skygod Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Killiefaetheferry said: Saw Cantona for Man Utd at Loftus Road v QPR. Massive fight in the wee street behind a stand after the game. Nowhere to go so stepped over a wall into a garden. Was really weird. If you stepped into the gardens you were regarded as audience, but fair game if you stayed in the street. I can relate to this! I used to have a season ticket in that stand (Ellerslie Road). “A garden” gives the wrong impression - they are the size of a large handkerchief! Edited January 13, 2020 by skygod 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrestersKtid Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 At Killie genuinely best player i've seen is Eremenko, i think it was just the surprise of how good he was, that first game against St mirren is one of my favourite games. Turned every midfielder inside out with a simple dummy, pinged passes onto players feet and scored a freekick. Even at Boydys testimonial a few stone overweight he was still sensational to watch. I saw Djorkaeff aswell in the kaiserslautern game but couldn't appreciate it at the time. Elsewhere the belgium team that pumped scotland recently are something special. De Bruyne is another level atm. Hazard on his day is untouchable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allybee Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 showing my age now, but I have seen so many great players, Pele .De Stefano, Puskas Santamaria. Cruyff, Baxter, Best, Eusabio all seen in the flesh and at their peak. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Repatriated Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 No one mentioned Durrant. His 60 yard pass in the previously mentioned final against Celtic was a thing of beauty! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middlemaster Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 pogba against CSKA Moscow was down at old trafford with my uncle as he has a season ticket and surprisingly the atmosphere at old trafford is good, especially at the stretford end -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undefined Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 A spurs fan from my work, you know the type, "My nan could play 'footy' in Scotland" was wetting himself over the prospect of watching gazza play live in the flesh for the first time recently (at the opening spurs new stadium). He was pretty gutted when I took great pleasure in telling him I'd seen him play against Killie in our "s**tty little jock league". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasboag Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 I wasn't actually at it, but seeing others talking about preseasons, the last 'biggish' team I can remember at RP preseason was Portsmouth in 2003 when they were still decent. Anyone at that game would've seen Teddy Sheringham, Patrik Berger and Yakubu a****st others 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BR1869 Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 I was fortunate enough to get to a La Liga match at the Nou Camp a few years back. Messi, Iniesta, Xavi et al. Unbelievable players and even more impressive in real life. Also Suarez at Anfield when he was a red. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prahakillie Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 On a similar note I am disappointed to have missed the opportunity to see ice hockey legend Jaromir Jagr playing against HC Sparta Prague yesterday. By the time I decided I would go along it was sold out. (a very rare event in Czech ice hockey). Just coming back after 12 matches out through injury he scored 2 goals and had 2 assists in an 8-4 win for Kladno. Not bad for a 47 year old. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyham Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 [Names highlighted to save you time in case the fanboy fluff is boring] I was fortunate enough to get a ticket to the Champions League Final at Hampden in 2002. Zidane obviously the highlight but a number of others who were exceptional players (Figo, Raul, Ballack). I vividly recall watching Zidane as he shaped his body whilst keeping eyes on the ball for what seemed like an age as it dropped from the sky, before volleying it past Butt in the Leverkusen goal. My wee team is Barcelona and I went to see them play Real at the Bernabeu in 2015. It was the best overall and individual performance I've seen in the flesh from any team. Barca won 4-0 and Iniesta ran the show. He was just sublime. He got a standing ovation from some Madrid supporters when he was subbed late on. That game included Cristiano Ronaldo but he, and the whole Real team, were played off the park. Got to see a short cameo from Messi as he was returning from injury. Next to Iniesta in my tiki taka lovefest is Xavi and I saw him play for Spain against Scotland in 2011 in Alicante. If my memory serves, we didn't touch the ball for the first few minutes and it's likely he alone had more touches than our entire team across the 90 minutes. We've had some incredible players in Scotland in the last few decades (I'm 36 and very jealous of some names mentioned in this thread who played before my time) with Gazza, Laudrup and Larsson probably being the pick of those I've seen in the flesh. The best individual performance by a Scot that I've seen in the flesh was a young Barry Ferguson running the show against England at Wembley in the Euro 2000 play off second leg in Nov 1999. The whole team were brilliant that night but he in particular was outstanding, bossing the middle of the park against an England midfield including Ince, Redknapp, Beckham and Scholes. I cannot write this post and not include Killie players so, for what it's worth, the best I've seen in my time are Tommy Burns, Ray Montgomerie, Ian Durrant, Alexei Eremenko and Kris Boyd - all experts in their various and varied roles. In years to come, I'm confident of adding Alan Power to this list. Has anyone mentioned a goalie yet?