Players bought / sold within a season

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Was thinking about shite strikers we had in the 80's the other day which made me think about starting this thread.

I recall in the 80's we had a few players that we bought and flogged within a few months, certainly before the end of the season - and not hard to understand as they were all bobbins!

Tony Cunningham (24 games / 4 goals)
Trevor Christie (bought by Billy McNeill and flogged 10 games / 3 goals later by Jimmy Frizzell)
Robert Hopkins (as above, bought by Billy Mac / flogged by Frizzell after 7 games / 1 goal)
Bill Williams (half a game as a sub and then went back to County as he wanted to be part time and continue his painting and decorating too)

Any other players who departed quickly? Not those who completed one full season and then left, but players actually signed and moved on within the season (not loaned out)

 

[Tbilisi]

Was thinking about shite strikers we had in the 80's the other day which made me think about starting this thread.

I recall in the 80's we had a few players that we bought and flogged within a few months, certainly before the end of the season - and not hard to understand as they were all bobbins!

Tony Cunningham (24 games / 4 goals)
Trevor Christie (bought by Billy McNeill and flogged 10 games / 3 goals later by Jimmy Frizzell)
Robert Hopkins (as above, bought by Billy Mac / flogged by Frizzell after 7 games / 1 goal)
Bill Williams (half a game as a sub and then went back to County as he wanted to be part time and continue his painting and decorating too)

Any other players who departed quickly? Not those who completed one full season and then left, but players actually signed and moved on within the season (not loaned out)

David Johnson,ex Liverpool,Everton and Ipswich

Edit: Just thought of Mike Walsh,a really shit guy Sinclair and Duncan Davidson.......Jesus I need a lie down

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Was thinking about shite strikers we had in the 80's the other day which made me think about starting this thread.

I recall in the 80's we had a few players that we bought and flogged within a few months, certainly before the end of the season - and not hard to understand as they were all bobbins!

Tony Cunningham (24 games / 4 goals)
Trevor Christie (bought by Billy McNeill and flogged 10 games / 3 goals later by Jimmy Frizzell)
Robert Hopkins (as above, bought by Billy Mac / flogged by Frizzell after 7 games / 1 goal)
Bill Williams (half a game as a sub and then went back to County as he wanted to be part time and continue his painting and decorating too)

Any other players who departed quickly? Not those who completed one full season and then left, but players actually signed and moved on within the season (not loaned out)

David Johnson,ex Liverpool,Everton and Ipswich

Edit: Just thought of Mike Walsh,a really shit guy Sinclair and Duncan Davidson.......Jesus I need a lie down

Weren't they just loan deals? Johnson and Sinclair certainly were, can't recall about Walsh and Davidson....

 

[Tbilisi]

Was thinking about shite strikers we had in the 80's the other day which made me think about starting this thread.

I recall in the 80's we had a few players that we bought and flogged within a few months, certainly before the end of the season - and not hard to understand as they were all bobbins!

Tony Cunningham (24 games / 4 goals)
Trevor Christie (bought by Billy McNeill and flogged 10 games / 3 goals later by Jimmy Frizzell)
Robert Hopkins (as above, bought by Billy Mac / flogged by Frizzell after 7 games / 1 goal)
Bill Williams (half a game as a sub and then went back to County as he wanted to be part time and continue his painting and decorating too)

Any other players who departed quickly? Not those who completed one full season and then left, but players actually signed and moved on within the season (not loaned out)

David Johnson,ex Liverpool,Everton and Ipswich

Edit: Just thought of Mike Walsh,a really shit guy Sinclair and Duncan Davidson.......Jesus I need a lie down

Weren't they just loan deals? Johnson and Sinclair certainly were, can't recall about Walsh and Davidson....

I thought we "bought"all of them but have to admit Ivd blanked Sinclair from my mind even more than the others(my therapist said I must try to) so you may be right on him.

Gary James,calling Gary James............

 

[StrangewaysHereWeCome]

Was thinking about shite strikers we had in the 80's the other day

There's two hour of your life you'll never get back.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Was thinking about shite strikers we had in the 80's the other day

There's two hour of your life you'll never get back.

In fairness, I had 8 hours to kill at JFK airport waiting for a flight to Boston...... there were quite a few other threads I thought about starting too ha ha ha

 

[xgorton]

Tony Adcock 87/88 season first game Plymouth home August,last game Plymouth away January .12 games 5 goals,3 against Huddersfield in the 10-1 win.

 

[lancs blue]

David Johnson,ex Liverpool,Everton and Ipswich

Edit: Just thought of Mike Walsh,a really shit guy Sinclair and Duncan Davidson.......Jesus I need a lie down

Weren't they just loan deals? Johnson and Sinclair certainly were, can't recall about Walsh and Davidson....

I thought we "bought"all of them but have to admit Ivd blanked Sinclair from my mind even more than the others(my therapist said I must try to) so you may be right on him.

Gary James,calling Gary James............

Always thought Duncan Davidson was a loan deal from Celtic but Wiki says not. Mike Walsh was a "permanent" signing who lasted just a few months, which was just as well remembering his performance when Blackpool knocked us out of the Cup at Bloomfield Rd. Amazingly it was they who then signed him from City.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Weren't they just loan deals? Johnson and Sinclair certainly were, can't recall about Walsh and Davidson....

I thought we "bought"all of them but have to admit Ivd blanked Sinclair from my mind even more than the others(my therapist said I must try to) so you may be right on him.

Gary James,calling Gary James............

Always thought Duncan Davidson was a loan deal from Celtic but Wiki says not. Mike Walsh was a "permanent" signing who lasted just a few months, which was just as well remembering his performance when Blackpool knocked us out of the Cup at Bloomfield Rd. Amazingly it was they who then signed him from City.

I think Walsh's performance in the 5-0 at Newcastle is one I recall him most!

Just remembered another one, very controversial in the fact he was a decent player and crowd favourite...... Ian Bishop (first time round)
Bought by Machin in the summer and flogged in the Kendall sales by Xmas

 

[Gary James]

David Johnson,ex Liverpool,Everton and Ipswich

Edit: Just thought of Mike Walsh,a really shit guy Sinclair and Duncan Davidson.......Jesus I need a lie down

Weren't they just loan deals? Johnson and Sinclair certainly were, can't recall about Walsh and Davidson....

I thought we "bought"all of them but have to admit Ivd blanked Sinclair from my mind even more than the others(my therapist said I must try to) so you may be right on him.

Gary James,calling Gary James............

Christie - definite signing (sold Mark Lillis as part of the deal!!!!)
Cunningham - bought for £100,000, sold for £75,000 less than 7 months later.
Davidson - definite signing. Had a viral infection then an old pelvic injury returned. Moved to Cove Rangers in in the Highland League.
Hopkins - my mind told me he was a loan, but I've re-checked and we did actually buy him! We swapped him, after a month, for Imre Varadi (worth £60,000 apparently!). Reason we got rid? He tried to get some more money out of us for his house move or so City claimed.
Johnson - yes, another signing, not a loan. Played 6 FL games and scored 1 goal before moving to USA.
Graeme Sinclair - a loan signing.
Walsh - a definite signing and sold to Blackpool for either £6,000 or £60,000 (my notes are not as clear as I'd like! I think it was £6,000!).
Williams - definite transfer and yes he did return because he was making more as a part time player and his decorating business than being full time at City!