TEF Swindon Town X1 Defenders Vote.

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

I haven't put Charlie Henry on here for example as I am putting him in the strikers section as though he started as a defender I remember him most for the 85-86 season and the Gillingham play off goal.

Small point - I would have thought Charlie scored most of his goals as a midfielder. That was certainly the case with the 18 or so he got in the 85-86 season.

1. Shaun Taylor
2. Colin Calderwood
3. Ian Culverhouse
4. David Kerslake
5. Paul Bodin
6. Tim Parkin
7. Chris Ramsey
8. John Trollope
9. Jon Gittens
10. Nicky Coleman

[Reg Smeeton]

1. Colin Calderwood
 2. Stan Harland
 3.Frank Burrows
 4.John Trollope
 5. Rod Thomas
 6.Shaun Taylor
 7. Tim Parkin
 8. Nestor Lorenzo
 9.Kenny Stroud
 10.Chris Ramsey

   Players like Kerslake and Paul Bodin....were more attackers than defenders ,therefore didn't get included.

   BTW who the fuck is John Bell?

 

John Bell - Link

http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/ForceFrames.htm?http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Seasons.asp

I hadn't heard of him either, got his name from a programme.

 I checked him out and he played 30 odd games just before my time...never noticed his name before.

   Think Mick Blick should get a mention fro unstinting loyalty to the STFC shirt.

[Bedford Red]

I haven't put Charlie Henry on here for example as I am putting him in the strikers section as though he started as a defender I remember him most for the 85-86 season and the Gillingham play off goal.

Small point - I would have thought Charlie scored most of his goals as a midfielder. That was certainly the case with the 18 or so he got in the 85-86 season.

1. Shaun Taylor
2. Colin Calderwood
3. Ian Culverhouse
4. David Kerslake
5. Paul Bodin
6. Tim Parkin
7. Chris Ramsey
8. John Trollope
9. Jon Gittens
10. Nicky Coleman

Good point OST, will include him in there when I do the midfield list.

Glad to see some players before the 90's get a mention. I think this is the first vote Nicky Coleman gets, Chris Ramsey has got a couple of mentions, one of my favourites from that period.

[normy]

Shaun Taylor
Frank Burrows
Mel Nurse
Stan Harland
Joe Butler
Colin Calderwood
John Trollope
Rod Thomas
Paul Bodin
Keith Morgan

[McLovin]

This will show my age...

1. Calderwood
2. Culverhouse
3. Taylor
4. Bodin
5. Trollope (just because he played loads, so i am assuming he was quite handy...)
6. Kerslake
7. Borrows (Brian)
8. Thomas (because i know he was international quality at the time)
9. Heywood
10. Kilcline

[Bedford Red]

I've been meaning to add this up for ages!

The votes finished as

Shaun Taylor 108
Colin Calderwood 102
Paul Bodin 59
David Kerslake 44
John Trollope 41
Frank Burrows 34
Stan Harland 29
Ian Culverhouse 28
Rod Thomas 25
Phil King/Jon Gittens 19
Tim Parkin/Alan Reeves 13
Sean O'Hanlon/David Hockaday 12
Mel Nurse 8
Chris Ramsey/Adrian Viveash/Joe Butler 6
Nestor Lorenzo 5
Kenny Stroud/Brian Borrows 4
Marlon Broomes/Steve Aizlewood/Matty Heywood/Brian Kilcline 2
Keith Morgan/Mark Seagraves/Colin Prophett/Nicky Coleman 1.

So Shaun Taylor and Colin Calderwood ran away with it, with Bodin in 3rd and Kerslake in 4th just ahead of Trollope.

So with Digby winning the goalie vote by miles the team so far is

Digby
Bodin
Taylor
Calderwood
Kerslake.

I can see a theme somewhere!

[adje]

Ade Viveash got 6 votes.Mmmmmm

[Reg Smeeton]

Ade Viveash got 6 votes.Mmmmmm

 I thought you were going to say...David Kerslake wasn't a better right back than Rod Thomas or that Zippy wasn't a better left back than John Trollope.

 OK.... I will

[DiV]

Ade Viveash got 6 votes.Mmmmmm

 I thought you were going to say...David Kerslake wasn't a better right back than Rod Thomas or that Zippy wasn't a better left back than John Trollope.

 OK.... I will

Probably true, but how many people on here do you think actually watched Kerslake and Zippy compared with Thomas and Trollope?

[Reg Smeeton]

Ade Viveash got 6 votes.Mmmmmm

 I thought you were going to say...David Kerslake wasn't a better right back than Rod Thomas or that Zippy wasn't a better left back than John Trollope.

 OK.... I will

Probably true, but how many people on here do you think actually watched Kerslake and Zippy compared with Thomas and Trollope?

 No idea...but unless you have a degree of objectivity in these things, it renders them a bit pointless.

[Tails]

1. Colin Calderwood
2. Paul Bodin
3.Frank Burrows
4.John Trollope
5. Rod Thomas
6.Shaun Taylor
7. Tim Parkin
8. Nestor Lorenzo
9.Kenny Stroud
10. Sean O'Hanlon

[Bedford Red]

Ade Viveash got 6 votes.Mmmmmm

 I thought you were going to say...David Kerslake wasn't a better right back than Rod Thomas or that Zippy wasn't a better left back than John Trollope.

 OK.... I will

Probably true, but how many people on here do you think actually watched Kerslake and Zippy compared with Thomas and Trollope?

 No idea...but unless you have a degree of objectivity in these things, it renders them a bit pointless.

I put Trollope, Thomas and Harland in my top 10. Only ever saw Trollope play, my first game was in 1976 when I was 8 so two late for the other two.

I guess a lot of people on here (most probably) are a lot younger than me and are bound to vote for the players they've seen, no way round that really.

[Reg Smeeton]

Fair enough, but you wanted defenders....and neither Kerslake or Zippy really were, being converted midfield players who spent most of their time attacking...i

[Bedford Red]

I know, but they still got in the top 4.

And I did say that people could vote wherever they wanted to for players, it was hard enough trying to think of them all without going into it too deep, it's supposed to be a bit of fun!

[Reg Smeeton]

I know, but they still got in the top 4.

And I did say that people could vote wherever they wanted to for players, it was hard enough trying to think of them all without going into it too deep, it's supposed to be a bit of fun!

 Fun was what I had in the close season....i