Random City Players

[fanatic1]

I remember Keegan signing Vuoso , bit did he ever actually kick a ball for us ?

The alleged fee was £4million. However, it was payable in 4 equal instalments on a performance basis - the 1st on signing for £750000. KK lined him up as a sub against Wigan in the League cup but discovered that if he stepped onto the pitch that would trigger a further instalment. At that time we were well off for strikers: Anelka, Fowler (largely crocked), Goater, Macken, and Huckerby. KK did not wish to proceed further as Vuoso was a problem, not fitting in well with his reserve team mates and refusing to learn English.

 

[melrose40yarder]

Mark Seagraves, Gary Buckley, Gary Jackson, Barry Silkman

All shite add Nigel Johnson

 

[Blue Theatre]

No we signed Grealish, Gidman and Varadi in the same week just before a derby, think it was the 1-1 draw Mick McCarthy bullet header?
Hopkins had already been and gone by then iirc

Grealish was good in that Derby iirc, in a "throwing himself into every tackle" kind of way ?

 

[vuoso1993]

David Pizzaro .

 

[johnnytapia]

Terry Park and Alioune Toure. Both made two appearances for us off the bench.

Wasn’t there an issue with Toure and travelling on coaches? He got a deep vein thrombosis en route to Portsmouth and Keegan went ballistic with the medical staff?!?!

 

[01282]

The Billy McNeil years...... he signed 10 Scots (loan and permanent) - just not a goalkeeper!

Graeme Sinclair (I saw both of his 2 games)
Dom Sullivan (I saw his one game)
Jim Melrose
Duncan Davidson
Jim Tolmie
Neil McNab
Derek Parlane
Ken McNaught
Gordon Smith
Gordon Dalziel

Was Sullivan’s sole game away at Torquay in the league cup?

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Was Sullivan’s sole game away at Torquay in the league cup?

Yes.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Robert Hopkins & Tony Grealish

If memory serves, both signed on the same day or week & both fucking terrible

We swapped Hopkins for Grealish and / or Varadi (and maybe a bit of cash West Brom's way)

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

Geoff Lomax, Nigel Johnson, Ian Thompstone (who probably has the best 'minutes per goal' record in our whole history), Ray Kelly, Chris Greenacre, Mikkel Bischoff, Ousmane Dabo, David Pizarro



He was past it as a top-level player when he signed for us, having just been the midfield mainstay of a Stoke side relegated with a then-record low points tally for a top-flight club. Unfortunately, he was available on a free and we were completely skint at the time. Thanks, Peter Swales, you utter ****.

McIlroy was fairly quickly dropped in the autumn of 1985, but spent over a year in our reserves, with a loan spell in Sweden over the summer. Weirdly, he then made a first-team comeback at Coventry just before Christmas 1986 (a 2-2 draw, with Steve Redmond playing in midfield and scoring both our goals).

I was terrified it would herald a run in the side for McIlroy, but thankfully it was a one-off and Bury picked him up almost immediately. Maybe Jimmy Frizzell selected him at Highfield Road to remind the football world he was still alive.

I was told by a director that, when we went up in 1985, Billy McNeill wanted a centre-half, a midfielder and a striker. He asked for Russell Osman of Ipswich, Danny Wilson of Brighton (who later played for Luton and Sheffield Wednesday) and Alan Smith of Leicester, all of whom were known to be available at the right price.

We signed Nigel Johnson, Sammy McIlroy and Mark Lillis, though the latter at least was a genuinely avid Blue who gave absolutely everything for the cause. Still an underwhelming trio, though, compared with what we might have had if we hadn't been in Swales-induced penury.

Sammy Mac - a reserve Manchester City player whilst captain of Northern Ireland in the 1986 World Cup finals!

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I remember Keegan signing Vuoso , bit did he ever actually kick a ball for us ?

Rochdale away pre season friendly! We won 4-0 (he didn't score)
Wasn't it Vuoso who swapped citizenship from Argentinian to Mexican and played for Mexico?