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Title: Tallest Player?
Post by: bigbobjoylove on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 14:05:13
Listening to the Spurs/Everton game on Talkshite they mentioned Lacina Traore being the tallest ever Premier League player if he comes on as sub.

Who is the tallest player to play for Swindon?


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: Barry Scott on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 14:07:12
Fola? Griemink?

Edit: Just checked Wiki and they're both listed as shorter than I thought. I was convinced they were both 6'7".


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: DiV on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 14:20:24
At the moment I can't top Fola at 6ft 6


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: walcot red on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 14:22:28
Wasn't Magera 6ft 7?


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: suttonred on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 14:23:15
That guy kingy bought in, Ben something, son of a mate wasn't he 6 foot 7 6 foot 8?


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: DiV on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 14:25:33
That guy kingy bought in, Ben something, son of a mate wasn't he 6 foot 7 6 foot 8?

Thought about him, Ben Martin, so obscure I can't find any details on him...


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: Honkytonk on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 14:25:50
Razor Ruddock lying down.


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: DiV on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 14:30:22
I've got Fola at 6ft 6. Flint at 6ft 5 and a half and then Alassane N'Diaye at 6ft 5


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: suttonred on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 14:30:49
Martin 6"7

http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=MARTINBE


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: DiV on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 14:35:15
Peter Brezovan also 6ft 6


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: Posh Red on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 15:25:14
Andy King's ego beats them all ;)


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: ronnie21 on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 15:48:37
Reg will remember Bill Atkins, he was a bit of a beanpole!


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: jayohaitchenn on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 16:29:01
How big is gladwin?


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: Batch on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 17:09:03
How big is gladwin?

Can't find anything official, saw a couple of listings saying 6ft 3, but hes definitely at least 6ft 1!

http://www.skysports.com/nikeacademy/story/0,28730,19684_6673366,00.html


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: Bewster on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 17:18:48
What about that loanee Tony Grant?


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: DiV on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 17:28:45
What about that loanee Tony Grant?

5ft 9 and a half...


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: Bewster on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 17:32:31
5ft 9 and a half...

Really? I thought he was really gangly .


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: Abrahammer on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 17:39:12
Mark McCammon was a pretty tall piece of almighty shit

Edit - Wiki tells me 6"5


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: Batch on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 17:56:27
Mark McCammon was a pretty tall piece of almighty shit

Suuuuuuuuuper super Mark..


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: Berniman on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 18:09:28
Gotta be Magera hasn't it?


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: DiV on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 19:14:03
Not at 6ft 4

I've also checked out Diagagagagoragaora, Tudor-Jones, Matty Heywood and Oli Risser amongst others.

Oh and Kevin Amakwaah who is only 6ft 1


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: Costanza on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 19:24:29
Can someone put DV out of his misery and come up with a definitive answer for this please, for goodness sake!

Trawling through Wikipedia for player heights is no way for anyone to live their life.


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: THE FLASH on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 19:31:14
Robert Rosario....he was a big cunt...not for us but Norwich....saw hin in a Simod cup match...


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Sunday, February 9, 2014, 20:58:30
Robert Rosario....he was a big cunt...not for us but Norwich....saw hin in a Simod cup match...

Rosario wasn't particularly tall, but he was useless. If you want the tallest player to play v STFC, then a toss up between Peter Crouch...played for Stoke last season and Super Kevin Francis of the Scum....both listed at 2.01 m


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: 4D on Monday, February 10, 2014, 00:44:00
I saw crouch play for pompey against us, pre season. He was on one knee doing his laces and still looked taller than a lot of his team mates  :)


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: Peter Venkman on Monday, February 10, 2014, 07:39:51
Alistair Sperring a keeper who played one game for us, a 5-1 home defeat by Rovers, while on loan from Southampton was at least 6 foot 6.



Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: chalkies_shorts on Monday, February 10, 2014, 08:25:43
Alistair Sperring a keeper who played one game for us, a 5-1 home defeat by Rovers, while on loan from Southampton was at least 6 foot 6.


Why remind us of that game


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: Benzel on Monday, February 10, 2014, 10:26:35
How big is gladwin?

About the same as Ranger - 6'3 ish.


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: Jimmy Glass is an Alien on Monday, February 10, 2014, 13:53:59
Rosario wasn't particularly tall, but he was useless. If you want the tallest player to play v STFC, then a toss up between Peter Crouch...played for Stoke last season and Super Kevin Francis of the Scum....both listed at 2.01 m

I played football against Kevin Francis about 10 years ago, true story that...


Title: Re: Tallest Player?
Post by: jayohaitchenn on Monday, February 10, 2014, 16:12:23
Thanks for letting us know.