[Albion] Who is the Albion's greatest ever cult hero...

[Moshe Gariani]

Start a different thread, then.

Players like Nobby and Ward who are popular with everyone or whose quality is immediately obvious cannot, by definition, be cult heroes. It has to be someone whose appeal is slightly mysterious to the majority, at least in the first place.

Ooh I get you now. Much more interesting.

I always admired Richard Tiltman. His appeal was slightly mysterious to the majority.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Stuart Myall had a cult following and a very good song.

 

[Philbag70]

For me, it has to be Peter Ward, followed by Lawro.
Honourable mentions must go to Nobby Horton, Sully, Bobby Z and Calde. Oh and, Vicente of course, and it won't be long before Knocky joins the group
EDIT: I've just listed all my favourite players, haven't I?
In which case, Stefan Iovan. Deffo a cult figure. What a nice bloke too

 

[Munkfish]

Votes for Fran Sandaza and Lloyd Owusu, absolutely loved him during that brief loan spell - raise the roof!

Tony Rougier would be added to that list. not sure the Horse would make it.

 

[fat old seagull]

Don't we have this every six months with a big argument about what "cult" means?

Yes...and I've reserved a thread in August.

Oh, and the correct answer is Peter Ward!

 

[Goldstone Rapper]

Cult hero definition: "A writer, musician, artist, or other public figure who is greatly admired by a relatively small audience or is influential despite limited commercial success."

This would exclude the likes of Peter Ward and Bobby Zamora who are almost universally loved by Albion supporters, but would include the likes of John Crumplin and Paddy McCourt. Paddy was probably the most recent cult hero at the Amex.

 

[Saladpack Seagull]

Doug Rougvie, "Wendy" Wilkins, JCFG, Steve Foster My Lord, Gary Nelson, Ian Chapman, Ward, Sully, John Byrne (he's here, he's there), Nobby Horton, Lawro, Danny Cullip, Michel Kuipers, Bobby Z, Baz Savage, Calde, Vicente, and from our managers Mullers, Gritt, Adams (first time round) and Russell Slade (The Great Escape). Apologies to those heroes I've missed (and to their advocates); and of course there will be more to come in the future, perhaps as early as this season.......

 

[Withdean11]

For me it's Bobby Zamora and Inigo Calderon. To have them both in the same team now means this is probably my favourite season of watching the Albion ever.

If I ever have a son, I will call him Bobby.

 

[Iamapen15]

I have loads

Ian Chapman for that own goal
John Crumplin for being a football genius
John Keeley for that performance at Oldham
Doug Rougvie for being a thug
Brian Wade for his weight, sorry I meant those 4 goals against Newcastle
Perry Digweed for his injury and those trousers
Kurt Nogan for opening his account 25 games in and with his backside! And for his song... loved is song. Went from cult to hero status perhaps?!

This names but a few!!

I don't think I could chose just one.

 

[Iamapen15]

Cult hero definition: "A writer, musician, artist, or other public figure who is greatly admired by a relatively small audience or is influential despite limited commercial success."

This would exclude the likes of Peter Ward and Bobby Zamora who are almost universally loved by Albion supporters, but would include the likes of John Crumplin and Paddy McCourt. Paddy was probably the most recent cult hero at the Amex.

This...

I've lots of hero's but Cult status is something different.

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

7 pages and no-one has mentioned Bas Savage yet?

Thank you! Finally some sense, the man was the definition of a cult hero surely?

He got us nationwide coverage when we were still considered the poor club with the campaigning fans. he had t-shirts, he dyed his hair crazy colours and the moonwalk - THE MOONWALK PEOPLE! I loved that man

Taken from Wikipedia

'Saga at Brighton[edit]
On 31 January 2007, Savage was released from his deal at Gillingham after failing to agree new contract terms, and on 2 February 2007 he signed a one-year deal at Brighton & Hove Albion.[3]

His career at Brighton got off to a flying start, with four goals in his first eight appearances for his new club. His goals for the club has meant he had doubled his goals tally with Brighton compared to what he achieved throughout his whole career combined.

It was his move to Brighton which was the catalyst for his newly found cult status. TV show Soccer AM picked up on his moonwalk goal celebrations and now broadcast every one of his moonwalk celebrations. The feature 'I wanna be like Bas Savage' is broadcast every weekend morning. He even had his own T-shirt made to highlight his goal celebration.[4]

Savage started new contract talks with Brighton chairman Dick Knight during November 2007. Knight has been quoted as saying that he offered the player a new improved 18-month contract. It was revealed on Boxing Day 2007 that Savage had turned this deal down'

 

[JCL666]

Ashley Barnes

Scores goals and trips refs.

 

[FamilyGuy]

Michael Robinson - I haven't read the entire thread but has anyone mentioned him yet? Always good value on the pitch, always ran his @rse off, and scored important goals.

Jimmy Case - semi final at Anfield 1983

Jerry Ryan - just great fun to watch on the pitch, and bled blue and white gawd bless him!!

 

[Hiney]

Paul Clark
JCFG
Hans Kraay
Pete Smith
Baz
Vicente

 

[Seasidesage]

How do you get that to rhyme with "Lee Steele"?

Exactly!

 

[Eddiespearritt]

I'm glad that Sergei Gotsmanov got a mention. Really enjoyed the brief opportunity to go to watch him play - to the strains of "we've got a Russian international" - despite the fact that he was from Belarus. He went to Southampton but couldn't get playing time because Shearer and Le Tissier were ahead of him.

Loved Eric Young too.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

Thats sort of the definition of 'cult' isn't it?

Exactly! Heroes can be flawed/ And not a good as Peter Ward

 

[marshy68]

Jonny Crumplin football genius. Anfield 1989.

This

 

[fly high]

Michael Robinson - I haven't read the entire thread but has anyone mentioned him yet? Always good value on the pitch, always ran his @rse off, and scored important goals.

Jimmy Case - semi final at Anfield 1983

Jerry Ryan - just great fun to watch on the pitch, and bled blue and white gawd bless him!!

Gerry Ryan, excellent call, no one ever knew what he would do next, he said once that neither did he. Hope Richie Towell can give us that same excitement.

No one mentioned Terry Connor yet, scored some great goals but was also liable to make a great run from the half way line then stand on the ball & fall over just when he was about to shoot, loved him.

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

...and why?

THE BLOKE WHO CARRIED THE RAFFLE BOARD AROUND THE GOLDSTONE PITCH AT HALF TIME.............why..... because he could
regards
DR