Author Topic: Albion players before your time you wish you had seen. (Read 9384 times)

divinewind · « **on:** June 10, 2015, 05:16:09 PM »

My Grandad used to go in the twenties and thirties, and he always said WG Richardson was better than Astle and Allen, so i would have loved to have seen him play.

I did see Allen and Barlow play but was too young to remember.

Who do you wish you had seen in the stripes?

kc56wba · « **Reply #1 on:** June 10, 2015, 05:18:56 PM »

Ted Sandford, he told me some stories about when he was a player in the 30's when he had his cafÃ© on The Birmingham Road.

BobTaylor · « **Reply #2 on:** June 10, 2015, 05:24:25 PM »

Laurie.

Londonbaggymike · « **Reply #3 on:** June 10, 2015, 05:30:53 PM »

The King, Bobby Hope, Ronnie Allen and Dereck Kevan.

miggybaggy · « **Reply #4 on:** June 10, 2015, 06:11:40 PM »

My old man and uncles always used to rave about Ray Barlow.

Floydy · « **Reply #5 on:** June 10, 2015, 06:22:59 PM »

Cunningham looked like a player.... was years before his time.

Osbourne for his antics with the brolly and cigarette

Willie Johnston- again another fast tricky wideman

Bomber - because he's a legend.

In fact, pretty much the who team under Atkinson's first reign

charliemike · « **Reply #6 on:** June 10, 2015, 06:29:53 PM »

Starting in 1963 I've seen them all since . Missed out on Kevan , Allen and Barlow . But I've seen astle , bomber and all that 68 side . Since then willie and Laurie and Regis , so I ain't done too bad .

Watton...! · « **Reply #7 on:** June 10, 2015, 06:33:58 PM »

Cunningham and willie Johnstone, love a winger

dont ask me to choose luv · « **Reply #8 on:** June 10, 2015, 06:42:47 PM »

Quote from: Floydy on June 10, 2015, 06:22:59 PM

Cunningham looked like a player.... was years before his time.

Osbourne for his antics with the brolly and cigarette

Wile - again another fast tricky wideman

Bomber - because he's a legend.

In fact, pretty much the who team under Atkinson's first reign

If its John Wile you're on about, I think its fair to say that description is slightly random

PsalmXXIII · « **Reply #9 on:** June 10, 2015, 06:57:27 PM »

Paul Crichton.

LiamTheBaggie · « **Reply #10 on:** June 10, 2015, 07:11:07 PM »

Astle, Bomber and Cunningham.

To be honest, I would do anything to go back in time and watch one game from the 1978 season.

LongBridge Baggie1 · « **Reply #11 on:** June 10, 2015, 07:11:26 PM »

I saw Laurie Cunningham once in the 70's when my Uncle Cyrille took me to The Shrine for the first time. Sadly I was too young to appreciate him. But I'm glad Cyrille did. He moved to Austrailia from Smethwick soon after, leaving me the only Baggie in the Family. Sadly passing a few years back, I'd hope Cyrille would be proud of what we are Today. Forgive an old fool reminicsing about his family but both are linked for me and I miss them both and I'll always remember them fondly

caravanc58 · « **Reply #12 on:** June 10, 2015, 07:17:05 PM »

Quote from: PsalmXXIII on June 10, 2015, 06:57:27 PM

Paul Crichton.

he's one player I wish I had never seen. thank god we signed alan miller.

caravanc58 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 10, 2015, 07:25:31 PM »

Quote from: LiamTheBaggie on June 10, 2015, 07:11:07 PM

Astle, Bomber and Cunningham.

To be honest, I would do anything to go back in time and watch one game from the 1978 season.

same here, best season ever for me and only lost 7 matches all season and only four of those away from home. just the uefa cup night matches alone were fantastic and not forgetting the thrashing of man utd away.

