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Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: Bedford Red on Thursday, August 4, 2005, 20:57:59 Who do you think the best goalie is?
Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: Johno on Thursday, August 4, 2005, 20:58:47 would have to go with digby as he is the best from my era, and was a legend at this club.
Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: Kinky Tom on Thursday, August 4, 2005, 21:01:07 Got to go with Fraser myself too, played when I started watching in the 80s and was a class act for a long time.
There's no doubt Given is a better 'keeper, but he was only here on loan, so in my book he doesn't really count. Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: Whits on Thursday, August 4, 2005, 21:01:10 I remember watching shay given at carlise and thinking one day this guy will be awesome, i should be a scout 8)
from my memory there couldn't have been many more than 150 odd there that day but he played a blinder, its a tough call between him and fraser Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: Kinky Tom on Thursday, August 4, 2005, 21:02:09 Carlisle was one of the highlights of that season for me. Was thinking of that game while typing my reply too.
Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: Whits on Thursday, August 4, 2005, 21:03:55 edwin murray super goal \o/
Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: Kinky Tom on Thursday, August 4, 2005, 21:05:26 Damn right. Goal of the season.
Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: yeo on Thursday, August 4, 2005, 21:18:16 Digby.
Did you know Frazers mum named him after Sonics cat. :P Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: Boeta on Thursday, August 4, 2005, 21:19:13 Fraser Digby. He was awesome.
Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: reeves4england on Thursday, August 4, 2005, 21:21:28 Digby was an absolute legend, and the respect he has still was shown when he was doing that penalty shoot out at half time in a game last season.
To Fraser Digby! :beers: Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: blinkpip on Thursday, August 4, 2005, 21:41:41 Never heard of Sam Burton? What era was he about?
Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: Reg Smeeton on Thursday, August 4, 2005, 23:07:18 Quote from: "blinkpip" Never heard of Sam Burton? What era was he about? Sammy Burton kept goal from just after the war .....until the very early 60's, about a 13 year career ...local fella never played for any body else. He was just before my time.....my father tells me that in the those days of centre forwards barging keepers into the goal holding the ball...(Nat Lothouse stylee)....Sammy would come for crosses to punch the ball clear, slightly mis time it to punch the centre forward in the head. Oh and he didn't wear gloves, but sported a flat cap. Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: Dazzza on Thursday, August 4, 2005, 23:12:22 Sounds like a ledgend. Great write up on swindon-town-fc.co.uk:
Quote After the war, young goalkeeper Sam Burton was signed as a part-time professional. Unfortunately, he hadn't completed his National Service, and he was assigned to a mine in South Wales, where he stayed for almost two years. By the time he got back, he found himself third in the pecking order for the number one jersey. It was 1950 before Burton became Swindon's first choice, a position he kept for eleven years, making over 500 appearances. Only injury would keep Burton out of the team - he even kept future Irish international Norman Uprichard out of the side. After being rewarded with a testimonial, Burton's final game came just two days before his 35th birthday, in an embarrassing 3-0 defeat at Kettering in the FA Cup. Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: sonicyouth on Thursday, August 4, 2005, 23:21:38 I was going to nominate Whits to be our goalkeeper but I misunderstood the name of the topic :oops:
It must be Digby. Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: Spud on Friday, August 5, 2005, 04:47:25 Fraser Digby's gonna walk this one.
Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: fatbury on Friday, August 5, 2005, 07:52:07 Fraser Fraser Digby Fraser Fraser Digby!!
ENGLAND NUMBER 1 ENGLAND ENGLAND NUMBER 1 DIGBY NUMBER 1!! ahhhh takes me back!! :\/ Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: normy on Friday, August 5, 2005, 08:42:55 Quote from: "Reg Smeeton" Quote from: "blinkpip" Never heard of Sam Burton? What era was he about? Sammy Burton kept goal from just after the war .....until the very early 60's, about a 13 year career ...local fella never played for any body else. He was just before my time.....my father tells me that in the those days of centre forwards barging keepers into the goal holding the ball...(Nat Lothouse stylee)....Sammy would come for crosses to punch the ball clear, slightly mis time it to punch the centre forward in the head. Oh and he didn't wear gloves, but sported a flat cap. All very true Reg, I saw him from behind his goal many times and wondered why he often missed his punch! I can see him now, wearing the same old green jersey with holes in, and long baggy white shorts, and occasional flat cap. It was every man for himself in that goalmouth, and the heavy laced leather ball thumping in to Garth Hudson's overworked forehead. Tough days for defenders! Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: DV on Friday, August 5, 2005, 11:20:21 Given was pure quality, but never ours sadly...
Digby Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: BANGKOK RED on Friday, August 5, 2005, 12:02:51 Digby, without a doubt. The guy is a Swindon legend right up there with Don Rogers and co.
Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR on Friday, August 5, 2005, 15:33:50 Some top quality reminiscing from Reg and Normy there. Old football sounds like fucking roller ball or something. I love it!
I have of course voted for Fraser. Shay Given it could be argued, is possibly a better keeper, but you can hardly compare Given's 6 decent performaces in a Town shirt with 500 plus from Mr Digby, and only a handful of errors in that time. Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: adje on Friday, August 5, 2005, 17:26:40 As an ageing Town fan,mine is the solitary vote(so far) for Peter Downsborough-over 300 games and as responsible for our LC victory as The Don.
Title: TEF Forums Swindon Town X1 Post by: normy on Friday, August 5, 2005, 17:49:47 Quote from: "OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR" Some top quality reminiscing from Reg and Normy there. Old football sounds like fucking roller ball or something. I love it! I have of course voted for Fraser. Shay Given it could be argued, is possibly a better keeper, but you can hardly compare Given's 6 decent performaces in a Town shirt with 500 plus from Mr Digby, and only a handful of errors in that time. I also voted for Digby by a whisker, but Downsborough was an excellent goalie in a different era, hard to compare. The old football was very dirty sometimes, but there were few sending offs, as the FA couldn't afford all those coloured cards. :) It is easy to be boring with memories, but it is strange to look at old photos of our players in the late 40's and 50's and remember little details about many of them, but not much about the games. Probably because we usually lost! One memory is of Jimmy Bain, a left winger. He was wiry, and tricky, and had a wonderful ability to cross even the heavy ball with height and to the right distance. Maurice Owen, the legend, headed a lot of those in, but he was not good at bundling the goalie in to the net or could have got more. Later years, Bain was still crossing them for the likes of John Skull, who ended up as a physio in Goddard Avenue. End of boring message . |