Favourite Cult heroes in football

major bill

thought this would be a good thread to start up, if its been done many times before then feel free to delete the thread.

everyclub has had cult heroes down the years, types of players that turn up for a season and would automatically win the hearts of the fans players with brilliant personalitys and maybe fierce tempers that ye just love to watch. the likes of jimmy bullard who might not be the best player but who's just a funny nutter that everyone likes.

this is well before my time but robin friday would have to be up there for pure crazyness and brilliance he only lasted 4 years in professional football but still played enough to be recognised by both reading and cardiff as been there cult hero of all time.

anyone got anymore??????

CHD

Mourinho. Legend.

Nalz

eh Jimmy Bullard is a very good footballer imo

Anderson at Manchester United. Under achieved especially in his second and now third season.

Kevin Hunt, he was a class player and all the fans loved him. Great captain

Xavi6

The Goat

yabadabado

major bill wrote: »

thought this would be a good thread to start up, if its been done many times before then feel free to delete the thread.

everyclub has had cult heroes down the years, types of players that turn up for a season and would automatically win the hearts of the fans players with brilliant personalitys and maybe fierce tempers that ye just love to watch. the likes of jimmy bullard who might not be the best player but who's just a funny nutter that everyone likes.

this is well before my time but robin friday would have to be up there for pure crazyness and brilliance he only lasted 4 years in professional football but still played enough to be recognised by both reading and cardiff as been there cult hero of all time.

anyone got anymore??????

there is a brilliant book about him i read it a few years back.by all accounts he could/should have been a top player but never made it beyond playing in the old 2nd division.some great stories in the book, pure headcase.

argosy2006

Dennis Erwin, brilliant personality and fierce temper

Gillington

Xavi6 wrote: »

The Goat

Or Georgi!

major bill

yabadabado wrote: »

there is a brilliant book about him i read it a few years back.by all accounts he could/should have been a top player but never made it beyond playing in the old 2nd division.some great stories in the book, pure headcase.

ive ordered his book looking forward to reading it, ive heard some stories about him sounds like a headcase:)

wicklowwonder

Tony yeboah at leeds legend....

OPENROAD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX3jd_aiVjs

Smegball

Diego Forlan

lordgoat

Kings: Law and Cantona

Seaneh

Serginho!

Reganio 2

Stevie Finnan :cool:
Peter Crouch
Sami Hyypia
Sean Dundee... what a man.

Jazzy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_F3PWGr2jg

Jordonvito

The man,the legend . . . . Gary Breen. And Glen Whelean is a hero

The_Kew_Tour

Frank Sauzee at Hibernian

Mr.Nice Guy

Keith O'Neill.

argosy2006

Tino asprilla is a cult hero at newcastle, even though he was there a short time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPGe9OrT53Y

Mezcita

Brian Deane at Leeds. Probably because he gave me a wave while I was in the middle of the Chelsea end after they were giving him loads of grief.

SligoBrewer

Tony Fagan.
Danny Ventre.

Raf could have easily have been one.

m@cc@

Surely Gazza is the ultimate cult hero. Even opposition fans loved him.

Hank_Jones

This guy:

wicklowwonder

Biggest irish cult hero must be terry phelan!!

MementoMori

I'm sticking with you,
Bruno Cheyrou,
Bruno Cheyrou.

Him and EEEEEEEEEEEEEEGORE Biscan

There are occasions when I think GED did his best to usurp Souness's record in terms of buying ****ehouse players.

Very few people recognise just how bad GED left Liverpool.

MementoMori

wicklowwonder wrote: »

Biggest irish cult hero must be terry phelan!!

Zooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmm

Shaft Fast muta****a.

Reganio 2

MementoMori wrote: »

Him and EEEEEEEEEEEEEEGORE Biscan

There are occasions when I think GED did his best to usurp Souness's record in terms of buying ****ehouse players.

Very few people recognise just how bad GED left Liverpool.

People don't realise how awesome Igor was when we won the Champions League. He was amazing all through that Champions League :cool:

artanevilla

Tommy Hitzlsperger.
Olof Melberg.
JP Angel.
Kevin Hunt.
Fergal Harkin.
Brian Murphy.

kryogen

Who could forget, Nayim from the half way line! Nayim from the half way line!

Reganio 2

kryogen wrote: »

Who could forget, Nayim from the half way line! Nayim from the half way line!

