Most LIKED footballers

[Easy 10]

John Byrne
I had the pleasure of sharing a couple of pints and a chat with him (my all-time favourite Albion player) in The Sussex just after England had noused up qualification for Euro 2008. Thoroughly decent, affable bloke. They say 'never meet your heroes, they will only disappoint'. Well thats clearly BOLLOCKS, isn't it. He's a diamond geezer.

 

[bigc]

around JB's era Easy, how about Garry Nelson?

Have been reading his book Left Foot Forward, he comes across well.

 

[Storer68]

Gary Nelson - top bloke, top goalscorer, and wrote some cracking books. All round good egg IMHO

 

[beorhthelm]

not sure about Bullard, when he off'd from Fulham who looked after him when long term injured.

Sheringham, Giggs and Schols notable as being liked but from a hated team

 

[looney]

Gerry Ryan has to be the friedliest down to earth and likable player I have ever met.


As for players I haven't met I admire the way Paul Ince got his act together and stopped being a whinging dirty sod on the pitch when he moved to manure from wet spam.

 

[BensGrandad]

Don't be fooled by his whiter-than-white TV persona, apparently he's a right wanker in real life.

I was told that his bars were set up so that he could bring the money he earnt in Spain into this country without paying tax. He used to visit Teneriffe regularly when he played for Spurs and brought back a brief case full of sterling each visit as they accepted sterling in the bar. Coincidence that his brother, who ran that bar, is doing time for tax evasion?

I must stress that I was told this and have no proof of its truth or otherwise just passing on the comment.

 

[Easy 10]

around JB's era Easy, how about Garry Nelson?

Have been reading his book Left Foot Forward, he comes across well.

Yes, good shout. Nels was a gent on the pitch, although I never met him off it but he seemed like a nice fella.

Left Foot Forward is a great read. If you enjoy that, you'll like Left Foot in the Grave, which mainly focuses on his time as boss at Torquay.

 

[jcdenton08]

By me, at least

 

[Aldo]

There is no contest, it is 100%

 

[Brighton Boys on tour]

Gary Hart,Really nice warm bloke!!

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

I always think peter couch Is LOVELY and get genuinly offended if anyone dares criticise his football ability or him as a man.

Graeme le saux was WELL LIKEABLE whenever he does a bit of commentry.

I also reckon theo Walcott and JI SUNG PARK would be really PLEASENT.

Arshavin would be cuddly an gentle but cry after.

 

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

Is that right? I know he's f***ed about a bit, which is hardly a surprise and hardly makes him a bad person. Right kids?

Lineker is anything but Mr Nice Guy.

He got caught doing coke and used his son who was sick with leukemia at the time as a way to stop the press going to town on him.

 

[Safeway]

Left Foot Forward is a great read. If you enjoy that, you'll like Left Foot in the Grave, which mainly focuses on his time as boss at Torquay.

Great book. As well as talking about signing a young Charlie Oatway, it makes frequent references to Albion's plight during THAT season (96/97).

 

[Mackenzie]

Eric Gill is a nice fellow.

 

[Taybha]

ray kennedy

 

[cjwoolven]

Thierry Henry.

 

[Brighton M]

Giggs.

 

[hopper_182]

Michael Owen anybody? Top Bloke in my book.

 

[Aldo]

Michael Owen anybody? Top Bloke in my book.

Off the pitch yes, in football terms, as selfish and arragont as david beckham.

 

[seagullsoverlincoln]

i never used to like Bellamy,but he also has donated a lot of time and money to
African charities-so fair play to him.

I remember Ritchie Barker going out of his way to join the Albion fans in the away end
at Mansfield a few years ago,after he had been transferred-top bloke