Hero – Sandy Pate (1967 – 78)Right back Sandy Pate holds the record for most appearances for Mansfield Town, playing 471 times for The Stags between 1967 and 1978.Incredibly, Pate appeared in 366 consecutive games for the club between 21st September 1968 and 9th August 1975.The Glaswegian played for the club during their most successful […]
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Heroes & Villains – Manchester United
Hero – Ole Gunnar SolskjaerThere are some obvious names that could easily put in ahead of Solskjaer as Manchester United’s hero for this article, but none of them have scored a last-minute winner in the Champions League Final and gone on to manage the club.Solskjaer’s winning goal in the dying seconds of the 1999 Champions […]
Heroes & Villains – Manchester City
Hero – Colin BellThe name Colin Bell is known by every Manchester City fan regardless of how old they are. Supporters who may not even been around when Bell played would have heard about him from other fans who saw the great man in action.One of the stands at City’s Etihad Stadium has been named […]
Heroes & Villains – Luton Town
Heroes – The 1988 League Cup winning team The names of Andy Dibble, Tim Breacker, Rob Johnson, Ricky Hill, Steve Foster, Mal Donaghy, Danny Wilson, Brian Stein, Mick Harford, David Preece, Kingsley Black are ingrained into the history of Luton Town Football Club. They were the starting eleven that beat Arsenal 3-2 in the 1988 […]
Heroes & Villains – Leyton Orient
Heroes – FA Cup Semi Finalists 1977/78This Orient side went one step further in the competition than the club had gone before, most recently reaching the Quarter Finals in 1972.All but one of their ties went to replays, with the exception being a 3-1 home win over Blackburn Rovers in the Fourth Round. The other […]
Heroes & Villains – Liverpool
Hero – Kenny DalglishBrought in from Celtic to replace Kevin Keegan, Dalglish took on the responsibility with relish and quickly became an Anfield legend.The Scot took Keegan’s famous number 7 shirt and was at the club during their most successful period in their history. He scored three debut goals for the club, scoring in his […]
Heroes & Villains – Lincoln City
Heroes – The Cowley BrothersIt certainly seems like the easy option, but these two should definitely be considered heroes in Lincoln City’s history.Danny and Nicky Cowley both helped guide Lincoln to the FA Cup Quarter Finals in the 2016/17 season. What was more incredible was the fact that Lincoln were a non-league club at the […]
Heroes & Villains – Leicester City
Hero – Steve WalshAnyone nicknamed ‘Captain Fantastic’ by their fans must be held in high regard, and that is certainly the case for Leicester fans with Steve Walsh.Walsh spent 14 years at Leicester City after joining from Wigan Athletic in 1986. He made 450 appearances for the Foxes and scored 62 goals, playing as either […]
Heroes & Villains – Leeds United
Lucas Radebe takes the goalkeeper’s jersey after Mark Beeney was sent off vs Manchester United Hero – Lucas RadebeThere are a multitude of former Leeds United legends who can earn the title of ‘Hero’ for this article but I thought that I’d include someone that wouldn’t be mentioned immediately. That man is Lucas Radebe, who […]
Heroes & Villains – Ipswich Town
Hero – John WarkWark had three separate spells at Portman Road, playing 679 times and scoring 179 goals. He is Ipswich’s third highest goalscorer of all-time and is in the Ipswich Town Hall of Fame. He made his way through the ranks before making his first-team debut in 1975, in a victory over a Leeds […]