Haggischomper Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Every team has them - the one guy that isn't sppreciated by the majority of fans, or is a boo-boy or who does a power of underappreaciated work for the team. For me, one guy that always seemed to cop it from the fans for no apparent reason was Rab Shannon. Possibly the least liked player in a classy Well team at the time I awlays though he was a good solid right back for us in a position that had been giving us some trouble at the time. Ian Angus was another guy that I thought did okay despite not having the 100% backing of the fans. Who's yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_luc_nijholt Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 shaun mcskimming and alan sneddon for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star sail Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Dave McCabe was always a bit of a folk hero with me and my mates. He was a striker/winger playing about the same time as Dougie, Paul Kinnaird etc (late 80's/early 90's?). He floated in and out of the team and I don't remember him scoring much but we were always willing him to be on the team sheet. My best memory was when he scored in a 3-1 victory over Rangers at Fir Park. Seem to remember he had a moustache. All a bit vague in my memory but will never forget the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammer Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 He floated in and out of the team and I don't remember him scoring much but we were always willing him to be on the team sheet. My best memory was when he scored in a 3-1 victory over Rangers at Fir Park. Seem to remember he had a moustache. Was that goal not wrongly chalked off for offside? John Reilly would really do ma tits in. One minute he could score a screamer the next he'd be lying on his arse after missing the ball completely. Think he ended his Motherwell career getting injured stepping out of his car, says it all really. You just never knew which John Reilly would turn up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cakes Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 The first one that springs to mind is Nick Cusack. I may be looking back with rose-tinted specs but I liked him. Certainly not seen much chat about him on here in the year and a half I've been registered. Cuuuuuuuuuuuusack Cuuuuuuuuuuuusack.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'WellMagic! Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Fitzy in the modern era, too young to know any from the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
star sail Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Was that goal not wrongly chalked off for offside? You might be right. I seem to remember that now. I always remember it as a goal. As I say my memory is a bit vague. Was the final score 2-1 and McCabes goal would have made it 3-1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yir Elder Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 In our team of the mid 90s, the late Jamie Dolan was very much the unsung hero. The cup winning team of 91 contained a few, none more so than Jim Griffin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherwell Football Club Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Fitzy, Only one in my 'time'. Think that on his day he can be more effective in a holding midfield position than anyone I've seen at Fir Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decorator Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 joe carson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
postiejim Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Andy Roddy was a great player who was never fully appreciated at firpark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Derek Adams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
something else Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Andy Roddy was a great player who was never fully appreciated at firpark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 From the 60s Matt Thomson and from the 70s Stewart MacLaren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pretzel Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 John Hendry!!! being a youngster i remember reading he was the next jurgen Klinsmann. I believe McLeish past up the oppertunity to sign ole gunner solskjaer and nabbed Hendry from Spurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 For me it's Jim Griffin, sad he had lots of injury concern's but made over 100 apperance scored a few peaches. Won a Scot Cup medal and helped the side into europe. Fitz is in the same bracket just now, a player I've always liked. I remember having high hopes for Khalid Kemas, certainley should get praise for his goal against Livi at Fir Park, Just a shame we got hammered 5-1. Just a shame he was unfit and over weight in his year with the steelmen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickoza Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Wullie Irvine from when I began to watch the 'Well. Never got a chance under Jock "Sevilllle Oranje" Wallace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Made Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Stephen Halliday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wellimp Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Willie Watson. Got my picture taken with him when i was mascot in 1977. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernie Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 joe carson Now there's a blast from the past. Best centre half I ever saw play for the 'Well his partnership with Stevie McLellan was the reason we won the league in '82' Willie Irvine from the same team was another of the unsung heroes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLip69 Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 In the early 1970's we were always looking for the next Dixie Deans, it was a wee while before Willie Pettigrew arrived on the scene, and we had various players up front and three I always liked were Jumbo Muir, John Goldthorpe, and Kirkie Lawson. I was working in Uddingston Co-op in 1973 and there was a lollipopwoman outside the offices on Old Mill Road and I always had a chat with her on the way into work. As I left one Wednesday lunchtime I stopped to chat and told her I was going for a game of snooker and then going to the football that night to see Motherwell. She stunned me by telling me her son played for Motherwell, it was Kirkie Lawson's mother. She later became a councillor for the area, a wonderful character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherwell Football Club Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 John Hendry!!! being a youngster i remember reading he was the next jurgen Klinsmann. I believe McLeish past up the oppertunity to sign ole gunner solskjaer and nabbed Hendry from Spurs. He not the guy McLeish forker out a small fortune for when Spurs couldn't give him away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSteelman Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Graeme Forbes, very rarely see him spoken about but what a player. I'd love to see a no nonsense defender like big "psycho" at Fir Park again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 He not the guy McLeish forker out a small fortune for when Spurs couldn't give him away? Yeah, He was in there reserves and cost us £150,000 or thereabouts. Can mind him playing a stormer against Hibernian but think that was it for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
real dosser Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 Bobby Graham never got the credit he was due when he played alongside Wullie Pettigrew. Graham would get the ball, hold it up, wait for Pettigrew to arrive and play it in front of him to run onto and Wullies pace took him past defenders and scored a lot of his goals due to the assists from Bobby Graham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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