptist · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:04 am **Posts:** 634

Steven Plaskett, Tony Canham, Anthony Skedd and Denny Ingram all much worse than Borthwick too.

John the Baptist · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:04 am **Posts:** 634

ElvisCsGlasses(TM) wrote:

I see Skedd is driving around in a rather smart sports car (don't know what type, I hate cars) with a "T 5k3dd" number plate eh? Where does he get that sort of cash??

Ocean Finance! :laugh:

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

Matty Robson.

John the Baptist · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:04 am **Posts:** 634

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

Matty Robson.

Only if you made your first ever visit to the Vic in the 21st century and wear blinkers.

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

John the Baptist wrote:

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

Matty Robson.

Only if you made your first ever visit to the Vic in the 21st century and wear blinkers.

Been going since 87 and i dont wear blinkers. First player iv ever seen who cant control or pass a football.

Compo · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:08 pm

kona hislop

John the Baptist · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:04 am **Posts:** 634

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

John the Baptist wrote:

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

Matty Robson.

Only if you made your first ever visit to the Vic in the 21st century and wear blinkers.

Been going since 87 and i dont wear blinkers. First player iv ever seen who cant control or pass a football.

SO you seriously think that Robson is worse than some of the dross that we had to endure through the bad times of the 90s? stpid

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:10 pm

Fooooookin hell I've seen us overrun so many times in the 70s and 80s that this is virtually mission impossible.

John the Baptist · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:04 am **Posts:** 634

By the way, I can immediately think of THREE worse left wingers than Matty Robson straight off the top of my head;

Tony Canham
Paul Butler
Russel Doig

And I'm sure there are more too.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22608

richard head wrote:

Fooooookin hell I've seen us overrun so many times in the 70s and 80s that this is virtually mission impossible.

Aye, I thought 'worst ever player' might cause a bit more debate than 'best ever'. After all, the choice is so so wide.

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:13 pm

ElvisCsGlasses(TM) wrote:

What?? Matty Robson??? Jeez, I can think of a couple of players still in our SQUAD who are worse than him!

You do know he still is in our squad don't you?

grabec · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:14 pm

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

Matty Robson.

Oh God, PLEASE not all this again

John the Baptist · **Joined:** Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:04 am **Posts:** 634

grabec wrote:

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

Matty Robson.

Oh God, PLEASE not all this again

Anybody reckon that Tree With Hamster is Steven Istead?

tREE_wiTH_hAMStER · **Joined:** Sat May 19, 2007 11:00 am **Posts:** 20758

grabec wrote:

Tree_With_Hamster wrote:

Matty Robson.

Oh God, PLEASE not all this again

Wasnt me who started the thread rolfl

LeicesterPoolie · **Joined:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:48 pm **Posts:** 1278

Paul Beavers, was truly awful sadx

GroovyCrimes · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:10 pm

I believe that Anthony Skedd is now a physiotherapist at Hartlepool General.

Dunno about worst ever player,but Matty Robson was unfairly used as a scapegoat & whipping boy

no6bus · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 5095

how about bob moverely

Dugoutpaddy · **Joined:** Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:23 am **Posts:** 1772

Fagan

without doubt

Compo · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:54 pm

i have to through another shout in halliday didnt really do nothing but run about, also remember that season he did sod all then scored a hattrick last home game of the season and left the field like a hero when really he may as well been stood next to me the other previous games

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6471

Are we including loanees or just those who had permanent contracts.

Danny Byrne

Andy Macavoy

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6471

Tim Sperevik

PJ_Poolie · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:37 pm

A fairly recent one, rarely have a seen a young kid as out of his depth in a Pools shirt as Andy Appelby. He couldn't get a game for Blyth Spartans last season and was loaned to Gateshead, two seasons after scoring a couple for a squad that nearly reached the championship

Going back Skedd was woeful and i've seen corpses with more agility than Rob Moverley. Moverley will always feature because he ruined my day as mascot against Hereford (the game Pop Robson was caretaker manager after Bob Moncur had been sacked) I had listed my favourite player as Rob Mckinnon while we where warming up before the game the photographer (Frank Read? :shock:

) asked me who my favorite player was, he asked if Rob Mckinnon was still out but unfortunatly he wasn't.... he then uttered the imortal words "will Rob Moverley do?" So my framed photos of my special day are me with Rob 'stiff arse fooking' Moverley and not the flame haired Scottish international full back :evil:

We lost 2-1 as well.....

