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Post by Russgas on Nov 26, 2015 19:38:04 GMT
Bob Newton was the biggest striker to play for us. He was the biggest c **t for sure.
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Post by pirate49 on Nov 26, 2015 19:46:25 GMT
Peter Hooper - 297 games - 101 goals!
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Post by Topper Gas on Nov 26, 2015 20:01:55 GMT
Tom Eaves in recent times?
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Post by timsburygas on Nov 26, 2015 20:19:53 GMT
Bannister, Randell, Lambert Hayles Roberts S.White Stephens Channon Saunders and Gary Mabbutt, started at centre forward, didn't score many but was a different class from the first game.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2015 20:20:44 GMT
Bob Newton was the biggest striker to play for us. He was the biggest c **t for sure. Mention him to a Chesterfield fan and he was their Geoff Bradford.
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Post by nailseagashead on Nov 26, 2015 22:28:57 GMT
Wayne Andrews! Why has no one mentioned him yet?
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Nov 27, 2015 9:49:57 GMT
Top 10 I've seen:
Lambert Penrice Stewart J.Taylor D.White Bailey Walker Hoskins G.Taylor Saunders
It's an odd list because I never saw Cureton, Hayles, Ellington, Roberts or Agogo, yet I saw the periods before and after.
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Post by hollyhillgas on Nov 27, 2015 11:13:07 GMT
If it's favourites, Archie Stephens is must for anyone who saw him play.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2015 13:15:33 GMT
Getting bored with all the speculation on here so decided to list my version of Rovers best 10 strikers over the years 1 Bradford 2 Biggs 3 Bannister 4 Warboys 5 Lambert 6 Randall 7Penrice 8 Ward 9 Mehew 10 Hayles 11 Stewart 12 Roberts 13 Cureton 14 Walker Sorry cant count,once I started it was hard to leave some out Wow thats an impressive list but I'd like to add Vic Lambden and Bobby Jones to the list, Joner was a striker when he first got in the side but later on was switched to the wing , probably because he was just about the quickest player we ever had. Lambden with 117 goals and the fourth highest ever scorer in the clubs history. I tried to stick to strikers hence no Jarman,Jones,Hooper,Taylor S..As for Vic Lambden one of our best centre halves in what was probably our greatest ever side and manager
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2015 13:17:32 GMT
Bob Newton was the biggest striker to play for us. He was the biggest c **t for sure. As a moderator you should be setting an example and not using that sort of language,There are plenty of words in the English language to describe people without resorting to profanity
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Post by biggsy on Nov 27, 2015 13:24:36 GMT
Wow thats an impressive list but I'd like to add Vic Lambden and Bobby Jones to the list, Joner was a striker when he first got in the side but later on was switched to the wing , probably because he was just about the quickest player we ever had. Lambden with 117 goals and the fourth highest ever scorer in the clubs history. I tried to stick to strikers hence no Jarman,Jones,Hooper,Taylor S..As for Vic Lambden one of our best centre halves in what was probably our greatest ever side and manager Lambden was a centre forward, Ray Warren was the centre half (he took the penalties too!)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2015 13:35:58 GMT
Of course he was,just having a senior moment.Did you ever get to watch that side,a bit special in any era,can you imagine having the choice of Lambden,Bradford,Biggs,and Roost,DC would be wetting himself with indecision
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Post by biggsy on Nov 27, 2015 13:52:32 GMT
Of course he was,just having a senior moment.Did you ever get to watch that side,a bit special in any era,can you imagine having the choice of Lambden,Bradford,Biggs,and Roost,DC would be wetting himself with indecision I saw most of them but Lambden and Warren were in their last season (1956)when I first started watching Rovers and the side was being rebuilt with Paddy Hale at Centre Half and the likes of Alfie Biggs ,Dai Ward and Barrie Meyer available to partner Bradford who ,and most people forget, was an inside forward until Lambden left and if that wasnt enough the manager also had wingers Petherbridge (85 goals) and Hooper (101 goals) to chip in with a bit of extra fire power!. A different era of course but they were a very special squad of players and a very special manager too!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2015 14:02:39 GMT
can you imagine transporting that side and manager through time to play for us now at the age they were then,you wouldn't need systems just count the goals
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Post by biggsy on Nov 27, 2015 15:48:23 GMT
my all time favourite forward line : Petherbridge Biggs Bradford Ward Hooper. By my reckoning 696 league goals between them!
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Post by justin blue on Nov 27, 2015 18:50:40 GMT
Andy Rammell deserves a mention, maybe not an all time great but a hero for his goals that saved us in 2003/4.
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