Which ex Blade's mum won the Nobel peace prize?

[1973Blade]

Interesting story that a journalist told me, which I believe to be true but have no proof other than his word. :——-

Ex Blade Paul Williams used to play for Stockport at the same time as another Paul Williams who played left back, the left back had been extensively scouted by West Brom who at the time were managed by Bobby Gould.
Gould made the decision to sign the left back a smaller coloured guy who could not have been more different to the ex blade and told a colleague to sort it out.
Two days later Gould was sat in his office and in walks the colleague with Paul Williams, unfortunately he had signed the wrong one.
Anyone who saw ex Blade Paul Williams would doubt that he was worth the £250k that West Brom apparently paid.

Another interesting story about ex Blade Jon Cullen, but that's for another day.

You can't leave me on tenterhooks when do you reveal the Jon Cullen story?!

 

[Snowman]

Interesting story that a journalist told me, which I believe to be true but have no proof other than his word. :——-

Ex Blade Paul Williams used to play for Stockport at the same time as another Paul Williams who played left back, the left back had been extensively scouted by West Brom who at the time were managed by Bobby Gould.
Gould made the decision to sign the left back a smaller coloured guy who could not have been more different to the ex blade and told a colleague to sort it out.
Two days later Gould was sat in his office and in walks the colleague with Paul Williams, unfortunately he had signed the wrong one.
Anyone who saw ex Blade Paul Williams would doubt that he was worth the £250k that West Brom apparently paid.

Another interesting story about ex Blade Jon Cullen, but that's for another day.

Please do tell on that one. Never seen a home debut like it. Rabbit in headlights. Complete mystery why he was signed.

 

[Terry Poole]

Another interesting story about ex Blade Jon Cullen, but that's for another day.

It's another day - dish it !

 

[Revolution]

Interesting story that a journalist told me, which I believe to be true but have no proof other than his word. :——-

Ex Blade Paul Williams used to play for Stockport at the same time as another Paul Williams who played left back, the left back had been extensively scouted by West Brom who at the time were managed by Bobby Gould.
Gould made the decision to sign the left back a smaller coloured guy who could not have been more different to the ex blade and told a colleague to sort it out.
Two days later Gould was sat in his office and in walks the colleague with Paul Williams, unfortunately he had signed the wrong one.
Anyone who saw ex Blade Paul Williams would doubt that he was worth the £250k that West Brom apparently paid.

Another interesting story about ex Blade Jon Cullen, but that's for another day.

Whilst there were 2 Paul Williamses at Stockport at the time, I have never believed this story. I've heard it told before and what is never mentioned is that "our" Paul Williams had, in the only good spell of his career, scored 14 goals in 24 games for County. Gould was after a forward.

Williams is the worst player I've ever seen play for us (though I always add I didn't see Lee Baxter). Incredibly, he won an international cap, playing once for Northern Ireland against the Faroes. This makes him part of a trivia question - which 3 members of our 1988-9 promotion team later won full international caps?

 

[Pinchy]

Wally Downes. Wally Fucking Downes.

 

[1973Blade]

Whilst there were 2 Paul Williamses at Stockport at the time, I have never believed this story. I've heard it told before and what is never mentioned is that "our" Paul Williams had, in the only good spell of his career, scored 14 goals in 24 games for County. Gould was after a forward.

Williams is the worst player I've ever seen play for us (though I always add I didn't see Lee Baxter). Incredibly, he won an international cap, playing once for Northern Ireland against the Faroes. This makes him part of a trivia question - which 3 members of our 1988-9 promotion team later won full international caps?

Well Brian Deane is the second one., I will have to think about the third, Ian Bryson?