MonkeyHarris · **Joined:** Tue Aug 29, 2006 10:05 pm **Posts:** 133

Mick Docherty’s side had more than it’s fair share of cack.

Harry Wilson
Mick Buckley
Mick Whitfield
Alan Waddle
Alan Weir

In fact I’d say Mick Docherty's team was the worst I’ve witnessed at Pools.

Spender · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:24 pm

Anthony Williams, even when we were good he was shite. :evil:

poolpower · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 5:57 pm

nobody mention Jordan?

Tax Paying Poolie · **Joined:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:18 am **Posts:** 9053

Skedd was in the paper about a year ago for graduating in a physio uni course at Newcastle so Groovy could be right there. He's been living about 10 doors away from me for the last year and although the car isn't bad, I'm sure he's still living with his parents!

I'm not sure I could list one player I think is the worst, my top few would be Steve Jones, Tony Canham, Peter Beardsley, Paul Beavers, Richard Lucas and Lee Bullock.

katcha · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:45 pm

kevin carr

Tax Paying Poolie · **Joined:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:18 am **Posts:** 9053

MadJohn wrote:

Paul Daughtrey
Nicky Peverell

"And As For Canham...." was an early frontrunner in the list of names for wqhat eventually became In The Mad Crowd

But I think Adie Mike wins. Scott Walker probably the worst in the last few years

One of my earliest memories was watching Nicky Peverell notch a brace (I think!) at Boothferry Park against Hull which we lost 3-2 (I think!).

I came away thinking he was a half decent player!

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:51 pm

PJ_Poolie wrote:

Going back Skedd was woeful and i've seen corpses with more agility than Rob Moverley. Moverley will always feature because he ruined my day as mascot against Hereford (the game Pop Robson was caretaker manager after Bob Moncur had been sacked) I had listed my favourite player as Rob Mckinnon while we where warming up before the game the photographer (Frank Read? :shock:

) asked me who my favorite player was, he asked if Rob Mckinnon was still out but unfortunatly he wasn't.... he then uttered the imortal words "will Rob Moverley do?" So my framed photos of my special day are me with Rob 'stiff arse fooking' Moverley and not the flame haired Scottish international full back :evil:

We lost 2-1 as well.....

Im not sure whether to laugh or cry at that tale! banghead

You unfortunate sod!

Tax Paying Poolie · **Joined:** Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:18 am **Posts:** 9053

MadJohn wrote:

Tax Paying Poolie wrote:

MadJohn wrote:

Paul Daughtrey
Nicky Peverell

"And As For Canham...." was an early frontrunner in the list of names for wqhat eventually became In The Mad Crowd

But I think Adie Mike wins. Scott Walker probably the worst in the last few years

One of my earliest memories was watching Nicky Peverell notch a brace (I think!) at Boothferry Park against Hull which we lost 3-2 (I think!).

I came away thinking he was a half decent player!

I think you might have the wrong guy TPP. Peverell never scored against Hull anywhere. Lee Ellison scored in a 2-3 at Boothferry in 93, with Southall getting the other

Lee Ellison it was! Think he was on loan from Darlo at the time.

The early nineties really were dire. Borrowing their 4th choice striker :uhoh:

King Crimson · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:23 pm

Tommy Sword,Dean Gibb,Roy Hogan...Hang on this is to easy,its harder thinking who was anygood.

Splod · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:33 pm

I can't remember the name but didn't a Pools player once break a corner flag taking a corner. He has to be in contention. Can anyone supply the name?

roast_beef · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:43 pm

John the Baptist wrote:

Scott Walker?

