Martyn Margetson....

[NorCalBlue]

Maybe he's a much better coach than he was a player? Sometimes the best teachers are the ones that struggled with the subject themselves. Of course, some of the crappest ones are as well :-)

 

[m7mcfc]

If you bother to read bluemoon Martyn you were shite son. If I saw you in the flesh I would tell you myself.

 

[1961_vintage]

It's fair to say we've had some great keepers and amazing characters play for us over the years.

 

[OneTonyHenry]

Of all the incidents that led to our ultimate relegation at Stoke the one I've never forgiven was the sheer lack of professionalism giving the ball straight back to QPR at an indirect free kick for them to score a gift of a tap in (Mike Sheron IIRC). If he'd done that at Under 11s we'd have been screaming! I'm not terribly proud of what I said to him as he left the pitch a week later at the Britannia.

 

[lancs blue]

Subbed at half time

Unfortunately his replacement was Officer Dibble, who was only very slightly better than Margetson.

I remember a night game against West Brom, the season before we got relegated at Stoke, we won the game 3-2 but Margetson practically threw a corner into his own net for one of their goals.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Unfortunately his replacement was Officer Dibble, who was only very slightly better than Margetson.

I remember a night game against West Brom, the season before we got relegated at Stoke, we won the game 3-2 but Margetson practically threw a corner into his own net for one of their goals.

Wasn't that at Wolves? Or was that another howler?
Recall being 2 up and they got 2 in a few minutes and we were hanging on for dear life.....

 

[lancs blue]

Wasn't that at Wolves? Or was that another howler?

The one I'm thinking about was at Maine Road, the howler was at the Platt Lane end.

Just checked the stats and that Wolves game was the next match and he was subbed off!

 

[HorlocksWalk]

I remember watching him in an end of season game against Everton (maybe around 93 or 94). My God, he was fucking useless. He made Bravo look like Dino Zoff in comparison.

I remember that game he was SHITE. Ellie Simmonds would have done better.

 

[Mike N]

I remember that game he was SHITE. Ellie Simmonds would have done better.

Great. Made me laugh, that!

 

[Eds]

He was a very average keeper and that is being kind. As a previous poster said that howler in the QPR game when he handed the ball to them rather than keep hold of it was unbelievable. I wonder if he had a bet on the game.