1986 youth team

[ancoats]

Lake would get in no problem. We was only talking about that team at the last home game, I agreed with one of my mates that we ruined Redmond, he was captaining a very poor side at 19. Ian Scott was an excellent and often forgotten player who like Lake was ruined by injury early on. White may have got a place on the bench and Brightwell would have been a good squad player a bit like Zabba was before he started holding down a place.

I think Ian Scott was quite highly thought of at the club at one time. He made his debut in the first game of the 87/88 season iirc, which was around the same time as Hinchcliffe. He scored a goal against Millwall early that season but fell away due to an almost complete lack of physical presence imo, injury or not.

He was sold to Stoke and slipped down the leagues, sadly. Must be a difficult and cruel way for a football career to play out.

In terms of the OP: Paul Lake.

David White might be an option from the bench, I guess.

Edit: found that Millwall game.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbPNoVWv7UE[/youtube]

people forget that football has change so much over the last 20 years and the
there was not very big gap from 1st and 2nd divison football and it was down to having a youth setup and a chairman and manager who could work together with a little bit of money

many chairman even our own would never be happy with just staying up they was after that golden ticket of winning the league or the fa cup it was shit or bust no 4th place champions league spots
but the best teams back then come up and stay up and even won both league's in a short space of time but liverpoool ran the rule in england and if you had to win the league you had to beat them to it

so the lads we had maybe was very good (world class) but the manager and chairman was the real reason why

 

[Anonymous]

I always wondered about Moulden. Did he suffer from bad coaching, or did he not kick on from his youth days?

At 45 years old , he coaches young lads teams in Bolton ..... and runs a fish and chip shop now !

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[mscenterh750]

Just slightly slipping off topic, you look at the team that beat utd 5-1, there was hinchy, bobby, redmond, lakey, whitey and from the utd team from the 86 final I can only recall beardsmore, walsh and martin, of which iirc only beardsmore and maybe martin started that day, and the rest were bought (and they say they never spent a penny !).

Back to topic, I think Hinchy would put a lot more pressure on clichy for the left back slot, than what kolarov does and bobby would be so versatile along the back four and centre mid (and yes he did score one of the finest derby goals I've seen at OT).

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure it was Ian Scott that scored our goal at stoke on boxing day (the day we took over the Victoria Ground), that was a belting day, with fancy dress and inflatables.

 

[Anonymous]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure it was Ian Scott that scored our goal at stoke on boxing day (the day we took over the Victoria Ground), that was a belting day, with fancy dress and inflatables.

I could be wrong myself , but i was at Stoke that crazy day , and i have vivid memories of Nigel Gleghorn scoring our only goal ... but i might have got me matches mixed up !

 

[Lavinda Past]

IMO only Andy Hinchcliffe would get in the current squad, but would soon be on his way at the expense of Karim Rekik.

Lakey & Whitey possibly... but only because they're English.

 

[mscenterh750]

Mamba I think you're right, I thought it may have been Gleghorn too. I have those two names in my mind, but can't decide. I remember that fucker Ray Wallace scoring for them at Maine Road on a miserable wet midweek night.

 

[doots]

Paul Lake.That's all folks.

 

[mscenterh750]

Think that game at Xmas was Stokes highest attendance at the Vic, it was 18,000 odd I think mamba.

 

[Anonymous]

Think that game at Xmas was Stokes highest attendance, it was 18,000 odd I think mamba.

What a fantastic sight that was .....

City fans on two sides of the ground all decked out in fancy dress ..... bananas everywhere

i had a vicar sat to my right , and Count Dracula sat to my left !

and i turned around at half time to be faced with Captain Scarlett munchin' on a hot dog !

 

[mscenterh750]

Priceless memories, I was 13 years old and dressed up in my cricket whites and pads !, my dad dressed up like....well my dad. You don't get those days anymore, shame really.