Obscure players you probably don't rememember

[awblade]

Done played more than a handful of games for us I think,and managed a goal away somewhere,I canny remember when or where though.Wrexham rings a bell.

My dad keeps calling Matty Done, Ben Doane. So he definitely hasn't forgotten

 

[Balham]

Hao Haidong. Signed (for £1!) purely to further our Chinese interests

 

[coaxingstar71]

Charlie Hartfield.

I was once involved in a road rage incident with him and he shouted "fat bast@rd" at me, never liked him, despite him being right!

 

[coaxingstar71]

Mark Rankine. Didn't Paul Parker have a spell with us at the end of his career or am I imagining that?

One of my fave trivia questions is which former Blade was a member of the 1990 England World Cup Squad.

 

[coaxingstar71]

Julian Broddle.

Without consulting tinterweb, I think he played one game at home to Halifax Town on 28th December 1981 in Division 4 game that ended 2-2. Never played for us again if memory serves.

 

[Darren]

Julian Broddle.

Without consulting tinterweb, I think he played one game at home to Halifax Town on 28th December 1981 in Division 4 game that ended 2-2. Never played for us again if memory serves.

All correct except it was 2nd January 1982

 

[georgebernardshaw]

Des Thompson

 

[BusheyBlade]

Jean Phillipe Javary

Absolutely loved him when he played for us. Wasn't he once highly rated at Barcelona?

 

[BusheyBlade]

Frank Talia

Didn't he once have a rather nasty injury involving his "man parts" and another player's studs?

 

[BusheyBlade]

Mark Beard

 

[BladeFisher]

Sal Bibbo

Ah big Sal. Known as Aunt to his mates.

Went out on loan to the Spireites then Northern Irish club Ards before migrating south to the Biscuitmen (munch, munch) where he played his last game on 17th February 1998 away at the Stadium of Shite.

Incidentally played against the Blades four days prior in our 1-0 win over them in the FA Cup.

 

[BladeFisher]

Mark Beard

Ended up playing for Stevenage where he finished in 2007. Had 3 spells with Sarfend.

 

[BladeFisher]

Didn't he once have a rather nasty injury involving his "man parts" and another player's studs?

Ended up at Wycombe in 2007. Nicknamed Squirrel as a consequence.

 

[Tyler Durden]

Didn't he once have a rather nasty injury involving his "man parts" and another player's studs?

Having a name like Talia and damaging ones bollocks.

There's a great joke in there somewhere!

 

[Liaminho9]

Dominic iorfa

When did he ever play for us?

Came through Southend's Academy and transferred to Wolves at an early age.

 

[BushBlade]

Absolutely loved him when he played for us. Wasn't he once highly rated at Barcelona?

No. He was at Espanol, who are a Barcalona club but didn't play for their first team. Are you thinking of Suffo?

 

[PokerBlade]

Have you changed your mind about Lie Tie?

Ha. Browser went crazy and didn't think it had posted, so I rewrote it.

 

[Tyler Durden]

You've got to love Adidas and their bullshit endorsement of United

 

[Tyler Durden]

You've got to love Adidas and their bullshit endorsement of United

Oh bollocks, wrong thread.

 

[judge]

When did he ever play for us?

Came through Southend's Academy and transferred to Wolves at an early age.

Not this one
We had him on trial from royal antwep in bassets days he was rapid and I was desperate for us to sign him
We didn't and he went on to qpr and eventually obscurity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Iorfa

 

[Tyler Durden]

Andy Dibble.

 

[Yakblade]

Earl Barrett
Tony Battersby
Scott Fitzgerald
Steve Hawes
Des Hamilton
James Thomas
Jean-Manuel Thetis (or did I dream this one?)
Andy Woodward
and the very tasty (sorry) Benoit Croissant

 

[The Crab]

Andy Dibble.

Andy Goram too.

 

[BladeFisher]

Julian Broddle.

Played or should I say signed for 11 clubs and only played for 4 of them. Is that some kind of record?

 

[robbiez666]

Is this the Mark Beard thread?

 

[Lee Baxter]

If we're allowed to count loans I'd throw Goran Slavkovski's name into the mix. Billed as the second coming of Ibrahimovic when he was at Malmo**, made his Serie A debut at 17, never played for their first team again and came on loan to us a couple of years later. Don't remember him ever sniffing the first team and is now plying his trade in the 6th division of swedish football.**

**The ever reliable Wikipedia.

 

[Jan Age]

Absolutely loved him when he played for us. Wasn't he once highly rated at Barcelona?

I too thought he looked good we got him from Plymouth I think but there was interest from Barca when he was younger.

Think we were all lined up to sign him but something went off, collapse of ITV Digital?

 

[1973Blade]

Absolutely loved him when he played for us. Wasn't he once highly rated at Barcelona?

Scored a goal and played well when we won 3-0 at Watford.

 

[coaxingstar71]

All correct except it was 2nd January 1982

Quite right! I was there aged 11 and remember the snow being piled up along the touchlines, the pitch was like a skating rink and as happened at home to Hereford on the opening day, we threw away a two goal lead to draw 2-2.

 

[IMABLADE]

Jon Cofie and David Mcallister