John Ruggiero

[Parson Henry]

Now who remembers him!!!

Made his debut first game against Saints away and scored from almost the halfway line. First game of 78/89 season and was at the Dell.

Also notable from that game was the crowd trouble between two factions of S'ton fans.

Amazing scenes

 

[Ex-Staffs Gull]

78/89 season - Blimey it dragged on a bit !

 

[harold robbins]

Certainly do. From what I remember he didnt last long with us but I can`t recall who he went to after.

 

[Zeitgeist]

Think he went to Pompey? I believe it was in fact the 77/78 season too. Not quite so long!

 

[Sergi Gotsmanov]

Quite an impressive beard if remember correctly.

 

[Jambo Seagull]

This guy was pisspoor as I remember. Almost as bad as Peter Sayer. They both had comedy late 70s bubble perms (cf the Scotland 1978 world cup squad - they ALL had one). I think Ruggiero was mostly used as a sub. He was either signed from or sold to Stoke. Was he completely ineffectual winger or was that Peter Sayer?

 

[NMH]

Was he another one of those players picked up by Mullery?
It occurs to me that no Mullery player every turned into anything great, only the lads that Peter Taylor's scouts brought in (Ward, Lawrenson, Williams to name a few)

 

[smudge]

Peter Sayer didn't do much for us, although I do remember one blinding goal he scored from about 25 yards into the south stand goal.

Ruggerio showed a bit of promise but didn't get much of a run.
I was there at Southampton, great day out.

 

[graz126]

wicked an 11 year long season.

 

[smudge]

Was he another one of those players picked up by Mullery?
It occurs to me that no Mullery player every turned into anything great, only the lads that Peter Taylor's scouts brought in (Ward, Lawrenson, Williams to name a few)

Too right mate. How could he discard Mellor for Maybank?

 

[Zeitgeist]

Was he another one of those players picked up by Mullery?
It occurs to me that no Mullery player every turned into anything great, only the lads that Peter Taylor's scouts brought in (Ward, Lawrenson, Williams to name a few)

Lawrenson and Williams were BOTH Mullery signings...

 

[BensGrandad]

I thought that John Ruggerio was signed by Peter Taylor or Brian Clough and then got injured quite badly and went up to Stoke or similar before retiring through injury.

 

[Brovion]

I thought that John Ruggerio was signed by Peter Taylor or Brian Clough and then got injured quite badly and went up to Stoke or similar before retiring through injury.

No, I'm 99% certain he was signed by Mullery to bolster the squad after we won promotion to the second tier (aka 2nd divison, 1st division, Championship, whatever). Also I think it was the for 77/78 season. I'm doing this without reference books so I could be wrong but I don't think so.

PS - It WAS a blinding goal against Southampton. A deserved equaliser in a 1-1 opening day draw.

 

[Blackadder]

PS - It WAS a blinding goal against Southampton. A deserved equaliser in a 1-1 opening day draw.

It was. I was there that day. The Saints fans shut up after that and the Seagulls were in full song!

 

[NMH]

Lawrenson and Williams were BOTH Mullery signings...

SCOUTS Zeit, Mullery inherited the scouts from Clough-then-Taylor's staffing of the club. Those scouts apparently discovered Ward playing at Burton Albion (?), and were legendary for spotting genius players for cheap (Lawrenson was the d's bs, Williams was part of that deal and wasn't too shabby either).

I may be mistaken, but I believe that the first player Mullery got the nod to buy, off his own 'brilliant intuition' and 'great eye for a top bargain', was that EFFING USELESS DONKEY maybank - who broke the club record expenditure at around 2 and a half hundred thousand flippin quid. THIRTY BLEEPING YEARS LATER WE CAN BARELY AFFORD TO PAY A TENTH OF THAT NUMERICAL SUM (i say numerical because 260,000-odd bills is inflated to be about 700,000 today).

Honestly, maybank made Poskett look like Pele, and Mullery had Ward on the bench or coming back to defend!!
He brought in some other memorable superstars, including a lad from Israel (Cohen?).
I'd forget their memorable names though if it weren't for threads like this that remind us of those under-rated talents like...er... Sayer and... Ruggerio.
He was a decent motivator at half-time, but let's put Mullery into correct perspective as an all-round football manager shall we?

(Martin Chivers was perhaps Mullery's most astute accident, getting a goal or two out of his 5 orwhateveritwas appearances by the end of the season when it was actually just a favour to an old Spurs team-mate)

 

[NMH]

 

[smudge]

I think that the front wheel's name was something like Moishe Gariani.

Mullers did nearly sign to Peruvian superstars though!

 

[bobbycodpiece]

Now who remembers him!!!

Made his debut first game against Saints away and scored from almost the halfway line. First game of 78/89 season and was at the Dell.

Also notable from that game was the crowd trouble between two factions of S'ton fans.

Amazing scenes

....He came to the official opening of Woodingdean Swimming Pool...with Steve Piper & Graham Winstanley...what a star !