 

[bertieblade]

At the time Cullen was signed united had a problem scoring goals and Freddie Pye was charged with the responsibility of finding the player who would improve our goals scored
He looked around the divisions and very quickly came up with the name of Jon Cullen a guy who was I believe playing for Shrewsburyl and was their leading scorer and indeed possibly their leagues top scorer.
He made his debut in a night match and a friend of mine was the match sponsor. He went into the changing room and met some of the players, welcomed Cullen to BDTBL and asked him how he thought about the pressure of becoming United new centre forward, to be met with the response of I do not know why I am being played there I am a midfield player.
Apparently cost £250k and played minimal amount of matches, one or two of which were in his proper position before being offloaded for what I believe was a free transfer.

 

[Jim Chimmerney]

Could be wrong but I think Tony Currie's granny was the 1st woman to win a Nobel prize, something to do with physics

 

[Revolution]

Well Brian Deane is the second one., I will have to think about the third, Ian Bryson?

Deane yes, Bryson no.

 

[Revolution]

At the time Cullen was signed united had a problem scoring goals and Freddie Pye was charged with the responsibility of finding the player who would improve our goals scored
He looked around the divisions and very quickly came up with the name of Jon Cullen a guy who was I believe playing for Shrewsburyl and was their leading scorer and indeed possibly their leagues top scorer.
He made his debut in a night match and a friend of mine was the match sponsor. He went into the changing room and met some of the players, welcomed Cullen to BDTBL and asked him how he thought about the pressure of becoming United new centre forward, to be met with the response of I do not know why I am being played there I am a midfield player.
Apparently cost £250k and played minimal amount of matches, one or two of which were in his proper position before being offloaded for what I believe was a free transfer.

Cullen was at Hartlepool. He had done well for them (he was in the PFA team of the year that season). He wasn't good enough and he only played 4 times. He was indeed a midfielder, and had scored a lot of goals that year, so the story is plausible.

We hadn't had any problem scoring goals at the time (1997-8). At one time that season we had Deano, Marcelo, Dean Saunders, Fjortoft and Gareth Taylor on the books, and they all scored goals when selected. We were just in the process of dismantling the side and putting in cheaper players. Jon O'Connor, part of the deal that took Don Hutchison to Everton, was another one who came in and was out of his depth. Shaun Derry was also signed and he was better.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Paul Williams was a poor man's Chris Guthrie, which is about as bad as it gets. I think we would have been better signing his mother, who at least would have brought us some good PR. And no, I wouldn't dare say that to his face...

 

[I should coco]

Williams is the worst player I've ever seen play for us (though I always add I didn't see Lee Baxter).

Surely you'd had some sort of memory lapse there?

Jordan Stewart*
Nylon Ten-bob-bit-head*
James Harper*
Dean Hammond*
Martin Woolford*
Connor 'feed the fish and he will miss' Sammon
Daryl Westlake
Gary Flitcroft
Mark Rankine
David Carney*
Lee 'badge-kisser' Hendrie

All of the above had plenty of sub-William's games and the asterisked twats were consistently awful.

 

[broomhillblade]

I've never heard of the Peace People.

However, I have heard of Pan's People.

 

[sportinguista]

I
Gould made the decision to sign the left back, a smaller coloured guy .

And what colour was he?

 

[Blade for Sale]

Deane yes, Bryson no.

Colin Hill?

 

[I should coco]

Colin Hill?

He had his own song:

 

[bertieblade]

And what colour was he?

Err what difference does it make, the point bring that he was the total opposite of “our” Paul Williams.
Cannot see the point in your post !!
Apologies if I am not PC enough for u

 

[Revolution]

Colin Hill?

He was an international but we signed him the following season, so no.

 

[Revolution]

Surely you'd had some sort of memory lapse there?

Jordan Stewart*
Nylon Ten-bob-bit-head*
James Harper*
Dean Hammond*
Martin Woolford*
Connor 'feed the fish and he will miss' Sammon
Daryl Westlake
Gary Flitcroft
Mark Rankine
David Carney*
Lee 'badge-kisser' Hendrie

All of the above had plenty of sub-William's games and the asterisked twats were consistently awful.

I know it's a high bar, but it's still Williams.

