I thought that.. my favourite ever bfc defender followed by ethan pinnock who also has a low number of inclusions.
I read a conversation the other day where a Wigan and Portsmouth fan were agreeing that De Zeeuw was one of their best players too...
1965 01. Ronnie Glavin 02. Craig Hignett 03. Adam Hammill 04. Neil Redfearn 05. Ashley Ward 06. Mick McCarthy 07. Heinz Muller 08. Arjan De Zeeuw 09. Darren Barnard 10. Darren Sheridan
1979 Hard to pick from 15-20 of them Glavin Redfearn Banks Futcher Hendrie A.Ward Fjortoff S.Gray Evans Currie Put them in formation and it brings a few more in Watson Fleming Futcher Evans Beresford Banks Glavin Redfearn Hignett Hendrie Ward And they can take this lot on Fjortoft Currie S.Gray Hourihane Agnew Archdeacon Barnard McCarthy Taggert Curtis Baker
My earliest memories are from 96/97 season Held a season ticket from 2006/07 1. Conor Hourihane 2. Neil Redfearn 3. Craig Hignett 4. Adam Hammill 5. John Stones 6. Luca Connell 7. Ethan Pinnock 8. Anderson De Silva 9. Brian Howard 10. Sam Winnall
First Reds match April 1977 (Reds 4 Workington 0), but I’d been pestering my grandad to take me for some time before that. Who I think the best 10 were and my favourite 10 are quite different, so here goes (I’m doing this off the top of my head, so hope I don t forget anyone. Top 10 (best, in my opinion) 1 - John Stones 2 - Ronnie Glavin 3 - Neil Redfearn 4 - Mick McCarthy 5 - Ashley Ward 6 - Paul Futcher 7 - David Hirst 8 - Conor Hourihane 9 - Craig Hignett 10 - Ethan Pinnock 3 players unlucky to miss out were Heinz Müller, who would easily have made the list if not for how he was affected by his injury, and Ian Banks and David Currie, who weren’t as good when they came back. Stones and Hirst weren’t necessarily the best players for us, but you’d have to be blind not to see how good they were and what they would become. My favourite 10 1 - Neil Redfearn 2 - Paul Futcher 3 - Clive Baker 4 - Brian Joicey 5 - David Currie 6 - Mick McCarthy 7 - Rodger Wylde 8 - Ronnie Glavin 9 - Ashley Ward 10 - Ian Banks with apologies to Gordon Owen, David Hirst, Conor Hourihane, John Stones and Ethan Pinnock, who narrowly miss out. As an aside, how on earth did Ronnie Glavin only get 1 international cap, and in light of England’s difficulty in finding decent centre backs in the run up to the 1982 World Cup, bringing Dave Watson out of international retirement and calling up players like Alvin Martin, Russell Osman, Gary Stevens (the Brighton/Spurs one) and Steve Foster, how on earth did Paul Futcher and Mick McCarthy get overlooked? Okay, I know the answer to Macca, but had he signed for Man City in 1981 he would be an England international, not an Irish one, and would have gone to the World Cup. I think it was Bobby Collins who recommended McCarthy to Ron Greenwood at the time, but England weren’t interested in a Barnsley player.
78/79 1) Glavin . . . . . . . also in the running: . . . . . 2) Redfearn 3) Futcher 4) De Zeeuw 5) Hignett 6) Currie 7) Hendrie 8) Hammill 9) Ward 10) Hourihane or Banks
I always find these kind of questions very difficult and wouldn't want to do a disservice to the other past greats.
1987 Heinz Muller Arjan De Zeuww Paul Futcher John Stones Keiran Trippier Ashley Ward Adam Hammill Neil Redfearn Conor Hourihane Craig Hignett
1994 so not old enough for King Ronnie so: 1. Hignett 2. Ward 3. Redfearn 4. Barnard 5. Stones - would have been higher had we seen more of him! 6. Hourihane 7. Hammill 8. Pinnock 9. De Zeeuw 10. Dyer Notable mentions to: Bullock, Eden, McBurnie, Vaz Te (he was ELECTRIC for such a short time), Scowen, Connell
I started watching in 1975. That is pretty close to what I'd select TBH.In the interests of team balance i might put either Darren Sheridan or Ray McHale in over John Hendrie. He was a pivotal signing though, so understand his inclusion. Banks or Hourihane is a tough one. I'd probably go Mccarthy over Currie too, but splitting hairs TBH.