Pools Cult Heroes

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6473

ADG wrote:

Lawrence

Many more to follow

gremmlin · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:23 am **Posts:** 3141

mally dawes now cricket coach clappp

Eggy_Poolie · **Joined:** Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:36 pm **Posts:** 37

Jan Ove Pedersen
Chris Westwood

and the one we have all forgotten
ryan mccann :laugh:

Jonny · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:57 pm

Not sure everyone would consider these to be cult hero's but they are players that I always liked and dare I say rated........

Kev Henderson
Russell Bradley
Martin Hollund
Lee Fitzpatrick
Hugh

PJ_Poolie · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:59 pm

Brian 'Flapper' Cox

Lee.. sorry Lenny Johnrose!

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

To be honest 95% of the people listed so far are far from cult heroes if you ask me.

A cult hero IMO should be someone provides entertainment through unconventional ways. Monty Panesar is a cult hero with the English Barmy Army as you'd see better fielding and batting in village cricket.

From those listed in my lifetime I'd agree with Skedd, Gus, Brian Horne, Dark Lord, Hugh, Brian Cox.

If Stig Larsen had played a few more games then he'd have made it!

katcha · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:39 pm

doig for me

Salty · **Posted:** Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:59 pm

for me Darren Knowles and currently Monkhouse

parmopooly · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:18 am

has anyone said Paul Olsson? or John Tinkler? Deffo cult status blokes, also Bennyworth.

Paul Haigh another of that ilk.

Tony Smith.......Yosser Mark Robinson...........Alan Stevenson was a cult hero 84/85.................I'll have to have a think, there's loads more.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37284

Malcolm Poskett
Ron Young
Tony Bircumshaw
John Sheridan
Tony Parry
Kenny Ellis

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:38 am

Snowy wrote:

Kenny Everett

ANTHRAX · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:14 am

parmopooly wrote:

has anyone said Paul Olsson? or John Tinkler? Deffo cult status blokes, also Bennyworth.

Paul Haigh another of that ilk.

Tony Smith.......Yosser Mark Robinson...........Alan Stevenson was a cult hero 84/85.................I'll have to have a think, there's loads more.

THANK FUCK SOMEONE ELSE MENTIONED PAUL HAIGH, THOUGHT IT WAS JUST MY OWLD PEEPERS THAT SEEN, NOT THE BEST FOOTBALLER IN THE WORLD, KICK 25 KINDS OF COLOURED STUFF OUT THE OPPOSITION. rage

FULLY AGREE WITH TONY SMITH AS WELL, NOT THE TALLEST CENTRE RARF BUT ALWAYS GAVE HIS ALL.

STEVE HALLIDAY FOR ONE PERFORMANCE V BLACKPOOL AT HOME INTHE FREIGHT ROVER/LEYLAND DAFT/MICKEY MOUSE CUP, IN FRONT OF ABOUT 10 PEOPLE :grin:

SPRRRRTLTLLLLLLLLE

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:14 pm

Snowy wrote:

Malcolm Poskett
Ron Young
Tony Bircumshaw
John Sheridan
Tony Parry
Kenny Ellis

I would have put those myself but I don't want anyone reminding I'm as old as you. :laugh:

Montpoolier · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:16 pm

Eggy_Poolie wrote:

Jan Ove Pedersen
Chris Westwood

and the one we have all forgotten
ryan mccann :laugh:

I'll see your Ryan McCann and raise you an Adam Van Dommell. :wink:

ronaldo · **Joined:** Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:53 pm **Posts:** 861

OW!!! What about MCPHAIL!!

JohnnyMars · **Joined:** Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:24 am **Posts:** 2471

Anyone remember John Rowlands? To this day I don't think I have ever seen a better header of the ball than him...

seatonwasp · **Joined:** Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:44 pm **Posts:** 135

cult hero
johny edgar that is if you recall the sixties
rolf

JohnnyMars · **Joined:** Tue Jun 12, 2007 10:24 am **Posts:** 2471

ElvisAintDead wrote:

JohnnyMars wrote:

Anyone remember John Rowlands? To this day I don't think I have ever seen a better header of the ball than him...

Yup. I've just done him for the firtst one, I reckon he was my first "Cult Hero" at Pools, SUPERB header of the ball!

He's been in Florida for 25 years but has just returned home to run a pub in Chester.

