Blackburn Rovers Hall of Fame: Central midfielders (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Blackburn Rovers Hall of Fame: Central midfielders
3:00pm Wednesday 4th July 2012 in Football
CONTINUING the Lancashire Telegraph's Hall of Fame series, we are asking you to nominate your favourite Blackburn Rovers central midfielders.
We are giving you the opportunity to vote for your favourite players from Ewood Park, position by position, with a nominated shortlist of players featured every Saturday this summer.
Please nominate your central midfielders via the comment facility to be shortlisted for the vote.
Comments(60)
blue_n_white99
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3:20pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Batty ( a big help to the title in 1995)
Terrier man
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3:23pm Wed 4 Jul 12
A Game of Blue & White Halves
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3:28pm Wed 4 Jul 12
blue_n_white99 wrote:Do I sense your tongue is firmly pressed to the inside of your cheek?
Tugay
Batty ( a big help to the title in 1995)
A Game of Blue & White Halves
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3:31pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Though only here for a short while, Gordon Cowans was awesome - in fact, masterful in the 7-1 drubbing of Norwich!
MxMave
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3:34pm Wed 4 Jul 12
the genuine cypruslad
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3:37pm Wed 4 Jul 12
gleechy
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3:39pm Wed 4 Jul 12
jeppo
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3:48pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Howard Kendall
Simon Barker
Duncan McKenzie
John Lowey (lol)
Colin Randall (lol)
...but a real icon for me, he was only on loan from Sunderland (twice), but such a talent in the early 80's;
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Kevin Arnott
RoverKyle
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3:57pm Wed 4 Jul 12
davemal
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4:07pm Wed 4 Jul 12
petemcglinn
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4:10pm Wed 4 Jul 12
flyingv1
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4:12pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Unsung heros were Nicky Marker and Super Atco. Whilst not the most gifted, would always put in a good shift wherever they were asked to play
WizardOfOssy
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4:13pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Tim Sherwood
Simon Barker
Gordan Cowans
Garry Flitcroft
A Darener
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4:15pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Memories. That's all we have with this shower in charge.
MikeD
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4:16pm Wed 4 Jul 12
makaveli96
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4:21pm Wed 4 Jul 12
benal13
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4:31pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Miller11
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4:39pm Wed 4 Jul 12
makaveli96
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4:39pm Wed 4 Jul 12
benal13 wrote:Is QUEGs a real fans school though?
george duckworth he used to play for my old school team quegs he did have a trial at rovers
Isn't it posh? I mean not working class like a real Blackburn fan would be.
AndyW
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4:41pm Wed 4 Jul 12
givet82
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5:02pm Wed 4 Jul 12
benal13 wrote:there is no way you went to quegs with your spelling pal
george duckworth he used to play for my old school team quegs he did have a trial at rovers
benal13
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5:09pm Wed 4 Jul 12
givet82 wrote:are yiu jillous givet 82
benal13 wrote:there is no way you went to quegs with your spelling pal
george duckworth he used to play for my old school team quegs he did have a trial at rovers
hasslem hasslem
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5:11pm Wed 4 Jul 12
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for me (cant go back pre 72)
kendall and hotshot hamish speight together
faz?
batty and sherwood together
berkovic wasn't bad at unlocking doors
tugay - only player (possibly with bellamy) in recent years that would have got into 93/94/95 side
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got to be tugay
Arthur Labore
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5:16pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Road Runner Road Runner
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5:27pm Wed 4 Jul 12
hasslem hasslem wrote:For me Hass it would have to be;
it won't be the first time i talk tosh - but didn't mick heaton play centre mid?
