Chris Garland

[bocadillo]

For Real Sharapova and anybody else who might remember him, a glimpse of Chris Garland then and now.

And... eeerrrmmm... ELEVEN year contract!!??!!

 

[Boy Genius]

One of my heros... wish we had a forward like that now.

Thanks for that Boc, made my eyes go all watery thinking about the quality of players we had then

 

[Brauny Blue]

One of my heros... wish we had a forward like that now.

Thanks for that Boc, made my eyes go all watery thinking about the quality of players we had then

Whilst we had the Worthington and Weller era in the 70's which will have many great memories for the slightly older fans. There was also Roger Davis who was probaly the 70's equivalent of Akinbiyi.

 

[Boy Genius]

Whilst we had the Worthington and Weller era in the 70's which will have many great memories for the slightly older fans. There was also Roger Davis who was probaly the 70's equivalent of Akinbiyi.

Dont get me going on about that lanky twat Davis....... The worst player to wear a blue shirt by a mile. Feck me I wont sleep tonight now BB.

 

[Brauny Blue]

Dont get me going on about that lanky twat Davis....... The worst player to wear a blue shirt by a mile. Feck me I wont sleep tonight now BB.

I was a bit of a young springer then, but can recall being excited over us signing him for what i believe was our record fee of around 170K . Big money, and big disappointment.

 

[Boy Genius]

I was a bit of a young springer then, but can recall being excited over us signing him for what i believe was our record fee of around 170K . Big money, and big disappointment.

Some wierd stuff comes out of Belgium, what did we ever do to Bruges?

I can remember a game against Cambridge United, he got the ball only the goalie to beat, tried to control the ball, fell over it, goalie twats the ball up field and they equalise 1-1. Pure tosser.
I think he made his debut for us against Derby. tosser

 

[Brauny Blue]

Who signed him, was it Mc Clintock? If so its not hard to see why he didn't make it as a manager

 

[bocadillo]

Who signed him, was it Mc Clintock? If so its not hard to see why he didn't make it as a manager

Yes, he was a McLintock signing - but more like £250,000 than the figure suggested above.

Yes, he was crap - but he was joint leading scorer in a very crap team! 4 goals out of the 26 that we managed in 42 games that season. (Not that he had anything to do with Chris Garland - they weren't even at the club at the same time)

The young 'uns on here don't know what crap is!!

 

[bocadillo]

Thanks for that Boc, made my eyes go all watery thinking about the quality of players we had then

Thank goodness you responded. I was beginning to think that I was the only one who had heard of Chris Garland!!

 

[Brauny Blue]

Yes, he was a McLintock signing - but more like £250,000 than the figure suggested above.

Yes, he was crap - but he was joint leading scorer in a very crap team! 4 goals out of the 26 that we managed in 42 games that season. (Not that he had anything to do with Chris Garland - they weren't even at the club at the same time)

The young 'uns on here don't know what crap is!!

Spot on. I don't see much of us these days, but followed them through thick and thin between 85-91 and thats got to be the worst group of players we've had in a generation.

BTW Boc, i wouldn't argue with your 250k estimate, but still think my 170k is closer

 

[Brauny Blue]

Yes, he was a McLintock signing - but more like £250,000 than the figure suggested above.

Yes, he was crap - but he was joint leading scorer in a very crap team! 4 goals out of the 26 that we managed in 42 games that season. (Not that he had anything to do with Chris Garland - they weren't even at the club at the same time)

The young 'uns on here don't know what crap is!!

I bow to your knowledge Boc. Just checked it out and it was around 250K:icon_wink

 

[bocadillo]

Spot on. I don't see much of us these days, but followed them through thick and thin between 85-91 and thats got to be the worst group of players we've had in a generation.

Though don't forget that Davies (and Garland) were late 70s rather then the 80s.

BTW Boc, i wouldn't argue with your 250k estimate, but still think my 170k is closer

I just remember that he took the record from Allan Clarke who came to us for £150,000. I seem to remember that he cost a *lot* more than Clarke - that's why I suggested £250,000 - and I think it was equalled by Alan Young and Jim Melrose before the record stepped up again.

Now if only I could be arsed to go downstairs and check my oF&F.

 

[bocadillo]

I bow to your knowledge Boc. Just checked it out and it was around 250K:icon_wink

Not really knowledge. Those were the days that I was in my prime :icon_eek: and I just remembered the order of our record signings and worked out what the fee must have been.

There was a gap after Melrose until Moran and Newell and then another gap to Ormondroyd and Philpott FFS! After that I would have to think a lot more.

 

[webmaster]

There was a gap after Melrose until Moran and Newell and then another gap to Ormondroyd and Philpott FFS! After that I would have to think a lot more.

Off the top of my head, Mark Blake then became record signing at £360,000, then Mark Draper at a million (plus more when we sold him), then I think it was Matt Elliott at £1.6 million, Frank Sinclair (£2 m) then Darren Eadie (£3 m), before things became silly under p*t*r t*yl*r.

 

[bocadillo]

... then Darren Eadie (£3 m), before things became silly under p*t*r t*yl*r.

This seems to suggest that you don't think £3,000,000 was silly for Darren Eadie!:icon_cry:

 

[Hector]

Though don't forget that Davies (and Garland) were late 70s rather then the 80s.


I just remember that he took the record from Allan Clarke who came to us for £150,000.

Garland actually arrived in early rather than late '70s. I left Leicester in '75 and he had already been there a good while.

When Clarke signed in '68 I believe it was a National record, not just a club record (How times change - imagine us breaking transfer records now!). He went to Leeds a year later for £165,000.

(Sorry messed this up a bit first time - not many grey cells left!)

 

[lazzer]

i remember garland well he had his own fan club of screaming girls with feather cuts and monkey boots in pen3 :icon_wink

 

[bocadillo]

Garland actually arrived in early rather than late '70s. I left Leicester in '75 and he had already been there a good while.

He came in March 1975 (checked it yesterday). He debuted in a 2-2 draw at Cov and then got a hat-trick in his third game against Wolves at Filbo a week later.

Your memory is playing tricks on you.

When Clarke signed in '68 I believe it was a National record, not just a club record (How times change - imagine us breaking transfer records now!). He went to Leeds a year later for £165,000

The fee for his move to Leeds was a British record as well.

 

[lazzer]

forgive them boc for they know not what they say

 

[Hector]

He came in March 1975 (checked it yesterday). He debuted in a 2-2 draw at Cov and then got a hat-trick in his third game against Wolves at Filbo a week later.

Your memory is playing tricks on you.




The fee for his move to Leeds was a British record as well.

Yes, I'm sure you're right. I left in November '75, so would have seen him at the end of one season and the beginning of the next. It seems longer though - he certainly made a big impact.