Interesting teams. McSporran was an interesting one for me. I seem to remember him being technically awful, but always had you on the edge of your seat with a moment of brilliance (Wolves away) - or simply burning past the opposition.
Did we own Ray Wilkins in the game he played for us against Luton? It certainly wasn't a loan because I think he was unattached. Has to be the biggest name we have ever signed surely?
@thecatwwfc said:
Interesting teams. McSporran was an interesting one for me. I seem to remember him being technically awful, but always had you on the edge of your seat with a moment of brilliance (Wolves away) - or simply burning past the opposition.
Did we own Ray Wilkins in the game he played for us against Luton? It certainly wasn't a loan because I think he was unattached. Has to be the biggest name we have ever signed surely?
Has to be the biggest name for sure. But just for the single game.
I wonder who would be the biggest name to play a decent amount of games.
Perhaps Rob Lee? Around 40 games and had 20+ England caps.
@thecatwwfc said:
Interesting teams. McSporran was an interesting one for me. I seem to remember him being technically awful, but always had you on the edge of your seat with a moment of brilliance (Wolves away) - or simply burning past the opposition.
Did we own Ray Wilkins in the game he played for us against Luton? It certainly wasn't a loan because I think he was unattached. Has to be the biggest name we have ever signed surely?
Has to be the biggest name for sure. But just for the single game.
I wonder who would be the biggest name to play a decent amount of games.
Perhaps Rob Lee? Around 40 games and had 20+ England caps.
@thecatwwfc said:
Interesting teams. McSporran was an interesting one for me. I seem to remember him being technically awful, but always had you on the edge of your seat with a moment of brilliance (Wolves away) - or simply burning past the opposition.
Did we own Ray Wilkins in the game he played for us against Luton? It certainly wasn't a loan because I think he was unattached. Has to be the biggest name we have ever signed surely?
Has to be the biggest name for sure. But just for the single game.
I wonder who would be the biggest name to play a decent amount of games.
Perhaps Rob Lee? Around 40 games and had 20+ England caps.
Neil Lennon up there for sure
Gary Doherty
You could put up a case for re-signing Steve Guppy
Michael Duberry
Gary Ablett (loan I think?)
Steve Clarridge
Cyrille Regis
Guy Whittingham
Leon Knight
Stuart Nethercott
Gary Holt
Ed Savage because he played Ian Beale's son in Eastenders??
Got to be Cyril Regis surely? 140 top flight goals at a time when the English league was the strongest in Europe. Insanely only won 5 England caps. Adored by fans everywhere, despite playing for three big rivals.
Mine is a bit 90s heavy. I was tempted to put on a McGleish and Akinfenwa strike partnership though the guile of Garner and Devine (pre-mysterious knee injury) would be an absolute joy to behold.
Taylor
Lawrence
McCarthy
Stewart
Jacobson
Carrol
Ryan
Brown
Guppy
Garner
Devine
Subs:
Hyde
Evans
Bell
Simpson
Betsy
Akinfenwa
McCleary
@thecatwwfc said:
Interesting teams. McSporran was an interesting one for me. I seem to remember him being technically awful, but always had you on the edge of your seat with a moment of brilliance (Wolves away) - or simply burning past the opposition.
Did we own Ray Wilkins in the game he played for us against Luton? It certainly wasn't a loan because I think he was unattached. Has to be the biggest name we have ever signed surely?
Has to be the biggest name for sure. But just for the single game.
I wonder who would be the biggest name to play a decent amount of games.
Perhaps Rob Lee? Around 40 games and had 20+ England caps.
Neil Lennon up there for sure
Gary Doherty
You could put up a case for re-signing Steve Guppy
Michael Duberry
Gary Ablett (loan I think?)
Steve Clarridge
Cyrille Regis
Guy Whittingham
Leon Knight
Stuart Nethercott
Gary Holt
Ed Savage because he played Ian Beale's son in Eastenders??
