Unheralded sportsmen you were/are a fan of

[vcs]

Carlos Valderrama

Andrei Medvedev

Greg Blewett

Hrishikesh Kanitkar (for a certain boundary in Dhaka )

Add your own.

 

[vcs]

*waits for the inevitable Gary Pratt reply*

 

[BoyBrumby]

I bet most followers of any sports team have favs who weren't perhaps of the first rank talent-wise. On that note I give you the immortal Perry Groves:

Best remembered for his uncompromising gingerness, having the first touch of a nervous virgin & for setting up both of Charlie Nicholas's goals in the 86/87 Littlewoods Cup win over Liverpool. Famously the first occasion when Ian Rush scored and Liverpool lost.

 

[Ausage]

Michael Flash Gordon

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Mike Garnham!

Would put Iain O'Brien on the list, but he's very heralded. Very.

 

[duffer]

Gilles Grimandi

Allez Gilles!

 

[vic_orthdox]

N ***ton

 

[Pratters]

 

[duffer]

Uh-oh.

 

[vcs]

Who's that?

 

[Pratters]

JP McNamara. Our very own vic_orthdox who played for the Australian Under 19 team.

 

[ripper868]

Mark Bartholomeusz

Henry Vanderglas (played club footy with him at uni)

 

[pasag]

N ***ton

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ftw

 

[ripper868]

G. Allen, S.Lontis and K. Botcher the real core of the team IMO

 

[benchmark00]

G. Allen, S.Lontis and K. Botcher the real core of the team IMO

Write F Lesley off at your own peril. Can still rattle some cages.

 

[Majin]

Paulo Wanchope is the greatest player to ever set foot on a football pitch and nothing anybody does is ever going to change that fact.

 

[Steulen]

The last of the wizards, before the sport became an unwatchable power-hitting affair.

 

[ripper868]

Write F Lesley off at your own peril. Can still rattle some cages.

Particularly when in tandem with T. Taylor

 

[Pothas]

Jan Magnussen

Greatest forumla 3 driver ever and should have been a great formula 1 driver but for various reasons it never happened. Have followed his nomadic career ever since.

 

[Pothas]

Beppe Signori Might be my favourite footballer of all time due to Itallian football on channel 4.