Players that you forgot played for a team

Ronnie Ekelund (1996) and Egil Ostenstad (2001), taken by us on loan from Southampton and Blackburn, respectively. Anyone remember them?
 
Mancity1980 said:
Wasn’t there a story about City wanting to buy him as a youngster and Swales saying no?
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Alan Oakes was Manager at Chester, Rush's first club and he apparently offered first option on him to Mal but not sure if it was Swales, Mal or both who didn't fancy him.....another possible twist of fate during that crazy time for us...
 
Blue Feather said:
Alan Oakes was Manager at Chester, Rush's first club and he apparently offered first option on him to Mal but not sure if it was Swales, Mal or both who didn't fancy him.....another possible twist of fate during that crazy time for us...
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I thought Skip Book was our manager at the time.

1978, wasn’t it?
 
Blue Feather said:
Alan Oakes was Manager at Chester, Rush's first club and he apparently offered first option on him to Mal but not sure if it was Swales, Mal or both who didn't fancy him.....another possible twist of fate during that crazy time for us...
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It was 1980, and Oakes, player-manager at Chester, suggested to Allison that he take a look at this young lad they had called Rush. Allison went to see him play, and told Oakes he could keep him as he was rubbish. Another good piece of judgment by Allison, who preferred people like Bobby Shinton and Stuart Lee, having got rid of Gary Owen, Barnes etc and decimated an excellent late 70s side.

Mind you, had Rush come to City he wouldn't have stayed that long, given our prospects at that time.
 
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