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I'm thinking Eric Sabin and Bobby Howe deserve that status.

Bobby Howe only deserves that status if the title of this topic has been strategically mis-spelt. :D

Will always remember Sabin tho for the Trust player of the Year awards (OK, not quite the Brits, but we had fun) in his 1st season. Remember then he was mainly famous for hurtling towards startled defenders at speed before falling over in the box to increasingly less sympathetic refs. So, the do is in the Winners, Eric is accepting an award for something or other on behalf of someone else, he comes up to the front, trips on the biut where there was a carpeted section raised by about a millimetre from the woodeny-type floor, and goes sprawling. Cue shouts of "Dive" and spontaneous applause from the assembled fans. Pure class, goes to show he couldn't help himself - must have been some kind of medical condition that whenever he saw a rectangle marked out on the floor, his body just kind of hurled him to the floor. Kind of Falling Over Tourettes.

Erm, the Sabin thing. I think you had to be there. But it was dead funny at the time. No really, it was.

Nah it was ace  8)

I reckon bobby howe got a bad deal. he ended up being played as some sort of a midfield general when he wasn't that sort of player at all. When he was aloud to get forward he'd occasionally do something good. Go bobby Howe

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:  that would have been ace to hear everybody shout "DIVE!"

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But surely since going over to the yellow side he shouldn't be considered as a legend :-))(

True. But he should still get an entry in a general "Clumsy twats hall of fame".

Actually not everyone shouted "DIVE" ...... some people shouted "Penalty!"  :)

A few seasons ago we played Colchester away. It was a midweek game and we ended up winning 3-1.  We were 1-0 down at half time and at some point after the break, Eric got the ball and started lolloping towards the Col U goal. I yelled at the top of my voice, "Just get in the box and fall over Eric!" And he did just that! The ref gave a pen 'and the rest as they say is history'. To this day I am claiming an assist on that goal.

You probably had to be there but me and the people around me thought it was as funny as fuck 8)

From the adver, the day after he signed for Swindon:


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bobby howe was not a cult hero. however he was a complete and utter pile of dog poo if that's what you meant

The best footballer to have hardly ever played for Town-Phillipe"Jose" Cuervo!

Agreed adje.  I think we all know if he'd ever played he'd be one of our best ever players :wink:

Shaun Taylor was a proper cult hero IMHO, most of those mentioned here were just comically bad.

Was that comparison not made by a certain A.King?

Colchester away: http://www.swindontownfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/media/0,,~,00.asx?path=zzf%3A//ivqrb.cerzvhzgi.pb.hx/ivqrb/01_2002/16203_uv.jzi

I never realised Bart was so good!Also Gurney in "not bad"shocker!

Turbo?
He was a player you could gaurentee would always give 100% and he always had to be a part of every play and he never ran out of energy.

Not so much of a legend i suppose actually.  No-one will remember him in a few years.

griemink was ace that season. as was matty heywood

The first game I saw him play was at The Manor when I was at Uni. I seem to remember him scoring 2 goals. Oxford had 2 men sent off, and the game got stopped for a while when the London road were getting a bit upset about it all. Oxford then got relegated that season too...

I think that alone gets him a cult status.

I for one will NEVER forget the two goals away against the pox :beers:
Just for those goals i consider Turbo to be in the pantheon of Town players :)

Yeah Turbs definitely qualifies

Turbo was ace.  Don't think the pox had 2 sent off though?  There was definately projectiles thrown at mildy thoug.

There was definitely a comical incident whereby the referee showed one of their players a second yellow card, without realising that he had already booked him. The Swindon end then took it upon themselves to point out this oversight to him, whereupon the referee realising his mistake promptly produced the red. Classic.

I think that may have been the incident that provoked the bottle throwing.

El duque, I stand corrected just trawled the advers archives and whitehead and murphy were both sent off.  God I forgot how good that match was, best memories apart from the goals are the queues to get in and missing the kick-off after the police 'forgot' to turn up to escort the busses in.

Could you post a link to that report please?

Sorry. I was just being lazy. I have now found it...