Best of all, WHAT A NICE BLOKE!!! Loves Pools and even came to a game in our Promotion Season when he was home on holiday.

I remember him scoring a header from outside the box once - a stunning goal. I also remember coming across an article in a daily paper years later which recounted a tale about Geoff Hurst playing in the American league. One of the American fans went up to him and said - "the last bloke we had from England was better than you"! None other than John Rowlands clappp

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:21 pm

Mr I wrote:

I really get annoyed when people put Bob Newton up as some sort of hero. Lets get this straight once and for all; he was a pisshead. He is still a pisshead. Because of his drink driving one young player lost his life when he was a passenger in Newton's car.

He got done again last year for pissed up driving so he learned nothing.

Hero...................... f*** off.

I agree with every word you say about Bob Newton OFF the field, but my good memories of him is as a player. That is why he is one of, if not my favourite, Pools player. I'm remembering him for what he did for us as a player. He must of terrified centre halfs as he ran at them.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22659

Come on, you can't differentiate between the two. It's like saying that Ian Huntley was ok because he could put a decent cross over. Yeah I know he liked to kidnap, rape and kill young girls but you should have seen him playing left wing.

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:39 pm

Can't remember Ian Huntleys time as a player for Pools, when was it?

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22659

Come on Mr B, you can do better than that.

Snowy · **Joined:** Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:18 pm **Posts:** 37284

Richard M. Head wrote:

Snowy wrote:

Malcolm Poskett
Ron Young
Tony Bircumshaw
John Sheridan
Tony Parry
Kenny Ellis

I would have put those myself but I don't want anyone reminding I'm as old as you. :laugh:

Don't worry about it Dad..... :uhoh:

suhari · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:58 pm

Cant believe that no one mentioned Paul Dalton...

gutted when he left....

katcha · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:18 pm

had an email off steve tupling waiting for me when i got in from crippling myself at 5 a side - he had to be a hero to have hair like that

3Quid · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:11 pm **Posts:** 1791

Alan Stevenson.

BillinghamPoolie · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:21 pm

Mr I wrote:

Come on Mr B, you can do better than that.

You can't possible be comparing Bob Newtons stupidity in getting drunk and crashing his car, with all it's terrible consequences, with a child killer like Huntley?

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22659

No of course they are not comparable except that in both cases people died. I was using an extreme to demonstrate the point. Probably a bad example to be fair.

PJ_Poolie · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:31 pm

I've just checked back through the full thread and I can't believe nobody has mentioned Gary Strodder!

That blokes mullet kept us in the league in 1999, he was superb, and it was his cleared header (by a hand) that led to Denny Ingrams penalty miss and Bakers rebound at Shrewsbury. For me that was the most important Pools goal I've witnessed, we were down if we didn't win that night for me and it was on 90 minutes :coool:

Fuck the loids memories of an unlucky own goal against them in play-offs when on paper it should have been a miss match Strodder was a hero not just a cult hero for Pools.

Mr Irrelevant · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:25 pm **Posts:** 22659

PJ_Poolie wrote:

I've just checked back through the full thread and I can't believe nobody has mentioned Gary Strodder!

That blokes mullet kept us in the league in 1999, he was superb, and it was his cleared header (by a hand) that led to Denny Ingrams penalty miss and Bakers rebound at Shrewsbury. For me that was the most important Pools goal I've witnessed, we were down if we didn't win that night for me and it was on 90 minutes :coool:

f*** the loids memories of an unlucky own goal against them in play-offs when on paper it should have been a miss match Strodder was a hero not just a cult hero for Pools.

Good shout. clappp

Chris Freestone should be on the list for the same reasons.

PJ_Poolie · **Posted:** Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:36 pm

Oh course I'm right :laugh:

I'd actually add Gary Jones as well, good player just didn't get the goals his price tag suggested he should have.

Lord Seaton · **Posted:** Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:14 pm

no6bus wrote:

Mr I wrote:

I really get annoyed when people put Bob Newton up as some sort of hero. Lets get this straight once and for all; he was a pisshead. He is still a pisshead. Because of his drink driving one young player lost his life when he was a passenger in Newton's car.

He got done again last year for pissed up driving so he learned nothing.

Hero...................... f*** off.

i concur

Which season did he (i concur) play for Pools? :grin:

My choice is Joel Porter: I still think he will surprise a few people next season.

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