[Albion] Shortest Albion careers. One game wonders!

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Chandlers Ford

• May 17, 2017

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Players who played just ONCE for the Albion (not interested in the chap we sold before he'd played at all).

I was privileged to witness these ENTIRE Albion careers, in person:

Ali Al Habsi - conceding three times at Bournemouth in his only game, after we signed him on a month loan, in a month when he was away with Oman for three weeks!

Nzuzi Toko - 45 uninspiring minutes at Burton in the League Cup. Some misleading youtube reel, that was. What were we thinking?

Scott Chamberlain - away to Bristol City in a particularly rubbish JPT trophy game. What was I thinking?

And (my) winner;

Shane McFaul - came on just once, at Withdean, (against Crewe?). In the 88th minute!

 

Icy Gull

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Jul 5, 2003

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• May 17, 2017

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Edit, ignore -Jason Dodd actually made it to 7 appearances.

 

TSB

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James Virgo: and he scored!
Current Bristol City manager: Lee Johnson. Who also scored (though, I think, only in a penalty shootout)
Geoff Pitcher: one game, one penalty, goodbye.

Don't score on your debut.

 

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Chandlers Ford

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Icy Gull said:

Didn't Jason Dodd manage just the one game before a career ending injury. An odd one that as I'm not even sure what the injury was.

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Dodd managed a massive SEVEN appearances.

 

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• May 17, 2017

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hans kraay fan club said:

Players who played just ONCE for the Albion (not interested in the chap we sold before he'd played at all).

I was privileged to witness these ENTIRE Albion careers, in person:

Ali Al Habsi - conceding three times at Bournemouth in his only game, after we signed him on a month loan, in a month when he was away with Oman for three weeks!

Nzuzi Toko - 45 uninspiring minutes at Burton in the League Cup. Some misleading youtube reel, that was. What were we thinking?

Scott Chamberlain - away to Bristol City in a particularly rubbish JPT trophy game. What was I thinking?

And (my) winner;

Shane McFaul - came on just once, at Withdean, (against Crewe?). In the 88th minute!

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Nice. Had forgotten all about Chamberlain. Wonder if he is still playing? Couldn't find any stats past 2010 where he had a stint at Lewes apparently.

 

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hassocks

• May 17, 2017

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There was a keeper, something Jones.... I remember seeing him play at Luton in a game Leon Knight was sent off?

He can't have played more than once?

He was shite

 

Buzzer

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We had a keeper by the name of Gay who played just the one match back in the Withdean days.

 

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Savage couldn't have played many, and would be surprised if it added up to 90 mins

 

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Florent Chaigneau

One game (away somewhere) in 05/06.
He was shite.

 

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Glen Geard at Arsenal in League cup

 

hans kraay fan club

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TSB said:

James Virgo: and he scored!
Current Bristol City manager: Lee Johnson. Who also scored (though, I think, only in a penalty shootout)
Geoff Pitcher: one game, one penalty, goodbye.

Don't score on your debut.

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Johnson is an excellent shout - one game v Cardiff in the JPT.

Not Pitcher though - he played at least 5 or 6, surely?

 

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hans kraay fan club said:

Johnson is an excellent shout - one game v Cardiff in the JPT.

Not Pitcher though - he played at least 5 or 6, surely?

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Cheers.
Yeah probably. He was crap enough that one would have been about right.

 

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TSB said:

Florent Chaigneau

One game (away somewhere) in 05/06.
He was shite.

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Excellent!

He should have been on my list, as I was at that. Away to Southampton, the day McGhee threw Michel (and Knight) off the coach!

 

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We had an American keeper on loan, Jorgen Sommer (sp?). He only played one game for us and looked pretty good too.

We played a lot of keepers in our last few years at Withdean, most of them forgettable - there were probably some who played one game.

 

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Gwylan said:

We had an American keeper on loan, Jorgen Sommer (sp?). He only played one game for us and looked pretty good too.

We played a lot of keepers in our last few years at Withdean, most of them forgettable - there were probably some who played one game.

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And one, that we signed from non-league that played none at all. Naisbit / Naismith?

 

Buzzer

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How about the Orient v Brighton match (Russell Slade's first ever game) for a whole host of one-game players.

Gary Borrowdale? Andersen in goal? Did Matt Heath play many games?

 

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hans kraay fan club said:

Players who played just ONCE for the Albion (not interested in the chap we sold before he'd played at all).

I was privileged to witness these ENTIRE Albion careers, in person:

Ali Al Habsi - conceding three times at Bournemouth in his only game, after we signed him on a month loan, in a month when he was away with Oman for three weeks!

Nzuzi Toko - 45 uninspiring minutes at Burton in the League Cup. Some misleading youtube reel, that was. What were we thinking?

Scott Chamberlain - away to Bristol City in a particularly rubbish JPT trophy game. What was I thinking?

And (my) winner;

Shane McFaul - came on just once, at Withdean, (against Crewe?). In the 88th minute!

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Awesome thread!

I didn't realise that I had been there for his entire career!

 

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Buzzer said:

How about the Orient v Brighton match (Russell Slade's first ever game) for a whole host of one-game players.

Gary Borrowdale? Andersen in goal? Did Matt Heath play many games?

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I'm sure Borrowdale and Heath played a few games. Andersen is a possibility though

 

Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

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TSB said:

James Virgo: and he scored!
Current Bristol City manager: Lee Johnson. Who also scored (though, I think, only in a penalty shootout)
Geoff Pitcher: one game, one penalty, goodbye.

Don't score on your debut.

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Geoff Pitcher played more than 1 game and I am not sure if he ever scored (you may be thinking of Graham Barrett who scored once which was a penalty but also unfortunately stunk up more than 1 game for us) , and Lee Johnson's goal was from open play in the Football League Trophy against Cardiff.

 

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• May 17, 2017

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TSB said:

James Virgo: and he scored!
Current Bristol City manager: Lee Johnson. Who also scored (though, I think, only in a penalty shootout)
Geoff Pitcher: one game, one penalty, goodbye.

Don't score on your debut.

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lee Johnson Scored quite a good goal against Cardiff I think?