Sussex greatest footballers?

[BensGrandad]

There was a keeper at Rotherham for years who went to Boundstone

Wasnt his name Wood.

Brian Yeo lived in Lanfranc Rd Worthing for many years before playing for Gillingham.

2 players from Chichester played for Worthing in the 50s went to Liverpool Alan Arnell a n old fashioned centre foreward and Fred (?) Perry a right back.

Noticed nobody has mentioned Dean Hammond.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

I did not know Bonnetti was from Worthing

He was responible for me going to my very first professional footie game. He bought a dog from my parents who owned a kennels in Shoreham and gave my dad 4 tickets to a Chelsea v Leeds game in 1970. Was 0-0 - I don't remember much about it.

 

[chucky1973]

Gareth was born in Watford, but grew up in Crawley - went to Hazelwick School (as did I)

I was a Bennett Boy, had some proper football and Rugby matches against your lot!!

Good times, albeit a shit school for education!!

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

Was going to nominate the very talented but also rather eccentric CB Fry who played for Sussex and England at cricket and for England footie, but to my horror just discovered he was born in Croydon. Also played for Soton and Portsmouth.......so forget about that then.

Among his other claims to fame was to hold the world long jump record, his party piece was to jump from a standing position onto a mantelpiece and also it is claimed that he tried to persuade Nazi Germany to take up test cricket........

 

[The Large One]

Gareth Southgate.

 

[Postman Pat]

Steve Brown - Ex-Charlton, was born in Brighton

Kevin Ball ex-Sunderland was born in Hastings.

 

[BensGrandad]

Gareth Southgate.

Please stay awake at the back and keep up with the rest of the class

 

[Cantona's Flying Dropkick]

Never played pro football but managed league teams - Lennie Lawrence (Brighton-born)

 

[Storer 68]

Tommy Cook born in Cuckfield. Played for England, despite playing in Division 3 South. Never recovered from WWII and committed suicide before his 49th birthday.

and played cricket for Sussex. Good enough to be thought of an an international prospect ish..............

 

[Rocky Robin]

Simon Rodgers, Simon Funnell and Kim Grant all went to my School Kings Manor in Shoreham

 

[Crispy Ambulance]

Tony Towner

 

[Simster]

Paul Ifill.

Ought to have been an Albion player as well as fan.

 

[Pevenseagull]

One that got away:
Russell Martin.

Released 2004, now plying his trade as (bloody) Norwich's first choice right back having worked his way up from Lewes via Wycombe and Peterborough.

Nickname: 'The Norfolk Cafu'

Born in Brighton, just turned 26, Brighton supporter

 

[Pevenseagull]

I would love it if we bought Russell Martin off of Norwich in a couple of seasons time after some shonky underhand tapping up scandal

 

[GAZTASTIC]

For the older ones - Peter Allen, born Hove, went to School at Hove GS played for Orient and Tottenham. Now a solicitor in Portslade.

 

[forrest]

Dean Cox. Debatable if he should be classed as a great though. Some of the youngsters at work who used to go to school with him in Haywards Heath all say he wasnt that player at school.

 

[honey boy zimba]

Glen GEARD Play for England Mullers said !

 

[Return of the Rev]

it seems that sussex isn't exactly a prolific producer of footballers.

or they get ignored by brighton,quite a few youngsters with london clubs!

 

[Jonno]

The Fox brothers (not)

 

[seagullondon]

Wouldn't call myself the greatest but I can't be too far off.

I heard you had 2 left feet. From Norwich