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LocalLadGTFC
September 3, 2023, 10:52am
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I'm 33 and to hear someone say Alan Connell is their favourite player made me feel old. Decent listen though.


I'm 27 and mines Liam Hearn  
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I'm 33 and to hear someone say Alan Connell is their favourite player made me feel old. Decent listen though.


Well I'm 32 and depending what age you started going there were some very barren years in the 00's and early 10's. I was fortunate enough to see Pouton, Coyne, Boulding and the like but my personal favourite is Gary Jones. I would die for that man.
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While we are at it I am 75 and my favourite is Ron Rafferty he scored 145 goals for us.


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

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While we are at it I am 75 and my favourite is Ron Rafferty he scored 145 goals for us.


Would have loved to have seen him play Pete!


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Would have loved to have seen him play Pete!


I think Ron Rafferty probably would have won given he was a professional footballer.
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I genuinely feel for town fans who only really started going in say 2000/2001 because in truth, it was dreadful for ages.

There are highlights, of course, Spurs, Liverpool, Wembley, a failed playoff charge, a play off win and then THAT playoff campaign and a cup run…they’re all great memories but the in between parts were flipping dreadful…


'the poor and the needy are selfish and greedy'...well done Mozza
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Quoted from grimsby pete
While we are at it I am 75 and my favourite is Ron Rafferty he scored 145 goals for us.


Mine as well Pete. He was terrific along with Mike Cullen, Johnny Scott etc.


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I genuinely feel for town fans who only really started going in say 2000/2001 because in truth, it was dreadful for ages.

There are highlights, of course, Spurs, Liverpool, Wembley, a failed playoff charge, a play off win and then THAT playoff campaign and a cup run…they’re all great memories but the in between parts were flipping dreadful…


The irony is that the 2016 Play Off win and the 2022 Play Off campaign were by the far the most emotionally draining experiences you could ever imagine as a football fan.  I think they were that little bit extra better because of everything that had preceded it.  

2016 because of the sheer relief.
2022 because of everything.  Football had been excrement, first season we were allowed back to games, righting all the wrongs, first time of asking...everything.

I was absolutely spoilt growing up going to watch Town.  Started late 80's when things really got going under Buckley.  But you do take it for granted.  I certainly didn't appreciate us going toe-to-toe with genuinely huge football clubs.  As we initially slipped back down the leagues I can remember feeling a sense of disbelief as we got hammered at Wycombe or struggled to see of the likes of Carlisle, Torquay....by the time we were getting our bottom handed to us at Braintree I'd well and truly adjusted.  I was watching the EFL highlights last week and when Mansfield v Stockport came on I remember thinking 'two big clubs in our league'....flipping hell, if I blink long enough I can remember quite vividly Jim Dobbin, Dave Gilbert and Neil Woods playing keep-ball in the corner against Wolves at the end of a 3-0 masterclass at BP.
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Quoted from jamesgtfc
I'm 33 and to hear someone say Alan Connell is their favourite player made me feel old. Decent listen though.


Michael Boulding this week so they are going a bit further back! Good to hear the reasons behind the choices and so often it seems to be a player close to beginning of supporting Town.

The players just seem immense as a kid don't they. My favourite is Shaun Cunnington - in my memory he was better than Iniesta!

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Quoted from grimsby pete
While we are at it I am 75 and my favourite is Ron Rafferty he scored 145 goals for us.


I’m 76 and Ron Rafferty would certainly have been up there. But he needed Jonny Scott to supply the ball. Remember seeing Jonny crossing the ball from the half way line in open play straight onto Rons head to score from inside the penalty area.

Also Ron jumped so high he hit his jaw on the crossbar…..allegedly

Great times.
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