Gary Albert good shout, I think was about 1-2 months. Didn’t we have David Kerslake too or am I making that up?
Ok, so I ended up down a rabbit hole. I listed all the players I can remember who played to an outstanding level regularly when playing in League One or League Two or were Championship standard in our Championship season. Brackets of the league I felt each player had their best season for us.
I started watching Wycombe regularly since the 00/01 season so apologies to the players like Jason Cousins/Dave Carroll. I didn't see you at your best.
They've got a star if they met the criteria for 3+ seasons from my memory.
Goalkeepers
Martin Taylor (League One)*
Nikki Bull (League Two)
David Stockdale (Championship)
Ryan Allsop (League One)
Jamal Blackman (League Two)
Matt Ingram (League Two)
Barry Richardson (League Two)
Right Backs
Jack Grimmer (Championship)
Danny Senda (League One)*
Jason McCarthy (League One)
Russell Martin (League Two)
Sido Jombati (League Two)
Michael Harriman (League Two)
Left Backs
Joe Jacobson (Championship)*
Jordan Obita (League One)
Chris Vinnicombe (League One)
Craig Woodman (League Two)
Andy Sandell (League Two
Centre Backs
Alfie Mawson (League Two)
Josh Knight (Championship)
Anthony Stewart (Championship)*
Darius Charles (League One)
Ryan Tafazolli (Championship)
Aaron Pierre (League Two)*
Paul McCarthy (League One)
Jamie Bates (League One)
Roger Johnson (League Two)
Mike Williamson (League Two)*
Will Antwi (League Two)
Leon Johnson (League Two)
Central midfielders
Curtis Thompson (Championship)*
Tommy Doherty (League Two)
Josh Scowen (League One)*
Dominic Gape (League One)*
Dennis Adeniran (Championship)
Luke O'Nien (League Two)*
Nico Yennaris (League Two)
Michael Simpson (League One)
Scott Donnelly (League Two)
Dannie Bulman (League One)
Rob Lee (League Two)
Keith Ryan (League One)
Matt Bloomfield (League One)
Scott Davies (League Two)
Wide men
Fred Onyedinma (Championship)*
Kevin Betsy (League Two)*
Gareth Ainsworth (League Two)
Darren Currie (League One)
Garath McCleary (Championship)
Joel Grant (League Two)
Paris Cowan-Hall (League Two)*
Matt Phillips (League Two)
David Wheeler (League One)
Steve Brown (League One)
Kadeem Harris (League Two)
Jordon Ibe (League Two)
Jermaine McSporran (League One)
@thecatwwfc said:
Interesting teams. McSporran was an interesting one for me. I seem to remember him being technically awful, but always had you on the edge of your seat with a moment of brilliance (Wolves away) - or simply burning past the opposition.
Did we own Ray Wilkins in the game he played for us against Luton? It certainly wasn't a loan because I think he was unattached. Has to be the biggest name we have ever signed surely?
Has to be the biggest name for sure. But just for the single game.
I wonder who would be the biggest name to play a decent amount of games.
Perhaps Rob Lee? Around 40 games and had 20+ England caps.
Cyrille Regis, surely.
Debated it, but Rob Lee has 4 times the England caps and played got bigger clubs.
We got Regis slightly younger.
What do others think? Cyrille presented trophies at one of my teams awards once so I have an affinity to him, but maybe its an age thing. His best days were before my time, whereas Lee was a high profile prem player when I was watching.
@thecatwwfc said:
How good was David Farrell too? Forgot about him
For us? Not particularly I didn't think?
I remember a fanzine of the time describing him as the biggest wet weekend ever.
One of a list of Smith signings that didn't really do it consistently. Williams, Farnell, Rowbotham.
He brought Mccarthy in though, so not entirely bad.
Farrell was one of the first lower league players to wear coloured boots. I’m sure he was clobbered extra hard every week as a result. Opposition fans certainly used to notice and run him for it.
