Sicknote legends of GFC.

[GRSGimmer]

Following on from the Willock threads got me thinking about players we have signed who then got crocked after a few games. Not all held out for a wage packet but some were harder to get off the books than others. These names spring to mind - Neil Masters, McCammon, the grand master Kelvin Jack, Brendon Place, Ty Gooden, who seemed to vanish after a spell, likewise Billy Bingham - must be many others over the years?

 

[HerrLjunga]

My first thought was Neil Masters too.

 

[shotshy]

Rod Wallace was quality but didn't play much. Same with Tommy Johnson.
Brilliant when they played.

 

[LSB2]

I remember Masters last game for us in a reserve game (remember them?) Over he went and Pulis shouting "call a f ing ambulance!"

 

[Gills 58]

Slowmas (a sicknote on the pitch).

Carl Gilbert? iirc

 

[Wayne.Kerr]

Mark Weatherly

 

[Captainreblue]

I remember Masters last game for us in a reserve game (remember them?) Over he went and Pulis shouting "call a f ing ambulance!"

I was at that game too, sitting in the old main stand above the tunnel and seeing Neil Masters carried off on a stretcher with his knee cap half way up his thigh. Truely shocking. Felt for him.

 

[LSB2]

I was at that game too, sitting in the old main stand above the tunnel and seeing Neil Masters carried off on a stretcher with his knee cap half way up his thigh. Truely shocking. Felt for him.

Yeah, it was a horrible injury. It was just Pulis' reaction!

 

[NathanH_GFC]

Paul Shields
Ricky Holmes

I recall Bryant and Browning both missing a lot of games through injury, too, but not sure if that’s poor memory?

 

[Wayne.Kerr]

Paul Shields
Ricky Holmes

I recall Bryant and Browning both missing a lot of games through injury, too, but not sure if that’s poor memory?

Poor memory I think, although didn't Bryant shoot himself [with a Browning]?

 

[markinkent]

Who was the striker who kept us up but had such a bad back that he couldn't play two games a week ? I want to say chris pike but not 100% sure.

 

[markinkent]

Poor memory I think, although didn't Bryant shoot himself [with a Browning]?

He did. Decent player but a shit shot with a rifle.

 

[Captainreblue]

Who was the striker who kept us up but had such a bad back that he couldn't play two games a week ? I want to say chris pike but not 100% sure.

Adrian Foster?

 

[NathanH_GFC]

Poor memory I think, although didn't Bryant shoot himself [with a Browning]?

Browning definitely missed a lot of games in his first year or so. Think we signed him crocked (to be fair, a lot of our Pulis signings were signed crocked and some turned out alright - Pennock for example).

If Bryant wasn’t always injured I’m mixing him up with something else so going to chuck some names in there who I may have meant...! Glen Thomas? Jon Ford? John Humphrey?

 

[NathanH_GFC]

PS - OP is a bit racist for naming McCammon.

 

[Romany]

Mark Weatherly

Yes, he was a real wage thief only played a paltry 408 games for us.

 

[wxgill]

Aaron Morris - injured for two years.

 

[PhilK66]

Mike Bickle

 

[Vambogills]

Rod Wallace was quality but didn't play much. Same with Tommy Johnson.
Brilliant when they played.

Got them both at the same time didn't we.
To be fair they were great on the few occasions the played injury free.

 

[markinkent]

Adrian Foster?

Nope.