Lee Thorpe - 22 Years On

[bristolimp]

Thorpe, Gordon, Alcide... All a bit hit and miss... But you wouldn’t want to face any of them as a centre back, all a handful for their own reasons.

isnt Gordon our record transfer out assuming the taff’s paid up

 

[sedgleyimp]

isnt Gordon our record transfer out assuming the taff’s paid up

I think it's usually shown as Jack Hobbs' switch to Liverpool but who knows with the way fees are hidden from view nowadays.

 

[RAK1MP]

isnt Gordon our record transfer out assuming the taff’s paid up

I thought it was set to be our record transfer following later fees after the initial transfer, but we cashed in for a lower amount when facing administration.

 

[The Imposter]

isnt Gordon our record transfer out assuming the taff’s paid up

I thought Gordon was quality and especially excellent in the air, and I am surprised how his career pretty much nosedived after his big-money move to Cardiff, although he was plagued by injuries. Didn't even make another 100 league outings after leaving us, scoring just 12 times.

 

[bristolimp]

I thought Gordon was quality and especially excellent in the air, and I am surprised how his career pretty much nosedived after his big-money move to Cardiff, although he was plagued by injuries. Didn't even make another 100 league outings after leaving us, scoring just 12 times.

indeed he was a decent player the sort of striker we could do with now! Shame he got he injuries.

i think he is now a postman?

 

[bristolimp]

I thought it was set to be our record transfer following later fees after the initial transfer, but we cashed in for a lower amount when facing administration.

oh a bird in the hand and all - probably wise as they didnt really have the money either!

 

[plumbob]

isnt Gordon our record transfer out assuming the taff’s paid up

We had their trousers down with that one. Something like 400k following a dozen-or-so purple patch.

 

[NottyImp]

Didn't we get a bit of a daft sum for Matt Carbon to, I think, Derby as well?

 

[Davidimp]

It seemed like years and years that our strike options were Lee Thorpe, Tony Battersby and Dave Cameron. Thorpe was often described as 'mercurial', and Battersby as 'a lazy shit', which meant that the prodigiously untalented Cameron (100% effort, no discernible talent ) was almost hero-worshipped - although to be fair he proved to be 100% better at the effort side of things than his namesake prime minister!

Gavin Gordon was from that era too.

 

[Davidimp]

Didn't we get a bit of a daft sum for Matt Carbon to, I think, Derby as well?

385k

 

[NottyImp]

385k

 

[Shanghai_Imp]

indeed he was a decent player the sort of striker we could do with now! Shame he got he injuries.

i think he is now a postman?

Yes, he's my dad's regular postie in Sleaford.

 

[NottyImp]

Yes, he's my dad's regular postie in Sleaford.

I thought players only had short careers so had to earn stupid money and then retire? Do you mean, like the rest of us, they can re-train for another job? Who knew?!