Farrell's direct corner at the Manor ground, where the keeper called for it, the PNL defender on the near post ducked under it, and it went straight in, was one of the few notable things he achieved in a Wanderers shirt.
But he looked half decent when he came back to torment us in a Peterborough top.
Comments
Blackman
S. Taylor
Mawson
Williamson
JJ
Cousins
Scowen
Saunders
Eze
Tyson
Bayo
Well that's four changes you're going to need to make.
The opening poster probably should have put the non loanees bit in brackets on the title...
Martin Taylor
Matty Lawrence
Alfie Mawson
Mike Williamson
Joe Jacobson
Gareth McCleary
Steve Thompson
Josh Scowen
Steve Guppy
Sam Vokes
Sean Devine
SUBS
David Stockdale
Mickey Bell
Terry Evans
Keith Ryan
Dave Carroll
Darren Currie
Nathan Tyson
Tommy Mooney
Major headache over Devine or Tyson, but just imagine Devine and Vokes getting service from Guppy and GMac with JJ / Bell and Lawrence behind them!
If no loaners then Evans for Mawson and Cousins on the bench.
Interesting teams. McSporran was an interesting one for me. I seem to remember him being technically awful, but always had you on the edge of your seat with a moment of brilliance (Wolves away) - or simply burning past the opposition.
Did we own Ray Wilkins in the game he played for us against Luton? It certainly wasn't a loan because I think he was unattached. Has to be the biggest name we have ever signed surely?
Has to be the biggest name for sure. But just for the single game.
I wonder who would be the biggest name to play a decent amount of games.
Perhaps Rob Lee? Around 40 games and had 20+ England caps.
Yves Makabu-Ma-Kalambay was a pretty big name
Cyrille Regis, surely.
Neil Lennon up there for sure
Gary Doherty
You could put up a case for re-signing Steve Guppy
Michael Duberry
Gary Ablett (loan I think?)
Steve Clarridge
Cyrille Regis
Guy Whittingham
Leon Knight
Stuart Nethercott
Gary Holt
Ed Savage because he played Ian Beale's son in Eastenders??
Akinfenwa
Got to be Cyril Regis surely? 140 top flight goals at a time when the English league was the strongest in Europe. Insanely only won 5 England caps. Adored by fans everywhere, despite playing for three big rivals.
Mine is a bit 90s heavy. I was tempted to put on a McGleish and Akinfenwa strike partnership though the guile of Garner and Devine (pre-mysterious knee injury) would be an absolute joy to behold.
Taylor
Lawrence
McCarthy
Stewart
Jacobson
Carrol
Ryan
Brown
Guppy
Garner
Devine
Subs:
Hyde
Evans
Bell
Simpson
Betsy
Akinfenwa
McCleary
How good was David Farrell too? Forgot about him
He was quality. Although only for about 65 minutes every 10 matches from memory.
Gary Albert good shout, I think was about 1-2 months. Didn’t we have David Kerslake too or am I making that up?
Ok, so I ended up down a rabbit hole. I listed all the players I can remember who played to an outstanding level regularly when playing in League One or League Two or were Championship standard in our Championship season. Brackets of the league I felt each player had their best season for us.
I started watching Wycombe regularly since the 00/01 season so apologies to the players like Jason Cousins/Dave Carroll. I didn't see you at your best.
They've got a star if they met the criteria for 3+ seasons from my memory.
