Times 50 best Albion players

[Not Andy Naylor]

Bit of input invited here, ladies and gentlemen. Times Online is putting up lists of each club's 50 best players. Liverpool were first (football editor's a Red), Spurs, Luton (don't ask) ... Needless to say I volunteered an Albion list. But of course the last thing I want to do is to commit a howler by leaving out anyone obvious. Naturally some people's favourites will be omitted (especially if their names are Richard Tiltman, Darren Hughes, Micky Thomas etc), but I want to make sure I get a truly representative spread. Especially valuable will be suggestions for pre-1967 players that I never saw.

As few extra names as possible will make it easier to sift through the suggestions.
So far I've got (not in final, or indeed any particular order): Ward, Horton, Stevens, Lawrenson, O'Sullivan, Foster, Zamora, Michael Robinson, Jimmy Langley, Danny Wilson, Charles Webb, Case, Bobby Smith, Mellor, Garry Nelson, Worthington, Dean Saunders, Ryan, Kuipers, Mike Small, John Byrne, Tommy Cook, Gatting, Bert Murray, Gregory, Moseley, Gordon Smith, Dennis Mortimer, Ritchie, Connor, Irvine, Kit Napier, Cullip, Towner, Beamish, Binney, Wilkins, Crumplin, Chivers, Chapman, Gotsmanov, Penney, Powney, Dawson, Johnny McNichol, Glen Wilson, Gall. I think that's 47. What do people think about Reinelt, Oatway, Carpenter?

 

[house your seagull]

ermmm ... where's peter smith?

 

[gruntage]

Doug Loft

 

[Lokki 7]

Johnny Crumplin (peace be upon him) OBVIOUSLY.

 

[gruntage]

you've said Bert Murray twice

 

[crasher]

Surely Nogan would be ahead of Reinelt (who scored that goal and did nowt else)?

 

[SJ's Love Monkey]

Bas Savage, Mark McCammon?

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

you've said Bert Murray twice

Excellent point. Have edited out the second mention.

 

[fosters headband]

Bit of input invited here, ladies and gentlemen. Times Online is putting up lists of each club's 50 best players. Liverpool were first (football editor's a Red), Spurs, Luton (don't ask) ... Needless to say I volunteered an Albion list. But of course the last thing I want to do is to commit a howler by leaving out anyone obvious. Naturally some people's favourites will be omitted (especially if their names are Richard Tiltman, Darren Hughes, Micky Thomas etc), but I want to make sure I get a truly representative spread. Especially valuable will be suggestions for pre-1967 players that I never saw.

As few extra names as possible will make it easier to sift through the suggestions.
So far I've got (not in final, or indeed any particular order): Ward, Horton, Stevens, Lawrenson, O'Sullivan, Foster, Zamora, Michael Robinson, Tommy Langley, Danny Wilson, Charles Webb, Case, Bobby Smith, Mellor, Garry Nelson, Worthington, Dean Saunders, Ryan, Kuipers, Mike Small, John Byrne, Tommy Cook, Gatting, Bert Murray, Gregory, Moseley, Gordon Smith, Dennis Mortimer, Ritchie, Connor, Irvine, Kit Napier, Bert Murray, Cullip, Towner, Beamish, Binney, Wilkins, Crumplin, Chivers, Chapman, Gotsmanov, Penney, Powney, Dawson, Johnny McNichol, Glen Wilson, Gall. I think that's 48. What do people think about Reinelt, Oatway, Carpenter?

Jimmy Langley, Peter Grummit, Ian McNeil, Dave Hollins, Jimmy Collins, Bill Curry and Alex Dawson, Nobby Lawton, Barry Rees to name a few

 

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Maybank

 

[Silent Bob]

Current players don't often make this type of list, but I think Nicky Forster is worth a mention.

