[Albion] Shortest Albion careers. One game wonders!

[hans kraay fan club]

Players who played just ONCE for the Albion (not interested in the chap we sold before he'd played at all).

I was privileged to witness these ENTIRE Albion careers, in person:

Ali Al Habsi - conceding three times at Bournemouth in his only game, after we signed him on a month loan, in a month when he was away with Oman for three weeks!

Nzuzi Toko - 45 uninspiring minutes at Burton in the League Cup. Some misleading youtube reel, that was. What were we thinking?

Scott Chamberlain - away to Bristol City in a particularly rubbish JPT trophy game. What was I thinking?

And (my) winner;

Shane McFaul - came on just once, at Withdean, (against Crewe?). In the 88th minute!

 

[Icy Gull]

Edit, ignore -Jason Dodd actually made it to 7 appearances.

 

[TSB]

James Virgo: and he scored!
Current Bristol City manager: Lee Johnson. Who also scored (though, I think, only in a penalty shootout)
Geoff Pitcher: one game, one penalty, goodbye.

Don't score on your debut.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Didn't Jason Dodd manage just the one game before a career ending injury. An odd one that as I'm not even sure what the injury was.

Dodd managed a massive SEVEN appearances.

 

[seagully]

Players who played just ONCE for the Albion (not interested in the chap we sold before he'd played at all).

I was privileged to witness these ENTIRE Albion careers, in person:

Ali Al Habsi - conceding three times at Bournemouth in his only game, after we signed him on a month loan, in a month when he was away with Oman for three weeks!

Nzuzi Toko - 45 uninspiring minutes at Burton in the League Cup. Some misleading youtube reel, that was. What were we thinking?

Scott Chamberlain - away to Bristol City in a particularly rubbish JPT trophy game. What was I thinking?

And (my) winner;

Shane McFaul - came on just once, at Withdean, (against Crewe?). In the 88th minute!

Nice. Had forgotten all about Chamberlain. Wonder if he is still playing? Couldn't find any stats past 2010 where he had a stint at Lewes apparently.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

There was a keeper, something Jones.... I remember seeing him play at Luton in a game Leon Knight was sent off?

He can't have played more than once?

He was shite

 

[Buzzer]

We had a keeper by the name of Gay who played just the one match back in the Withdean days.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Savage couldn't have played many, and would be surprised if it added up to 90 mins

 

[TSB]

Florent Chaigneau

One game (away somewhere) in 05/06.
He was shite.

 

[timbha]

Glen Geard at Arsenal in League cup

 

[hans kraay fan club]

James Virgo: and he scored!
Current Bristol City manager: Lee Johnson. Who also scored (though, I think, only in a penalty shootout)
Geoff Pitcher: one game, one penalty, goodbye.

Don't score on your debut.

Johnson is an excellent shout - one game v Cardiff in the JPT.

Not Pitcher though - he played at least 5 or 6, surely?

 

[TSB]

Johnson is an excellent shout - one game v Cardiff in the JPT.

Not Pitcher though - he played at least 5 or 6, surely?

Cheers.
Yeah probably. He was crap enough that one would have been about right.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Florent Chaigneau

One game (away somewhere) in 05/06.
He was shite.

Excellent!

He should have been on my list, as I was at that. Away to Southampton, the day McGhee threw Michel (and Knight) off the coach!

 

[Gwylan]

We had an American keeper on loan, Jorgen Sommer (sp?). He only played one game for us and looked pretty good too.

We played a lot of keepers in our last few years at Withdean, most of them forgettable - there were probably some who played one game.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

We had an American keeper on loan, Jorgen Sommer (sp?). He only played one game for us and looked pretty good too.

We played a lot of keepers in our last few years at Withdean, most of them forgettable - there were probably some who played one game.

And one, that we signed from non-league that played none at all. Naisbit / Naismith?

 

[Buzzer]

How about the Orient v Brighton match (Russell Slade's first ever game) for a whole host of one-game players.

Gary Borrowdale? Andersen in goal? Did Matt Heath play many games?

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

Players who played just ONCE for the Albion (not interested in the chap we sold before he'd played at all).

I was privileged to witness these ENTIRE Albion careers, in person:

Ali Al Habsi - conceding three times at Bournemouth in his only game, after we signed him on a month loan, in a month when he was away with Oman for three weeks!

Nzuzi Toko - 45 uninspiring minutes at Burton in the League Cup. Some misleading youtube reel, that was. What were we thinking?

Scott Chamberlain - away to Bristol City in a particularly rubbish JPT trophy game. What was I thinking?

And (my) winner;

Shane McFaul - came on just once, at Withdean, (against Crewe?). In the 88th minute!

Awesome thread!

I didn't realise that I had been there for his entire career!

 

[seagully]

How about the Orient v Brighton match (Russell Slade's first ever game) for a whole host of one-game players.

Gary Borrowdale? Andersen in goal? Did Matt Heath play many games?

I'm sure Borrowdale and Heath played a few games. Andersen is a possibility though

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

James Virgo: and he scored!
Current Bristol City manager: Lee Johnson. Who also scored (though, I think, only in a penalty shootout)
Geoff Pitcher: one game, one penalty, goodbye.

Don't score on your debut.

Geoff Pitcher played more than 1 game and I am not sure if he ever scored (you may be thinking of Graham Barrett who scored once which was a penalty but also unfortunately stunk up more than 1 game for us) , and Lee Johnson's goal was from open play in the Football League Trophy against Cardiff.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

James Virgo: and he scored!
Current Bristol City manager: Lee Johnson. Who also scored (though, I think, only in a penalty shootout)
Geoff Pitcher: one game, one penalty, goodbye.

Don't score on your debut.

lee Johnson Scored quite a good goal against Cardiff I think?