Guest oa_exile Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I thought forrest gump was a great player, he used to fly into some cracking challenges, how old was he when he had to retire Born 28-11-1974 , retired in 2000 .........so about 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oa_exile Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Andy Gorton? Played for Stockport and Lincoln after us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footy68 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Are you sure he played Andy. He may have been signed but did he play? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oa_exile Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 That up and coming star that Liverpool bought- Harrison I think- who got injured before he could ever play for thr scousers. That is a good shout he only played five times for the Latics before his £250K move to Liverpool in 1985. Had injury after injury and never played for the 1st team , retired in 1991. Harrison might be the only sportsman to retire having had more operations (23) than years (22). He was the most expensive teenager in the world, at £250,000, when Liverpool signed him from Oldham in 1985. Aged 17, he had only made five first-team appearances, but had ransacked Liverpool in an FA Youth Cup tie at Anfield. Oldham won 4-0 and the Liverpool manager Joe Fagan was given the word. "You hear reports about a special player perhaps once in 20 years," he said. "That's why we bought him." The signing even made the nine o'clock news, but after that the only bulletins were of the medical variety. Harrison's grotesque misfortune began when he fell through a greenhouse, almost dying due to the loss of blood, and over the next few years he injured almost every part of his body. Finally, in May 1990, he shattered cruciate ligaments in his knee and that was that: he retired without playing a first-team game for Liverpool. His body was so damaged that, when he was granted a testimonial in 1992, he could not even hobble on for a cameo appearance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oa_exile Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Steve Edwards? went on to play for Crewe Alexandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oa_exile Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Are you sure he played Andy. He may have been signed but did he play? Bit of troving Martin , here goes : http://www.mossleyweb.com/PlayersAZ/AZG.htm Controversial former Oldham Athletic (26-0), Stockport County (48-0) and Lincoln City (20-0) goalkeeper signed from Witton Albion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EASTLEY Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 I think Andy Barlow and Roger Palmer are as close as your gonna get in recent times for one club players. I'm sure Nicky Henry would have stayed here as long as possible if Warnock hadn't sold him for Dougie Hodgson! That said I don't think I've seen him at BP since he left? I have - celebration Sunday in the box - top boy was there with his family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khlatics4ever Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Reading the ongoing thread speculating on Chris Taylors value it occured to me that, should we reach The Championship, he could well go on to be a one club player. Got me thinking....which one club players have we had? Probably loads if you go back long enough....I cant think of any though! Ian Wood? Did 'The Dodger' play in the City first team? Lets not include players who retired young or dropped out of the game.....Chris Hall for example! Andy Sweeney Ian Robins ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astottie Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Off topic - Have you read Redders autobiography??? Its like deja vue every chapter - "I didn't get on with the manager, he left me out for one game, so I told him that I wanted a transfer - I don't take being disrespected from anyone". Absolute tosh. yes i've read it and think your precis is spot on. One addition - the manager was wrong, I was right and my wife agreed with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lags Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I cant think of one Latics player that warrants mention to the topic header (thats not to say they dont exist) however, the only player I can think of is Matt Le tissier, maybe Giggs, thou with him bein red I want to discredit him with having loose ties to City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I strongly suspect Paul Scholes will finish as a one club player. Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oa_exile Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Andy Sweeney Ian Robins ? Sweeney went onto play for Rochdale and Robins for Bury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oa_exile Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I cant think of one Latics player that warrants mention to the topic header (thats not to say they dont exist) however, the only player I can think of is Matt Le tissier maybe Giggs, thou with him bein red I want to discredit him with having loose ties to City. You can add : Trevor Brooking Nat Lofthouse Tom Finney Jack Charlton Tony Adams Billy Wright to name but a few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentlats Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I strongly suspect Paul Scholes will finish as a one club player. Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville too. Tony Adams at the gooners! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 keith hicks ? john platt ? nick sinclair ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Keith Hicks played for Rochdale as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Non-Latics this, but Jim McDermott played 750 games for Grimsby over the course of 20 years, and only retired a season or two back. According to Wikipedia, there's only 17 players in the entire history of football who's played anywhere near that many all for one club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeykieran Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 I strongly suspect Paul Scholes will finish as a one club player. Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville too. Ryan Gigga & Neville absolutely. But Scholes?! No way he's coming to Oldham!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heath Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Paolo Maldini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oa_exile Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 keith hicks ? john platt ? nick sinclair ? Keith Hicks played for Rochdale as well. Hicks also played for Hereford Utd John Platt - Bury , originally signed from Ashton Utd Nick Sinclair - Tranmere Rovers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 (edited) Nick Sinclair - Tranmere Rovers Nick also played for Wolves. Suffered the dreaded career ending knee injury if I remember rightly. Used to work with him til a few years ago (in his post-football career...). Edited September 25, 2008 by garcon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Nick also played for Wolves. Actually, his spell at Wolves was a loan whilst at Oldham, also interrupted by injury. (Google is my friend...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oa_exile Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Non-Latics this, but Jim McDermott played 750 games for Grimsby over the course of 20 years, and only retired a season or two back. According to Wikipedia, there's only 17 players in the entire history of football who's played anywhere near that many all for one club. Could I have a link for that Jamie please These are players with most League appearances albeit with different clubs. Les Chapman is in the top twenty all time number of appearance list with 747 of which 263 for the Latics (two spells). Other ex Latics include Redders (790) Paul Futcher (698) Denis Irwin (682) and here is a good one Rob Lee (692) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oa_exile Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Nick also played for Wolves. Actually, his spell at Wolves was a loan whilst at Oldham, also interrupted by injury. (Google is my friend...) Talking to yourself I will ask you both just the once do you have Schizophrenia ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankly Mr Shankly Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Could I have a link for that Jamie please Sure. It was actually 640 league appearances for McDermott, though he's appeared 750 times in all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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