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for me (cant go back pre 72)
kendall and hotshot hamish speight together
faz?
batty and sherwood together
berkovic wasn't bad at unlocking doors
tugay - only player (possibly with bellamy) in recent years that would have got into 93/94/95 side
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got to be tugay
1 Tugay
2 Gordon Cowens
3 Tim Sherwood/D Batty
4 Billy Mckinley
5 Flitcroft
And because he was more or less in midfield when he floated a peach of a ball into the path of Shearer for his wonderful goal against manure as Smch'cal was left looking like a puppet on a string, flailing arms and legs, and which Ferguson, insisted, would have saved the attempt had he not had a niggling injury goes to:
Stuart Ripley :)
Arte et labore
I'm very sketchy over midfield !
Boris The Spider
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5:28pm Wed 4 Jul 12
hasslem hasslem wrote:Mick Heaton was a right full back, and Faz was a centre back.
it won't be the first time i talk tosh - but didn't mick heaton play centre mid? . for me (cant go back pre 72) kendall and hotshot hamish speight together faz? batty and sherwood together berkovic wasn't bad at unlocking doors tugay - only player (possibly with bellamy) in recent years that would have got into 93/94/95 side . got to be tugay
Tugay and Sherwood for me.
idlewally
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5:38pm Wed 4 Jul 12
tiojo
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5:42pm Wed 4 Jul 12
idlewally
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5:43pm Wed 4 Jul 12
gleechy wrote:timing couldnt be better, we need to lift the gloom and what better way than remembering the players that gave us such fantastic memories
The timing of this hall of fame is ridiculous. Couldn't it wait till the thieves are gone, Then everybody can get enthused about their choices?
hasslem hasslem
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5:43pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Boris The Spider wrote:my mistake on both then - apologies. thought they both played #4. shows how the memory dims.
hasslem hasslem wrote:Mick Heaton was a right full back, and Faz was a centre back.
it won't be the first time i talk tosh - but didn't mick heaton play centre mid? . for me (cant go back pre 72) kendall and hotshot hamish speight together faz? batty and sherwood together berkovic wasn't bad at unlocking doors tugay - only player (possibly with bellamy) in recent years that would have got into 93/94/95 side . got to be tugay
Tugay and Sherwood for me.
who was centre mid then in the faz team pre kendall? - i cant recall.
idlewally
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5:49pm Wed 4 Jul 12
makaveli96
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6:27pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Iiii1111
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7:01pm Wed 4 Jul 12
jeppo wrote:Simon Barker
Mickey Speight
Howard Kendall
Simon Barker
Duncan McKenzie
John Lowey (lol)
Colin Randall (lol)
...but a real icon for me, he was only on loan from Sunderland (twice), but such a talent in the early 80's;
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Kevin Arnott
our only ever world cup winning midfielder....Osvald
o Cesar Ardiles.......watche
d his deut at Plymouth...less said;-)
Rover since 1947
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7:14pm Wed 4 Jul 12
ajpmacdonald
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7:58pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Cowans
McKenzie
Douglas
Clayton
Metcalfe
Parkes
eddie the eagle
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8:36pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Parkes
Clayton
Douglas
Kendall
Kerr (career shortened by injuries)
Tugay
A Darener
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8:55pm Wed 4 Jul 12
idlewally wrote:Memories both good and bad and we've certainly had our share of bad ones. That's why it took us so long to get up the divisions from our lowest ebb. But overall the good outweighed the bad. But it is a short list....Tugay, Sherwood, at the top of that list.
gleechy wrote:timing couldnt be better, we need to lift the gloom and what better way than remembering the players that gave us such fantastic memories
The timing of this hall of fame is ridiculous. Couldn't it wait till the thieves are gone, Then everybody can get enthused about their choices?
eddie the eagle
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9:05pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Riberio
Formica
Anderson
Petrovich
Steve Kean the genius who brought them all together.
ossyrover
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9:12pm Wed 4 Jul 12
juanbbien
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9:34pm Wed 4 Jul 12
hasslem hasslem wrote:When the great Gordon Lee was managing it was Graham Oates who did a good job for us and I think Tony Parkes.
