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[Football] Take nothing for granted, how the 'mighty' are fallen



AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
Oct 14, 2003
13,078
Chandler, AZ
Re: Fans United 2, the Doncaster game at Gillingham. I am pretty sure that was the infamous 45 minutes Michael Mahoney-Johnson played for us... one of the funniest/saddest things I've ever seen on a football field. Oh, and he was subbed off for David Adekola, who also never played again in the stripes.

It was so, so grim.

Adekola's sole appearance for us came at the Goldstone, against Cambridge United in October 1996.
 








Deportivo Seagull

I should coco
Jul 22, 2003
5,446
Mid Sussex
Re: Fans United 2, the Doncaster game at Gillingham. I am pretty sure that was the infamous 45 minutes Michael Mahoney-Johnson played for us... one of the funniest/saddest things I've ever seen on a football field. Oh, and he was subbed off for David Adekola, who also never played again in the stripes.

It was so, so grim.

Mahoney ‘the Pony’ Johnson.
Even now I shudder at his incompetence, the lack of any skill or effort. He seemed to spend his time grazing in the centre circle. Personally no one has come close to his levels of shittiness in the stripes, which considering some of the clowns that have played for us is saying something. The turf that he stood on (let’s face it he never played!) should have been ploughed with salt.
Since his time at the Albion I have developed a dislike of QPR for having the audacity to a) give this imbecile a footballing contract, and b) loaning him out to us. ********!


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jcdenton08

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Oct 17, 2008
14,371
Mahoney ‘the Pony’ Johnson.
Even now I shudder at his incompetence, the lack of any skill or effort. He seemed to spend his time grazing in the centre circle. Personally no one has come close to his levels of shittiness in the stripes, which considering some of the clowns that have played for us is saying something. The turf that he stood on (let’s face it he never played!) should have been ploughed with salt.
Since his time at the Albion I have developed a dislike of QPR for having the audacity to a) give this imbecile a footballing contract, and b) loaning him out to us. ********!


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Undoubtedly the worst professional footballer I have ever seen.
 


Questions

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Oct 18, 2006
25,487
Worthing
One of life’s mysteries. We were an abomination…. And yet I still went to Gillingham to watch it. The game against Doncaster was about as bad as it got.


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I made an effort that day because of Fans Utd… Christ it was grim
 


Gwylan

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
31,821
Uffern
Mahoney ‘the Pony’ Johnson.
Even now I shudder at his incompetence, the lack of any skill or effort. He seemed to spend his time grazing in the centre circle. Personally no one has come close to his levels of shittiness in the stripes, which considering some of the clowns that have played for us is saying something.

I agree. The single worst player I've seen at the Albion by some distance. People talk about how bad Farrington and Tiltman were but they were like Messi compared to MMJ. We had some shocking strikers in that era - Christer Warren, Lawrence Davies, Jamie Moralee and some I've probably forgotten, but MMJ was in a class of his own.
 






Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
I agree. The single worst player I've seen at the Albion by some distance. People talk about how bad Farrington and Tiltman were but they were like Messi compared to MMJ. We had some shocking strikers in that era - Christer Warren, Lawrence Davies, Jamie Moralee and some I've probably forgotten, but MMJ was in a class of his own.

I am not swerving from my opinion that Valur Gislasson is the worst player I have ever seen pull on the stripes. As a wag (old school use of the word) back in the day said, words to the effect of “Iceland international, you do mean Iceland the shop don’t you?”
 


Icy Gull

Back on the rollercoaster
Jul 5, 2003
72,015
Exactly and not far from Fazackerly

Aaarrrgh - Derek Fazackerley, played 596 games for Blackburn and scored 23 goals, most of them I’m convinced against the Albion :down:
 




aberllefenni

Active member
Jan 15, 2009
467
It was also Fans Utd Two - which like all sequels and remakes wasn't a patch on the original. I went in a St Pauli hoodie (which tbf I'd worn to other Albion games) and someone said something to me in German. I just said "Ja!" and smiled.

That was probably Raphael and Henko who edited the St Pauli fanzine. They were definitely at that game.
 


AZ Gull

@SeagullsAcademy @seagullsacademy.bsky.social
Oct 14, 2003
13,078
Chandler, AZ
I agree. The single worst player I've seen at the Albion by some distance. People talk about how bad Farrington and Tiltman were but they were like Messi compared to MMJ. We had some shocking strikers in that era - Christer Warren, Lawrence Davies, Jamie Moralee and some I've probably forgotten, but MMJ was in a class of his own.

Damien Hilton.
 


Charlies Shinpad

New member
Jul 5, 2003
4,415
Oakford in Devon
I made an effort that day because of Fans Utd… Christ it was grim
We played Barnet at home on Bonfire Night and there was only about 1,000 of us up there and I'm sure we got done 3-0 and we were singing "It's just like watching Grange Hill "
That's my reality check these heady days but in a sad way I enjoyed Gillingham as it was full of die hard fans and none of these JCL's

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Gwylan

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
31,821
Uffern
I am not swerving from my opinion that Valur Gislasson is the worst player I have ever seen pull on the stripes. As a wag (old school use of the word) back in the day said, words to the effect of “Iceland international, you do mean Iceland the shop don’t you?”

Yeah, my choice for the second worse player would be a toss-up between Gislasson and Johnny Dixon ... although it's a bit like choosing between a kick in the balls or a broken nose.
 


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Oct 8, 2003
55,912
Faversham
Mahoney ‘the Pony’ Johnson.
Even now I shudder at his incompetence, the lack of any skill or effort. He seemed to spend his time grazing in the centre circle. Personally no one has come close to his levels of shittiness in the stripes, which considering some of the clowns that have played for us is saying something. The turf that he stood on (let’s face it he never played!) should have been ploughed with salt.
Since his time at the Albion I have developed a dislike of QPR for having the audacity to a) give this imbecile a footballing contract, and b) loaning him out to us. ********!


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Glen Thomas. FFS
 




Deportivo Seagull

I should coco
Jul 22, 2003
5,446
Mid Sussex
We played Barnet at home on Bonfire Night and there was only about 1,000 of us up there and I'm sure we got done 3-0 and we were singing "It's just like watching Grange Hill "
That's my reality check these heady days but in a sad way I enjoyed Gillingham as it was full of die hard fans and none of these JCL's

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It was 3-0 … and it was like watching Grange Hill.


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