Brighton players who could head a ball

[Brownstuff]

Last season one of our main weaknesses was the lack of headed goals especially from corners.
Greer is probably our best headerer of the ball and defensive headers he is up there with the best.
However from an attacking point of view he is cack in the air as with the majority of our players. He spends more time blocking opposition defenders in the box allowing one of our midget players a sniff of goal instead of having a pop himself.
I don't recall a bullet header or otherwise all season that had the wow factor.
The importance of scoring headers was shown in the Champions League Final the other night.
What players have we had in the past or even current ones who you could say really could head a ball?
Steve Foster springs to mind as does someone like Doug Rougvie.
My favourite would have been Micky Small; a player that would not have been fun to mark in aerial combats.

 

[Marxo]

Kit Napier, Norman Gall.

 

[Don Quixote]

Elphick is a good header.

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Did Steve Foster actually have many headed goals for the Albion? None spring to mind.

 

[Mr Smggles]

Vincelot had a decent header on him.

 

[disgruntled h blocker]

Guy Butters was the master at aerial defending. Pleased to see he did so well with Winchester City this season as manager

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Would like to see Brezovan use his head to clear balls away from the danger area.

 

[seagurn]

Tony Grealish .

 

[BensGrandad]

One of our best at defending was Nicky Blisset and attacking was Alex Dawson. Because Steve Foster won so many headers in defence this enabled his partner first Lawrenson and then Stevens to concentrate on the ball on the ground.

 

[Sergei's Celebration]

Guy Butters was the master at aerial defending. Pleased to see he did so well with Winchester City this season as manager

The first guy that jumped into my head when i read the thread title. He could just read where the ball was going and beat everyone to it...without running anywhere!

 

[Brownstuff]

Did Steve Foster actually have many headed goals for the Albion? None spring to mind.

I think you are probably right actually with regards to goals
Will leave it as him being just a fine headerer of the ball instead

 

[SeagullSongs]

El-Abd has got a decent header. I remember last/this season he actually turned a defensive header into a through-ball for CMS. Middlesbrough game or something? I don't remember which.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

I'd go for alkex dawson as the most fearless.
He wasn't the tallest but could leap high for a big man but, what made him special, was that he'd put his head to anything, rocket shots not just crosses and he was also an expert at the diving header, torpeodo style. There is a great picture of him somewhere doing just that, horizontal and just 2 or 3 feet above the ground. no wonder he bore the scars on his face!

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

I'd go for alkex dawson as the most fearless.
He wasn't the tallest but could leap high for a big man but, what made him special, was that he'd put his head to anything, rocket shots not just crosses and he was also an expert at the diving header, torpeodo style. There is a great picture of him somewhere doing just that, horizontal and just 2 or 3 feet above the ground. no wonder he bore the scars on his face!

Have you visited the British Pathe website? It has video footage of his hat-trick in an FA Cup semi-final...

 

[StonehamPark]

Calde' has a decent header no?

 

[mune ni kamome]

Eric Young, Michael Robinson

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Gordon Smith. A peach of a header against Crystal Palace in 1981. A peach of a header against Manchester United in 1983.

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Have you visited the British Pathe website? It has video footage of his hat-trick in an FA Cup semi-final...

I have seen them but the 17yo Dawson was a much different player by the time he signed for Albion when I think he must have been over 32. he had grown in the 'brick outhouse' of a man, all muscle & power although there were flashes of mobility. he revelled in the fact that he was the toughest player around and other players feared to get in the way of this bettering ram.

His type of player are certainly from a bygone age.

 

[mattislost]

murray was quality in the air in league one. his timing was perfect. he seemed to hang in the air for ages

 

[nutter]

Ian Baird was good for headers