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marinerian
October 7, 2011, 10:55am

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How did I forget Oster oh and Handyside....christ we had some great players in the past  


UP THE MARINERS
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October 7, 2011, 10:57am

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My top three are,

Bobby Cumming  

Ron Rafferty

Matt Tees


                             Over 36 years living in Suffolk but always a mariner.
                             68 Years following the Town

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Quoted from RoboCod
Joe Waters. Best.Captain. Ever.


Same for me Robo,my childhood hero was Joe Waters,Trevor Whymark comes a close 2nd.


Grimsby and proud!
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all time favorite player for me is Kingsley Black, but also have soft spots for Galli, and Mendonca!
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Martin Butler...


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Martin Butler...


thanks for that... made me laff loudly almost spilt my tea...  


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thanks for that... made me laff loudly almost spilt my tea...  


Made me laugh so much I hurt my back !!



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Paul Agnew.

Then more recently Danny Coyne and Phil Jevons
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Poor Bobby Mitchell - the latter day boo boy who was then replaced by Phil Bonnyman who the fans loved equally little.  Bobby looked pale against an all action hero like Joe Waters (my childhood hero) but I often wonder about the fact that George played him week in week out.  Joe was captain and must have felt Bobby was the right foil for him.  We loved to moan at him though!!



Hence the winky smiley thing mate

I know at the time Bobby Mitchell was the one who brought on most of the moans and groans from the crowd but as you said he was part of a team that played some of the best stuff I've seen from a Town team so he can't have been all bad....

I'd like to think it was just that the rest of the lads around him were soooo good he looked average and in reality he was a pretty good foil for Joe W

One thing that sticks in my mind with him though was seeing Trevor Whymark bustle him out of the way when he was dithering in the penalty area and Trev duly stuck the ball home to give us a victory....against Notts County I think it was

Those were the days my friend..
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October 7, 2011, 1:45pm
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It's obvious by a lot of the postings on this subject that many of the forum users never saw Bobby Cumming play. He was the hardest footballer I've ever seen, and am ever likely to see. It goes without saying that his legendary status at BP made him the hate figure for all the travelling Yorkie clubs when they came down en masse. Although he was hard as nails, he was skillful too, and equally at home at left back, where he probably invented the overlapping full back role, left of midfield - so often a problematic area, or up front where I think he was top scorer for us one season. There was nothing he couldn't do, and my fondest memory of him was going off injured in a League Cup tie and BP against Huddersfield with a gaping head wound and blood all over the place, then coming back on 5 minutes later only to score the winning goal with a diving header. Pure majesty.......
A measure of the man as well was that you never, ever, heard any Town fan have a bad word to say about him. Off the pitch he was as quiet and unassuming guy as you could ever hope to meet. Thanks for the memories Bobby. Pity the Clarke and Hunter incidents aren't on video for posterity's sake.


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