Random City Players

Back in the day I worked for City when reserve games were played at the athletics arena during the Keegan days. The game was shit, can't remember who we were playing , but we were bored shitless so started trying to put together a team if shit foreign City signings. We were struggling for one more midfielder. Just then Bernard Halford walked in, so we asked him to assist and without even thinking he came out with... ....Alfons Groenendijk
Good call Bernard
RIP
 
Saw Howard Kendal play for us for a full half in Noel Brotherstons testimonial circa 1990.
Partnered in a dynamic midfield of Megson and Reid
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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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Geoff Lomax made a crucial goal line clearance at 0-0 in the Charlton 5-1 after a typical City mix up at the back.
 
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