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General Category => Altrincham FC First Team => Topic started by: andrewflynn on December 09, 2015, 09:58:07 AM
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You're tasked with immortalising one Altrincham legend with a statue outside the ground. Who do you choose and why?
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Jackie Swindles for obvious reasons
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Jackie Swindles for obvious reasons
See that's who I'd have said but I'm obviously not of the era. Interesting to see if people think differently.
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Obviously it's hypothetical but you can't have anyone from this era because they have won nothing I'm not knocking them for that times have changed
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Jackie Swindles, no contest👍😀
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Jackie Swindells without a doubt
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For the sake of the thread, I'll change the question slightly.
You have to pick three, much like Old Trafford's "Holy Trinity" of Best, Law and Charlton.
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Jeff Johnson is number 2 for me
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For me it'd be Swindells, Coburn, and somebody from the time in between.
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Michael Jackson because there's one going cheap in Fulham
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Michael Jackson because there's one going cheap in Fulham
It's in the national football museum next to Victoria now.
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There is an argument for Noel White, Peter Swales and Freddie Pye
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Tony Sanders three ways.
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Kenny
George Heslop
Maddog
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There is an argument for Noel White, Peter Swales and Freddie Pye
Seconded. But I think honourable mentions should also go to Roy Rees, Tony Sanders and John King.
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Tony Sanders three ways.
id agree as he led Alty in their best era
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There is an argument for Noel White, Peter Swales and Freddie Pye
Good call.. As you know, I am of that era. Noel & Pete also had a decent record shop in Alty ... Freddie was a scrap metal dealer... we had some good players back in those days...
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Barry Diamond, Barry Crowe and Neru McKenzie
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Paul showler , kingy, mickey hayde
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Barry Diamond, Barry Crowe and Neru McKenzie
Is that the Barry Diamond who played for Rochdale (and County) in the 80s?
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Surely Graham Heathcote would have to be condidered.
Whereas Best, Law and Charlton were exceptional and did stand out from the rest, Alty has many, many greats in so many different ways from Swindells goalscoring to Heathcotes longevity in many roles, from Saunders management to Kings grit, leadership and determination, from Swales and Whites chairmanship to that of Goodwin and Rowley, from Davisons great consistency and record international appearances to Coburns brilliance and loyalty.
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Personal favourite - John King - although I can understand why some of the others were mentioned in preference :)
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Heathcote, King & Saunders or the Birch brothers & Hughie. Never saw Swindles so very hard to comment, of my era Ricky Harris, Stuart Coburn & Heathcote again.
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me because im a legend in my own mind 8) 8)
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Duncan if he goes on to play for England, moves to a top Premier league club and we end up with a major sell on clause windfall enabling a push towards the play offs/football league.
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If it had to be any one individual then Noel White for me. The success when he was chairman over two decades is unparalleled here. Its telling that he left us for the top club in the land at that time and, when he did go, we entered a slow gradual decline.
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Barry Diamond, Barry Crowe and Neru McKenzie
Is that the Barry Diamond who played for Rochdale (and County) in the 80s?
Dunno scored an overhead kick in his first game vs northwich and then was rubbish
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Mark Maddox
John King
Stuart Coburn
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Mad dog. Full stop.
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Could we have clarification on this.
The question was a legend.
Then it was three.
Now are we saying, we just ain't talking about players.
If it's not just players, we could put, Jenny & George Heslop, Keith Davey, Jack Thorpe etc.
I'm totally confused!?!?!?!?,
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Chris Senior
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Chris Senior
But what if the statue disappears? We will all be asking where the Chris Senior statue is!
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There are that many candidates that have been suggested. We should put a statue up of all of them. It will be like the terracotta army on parade up Moss Lane :D
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There are that many candidates that have been suggested. We should put a statue up of all of them. It will be like the terracotta army on parade up Moss Lane :D
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Ha Ha Ha, nice one Ray👍😀
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Could we have clarification on this.
The question was a legend.
Then it was three.
Now are we saying, we just ain't talking about players.
If it's not just players, we could put, Jenny & George Heslop, Keith Davey, Jack Thorpe etc.
I'm totally confused!?!?!?!?,
My question was one, when it was quickly established that Swindells was a likely answer for everyone I changed it to three for the sake of the thread serving a purpose.
An Altrincham legend, obviously, doesn't have to be a player. Managers and club figures certainly.
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Could we have clarification on this.
The question was a legend.
Then it was three.
Now are we saying, we just ain't talking about players.
If it's not just players, we could put, Jenny & George Heslop, Keith Davey, Jack Thorpe etc.
I'm totally confused!?!?!?!?,
My question was one, when it was quickly established that Swindells was a likely answer for everyone I changed it to three for the sake of the thread serving a purpose.
An Altrincham legend, obviously, doesn't have to be a player. Managers and club figures certainly.
Thank you for that😀
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Pick your own crappest player, build a feck off big statue and think about how crap some of the Unihond years were. Use it to motivate the club!
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A Terra Cotter army isn't a bad idea and would be a first for a football club. It would be a striking display but relatively cheap to produce. Head and shoulders would do it.
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A Terra Cotter army isn't a bad idea and would be a first for a football club. It would be a striking display but relatively cheap to produce. Head and shoulders would do it.
Terry Cotter? Does he play in defence?
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A Terra Cotter army isn't a bad idea and would be a first for a football club. It would be a striking display but relatively cheap to produce. Head and shoulders would do it.
Terry Cotter? Does he play in defence?
Yeah, very static. But off the field he's got his feet well and truly on the ground.
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LOL. It would make a great frieze though on the outside of the main stand.
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Ive sent my application off to be in the next series of The Great Pottery Throwdown
Watch this space ;)
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I still remember turning up at Weymouth for the Trophy Quarter Finl in 76-77 to discover they were nicknamed the Terracotta's, usually abbreviated to Terras. And a neat link between this thread and Saturday's game!
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A Terra Cotter army isn't a bad idea and would be a first for a football club. It would be a striking display but relatively cheap to produce. Head and shoulders would do it.
Terry Cotter? Does he play in defence?
Isn't Chris Senior his masseur?
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To do justice to our famous club despite my deep love for Jackie Swindells I think that a group bronze of the 1978 Trophy Winning Squad with Tony Sanders & Warbie would best sum our club up. So many greats there... the finest Non League team ever to have played the game. That day was and will remain the best football day of my life.
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How about one of Bernard Taylor, a truly great man and a club legend. Some of my best moments supporting Alty were down to him.
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Thread served its purpose. Bit of midweek life into the forum.
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We could have a collage that gets added to on a monthly basis...perhaps on permiter fence on moss lane...then we can have all deserving cases from Kenny to kingy!!!
such as (https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQdbWi5KbWxL0RDRPfVnoqHAvkA1TNM07g9uZW-EYQCIs6PO6K3Ng)
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How about one of Bernard Taylor, a truly great man and a club legend. Some of my best moments supporting Alty were down to him.
yes and it would need to be of him stood at the doors of chequers letting us all in after an ALTY win
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or throwing me out !!! on a couple of occassions
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Damian Reeves or Stuart Coburn
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Peter eales another great alty goalkeeper
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or throwing me out !!! on a couple of occassions
funny
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We could have a collage that gets added to on a monthly basis...perhaps on permiter fence on moss lane...then we can have all deserving cases from Kenny to kingy!!!
such as (https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQdbWi5KbWxL0RDRPfVnoqHAvkA1TNM07g9uZW-EYQCIs6PO6K3Ng)
I like this!
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I don't particularly as I watch Alty
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Jackie for me then Johnny Rogers