BHA Cult Hero for Football Focus

[Cheeky Monkey]

Has anyone given a nomination or voted in this yet? I presume it's on the Beeb website.

 

[Set of Tracksuits]

I have:

Reinelt
Mayo
Crumplin

were my selections.

 

[Citrus]

Gritt. Has to be.

 

[Soul Finger]

I wrote to them a few weeks ago with the following nominations:

Robbie Reinelt
Perry Digweed
Peter Smith

Should have done the Football Genius in hindsight

 

[D'Angelo Saxon]

Robert Codner

 

[Brighton Breezy]

Steve Foster

Bobby Zamora

Robbie Reinelt

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

What's this for? Is there a link anywhere?

 

[Mick Beard BHA]

Foster

Ward

Reinelt

 

[Digweeds Trousers]

Towner

Farrington

Briley

 

[Northstander]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/football_focus/3887737.stm

Steve Gritt
Peter Ward
Dick Knight

 

[Dover]

The preview clip shows, I think, Frank Worthington, in a Phoenix Brewery shirt.

 

[Soul Finger]

It's supposed to be cult, as in we loved them even if their footballing ability wasn't that evident; hence Reinelt, Crumps etc.

Don't really think we can have Knight or Gritt despite the fact they are both heroes.

Yep, that's big Frank in the classic horizontal striped Phoenix Brewery shirt.

 

[Kylies Stunt Arse]

Crumplin
Foster
Reinelt

 

[The Orange Seagull]

Johnny Crumplin Football Genius!
Now managing Ringmer fc I believe.

 

[Stumpy Tim]

I put
1. Chappera
2, Byrne
3. Bobby

 

[Tooting Gull]

I think if everyone got together on Robbie Reinelt, they'd run it. It's got all the classic elements. A basically terrible player who is universally loved by the fans, in this instance for one supreme act that gave the club a future amid mind-blowing tension and sinking the opponents. And it would give them a chance to wax lyrical about the Hereford winner-takes-all scenario as well.

Let's hope they don't show too much footage of him the following year at Gillingham, though. I don't want to remember any of the 'football' that was on offer that season.

 

[Cian]

It does specify players. Hence we can't nominate Dick Knight, really...

I put Brady down regardless though. What the hell, they might show him....

 

[Northstander]

ok in that case:

Ward
Foster
Zamora

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

Whats the definition of a cult hero? For me its someone who wasnt that great a player, but because of one feat of magic, or some momentous action or some other reason was loved by the crowd.

So, going on that criteria...

1) Robbie Reinelt- I don't think this needs any explaining.

2)Perry Digweed- Spent years as the number 2 keeper, but then stepped up to a regular place in the first team in the 90/91 play-off season. Previously i had always thought he was a little suspect but he performed heroics that season, particularly when he saved kiwomya's penalty in the vital last game of the season against Ipswich. Plus, he had a, er, distinct look about him. His trousers(with holes in?) and his jersey with the faded/fallen off number(or have i imagined that?)

3)Johny Crumplin football genius- He was, well, he was johny crumplin football genius. Great t-shirts. nuff said.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Agree GNLF.

Those three are all definitely cult heroes.

A cult hero is not someone who was generally brilliant like Bobby, it's someone who is limited but makes the most of it, or tries really hard despite not much talent, or who is only famous for one magic moment, a la Reinelt, Digweed and Crumplin.