[Spire1866]

Stuart Basson, on Nov 25 2009, 10:43 PM, said:

I'd like to get such an "eleven" for the book.
So, then - World Cup winners. competitive and friendly matches, at any level:

Banksie, of course;
Charlton for Man U youth team.
Stiles for Man U reserves (or Preston, 74-5?)
Ray Wilson (Huddersfield Reserves, or Oldham, 69-70.)
Alan Ball (Blackpool Reserves? Blackpool 80-81? Bristol Rovers 82-3?)
Hunt (Liverpool Res, or Bolton, 71-2?)
Martin Peters for sheff U in 80-81?

We only need to find a connection for Cohen, Jack Charlton, Hurst and Moore (although two of those have come as a manager...)

Did Laurent Blanc ever play for the French World Cup winners?
Was Ardlies in the Spurs side that played a friendly here in 85-6?

Did Malaga have anyone of note in their side?

Other top players in addition to those already listed: Who, who for, and in a competitive match or friendly?

Yes, and Barthez also played here in that friendly. Remember Blanc kissing his head before games in '98. In the same game, they had P Neville, Roy Keane, Kieran Richardson, Forlan (first goal in English football) and van Nistelrooy. Some of their youngsters included Jimmy Davis (RIP) and Danny Webber.

I remember going to a Man Utd reserve game at saltergate, probably vs. Sheff Utd reserves, early 90's. A few more youngsters playing in that one - Neville (x2), Beckham, Scholes, Butt... that's about all I can remember, but they didn't turn out too bad!

[Sammy Spireite]

Spire1866, on Nov 26 2009, 09:09 AM, said:

Yes, and Barthez also played here in that friendly. Remember Blanc kissing his head before games in '98. In the same game, they had P Neville, Roy Keane, Kieran Richardson, Forlan (first goal in English football) and van Nistelrooy. Some of their youngsters included Jimmy Davis (RIP) and Danny Webber.

I remember going to a Man Utd reserve game at saltergate, probably vs. Sheff Utd reserves, early 90's. A few more youngsters playing in that one - Neville (x2), Beckham, Scholes, Butt... that's about all I can remember, but they didn't turn out too bad!

First Goal for Man Utd on English soil, didn't he score the previous week abroad for them??

[Spire1866]

Kind of abroad - it was Ireland if I remember rightly! I will stand by my point though!

[clarevoyant.]

Spire1866, on Nov 26 2009, 09:43 AM, said:

Kind of abroad - it was Ireland if I remember rightly! I will stand by my point though!

I think Gordon Banks, Nat Lofthouse, Derek Kevan, amongst others played in a join testimonial for Dave Blakey & Ron Powell mid 60's

[Frank Thacker]

Spire1866, on Nov 26 2009, 09:09 AM, said:

I remember going to a Man Utd reserve game at saltergate, probably vs. Sheff Utd reserves, early 90's. A few more youngsters playing in that one - Neville (x2), Beckham, Scholes, Butt... that's about all I can remember, but they didn't turn out too bad!

The Blunts reserves here! Never thought of that; opens up another can of worms.

[dim view]

Stuart Basson, on Nov 25 2009, 10:43 PM, said:

I'd like to get such an "eleven" for the book.

Other top players in addition to those already listed: Who, who for, and in a competitive match or friendly?

Are you suggesting a 'best player from Country X to have played at the rec'?. That would be rate interesting.

England - Banks
N Ireland - Best.
Italy - Di Canio, Ravenelli ?
Germany - Hitzelburger?
Argentina - Forlan

[Frank Thacker]

dim view, on Nov 26 2009, 11:29 AM, said:

Are you suggesting a 'best player from Country X to have played at the rec'?. That would be rate interesting.

England - Banks
N Ireland - Best.
Italy - Di Canio, Ravenelli ?
Germany - Hitzelburger?
Argentina - Forlan

Certainly - as many different elevenses as you like!

Wales - Billy Meredith, on "that" Man City programme

This post has been edited by Stuart Basson: 26 November 2009 - 11:30 AM

[Town_Fan]

I refereed a match at saltergate...

/thread

[dim view]

Stuart Basson, on Nov 26 2009, 11:32 AM, said:

Certainly - as many different elevenses as you like!

Wales - Billy Meredith, on "that" Man City programme

I was thinking more along the lines of listing all the countries to see if we could find a player of that nationality. Two hundred and something arn't there?.

[Spired]

Spire1866, on Nov 26 2009, 09:09 AM, said:

Yes, and Barthez also played here in that friendly. Remember Blanc kissing his head before games in '98. In the same game, they had P Neville, Roy Keane, Kieran Richardson, Forlan (first goal in English football) and van Nistelrooy. Some of their youngsters included Jimmy Davis (RIP) and Danny Webber.