No it wasnt it was

Nnnnaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy oooooooooohhhhhhhh what a goal.

riflehunter77

Duncan Ferguson

MementoMori

Reganio 2 wrote: »

People don't realise how awesome Igor was when we won the Champions League. He was amazing all through that Champions League :cool:

There are times when I actually sit back and doubt that Liverpool actually actually won the Champions League that year. You only need to look at the list of players who played for Liverpool that season and it's blatantly obvious just how awesome Rafa is. Looking at the squad and you can see there isn't a hope in hell that SAF, Mourinho, Wenger, Hiddink, Ancelloti, and anyone else you can care to mention could have won a Champions League with those player. Rafa is a golden God. Anyone who doubts him hasn't a clue imo.

Reganio 2

MementoMori wrote: »

There are times when I actually sit back and doubt that Liverpool actually actually won the Champions League that year. You only need to look at the list of players who played for Liverpool that season and it's blatantly obvious just how awesome Rafa is. Looking at the squad and you can see there isn't a hope in hell that SAF, Mourinho, Wenger, Hiddink, Ancelloti, and anyone else you can care to mention could have won a Champions League with those player. Rafa is a golden God. Anyone who doubts him hasn't a clue imo.

But then given the chance to bring in his own players he fails miserably. I have a clue and I don't like him although I never have even before he got the job so I am biased.

MementoMori

Reganio 2 wrote: »

But then given the chance to bring in his own players he fails miserably. I have a clue and I don't like him although I never have even before he got the job so I am biased.

Check out his actual spending and how he really does in the transfer market as opposed to how the media spin it and you might be massively surprised.

In my opinion the only manager who has a better strike record in the transfer market is Wenger and part of that is the fact that Arsenal's board have consistently backed Wenger whereas for a large part of his tenure Rafa has been battling against the board to get his signings in.

Check out just how utterly ****e the squad he inherited was.

Check out how much his actual net spend is and how much he jhas done to repair the damage done by previous managers.

Feck it Rafa is probably a cult hero for those who actually genuinely support Liverpool and understand just how bad things were when he took over.

Reganio 2

I actually genuinely support Liverpool but their are 2 sides to it. How bad could the team be that won the Champions League. Its obviously hard to compare them as you have to factor in age and all that business (IE. Hyypia in 05 is better than Skrtel now, but you have to make the change as Hyypia is to old) I am just not a fan of Benitez its as simple as that, think he plays the innocent victim an awful lot.

m@cc@

MementoMori wrote: »

Looking at the squad and you can see there isn't a hope in hell that SAF, Mourinho, Wenger, Hiddink, Ancelloti, and anyone else you can care to mention could have won a Champions League with those player.

Especially Mourinho, thankfully he had millions to spend at Porto. The same goes for Hiddink at PSV.

Jordonvito

m@cc@ wrote: »

Especially Mourinho, thankfully he had millions to spend at Porto. The same goes for Hiddink at PSV.

Ahh now lads lay off Gus, look at the job he done with a limited south korea and Australia, not to mention Russia

m@cc@

Jordonvito wrote: »

Ahh now lads lay off Gus, look at the job he done with a limited south korea and Australia, not to mention Russia

That was sarcasm.

larchielads

who are ye callin a cult?!!!:pac:

PeteEd

Cult Hero!
At home in Antrim the gable walls have been re-painted with the words
HEALY IS GOD

Enough said

Jesus Wept

PeteEd

riflehunter77 wrote: »

Duncan Ferguson

Drunken Ferguson

Hank_Jones

Bruce Grobbelaar

Xavi6

PeteEd wrote: »

Drunken Ferguson

AKA The Tampon - in for a week, out for a month.

PeteEd

Xavi6 wrote: »

AKA The Tampon - in for a week, out for a month.

and never a head better for a bit of blood

Jordonvito

m@cc@ wrote: »

That was sarcasm.

it is very early in the morning, and was mostly meant meant at the lad you quoted, il stop digging now

Pure_Cork

.....of the last decade.....
Dan Murray & Danny Murphy & Neal Horgan & Mick Devine & Colin T. O'Brien

Helix

SALIFOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU

L'prof

MementoMori wrote: »

In my opinion the only manager who has a better strike record in the transfer market is Wenger and part of that is the fact that Arsenal's board have consistently backed Wenger

They come out publicly and say that Wenger has money to spend but are they actually backing him? He always had a small amount to spend, never as much as Benitez did initially (I know that's changed in the last couple of years because of the Americans) and now, since the move to the Emirates, he's made a profit of about £28m!

Always loved Kanu:

Saint_Mel

Rod De Khors

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykp9m_zG6K8