Random City Players

Eduard Abazi. On the bench against United in the 5th round of the FA cup in 1996 where we lost 2-1 despite being the better team.
 
petrusha said:
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.
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Ian Thompstone did he come on as a sub at boro and score a debut goal to become our youngest ever goal scorer at the time and never play for us again?
 
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