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killiefaetheferry Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 7 hours ago, skygod said: I can relate to this! I used to have a season ticket in that stand (Ellerslie Road). “A garden” gives the wrong impression - they are the size of a large handkerchief! That’s true. It was like being ringside at the boxing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigD'sGingerLorry Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 1 hour ago, johnnyham said: Has anyone mentioned a goalie yet?! Was Peter Shilton playing for Notts Forrest when we played them in the Anglo Scottish Cup? I think Viv Anderson, Tony Woodcock, John Robertson and Martin O'Neill were all in the team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) 35 minutes ago, BigD'sGingerLorry said: Was Peter Shilton playing for Notts Forrest when we played them in the Anglo Scottish Cup? Without checking, I think it would have been Middleton. Edit - The match was in September 1976. Shilton didn't join Forest until 1977. Middleton played in the final against Orient. Their other keeper was 17 year-old Chris Woods. Edited January 13, 2020 by skygod 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 16 hours ago, Killieboy1980 said: Matthew Le Tissier I'm sure played in a friendly. He must be one of the most under rated players. Sure that was Mark Roberts debut for us that game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GCM Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 As far as goalkeepers goes, I would give it to one of our own, Bobby Ferguson, I was directly behind his goal when he made fantastic save at Tynecastle when we won the league, massive save, history maker, what a hero. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kfcinlancashire Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 Surprised at no mentions for Frank Beattie. Surely Killie's greatest player. In terms of a personal vote i was as New York Cosmos V Chelsea so managed to see Beckanbauer and Cruyff in the same team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangodog Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 I've seen a lot of the big names, Pele, Maradona, Puskas, Di Stefano, Law, Best, Baxter, Jimmy Johnstone running amok against England, but the one that impressed me most as a youngster was Kurt Hamrin. Hamrin was a Swedish International winger who scored 150 goals in 289 games for Fiorentina and my uncle took me to the first leg of the Cup Winners Cup Final in 1961 at Ibrox. Fiorentina destroyed a very good Rangers team that night and Hamrin was completely unplayable. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undefined Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, dasboag said: Anyone at that game would've seen Teddy Sheringham, Patrik Berger and Yakubu a****st others My memory may be exaggerating this slightly, but I seem to remember a crossfield ball over sherringhams shouldler which he absolutely bulleted into the net on the volley. You could see he was on another level. Was it as good a goal as I remember? I was just a wee boy at the time. Edited January 13, 2020 by undefined 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piersquared Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 Casillas, Buffon Ramos, Puyol, Pique, Thuram, Cannavaro, Zambrotta, Cafu, Van Dijk Iniesta, Xavi, Vieira, Makelele, Ribery, Pirlo, Coutinho, Giggs Villa, Trezeguet, Benzema, Batistuta, Totti, Suarez, Torres Have to say that's not a bad list. Cafu and Iniesta were jaw-droppingly good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudger Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 Sat at in the North bank at Highbury watching Arsenal v Newcastle, Shay Given was unbelievable in goals. It could easily have been 7 or 8 nil but I think it ended 1 nil. I remember Thierry Henry going straight to him at the end to congratulate him (even though he lost). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooky Posted January 13, 2020 Report Share Posted January 13, 2020 1 hour ago, undefined said: My memory may be exaggerating this slightly, but I seem to remember a crossfield ball over sherringhams shouldler which he absolutely bulleted into the net on the volley. You could see he was on another level. Was it as good a goal as I remember? I was just a wee boy at the time. I remember that goal. Absolute topper 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killieboy Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 Shearer and Djorkaeff are the two that stick out at Rugby Park and against Killie outside of Killie went to a couple of Blackburn games in 2005/2006 against Arsenal and Man Utd in the united team was - Van der Sar, Neville, Brown Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Fletcher, Ferdinand, Richardson van Nistelrooy 54, Rooney, Saha. Pique was an unused Sub! in the Arsenal team had Henry, Van Persie, Adebayor, Fabregas, Rosicky all featuring and Henry scored an absolute screamer starting from his own half and running the ball to the edge of the 18 yard box and lobbing the keeper! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumpetree Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 Joe Jordan @ RP in a friendly for Bristol City - player/manager, mid 30s & still scored a hat-trick. One of my idols as a kid, and the poster on the bedroom wall helped scare off any burglars 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubbs Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 13 hours ago, Fudger said: Sat at in the North bank at Highbury watching Arsenal v Newcastle, Shay Given was unbelievable in goals. It could easily have been 7 or 8 nil but I think it ended 1 nil. I remember Thierry Henry going straight to him at the end to congratulate him (even though he lost). On his day, Shay Given was an outstanding goalie .... makes Celtic's feckup all the funnier. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Repatriated Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 54 minutes ago, Trumpetree said: One of my idols as a kid, and the poster on the bedroom wall helped scare off any burglars 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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