Here goes, its off thisis, match archives march 2001:

http://www.thisisstfc.co.uk/match_report_Story.asp?NewsID=49

turno scored those two so deserves legendary status but he was shit. never made a pass forwards in his x years here

Perhaps he thought that he was actually Jason Robinson?

Watch his pass to Parkin for his second against Hull at home last season.

i don't think you can get a better cult legend than Ty Gooden. purely for the fact he was and will always be fucking ace

Whats this obsession you have with Ty Gooden?. :mrgreen:

apart from the obvious that he was fucking ace nothing mate

actually

boeta

did u send the fucking picture or did u buy a pint with my money and use my ty pic as a placemat?!  :evil:

iv gotta be with the bobby howe crew on this one. an absolute legend.  :beers: bobby howe sexy football :beers:
what a chant.

think it was nottingham forrest away(could be wrong) when bobby howe scored a 30 yarder and all you could hear was bobby howe sexy football and we play like brazil :mrgreen:

I think it may have been Watford-one nil win

Twas a friday night match on sky I think, we did witness a 'howe-itzer' in that game for definate.

Phillipe Cuervo - Just for overcelebrating a goal at Westbury United - Hilarious

iffy onoura..and jan aage fjortoft.ifucking love them

Scotty Leitch,Graz and Danny

Recently? Turbo for the workrate and effort, if not always the skill. Danny for turning hiding into an art form. Parkin for everything. Sabin for the comedy value.

Parkin can't be a "cult" hero though, can he?  He's more your traditional hero.

Darren Bullock might have had that status.

Bobby Howe, absolutely, crap but loved.

Charlie Henry was one a while back I guess.

Reeves I suppose might also challenge for cult status as opposed to being a normal hero.  Most of his supoort seemed to build up once he'd had his worst spell as a player.  If he was still playing a hurried punt into orbit and over the stand would be greeted with smiles and loud voices shouting Reeeeeves.  Ifil doing the exact same thing would get half the crowd muttering about his uselessness at distribution.

I'm surprised that in a thread about cult heroes. no one has mentioned Dave Bamber - the ultimate cult hero surely?

He didn't look remotely like a footballer and I remember the first time I ever heard the 'Where's your caravan?' song. It was in 1987 at Elland Road and was directed, understandably, at Big Dave.

What a player though. Unorthodox? You bet, but a genuine match winner.

I was thinking of him but thought he edged more to being a proper hero, but I suppose he could be more cultish than regular.  Much better diving technique than Sabin.

I'd nominate Steve Jenkins as a potential cult hero.

He not especially good but looks like he sleeps on a park bench, when most footballers spend half their day gettin g their hair done.

He also says great things like "we got the game" to the adver. In my eyes the true cult hero of the current squad. Its just I dont really think anyone else agrees. :(

Howe was shit, and i hated him intensely.

My cult hero was Antoine Van Der Linden, who is still going strong in the Dutch equivalent of the Premier League with FC Groningen.  He's even on Pro Evo 5!

Further to that, what are the criteria for being a "cult" hero as opposed to a normal one?

True enough.  Nailing Lee Trundle as a cardiff boy must have been sweet.  It was an ace tackle from Jenks, and Jackett threw the toys out the pram saying it was a foul.  I like Jenks he's a tramp and he knows it.

:nod:  He has that "everyman" thing about him. The way he looks  and conducts himself he could quite easily be one of us if you know what I mean.

Except Walrus as hes too pretty :kisskiss:

Word up! Our super striker :doh:

as you can tell from my username i thought cuervo was ace, but sol davis was also one of my recent cult heroes. turbo is another good shout.

what about dave mitchell, scott leitch, mark walters? and i'm surprised nobodys mentioned luc nijholt yet!

Paul Allen. Still good when he was with us, and used to enjoy mocking the opposing full back with his trickery much to the delight of the Nationwide.

A cult hero would be a non mainstream hero.  Someone that has no logical reason for being popular.

Parkin scored 20+ goals for 3 seasons running = normal hero

The Bobby Howe example - couldn't pass, run, shoot, head etc but somehow remained relatively well liked, even if on a piss take level only.  Drysdale had much the same ability level but was generally hated.