Boris The Spider wrote:my mistake on both then - apologies. thought they both played #4. shows how the memory dims.
hasslem hasslem wrote:Mick Heaton was a right full back, and Faz was a centre back.
it won't be the first time i talk tosh - but didn't mick heaton play centre mid? . for me (cant go back pre 72) kendall and hotshot hamish speight together faz? batty and sherwood together berkovic wasn't bad at unlocking doors tugay - only player (possibly with bellamy) in recent years that would have got into 93/94/95 side . got to be tugay
Tugay and Sherwood for me.
who was centre mid then in the faz team pre kendall? - i cant recall.
Ken knighton, Mick McGrath, Terry Garbut,
jonjonweatherman
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9:40pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Happychappy65
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9:42pm Wed 4 Jul 12
A Game of Blue & White Halves wrote:SUPER MARK ATKINS - virtually won us the title before batty came back for last few games and nearly lost it for us.
blue_n_white99 wrote:Do I sense your tongue is firmly pressed to the inside of your cheek?
Tugay
Batty ( a big help to the title in 1995)
juanbbien
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9:51pm Wed 4 Jul 12
peely
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9:52pm Wed 4 Jul 12
BlueSkies
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9:59pm Wed 4 Jul 12
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Tugay is my favourite player of all time (on his day lol!)
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Douglas was the master provider for Pickering, McEvoy and Byrom.
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Mike Ferguson once told me that Dougies performance when we won 8-2 at WHU, Boxing Day 1963, was the greatest display he had ever seen from a player. Standing ovation from the Hammers fans if I recall.
BlueSkies
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10:06pm Wed 4 Jul 12
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Tony Parkes and Super Atko?
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Kicking Butt!
Tony Downunder
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11:32pm Wed 4 Jul 12
Bazzer
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12:13am Thu 5 Jul 12
Matt Newcastle
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2:09am Thu 5 Jul 12
globetrot
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4:27am Thu 5 Jul 12
egbutnobacon
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8:32am Thu 5 Jul 12
Atkins.
Ovais789
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8:33am Thu 5 Jul 12
But my vote = TUGAY & Dunn, (when his hamstrings were working)
parkinsonc
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9:05am Thu 5 Jul 12
TrueBlue87
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9:17am Thu 5 Jul 12
Flitcroft - Never say die, heart on sleeve kind of guy. Absolute warrior and great captain.
the final countdown
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9:49am Thu 5 Jul 12
From more recent times Tugay, with a special mention to Mark Atkins, transformed from league 1 full back, to championship winning midfielder.
A Game of Blue & White Halves
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10:14am Thu 5 Jul 12
Happychappy65 wrote:As mentioned above, Mark Atkins came a long way!
A Game of Blue & White Halves wrote:SUPER MARK ATKINS - virtually won us the title before batty came back for last few games and nearly lost it for us.
blue_n_white99 wrote:Do I sense your tongue is firmly pressed to the inside of your cheek?
Tugay
Batty ( a big help to the title in 1995)
Before he became Super Atko, he was once having a bad game, when a guy - the only Asian loud enough and brave enough - shouted at the top of his voice, "Not to him, he's useless."
Atkins looked over and carried on - having a bad game.
But credit the man, he was awesome during the Champs. Season!!
whittleblue
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2:02pm Thu 5 Jul 12
Kevin Arnott now that was a good shout always seemed to have far more time than anyone else.
Mark Atkins converted from full back and probably the least likely player to have a premiership winners medal
Hard to argue against Tugay. How we could do with him now but then the numpty would have frozen him out because of his age.
gleechy
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10:37pm Thu 5 Jul 12
idlewally wrote:No, the timing is still ridiculous.
gleechy wrote:timing couldnt be better, we need to lift the gloom and what better way than remembering the players that gave us such fantastic memories
The timing of this hall of fame is ridiculous. Couldn't it wait till the thieves are gone, Then everybody can get enthused about their choices?
down by the riverside
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4:06pm Fri 6 Jul 12
he6rt6gr6m says...
3:15pm Wed 4 Jul 12