Your most exciting ever BHA signing?

[cuthbert]

Bobby Smith of Spurs and England fame....1963 I think.Couldn't believe he had signed for us!

Agree 100% Or if managers count Brian Clough.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Actually Peter O'Sullivan. Someone from Manchester United ! to the Albion ? I was amazed.

 

[Jimmy Grimble]

Calderon coming home.


He's coming home, he's coming home, he's coming, Calderon's coming home

 

[seagull_special]

Frank Worthington, Frank Stapleton, Martin Chivers

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Bobby Smith of Spurs and England fame....1963 I think.Couldn't believe he had signed for us!

Completely agree with you & Cuthbert on this, an England international during the previous season - signed in 1965.

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Actually Peter O'Sullivan. Someone from Manchester United ! to the Albion ? I was amazed.

Alex Dawson was a Busby Babe.

 

[seagull_special]

Alex Dawson was a Busby Babe.

Ales Dawson is one name I am not familiar with?

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Ales Dawson is one name I am not familiar with?

Alex Dawson

 

[empire]

Liam Brady when he became manager

what he said,so much so i named my son after him,but to add,liam brady was and is one of my alltime fav players

 

[seagull_special]

Alex Dawson

He sounds like a phenomenal player, with a damn good scoring record, his career reads like a film script and to think he was a Busby Babe. Thanks for the info

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Alex Dawson was a Busby Babe.

I know that. He was one of my favourites - but he didn't come directly from United.

I know I was amazed when I saw a photo of Dawson post-Munich leading the United line.

Alex Dawson was one of my favourites. I remember one home game whenhe was so frustrated by the keeper hanging onto the ball - he launched himself at the ball head first (which was in the keepers hands) - the keeper stepped aside and Dawson slid along the wet turf.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

what he said,so much so i named my son after him,but to add,liam brady was and is one of my alltime fav players

Alex Dawson and Alan Duffy were such favourites that I named my goldfish after them.

 

[smiler]

Bobby Smith of Spurs and England fame....1963 I think.Couldn't believe he had signed for us!

Agreed

 

[Mackenzie]

Zamora. And before that Kevin Bremner (oddly).

 

[Iamapen15]

turienzo

This!

I remember being very excited at the thought of a South American striker!!

 

[blue2]

Great question for me in order we have:
1 Frank Worthington, the best most flair player to arrive with a huge reputation for excess but in fact turned out to be a gent who licked a bit of excess
2 liam brady football god but never kicked a ball for us
3 Jimmy Case when he arrived thourght his best times were behind him.....no way
4 Martin Chivers been there done it but his best times were behind him
5 Fred Binney goal poacher best of his type at the time
6 Teddy Maybank big hopes but never quite lived up to them but grea hair
7 Frank Stapleton another football ledgend but again his best times were behind him

 

[blue2]

oh god my spelling I must proof read before posting sorry

 

[Giraffe]

Teddy Maybanks.

Bobby Zamora. When we signed the Bobster I went straight down the bookies and put a tenner on us for the Title. I won't be doing that for a fullback.

Exactly what I was about to post. Although Calderon is a great signing.

 

[Giraffe]

Completely agree with you & Cuthbert on this, an England international during the previous season - signed in 1965.

Would be like us signing Beckham now? or Scholes perhaps?

 

[blue2]

my view was that Bobby Zamora was one of the greatest if not the greatest signing we ever made but thats in hindsight at the time he was a raw unkown with some tallent my list was players who arrived with history