 

[Mellotron]

So far I've got (not in final, or indeed any particular order): Ward, Horton, Stevens, Lawrenson, O'Sullivan, Foster, Zamora, Michael Robinson, Tommy Langley, Danny Wilson, Charles Webb, Case, Bobby Smith, Mellor, Garry Nelson, Worthington, Dean Saunders, Ryan, Kuipers, Mike Small, John Byrne, Tommy Cook, Gatting, Bert Murray, Gregory, Moseley, Gordon Smith, Dennis Mortimer, Ritchie, Connor, Irvine, Kit Napier, Cullip, Towner, Beamish, Binney, Wilkins, Crumplin, Chivers, Chapman, Gotsmanov, Penney, Powney, Dawson, Johnny McNichol, Glen Wilson, Gall. I think that's 47. What do people think about Reinelt, Oatway, Carpenter?

Nice to get a mention but I have to hold my hand up and say I haven't played for the Seagulls, only support them.

Thanks anyway guys.

 

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Eric Steele

 

[Gwylan]

I think you mean Jimmy Langley, not Tommy Langley - he was Chelsea wasn't he?

What about Des Tennant and Albert Munday? Before my time but two of my dad's favourite players.

And Bert Stephens who scored nearly 200 goals in just under 400 games while playing on the wing must be worthy of mention.

I think Dave Turner should be in it too, he was a stalwart of this club for a long time and how about Barrie Rees, who played for such a short time but who was destined to be a very good player by all accounts?

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Hi Nick - what about Howard Wilkinson then?

Adrian Thorne and Jimmy Collins perhaps. Cattlin, Paul Clark.

 

[Northstander]

Stevie Foster
Mark Lawrenson
Gary Nelson
Crumplin - Football genius
Zamora
PETER WARD!! No.1
O'Sullivan
Mosely
Mike Small
G Ryan
B Smith
Horton
Case!!
Stevens
Saunders
Barry (Gareth)
M Robinson
FDM
Tank
Cullip
Beeney

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

Hi Nick - what about Howard Wilkinson then?

Adrian Thorne and Jimmy Collins perhaps. Cattlin, Paul Clark.

Hi Nige - Cattlin maybe, never rated Clark, and it's my list! I wondered about Thorne, but I was hoping people who'd watched him a lot could say whether he was really more than a one-match wonder. Mind you, Reinelt was a one-kick wonder ...

 

[Insel affe]

going off in a different direction i read the other day that tommy cook commited suicide does anyone know why ?

 

[Rusthall Seagull]

Bit of input invited here, ladies and gentlemen. Times Online is putting up lists of each club's 50 best players. Liverpool were first (football editor's a Red), Spurs, Luton (don't ask) ... Needless to say I volunteered an Albion list. But of course the last thing I want to do is to commit a howler by leaving out anyone obvious. Naturally some people's favourites will be omitted (especially if their names are Richard Tiltman, Darren Hughes, Micky Thomas etc), but I want to make sure I get a truly representative spread. Especially valuable will be suggestions for pre-1967 players that I never saw.

As few extra names as possible will make it easier to sift through the suggestions.
So far I've got (not in final, or indeed any particular order): Ward, Horton, Stevens, Lawrenson, O'Sullivan, Foster, Zamora, Michael Robinson, Jimmy Langley, Danny Wilson, Charles Webb, Case, Bobby Smith, Mellor, Garry Nelson, Worthington, Dean Saunders, Ryan, Kuipers, Mike Small, John Byrne, Tommy Cook, Gatting, Bert Murray, Gregory, Moseley, Gordon Smith, Dennis Mortimer, Ritchie, Connor, Irvine, Kit Napier, Cullip, Towner, Beamish, Binney, Wilkins, Crumplin, Chivers, Chapman, Gotsmanov, Penney, Powney, Dawson, Johnny McNichol, Glen Wilson, Gall. I think that's 47. What do people think about Reinelt, Oatway, Carpenter?

Mods - please delete this thread - Seagull73 does not want anyone talking about ex-employees of the club.....

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Hi Nige - Cattlin maybe, never rated Clark, and it's my list! I wondered about Thorne, but I was hoping people who'd watched him a lot could say whether he was really more than a one-match wonder. Mind you, Reinelt was a one-kick wonder ...

Thorne scored five in my first Albion game in 1960 so that'll do for me; my dad reckoned he was pretty good.