Your most disliked Albion player ever !!!

[Lady Whistledown]

Dale Jasper hung around the first team squad for an inexplicably long time under Barry Lloyd.

 

[severnside gull]

Couldn't think of anyone and was about to come over all holy joe and sanctimonious about supporting all the players.................. but then I saw Mickey Thomas' name!

 

[grummitts gloves]

Ashley Neal closely followed by Les Brierly. Both complete toilet.

 

[The Original]

Most disliked - Leon Knight
Most frustrating to watch, and therefore also disliked - Seb Carole

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Leon Knight and CKR are possibly the ONLY players in 30 years that I've actively disliked. Knight was a horrible little man. CKR was arrogant and lazy - probably largely Knight's fault too - he was clearly a terrible influence on him.

Of course there were others as a kid who against whom I held it personally that they were selected ahead of my favourites, but that's not the same!

I think Graeme Smith is probably the WORST player I've ever seen, but he didn't have the personality defects like Knight, to actually deserve to not be liked.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

He's the best player iv'e every seen in a Brighton Shirt, saying that whenever i have heard him interviewed he never mentions his time at Brighton all you get is Liverpool blah blah blah.

Really?

In the 1980s, Mark Lawrenson's autobiography mentions his time at Brighton:
"I loved Brighton as soon as I saw the place, bright, bustling and cosmopolitan... I defy anyone not to like living in Brighton. I could see myself staying there permanently long after my football career was over."

In the 1990s, in 'Soccer in the 70s' Mark Lawrenson mentions his time at Brighton:
Soccer in the 70s: Gary Lineker meets Alan Mullery, Mark Lawrenson and Jimmy Case - YouTube

In the 2000s, in Spencer Vignes' 'A Few Good Men' Mark Lawrenson mentions his time at Brighton:
"I remember my Goldstone days with affection. I made many friends in the area and I still come down from time to time... Yes, my Goldstone days will live with me forever."

in the 2010s, he mentions his time in the Football Focus programme at the Amex.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Ryan Harley, is an oxygen theif and a bit of a prick as well. Asked him if he could sign my lads Shirt and he simply grunted a No and walked away. By far the worst player in our current squad, i cant believe he keeps Matt Sparrow off the bench!

Why would you want him to sign your lad's shirt?

 

[Brightonia]

Why would you want him to sign your lad's shirt?

I dunno my boy just wanted it! Strange kid, must be his mothers fault!!

 

[fisons]

Fred Binney who thought he should have played ahead of Peter Ward was a cock. The other one I hate is Muwway

 

[Surrey Seagull]

Andy Kennedy was up his own arse. Remember him giving the North Stand the cupped ear gesture after scoring.

+1
I remember when we were away at Exeter (oh the giddy heights of the mid 90's). He was warming up and getting some stick from the fans. To get his own back, he decided to shoot the ball into the crowd...but Andy being Andy he simply blasted it over to cheers from the crowd.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Fred Binney who thought he should have played ahead of Peter Ward was a cock. The other one I hate is Muwway

To be fair, Binney was top scorer in the side, and former Golden Boot winner, whereas Ward was some unknown lightweight-looking reserve player.

 

[c0lz]

For me its a close call between Mickey Thomas and Robbie Savage.

 

[wallyback]

Teddy Maybank
and Glen Geard, but I can't remember why now.

 

[fosters headband]

I have a team of them, one for all positions.
But Mark Walton would be top of my list.


Mark Walton (Goalkeeper)
Jammie Cambell (FB)
Jason Dodd (FB)
Darren Carr (CD)
Colin Hawkins (CD)
David Lee (MF)
Dale Jasper(MF)
Geoff Pitcher (MF)
Jason Peake (MF)
Dave Cameron (Striker)
Johnny Dixon (Striker)

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

... Muwway

Good call

Add in Harding as well.

 

[FalmerforAll!**]

Barnes. I just don't get it.

 

[brightonrock]

I'm honesty staggered some 'hilarious' bellend hasn't said Barnes or Dicker yet.

Harley makes me angry for the way he swaggers about the pitch like he's Zinedine Zidane when in fact he's contributed the square root of f*** all and bottles every 50/50 tackle like a girl guide, but it strikes me he's actually just not very good and a bit spineless, rather than neccessarily a twat.

CKR was far more dislike-able IMO - had a brief semi-hero status for the nature he came in, and has shown since by playing at the world cup & champions league that he always had talent - but the arrogance, selfishness and stroppiness of the man very quickly expunged the initial good will. Him and knight were a terrible influence on each other.

Barnes. I just don't get it.

Oh, never mind.

 

[kevo]

I have a team of them, one for all positions.
But Mark Walton would be top of my list.


Mark Walton (Goalkeeper)
Jammie Cambell (FB)
Jason Dodd (FB)
Darren Carr (CD)
Colin Hawkins (CD)
David Lee (MF)
Dale Jasper(MF)
Geoff Pitcher (MF)
Jason Peake (MF)
Dave Cameron (Striker)
Johnny Dixon (Striker)

Are they just players who were rubbish, rather than players you simply disliked? (not necessarily the same thing!).

Probably Teddy Maybank for me.

Dean 'Wendy' Wilkins rightly got a lot of stick, but did improve. Codnor had a fair bit of skill (remember the 40-yard goal at Plymouth?) and could be great on his day, but never a fans' favourite.

Agree with the posters who mentioned Gary Chivers and Alan Curbishley - I had an irrational dislike of them too... and a vote for Gary O'Reilly. Not a bad defender, but his distribution was absolutely terrible. He was totally incapable of passing the ball out of defence. And he defected to Palace.

 

[fosters headband]

Are they just players who were rubbish, rather than players you simply disliked? (not necessarily the same thing!).

Yes you are correct, the ones I disliked were Walton, Carr, Peake and Jasper.
The rest were just rubbish.

 

[Mackenzie]

What the 'football genius' that marked JOHN BARNES out of the game twice!

Yep, the one giving the North Stand the finger and incapable of crossing the football without it going out for a goal kick. 'Football genius' was a pisstake.