Favourite Penalty taker over the years...

[pesch the mini genius]

After Goldie's unfortunate and not great penalty on Friday it got me thinking about penalty takers over the years and who was the greatest to watch and who you had most confidence in scoring it ?

Personally Beattie has got to be up there , loved the run up and quick turn and dispatched usually right in the corner , did he miss one for us ? got a feeling he missed one ?

Whitehouse -loved his penalties - top corner , hit with power and pace and don't think he ever missed one !?!

earlier days remember Duffield being a very trusted penalty taker , From memory always seemed top put them right in the corners - again not sure if missed any ?


Blackman had a great Pen to and very calm / assured penalties and pretty sure he was 100% successful

???

 

[Scooter_mcgavin]

Duffield, end of thread

 

[bartman]

After Goldie's unfortunate and not great penalty on Friday it got me thinking about penalty takers over the years and who was the greatest to watch and who you had most confidence in scoring it ?

Personally Beattie has got to be up there , loved the run up and quick turn and dispatched usually right in the corner , did he miss one for us ? got a feeling he missed one ?

Whitehouse -loved his penalties - top corner , hit with power and pace and don't think he ever missed one !?!

earlier days remember Duffield being a very trusted penalty taker , From memory always seemed top put them right in the corners - again not sure if missed any ?


Blackman had a great Pen to and very calm / assured penalties and pretty sure he was 100% successful

???

Duffield and Kenworthy for me. I don't think Duffield missed one for us and he always seemed to hit them into the keeper's top right hand corner. I think TK missed one at Mansfield when, I think,. he hit the penalty to the opposite side of the goal he normally went to and placed it instead of drilling it like he normally did

 

[Eric Cartman]

Beattie by some way

Never looked like missing for us

 

[Roygbiv]

Beattie missed one at home to Blackpool. They went down to 10 men after about 10 minutes and we drew.

The days of Bryan Robson

 

[Eddiecolquhounsleg]

Beattie by some way

Never looked like missing for us

Agreed. Back to the ball, walk away, turn round, run up and shoot. None of this trying to psych each other out, just hit the ball into the back of the net.

 

[Jonboy60]

If a goalkeeper got in the way of a Woodward penalty, he’d better hope it’s with his hands.

 

[Spore Blade]

Woody by a mile. Bottom right hand corner every time. Scored his 100th with a pen vs Man City in front of the kop if I remember correctly

 

[INTAKE BLADE]

Colin Morris was exceptional at pens, always seemed to sneak inside the post. Quality player

 

[Hodgesleftpeg]

Andy Gray

 

[BLADES1988]

I Was always a fan of Jose Baxters pens. Top bins every time

 

[Harry's Game]

Duffield never missed for us.

 

[Whiston Blade]

Did Brown ever miss one until the playoff final?

 

[forever_blade]

Andy Gray

 

[jockdodds]

Going back some years, but I can't remember Ronnie Simpson ever missing one. Perhaps Silent can confirm?

 

[SwissBlade]

Billy Sharp, doesn't matter if he misses, he still steps up again to take the next one as he always backs himself to score

 

[United Aren't Back.]

Alan Woodward.

 

[Grecian2000]

Astonished Keith Edwards didn't take more. Remember one at the Old Show Ground and that's about it.

Add the fact he took all the corners instead of being in the box and he underscored by about 10 a season I reckon!

 

[bibbity bobbity boo]

Steve Simonson - sponsored by NASA

 

[Minty]

Andy Gray. Probably wrong but I don't remember him missing one?

 

[Sharrow Snuff Mill]

Woodward and Beattie for me. Has to be someone who truly gives it some welly.

 

[Eric Cartman]

Blackman was a fantastic pen taker too. 6 in 6 for us, corners every single time.

 

[Rob86]

Beattie by some way

Never looked like missing for us

Gets my vote ! Same top corner every time. He may have put one just inside the post thinking about it

 

[Eskimo]

Tony Kenworthy

 

[Bladesman]

In my lifetime then I would say Beattie closely followed by Blackman and Gray.

Jack Lester was the best at winning penalties though.

 

[pesch the mini genius]

Andy Gray

Good shout - that penalty at Arsenal was brilliant

 

[Muttley]

Peter "Wingnut" Duffield

 

[CarlingBlade]

Beattie by some way

Never looked like missing for us

Apart from the ones v Blackpool & Leicester (scoring the subsiquent rebound).

Duffield for me, or Bobby Ford.

 

[Eric Cartman]

Apart from the ones v Blackpool & Leicester (scoring the subsiquent rebound).

Duffield for me, or Bobby Ford.

Never looked like, not that he never did

 

[benn5712]

This going to be followed by "worst penalty taker...." ?

There is one, and only one.

Start and end of that idea. Before it's started.