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Gainsbro_Mariner
January 13, 2021, 12:33pm

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Surprised no one has mentioned Michael Leary in the worst list yet. Dreadful midfielder.

Contenders for Top 5 list must be Henderson, Townsend, Connell (mk 1), Pond, Hearn, Amond, Disley, Bogle. I always like Scotty Neilsen also and Pearson as would have run through a brick wall for this club


Leary's performances began to pick up in his second year i thought, wasn't a world beater but he was a touch above what he offered us in the year we went down. He definitely wasn't a Football League standard player but I seem to remember him having a handful of good games. He was quite well thought of in Gainsborough, went on to do quite well with them and captained them for a few years.


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Leary's performances began to pick up in his second year i thought, wasn't a world beater but he was a touch above what he offered us in the year we went down. He definitely wasn't a Football League standard player but I seem to remember him having a handful of good games. He was quite well though of in Gainsborough, went on to do quite well with them and captained them for a few years.


As limited as Leary was, I think he avoids too much retrospective ire as unlike many players from that era he would always put in a shift. I remember him getting knocked out cold in a Tuesday evening game against Keith Alexander's Macclesfield, and he was adamant he wanted to stay on even though he quite literally couldn't walk in a straight line.

I know that's not enough; Hurst's '11 dogs' analogy was quite apt in that sense, but it's hard to feel too much bitterness towards players who tried their best, even if they ultimately fell some way short of the mark.


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Not disagreeing with your assessment of Dean Henderson, but he didn’t play for us in non-league. Signed by Hurst in League Two, eventually handed his debut by Bignot before it all ended with that unfortunate incident with the bus.


I wasn’t sure as I was typing. Poor knowledge. I’m disappointed in myself. 😁

Tbf, so much of the last few years has merged into one!
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Talking of dreadful midfielders, Anthony Church anyone?
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Talking of dreadful midfielders, Anthony Church anyone?


Was he the midfielder we got from Boston..promised much and delivered nowt.


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Talking of dreadful midfielders, Anthony Church anyone?


I heard that Richard Coles, ex-Communards keyboard player, is big in the Church now.


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