Goalkeepers
Martin Taylor (League One)*
Nikki Bull (League Two)
David Stockdale (Championship)
Ryan Allsop (League One)
Jamal Blackman (League Two)
Matt Ingram (League Two)
Barry Richardson (League Two)
Right Backs
Jack Grimmer (Championship)
Danny Senda (League One)*
Jason McCarthy (League One)
Russell Martin (League Two)
Sido Jombati (League Two)
Michael Harriman (League Two)
Left Backs
Joe Jacobson (Championship)*
Jordan Obita (League One)
Chris Vinnicombe (League One)
Craig Woodman (League Two)
Andy Sandell (League Two
Centre Backs
Alfie Mawson (League Two)
Josh Knight (Championship)
Anthony Stewart (Championship)*
Darius Charles (League One)
Ryan Tafazolli (Championship)
Aaron Pierre (League Two)*
Paul McCarthy (League One)
Jamie Bates (League One)
Roger Johnson (League Two)
Mike Williamson (League Two)*
Will Antwi (League Two)
Leon Johnson (League Two)
Central midfielders
Curtis Thompson (Championship)*
Tommy Doherty (League Two)
Josh Scowen (League One)*
Dominic Gape (League One)*
Dennis Adeniran (Championship)
Luke O'Nien (League Two)*
Nico Yennaris (League Two)
Michael Simpson (League One)
Scott Donnelly (League Two)
Dannie Bulman (League One)
Rob Lee (League Two)
Keith Ryan (League One)
Matt Bloomfield (League One)
Scott Davies (League Two)
Wide men
Fred Onyedinma (Championship)*
Kevin Betsy (League Two)*
Gareth Ainsworth (League Two)
Darren Currie (League One)
Garath McCleary (Championship)
Joel Grant (League Two)
Paris Cowan-Hall (League Two)*
Matt Phillips (League Two)
David Wheeler (League One)
Steve Brown (League One)
Kadeem Harris (League Two)
Jordon Ibe (League Two)
Jermaine McSporran (League One)
Attacking midfielders
Sam Saunders (League Two)
Anis Mehmeti (Championship)
Sergio Torres (League Two)
Strikers
Nathan Tyson (League One)*
Adebayo Akinfenwa (League One/Championship)*
Stuart Beavon (League One)
Uche Ikpeazu (Championship)
Tommy Mooney (League Two)
Jermaine Easter (League Two)
Scott McGleish (League Two)
Sam Vokes (League One)
Andy Rammell (League One)
Admiral Muskwe (Championship)
Paul Hayes (League Two)
Brandon Hanlan (League One)
The autocorrect on my phone wants shooting for 'correcting' Dave Carroll's name in my previous post.
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How the hell did I forget about this guy ??
Prodigious effort @Bacon_Sandwich.
But no Dave Carroll, unless my eyes/powers of observation are really failing me.
Debated it, but Rob Lee has 4 times the England caps and played got bigger clubs.
We got Regis slightly younger.
What do others think? Cyrille presented trophies at one of my teams awards once so I have an affinity to him, but maybe its an age thing. His best days were before my time, whereas Lee was a high profile prem player when I was watching.
For us? Not particularly I didn't think?
I remember a fanzine of the time describing him as the biggest wet weekend ever.
One of a list of Smith signings that didn't really do it consistently. Williams, Farnell, Rowbotham.
He brought Mccarthy in though, so not entirely bad.
*not sure how that autocorrected to Farnell!
Farrell was one of the first lower league players to wear coloured boots. I’m sure he was clobbered extra hard every week as a result. Opposition fans certainly used to notice and run him for it.
Farrell's direct corner at the Manor ground, where the keeper called for it, the PNL defender on the near post ducked under it, and it went straight in, was one of the few notable things he achieved in a Wanderers shirt.
But he looked half decent when he came back to torment us in a Peterborough top.
Martin Taylor ( the very best Wycombe keeper).
Defence - Matt Lawrence - Alfie Mawson - Mike Williamson - Mickey Bell.
Midfield - Steve Brown, Eze, Keith Ryan
Forwards - Dave Carroll, Nathan Tyson, Steve Guppy.
Mason and Eze were never owned by Wycombe
Mawson.
Nick Freeman.
For anyone watching since the 90s, Dave Carroll is surely the first name on the sheet.