Paul Allen, in the Shadow of the south stand at the bank end Allen would jauntily take on his man, beat him three times then slip over.  Was he always wearing the wrong boots? Or did the shadow make 'Paul Allen corner' unusually slippery?

Mildy playing with cracked knackers-that makes him a hero in anyones book,surely?

I think Fallon was a bit of a cult hero you know....probably could have been a bona fide hero you know, had he stayed longer you know and carried on scoring you know....but that goal v Shitty you know...others like Luton away you know and the Shef Weds game.

 Then getting sent off on full debut v Rushden you know and then scoring when bundling Hunter you know and ball into the goal in the home game you know......then turning up at the CG you know playing crap for Yeovil reserves you know.....plus numerous other things puts him into cult status you know.

I don't know :|

He's by far the most charismatic player we’ve had in years and out of the current squad he’s by far my favourite.

His scruffiness is just there to be marvelled at.

Ace  :D  Baring in mind Westbury are a big club though.

Id say Paul Allen as well ... I used to watch in the Nationwide corner at that time and he had a good rapport with the noisy support in that corner .. always celebrated down there when he scored a goal ..

which was how often Fats?!

every match ... i had a season ticket for 14 years cheeky!

I think he meant, 'how many times did Paul Allen score'. Meaning he didn't score many goals. Not, 'how many games did you go to'.

My favourite story about the big Kiwi was from last season.  He was suspended, yet came out on the lap of honour at the last game.  He proceeded to throw his STFC jacket into the crowd (he missed first time).  The dopey fool had forgotten that it contained his cheque book and a payslip.  The young lad who caught the jacket had to spend an hour waiting around to give it back after the game... by all accounts, he's a bit simple.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: So, how much was on his payslip?

maybe im a bit touchy then .. Paul Allen .. well he scored a few .. not sure how many but im sure it was at least 5 ..

"Paul really knew how to get the crowd going, and was a real favourite. Scored a couple of great goals for Swindon, including a storming run versus Cambridge in the FA Cup. Was part of the Second Division Championship winning squad." from www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/

2 goals apparently!  :-))(

what the fuck?? it still hasn't come?? it should have arrived ages ago. i defo sent it straight after you bought it

They were both at home though Fats-and every twice he celebrated in front of you!

you lot are cunts :evil: i cant believe you have missed the biggest cult hero of all..

FRASER FRASER DIGBY

I think he used to always acknowledge that part of the stand .. whenever ANYONE scored ... as if he had scored it .. thats why i was confused .. i think!!!

THinking back my personal Cult hero is Dave Bendy Legs Bamber .. what a class act .. i loved his way of getting penalties .. it was like a tree being felled ... half expected someone to shout out "TIMBERRRRRRRRRRRRRR"

Yes, but you have to be anout 10% crap and 90% good to be a cult hero (or maybe 20/80). Fraser was 100% good so he's just a hero. Not a cult hero.  I think.

I'm confused.

You lot are cults-cant believe you have missed the biggest cunt of all,Ruddock!

But he's a bonafide (hehehe) Swindon Town legend and therefore not a Cult Hero - My interpretation is different the Football Focus version which saw alot of BEST players win like our very own Don Rogers.

If Shakes makes the WC along with his name and if he stays next season then he could find himself a cult figure to Swindon fans.

"We've got a Trinidad Inter-nation-al"

still cunts :D

when it comes to 'cult' legends.. what about the mockery that was Antoine Van Der Linden?

Did anyone ever find out if he joined horse racing?

Long-time lurker, first time poster. Bla bla bla. Had to register for this thread.

What about Keith Scott?

Didn't he forget his contact lenses on a pre-season tour once? I thought that was legendary behaviour.

He gave hope to all of us who thought that one day, one of us might get picked out of the crowd and asked to play up front.

Those who think Martin O'Neill might be good as an England manager should remember that it was teh signing of Scott, his Wycombe protege to Norwich which more or less cost him his job there.