Favourite Cult heroes in football

Cool Running

Robbie Fowler
The man they called GOD

A true Liverpool cult hero that shook the Kop
From scoring the fastest hatrick in Premier League history against Arsenal to moments like the one below that lightened up matches. Banging in goals against Man United then walking of the pitch with two fingers up on one hand and four up on the other hand to symbolise European Cup victories, Supporting the Liverpool dockers, rising Graham Le Saux, bleach blond hair, PFA young player of the year twice in a row, winning UEFA fair play award, 183 goals for Liverpool etc etc....


Partial to the odd bit of skill aswell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg54mPNcbTk

Fink Goddie

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.

Gerrard won the champions league for Liverpool not Benitez!

Have to agree with Robbie God Fowler, what a Legend!

event

The Chief himself

Shot while back in Africa, he rejected moves to Milan and Man U to stay with Leeds. A beer named after him and a band name inspired by him. Ambassador for Fifa and for the FA

A Giant among men in football

event

Fink Goddie wrote: »

Gerrard won the champions league for Liverpool not Benitez!

actually no, if you want to point a particular player, it was Didi Hamman

stovelid

Sparky Hughes
Tony Cousins
Terry Plamer
Choccy McClair
Stevie Coppell

GavRedKing

Ricky Carvalho :pac:

A brillant footballing centre back that can go off on a run in to the oppositions half and add's something extra to the attack, excellent reader of the game and an overall brillant, brillant defender, and on top of that hes a dirty baxtard, pefectly suits the EPL.

Most have strong shoulders as he has carried Terry a lot in the last few seasons.

carlop

Des wrote: »

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

Ha definitely one of the more bizarre videos I've seen on the soccer forum. I've just finished a course to go and teach English overseas, I'm gonna have to try and get my own version of this done!

grenache

Stuart 'Psycho' Pearce - a Forest legend and probably the most loved England player of all time.

Fink Goddie

event wrote: »

actually no, if you want to point a particular player, it was Didi Hamman

Nah it was Gerrard all the way! man of the match

Jordonvito

carlop wrote: »

Ha definitely one of the more bizarre videos I've seen on the soccer forum. I've just finished a course to go and teach English overseas, I'm gonna have to try and get my own version of this done!

god please do, you can lead the gary breen revival

Fromvert

The-Rigger wrote: »

We have a winner.

Not really for his contributions to football, more to do with his recent poker exploits.

The Volt

This man is, was and always will be my favourite to put on the royal blue.

TonyD79

event wrote: »

actually no, if you want to point a particular player, it was Didi Hamman

Didnt hear Andy Gray screaming about him when Gerrard kept liverpool in the competition in the group stages or being the catylist for pegging back 3 second half goals in the final.

greendom

The 2 Steves - Turner and Brinkman

From more recent times Gary Bull and Andy Clarke

Pepe LeFrits

Legend != Cult hero, imo.

Perry Groves is a good un. More recently I'd say Pascal Cygan.

3hn2givr7mx1sc

Gary Twigg.

goddevil

This Man

Johner

This guy was my hero growing up. Absolute legend.

L'prof

Johner wrote: »

This guy was my hero growing up. Absolute legend.

Tripod? Makelele?

EDIT: Dunno why that image didn't appear initially but, to clear up any abiguity, all I could see was "Hosted by tripod".

Johner

GLaDOS

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

Legend != Cult hero, imo.

Agree with this, for me the term cult hero would apply to a player loved in spite of his footballing talent (or usually lack of).

Johner

jasonorr wrote: »

Tripod? Makelele?

EDIT: Dunno why that image didn't appear initially but, to clear up any abiguity, all I could see was "Hosted by tripod".

Ah I was trying to work out what was going on.

stovelid

Voltwad wrote: »

This man is, was and always will be my favourite to put on the royal blue.

More a cu*t hero to me, to be honest.

deisedude

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jllklavpk6A

chopperbyrne

Surely Gary McAllister at Liverpool. He was only there for a few years and signed for free, but what he brought to that team cannot be measured.

DazMarz

He was arguably Chelsea's worst signing (in terms of total money spent vs. the return on the investment), but I loved him a lot, and I know a lot of other Chelsea fans who did as well. He never found his feet at Chelsea, and has returned to his original club, Dynamo Kiev.