I remember going to a Man Utd reserve game at saltergate, probably vs. Sheff Utd reserves, early 90's. A few more youngsters playing in that one - Neville (x2), Beckham, Scholes, Butt... that's about all I can remember, but they didn't turn out too bad!

I remember watching that game on the cross street end!

[Town_Fan]

dim view, on Nov 26 2009, 11:47 AM, said:

I was thinking more along the lines of listing all the countries to see if we could find a player of that nationality. Two hundred and something arn't there?.

I'll start you off: Afghanistan - Errrrrr

The closest I can come up with is that Azam Ayoubi is a apparently an 18 year old at Barnet. Have we played them at youth level recently? He's not in the main squad so I presume he's still a scholar.

This post has been edited by Town_Fan: 26 November 2009 - 12:34 PM

[Siberian Spireite]

the enemy within, on Nov 25 2009, 07:16 PM, said:

listening to talksport on way home from work they were talking about george best, they mentioned the incident when besty nutmeged johan cruyff anyone throw any light on this ?

If I recall correctly, Cruyff was taught his famous turn by Lee Rogers.

[moondog]

Town_Fan, on Nov 26 2009, 11:36 AM, said:

I refereed a match at saltergate...

/thread

Trumped : I scored at Saltergate, from edge of area Cross St end 1992..

[Sammy Spireite]

moondog, on Nov 26 2009, 12:38 PM, said:

Trumped : I scored at Saltergate, from edge of area Cross St end 1992..

I've scored a winner on Saltergate in the late 90's and also had the priviledge to play in a game with the likes of Newton, Madden, O Neil, Morris, Waller, Rogers, I even nutmegged Mark Jules but then put the ball high in to the kop with the goal gaping!!

[moondog]

Sammy Spireite, on Nov 26 2009, 01:15 PM, said:

I've scored a winner on Saltergate in the late 90's and also had the priviledge to play in a game with the likes of Newton, Madden, O Neil, Morris, Waller, Rogers, I even nutmegged Mark Jules but then put the ball high in to the kop with the goal gaping!!

Good to play with a few legends, I had to settle for a former scottish u23 player as my strike partner and the odd celebrity, the opposition keeper being on bbc tv almost every night nowadays....

[dim view]

Town_Fan, on Nov 26 2009, 12:12 PM, said:

I'll start you off: Afghanistan - Errrrrr

The closest I can come up with is that Azam Ayoubi is a apparently an 18 year old at Barnet. Have we played them at youth level recently? He's not in the main squad so I presume he's still a scholar.

I take your point, but I bet there arn't very many countries that wouldn't get a candidate. All the Caribbean islands, all of Europe, all of South America.

Tibet?

Who was that South African international that played for QPR in the 60's?. I got his autograph.

This post has been edited by dim view: 26 November 2009 - 06:21 PM

[spireitenag]

Stuart Basson, on Nov 25 2009, 10:43 PM, said:

I'd like to get such an "eleven" for the book.
So, then - World Cup winners. competitive and friendly matches, at any level:

Banksie, of course;
Charlton for Man U youth team.
Stiles for Man U reserves (or Preston, 74-5?)
Ray Wilson (Huddersfield Reserves, or Oldham, 69-70.)
Alan Ball (Blackpool Reserves? Blackpool 80-81? Bristol Rovers 82-3?)
Hunt (Liverpool Res, or Bolton, 71-2?)
Martin Peters for sheff U in 80-81?

We only need to find a connection for Cohen, Jack Charlton, Hurst and Moore (although two of those have come as a manager...)

Did Laurent Blanc ever play for the French World Cup winners?
Was Ardlies in the Spurs side that played a friendly here in 85-6?

Did Malaga have anyone of note in their side?

Other top players in addition to those already listed: Who, who for, and in a competitive match or friendly?

I think Jack Charlton played at the Rec in 1960, against us in the League Cup.

[Town_Fan]

dim view, on Nov 26 2009, 06:23 PM, said:

I take your point, but I bet there arn't very many countries that wouldn't get a candidate. All the Caribbean islands, all of Europe, all of South America.

Tibet?

Who was that South African international that played for QPR in the 60's?. I got his autograph.

Wasnt being facetious, in fact I spent most of the afternoon looking through Albanian players trying to see if there was any likely candidates, all I came up with was Lorik Cana and Rudi Vata. After that I had to do some work

[spireitenag]

Beelzebub, on Nov 25 2009, 07:29 PM, said:

didn't he make his MU debut here? I seem to remember that the central league programme for the game is rather valuable.

Best definitely made his Central League debut at Saltergate on 26/08/1963.
This fact is confirmed in the programme for the return match at Old Trafford played on 02/09/1963.

[spireitenag]

Schoolboy games give us Duncan Edwards,John Toshack,Lou Macari,Terry Venables,Peter Thompson,Steve Heighway to name just a few.
Back to world cup team,Ray Wilson probably played here with Huddersfield Town reserves.