ChrisRedditch · « **Reply #14 on:** June 10, 2015, 07:38:15 PM »

This is a great thread - top marks!
Billy Bassett weaving his magic v Preston in the cup final.
John "Baldy" Reynolds because he had a great name
WG Richardson - Goal scoring legend
The 1954 team that just missed out on the double. They were something special.

PsalmXXIII · « **Reply #15 on:** June 10, 2015, 07:39:11 PM »

Quote from: caravanc58 on June 10, 2015, 07:17:05 PM

he's one player I wish I had never seen. thank god we signed alan miller.

I'm kidding I did see him play, 1996 was my first season and my first Albion hero was Alan Miller. I was a goalie at the time for my under 7s team and loved him. Apparently when I was a kid Paul Crichton spoke to me at some Albion event and gave me goalkeeping tips. I moved to centre half not long after!

I'd love to have seen the usual legends spoken about here as that's a given, but if I could pick someone JUST out of my reach it'd be Ally Robertson purely because I'm named after him

Greenock Baggie · « **Reply #16 on:** June 10, 2015, 08:00:08 PM »

W G Richardson and Tommy Glidden

OldburyWBA · « **Reply #17 on:** June 10, 2015, 08:07:42 PM »

Would love to have seen some of the greats, Ronnie Allen, Billy Bassett, Jeff Astle, WG Richardson, Tommy Glidden and just some of the games from the title winning side of 1920, the 1954 side and loads more

Albionic · « **Reply #18 on:** June 10, 2015, 08:18:40 PM »

Quote from: dont ask me to choose luv on June 10, 2015, 06:42:47 PM

If its John Wile you're on about, I think its fair to say that description is slightly random

suspect its Willie, not wile

cads_ap_albion · « **Reply #19 on:** June 10, 2015, 08:36:57 PM »

Wee Willie and Cunningham - i love wingers and I would love to have seen them play.

Bobby Hope - my dad (sadly departed) even as a Wolf supporter used to go to the Albion to watch Bobby Hope because he loved his passing so much and always said he was the bext passer of the ball he ever saw and he was brought up on the very successful Wolves teams....

Albionic · « **Reply #20 on:** June 10, 2015, 08:58:12 PM »

I met Ray Barlow as an older man and he was a real gent, i would love to have seen him play.

Xpresso · « **Reply #21 on:** June 10, 2015, 09:04:41 PM »

Ray Barlow had a Brunt-like left foot but was a much better all round player. I had a friend, sadly no longer with us, who watched the great Blackpool side of the 1950s, with players like Matthews, Mudie and Mortensen. He reckoned Ray Barlow was the best midfielder of his generation by a country mile.

dont ask me to choose luv · « **Reply #22 on:** June 10, 2015, 09:08:08 PM »

Quote from: Albionic on June 10, 2015, 08:18:40 PM

suspect its Willie, not wile

Yeah that would make more sense

caravanc58 · « **Reply #23 on:** June 10, 2015, 09:19:34 PM »

Quote from: PsalmXXIII on June 10, 2015, 07:39:11 PM

I'm kidding I did see him play, 1996 was my first season and my first Albion hero was Alan Miller. I was a goalie at the time for my under 7s team and loved him. Apparently when I was a kid Paul Crichton spoke to me at some Albion event and gave me goalkeeping tips. I moved to centre half not long after!

I'd love to have seen the usual legends spoken about here as that's a given, but if I could pick someone JUST out of my reach it'd be Ally Robertson purely because I'm named after him

Heard it all now, Crichton giving goalkeeping tips its no wonder Blackpool got relegated he's their goalkeeping coach.
Ally was a mean tight fisted jock, when I was young we used to do penny for the guy outside The Four In Hand pub where all the Albion players drank, they all gave generously except Ally, he threw our Guy Fawke on the roof.

saml30 · « **Reply #24 on:** June 10, 2015, 09:49:43 PM »

Regis and Cunningham are the first two that spring to mind and then there's Bryan Robson just because I would like to see what all the fuss was about