Andriy Shevchenko...

Paparazzo

Vinnie Jones at Wimbledon. Legend

Xavi6

One of the most talented players to ever grace the League of Ireland -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCLYPvOY6s0

abouttobebanned

Graham tomlinson

DundalkDuffman

If I were a Shels fan then Sheridan would be there, he was ridiculously talented. For me its Martin Lawlor though.

keano_afc

Nelson Vivas. Didnt do an awful lot, lost us the league in 99 but still a hero.

missingtime

Luis Garcia...was never a big fan myself and seems to be a typical liverpool player

Thats the problem with Liverpool of late; too many cult heroes not enough legends.

ilovelamp2000

missingtime wrote: »

Luis Garcia...was never a big fan myself and seems to be a typical liverpool player

Thats the problem with Liverpool of late; too many cult heroes not enough legends.

Yup.

A couple more LFC players to add to the cult hero list:

Igor Biscan
Titi Camara

Paparazzo

Xavi6 wrote: »

One of the most talented players to ever grace the League of Ireland -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCLYPvOY6s0

Yeah, definitely. 5 minutes earlier the shels fans in the north stand were after going mental with the pats keeper because he was taking so long to take his kick out. So he gave us the fingers! Obviously everyone went mental, but it made shero's goal that bit better

His goal against sligo in the semis was quality too

citytillidie

Eric Meijer
Igor Biscan
Gary Mac

nullzero

You cant have a thread about footballing cult hero's and not mention this man...



He was a phenomenon for his club. He almost single handedly kept them in the Premiership year after year and he was one of the most naturally gifted players to ever play the game, whilst also opting to stay at an unfashionable club that he loved on wages that most championship level players would baulk at.

JerryHandbag

Zizou Kilbane

dreamers75

Paul Osam


Without doubt the 2nd greatest irish central midfielder ever to play ball. He had "the touch" and a nasty streak to ensure he got the ball to use "the touch".

Sad thing is hes as good as any player i have ever seen but had some issues(drink) which ensured he never played at a higher level. played most of his career with Pats except for one durty season.

PL fans may think im demented but seriously he was gifted, just falls into the people you know who had issues :mad:

tony1kenobi

Gus Caesar = Arsenal

Ivan Campo = Everywhere

d22ontour

dreamers75 wrote: »

Paul Osam

He was quality who should have been picked up across the water but thankfully wasn't.

citytillidie

Liam Coyle

Hank_Jones

Mark Rutherford

evil_seed

i honestly couldnt be arsed reading through the thread. but i would nominate the following:
cissé
biscan
hyypia
camara
dundee

Xavi6

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Mark Rutherford

He always looked better in red

Hank_Jones

Xavi6 wrote: »

He always looked better in red

I know yeah, but that was the only proper picture I could find of him playing for Shelbourne and it didn't really show his face.
So I bit the bullet and put up the Rovers pic.

He was like the legend for Shels back in the day, remember seeing him sitting in the stand when I was about 8 or 9.
Amazed now at how starstruck I was by him back then.

Bounty Hunter

im off for Chinese new year now and wont be online for a week but before i go i have one thing to say... FORSHAME!

almost 100 posts into a thread entitled Favourite Cult Heroes in football and Paul McGrath is yet to be mentioned, tut tut.



Villa fans call him god and still chant his name at every game and he just so happened to be (my opinion atleast) the best ever Irish defender, add his personality into the mix and you have a bonafide Cult hero.

Jazzy

Rob Jones


Stig Inge Bjornebye


Jan Molby



and of course, my favorite player from my youth for Liverpool... the one and only John Barnes (you've got to move yourself, you've got to take your time...)

Jordonvito

Graham Kavanagh, Gilberto was never the same after Kavanagh saw to him.

x in the city

big dunc...:D

unrivalled amongst legends

x in the city

Jazzy wrote: »

Rob Jones


Stig Inge Bjornebye


Jan Molby



and of course, my favorite player from my youth for Liverpool... the one and only John Barnes (you've got to move yourself, you've got to take your time...)

that pic of barnes was a goodison derby, houghton crossed in a ball for a winner if my memory is right,it was sunny as fook on the park end (away end back then), so legit excuse..