Players you had forgotten about...

[On the Left Wing]

Charlie Livesey
David Armstrong. Fastest winger i have ever seen
John Templeman
Mel Hopkins
Jack Smith
Sammy Morgan
& finally the one and only, ferocious, Alex "teddy bear" dawson

I have never forgotten Charlie Livesey ... probably the most talismanic midfielder/forward we ever had .... can still hear the North Stand chant: "Char Char Char lie Livesey"

 

[highway61]

and of course the "other" Bobby Smith

 

[Curious Orange]

Simon Funnell

 

[Albalbion]

richie barker
craig maskell
ian baird
kurt nogan (nono nononono nonononono nononono nogan!)
gary hobson

 

[sod1]

Robert Isaac
Kevan Brown
Russel Bromage
Steve Jacobs
John Humphrey

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Packham
Pitcher
Pethick

 

[Storer68]

Brian Horton, Peter Ward and Mark Lawrenson.



Whatever did they do ??

 

[nutter]

valur gislarsson
scott thomas
paul sturgess

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Gary Rowell I think, ex-Sunderland captain, did NOTHING for us.

Oh and David Gipp.

That is him....Garry Rowell.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Barry Butlin

He Scored in my first trip to Palace when we won 1-0 and we missed the goal as we were late in

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Mark Walton

 

[Playing On The Grit]

Mark Walton

Free Header!!!!

 

[Frutos]

You can vote for him for November's player of the month award

Vote for your PFA Fans Player of the Month

Yes, vote for me...erm, him.

 

[MJsGhost]

richie barker
craig maskell
ian baird
kurt nogan (nono nononono nonononono nononono nogan!)
gary hobson

How could you ever forget about Kurt Nogan?! I saw him play for Preston at Deepdale after meeting a bird from up that way in Ibiza... I saw them twice actually, including a 3-0 derby win against Blackpool - Deepdale was rocking!

On another trip up, she drove us over to Halifax to watch the mighty Albion get beaten 2-1 at the Shay!

 

[foul old ron]

Mark Ormerod or something like that. The sub keeper for what seemed like years.

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Charlie Livesey
David Armstrong. Fastest winger i have ever seen
John Templeman
Mel Hopkins
Jack Smith
Sammy Morgan
& finally the one and only, ferocious, Alex "teddy bear" dawson

Now there's a list from my youth.
I'd agree that Dave Armstrong was our fastest winger but from memory he rarely had the ball under any sort of control; normally used to kick it beyond the full back, then out sprint him and end up crossing into the crowd. Do remember him scoring a corker of a goal at the Goldstone from about 25 yds or so.
John Templeman - Yapton's finest.
And Alex Dawson or course - ferocious is probably downplaying his general approach, particularly towards goalkeepers. I think Gary Sprake describes in his autobiography than playing opposite Dawson was his most frightening experience in football.

A few others spring to mind although I may have some christian names incorrect:

Bill Cassidy
Wally Gould
Bill Curry
Adrian Thorne (scored in my first Albion game)
Mike Tiddy
John Collins
Mike Laverick

 

[Jambo Seagull]

Eddie Spearritt. Uncle of Hannah Spearritt according to Wikipedia.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Gavin Geddes, Scott Ramsay, Joe Gatting, Ben Andrews, Chris May, Andy Petterson, Graham Barrett and Robert Codner.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Mullet king Alan Biley.

Mike Trusson.

Robert Isaac.

 

[tottenhamseagull]

Gavin Geddes, Scott Ramsay, Joe Gatting, Ben Andrews, Chris May, Andy Petterson, Graham Barrett and Robert Codner.

Robert Codnor..........Great Shout!!!