My goodness, that's an upsetting list isn't it?

 

[Blade for Sale]

He was an international but we signed him the following season, so no.

Matin Kuhl (Hong Kong)!

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Surely you'd had some sort of memory lapse there?

Jordan Stewart*
Nylon Ten-bob-bit-head*
James Harper*
Dean Hammond*
Martin Woolford*
Connor 'feed the fish and he will miss' Sammon
Daryl Westlake
Gary Flitcroft
Mark Rankine
David Carney*
Lee 'badge-kisser' Hendrie

All of the above had plenty of sub-William's games and the asterisked twats were consistently awful.

Those old enough to vividly remember Williams, will be able to compile a list that makes that one look like a step-up.

 

[1973Blade]

I know it's a high bar, but it's still Williams.

My goodness, that's an upsetting list isn't it?

There's an argument that he wasn't even the worst player called Williams to play for us. I give you Marcus Williams.

 

[Silent Blade]

Not sure how accurate this is, but the way my Dad tells it, Williams brought the ball down well for likely the only time in his life, and promptly got walloped by the Ipswich defender, winning a free kick in a dangerous position. Only the dozy bastard got up and twatted the defender for no readily apparent reason and got sent off! My Dad recalls that fortunately Wally Downes put the free kick straight in, although now that I type it out, it seems unlikely...

All correct. Downes' free kick was meant to be a cross but everyone in the box failed to head it in our out before it entered the far post!

 

[sheepbridge]

I know it's a high bar, but it's still Williams.

My goodness, that's an upsetting list isn't it?

Definitely Williams was worse than any of that lot. Seriously.
Brought in at the end of the season to try and stave off relegation.
8 Games, 0 goals, in fact more red cards than goals which for a striker must be quite unique.

I'd actually nearly forgotten about his other actions on the pitch, the one abiding memory I have is his complete lack of ability, and a missed header with an open net from 2 yards out.

 

[Revolution]

Matin Kuhl (Hong Kong)!

Very close. It was Hong Kong, but it was loanee John Moore not Kuhl (who was not with us that season: he also ended up in Hong Kong though)

 

[I should coco]

Those old enough to vividly remember Williams, will be able to compile a list that makes that one look like a step-up.

I remember him well enough as my first game was 1970. Poor as he was, all the really shit players I can think of seem to have been in the last 7 or 8 years.

Many of the crap under Porterfield and McEwan were honest triers. Not good enough, definitely, but not as bad as total overpaid shite like Hammond.

I'm happy to be persuaded otherwise though, if you want to some other rubbish from the 80s.

 

[HodgysBrokenThumb]

Wally Downes. Wally Fucking Downes.

Are you looking for a job as Theresa May's speech-writer at the next election? 'Strong and stable' bombed last time, but she might like endlessly repeating 'Jeremy Corbyn. Jeremy Fucking Corbyn'.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

I remember him well enough as my first game was 1970. Poor as he was, all the really shit players I can think of seem to have been in the last 7 or 8 years.

Many of the crap under Porterfield and McEwan were honest triers. Not good enough, definitely, but not as bad as total overpaid shite like Hammond.

I'm happy to be persuaded otherwise though, if you want to some other rubbish from the 80s.

Hammond would always get on a list of worst ever, as you say because of the salary he was getting. But for sheer poor quality some of those through the late 70s and 80s were pretty bad.

 

[Pinchy]

Are you looking for a job as Theresa May's speech-writer at the next election? 'Strong and stable' bombed last time, but she might like endlessly repeating 'Jeremy Corbyn. Jeremy Fucking Corbyn'.

Oh, Jeremy Corbyn. Oh, Jeremy Corbyn...

 

[Pinchy]

Hammond would always get on a list of worst ever, as you say because of the salary he was getting. But for sheer poor quality some of those through the late 70s and 80s were pretty bad.

Dennis Longhorn. Dennis Fucking Longhorn.