Who was the SLOWEST ever player to wear the STRIPES ?

[Dr Q]

I liked Butters but he was incredibly slow. Remember once seeing David Nugent overtake him in seconds even with a 20 yard head start.

Butters would have lost a race along the beach against the Athena B!!

 

[Danny-Boy]

Steve Claridge in his "Club a Month" days...

 

[pishhead]

Glen Thomas centre back who managed to score two own goals against Brentford. His shadow outpaced him. Also Jamie Campbell left back who we signed from Cambridge was painfully slow.

 

[matt]

Wendy Wilkins. Legs on backwards. Least athletic footballer ever.

 

[Simster]

Damian Hilton or Grant Horscroft.

 

[Exile]

David Livermore or Mike Trusson

 

[blue'n'white]

Joe Gatting

 

[blue'n'white]

Fair enough - Guy Butters was quite slow but he was knocking on a bit when he played for us

 

[Baldseagull]

Darren Currie, was the most disappointingly slow player, as he was superbly skillful.

 

[heathgate]

I think JFC is a tad sluggish for a player operating at international level.

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

Ian Goodwin

 

[Man of Harveys]

Legend and all that but Steve Foster, esp. Mk II, very rarely seemed to leave an area of about a 10 yard radius at the back. And when he did it was often with all the lithe manoeuvrability of the Great Pyramid at Giza. I think he may have weighed about the same too. I know, heresy etc.

 

[GT49er]

How about this one from 1958 (sorry - can't paste a pic on here.....) - Fred Emney.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Darren Currie, was the most disappointingly slow player, as he was superbly skillful.

first thing the sprung to mind for me. Obviously not THE slowest to play for us but if he had been a bit quicker he wouldn't have played for us.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Legend and all that but Steve Foster, esp. Mk II, very rarely seemed to leave an area of about a 10 yard radius at the back. And when he did it was often with all the lithe manoeuvrability of the Great Pyramid at Giza. I think he may have weighed about the same too. I know, heresy etc.

Having once watched him sink eight pints at lunchtime - one of them with me - during his time at Luton (both games had been called off) I can say that he definitely weighed similar and could have been filled with a similar volume of liquid.

Great player though, as was Butters. So much so I modelled most of my pub football centre back career on them.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Frank Stapleton - 0-1 mph in about 20 minutes

 

[sneakychef]

Steve Claridge in his "Club a Month" days...

I would have agreed with you until I saw the speed at which he excited the Ladbrokes on Carden Avenue...

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Michael Standing

 

[el punal]

Gary Dicker always looked like he was towing a caravan behind him.

And Guy Butters was as agile as a motor-home. Willie Young . . . well he was as mobile as a porta-cabin.

 

[beakyburn]

Choice of MILLIONS here....

Les 'SLOTH' Berry for me

Berry was Usain Bolt compered to the non flying winger from the 60s George Waites. Any other oldies on here remember slowcoach George.