I was gonna say Scott Walker too

Mute Witness · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:10 am **Posts:** 3572

Scott Walker
Stuart Irving
Stuart Brightwell

Half the one match wonders that Turner got in that always kept appearing on the programmes.
bbolt

pde147 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:04 pm

I'm staggered that out of the 4 pages of very worthy nominations no-one has mentioned Steve Jones. The worst keeper I've ever seen(and I've watched Tunks and Dibble!). One good game in many attempts; I couldn't look when the ball went anywhere near him.

I do think matters are more interesting if you consider value for money rather than just general lack of talent.

If we introduced value for Pools money by worked out a player's coefficient of crapness by the formula:

crapness= (performance/wages)

then I believe the lists of useless apprentices (Plaskett, Appleby etc) and 'oh go on then one last payday' tosspots (Trewick, Canham etc) would be overtaken.

For me the highest coefficients of crapness would be scored by:

3. Chris (£1500 pounds a bloody week, allegedly) LLewellyn

2. Michael (it doesn't matter how much he was on) Proctor

1. Lee Bullock

- And just to boil the blood of any closet Mag sympathisers Peter Beardsley would not be to far from that top three for me.

Splod · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:05 pm

ElvisCsGlasses(TM) wrote:

Splod wrote:

I can't remember the name but didn't a Pools player once break a corner flag taking a corner. He has to be in contention. Can anyone supply the name?

That was Billy Ward, happened right in front of me 73-74 season, Corner Flag corner!

On that basis I can't see how we don't have a winner

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:14 pm

pde147 wrote:

- And just to boil the blood of any closet Mag sympathisers Peter Beardsley would not be to far from that top three for me.

I agree 100% with that. I thought beardo was shiite. He did bring publicity but nothing on the pitch

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:20 pm

Apart from that goal in his first match, was it against Cambridge? Cracked in a belter from well outside the area, I don't think the keeper saw it coming.

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:12 am

I can't think of ONE....there's been that many!!!!

Spender · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2007 4:53 am

Marcus Richardson.

He was fookin' rubbish. :roll:

PJ_Poolie · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2007 4:14 pm

I think it speaks volumes that this thread is far bigger the 'best' ever players one rolfl

Steve Jones and Chris Llewellyn are great calls, have we had a more pea hearted player than Llewellyn? Maybe John Gallacher!?

How garbage was David Rush during his second spell at the club :shock:

Also Stuart Irvine is a good call, I remember watching warm up at Boothferry Park on the day Hull went 4-0 up in about 20 minutes against us (Not long before Turner took over) Brian Honour was knocking crosses over to Irvine about six yards out with NO KEEPER in nets, I swear to God in about twenty attempts he scored twice rolfl

Gibsons Beard · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:11 pm

BillinghamPoolie wrote:

Apart from that goal in his first match, was it against Cambridge? Cracked in a belter from well outside the area, I don't think the keeper saw it coming.

True but would it have gone in had it not deflected

parmopooly · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:30 am

this thread could reach 100 pages. Easily. There are so many people who have disgraced the shirt in my lifetime that I can't even begin to list them. It's easier to generalise with a full squad from particular seasons - so mine are 76/77 season (except Poskett and Goad), 82/83 season (except the Linighans),83/84 season, 93/94 season (except MacPhail, Houchen and Southall), 94/95 season (except MacPhail, Houchen and Southall). A few other seasons have seen us produce poor results with under-performing players, who should have done better than they did because they had the ability -but couldn't be arsed to do it - and other seasons where we have had four or five class players mixed with five or six donkeys.

Mick Tait's Head Bandage · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:37 am

Do loan players count?

If so i'd like to nominate, in no particular order:

Lance Key
David Clegg
Gary Mason

And that kid we had on loan from Man Utd, Byrne?? Godawful players every one of em confised

townendtimmy · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2007 7:08 pm

Mick Tait's Head Bandage wrote:

Do loan players count?

If so i'd like to nominate, in no particular order:

Lance Key
David Clegg
Gary Mason

And that kid we had on loan from Man Utd, Byrne?? Godawful players every one of em confised

what about andy harbron, im sure we got him from synners.. he was attrocious i dont think he even lasted a full game

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