Parkin or Fjortoft

[mattboyslim]

In my town watching are those two up top with Nicky Summerbee hammering crosses in!!!

[Batch]

Jan the man. Because he was etter than Parkin. Fact.

[Forza_Swindon]

Parkin was more of a legend, because he stuck around....scored more goals, was here longer....and he clearly loved it and made the best debut ever...

Fjortoft wasnt even here 2 season. A better player than Parkin, of course....fond memories, damn straight....

Let's not forget, Fjortoft had NO SAY in being sold...I think he would have stayed at least for the remainder of that season because he did love it here.  Perhaps if we still had been relegated he would have had to leave for the good of his career, but I don't think you can lay the blame on him for leaving as it was a management decision (and what a bad one!).

Fjortfot is the bigger legend IMO but I still have enormous respect for Sammy P.

[redbullzeye]

Fjortoft gets my vote although I remember him taking about 20 odd games before he started scoring.  Also he really pissed Graham Taylor off by diving all over the place in the Norway vs England world cup qualifier - leading to some classic quotes on that video!

[BB12]

The question was - which one is more of a legend ?

I think the word 'legend' is over used, neither were a 'legend' in the true sense. Fjortoft was lightyears better than Parkin. In terms of footballing skill and ability, it would be like comparing John Terry to his brother Paul at Yeovil. Yes they were that far apart.

[JOHNNY REEVES]

sammy was a good player in the third tier but how many prem goals
has he scored and how many caps .

[Boeta]

fjortoft was the better player by such a distance it's not funny. whether that makes him more of a legend or not i'm not sure but it's good enough for me

[Spencer_White]

Let's not forget, Fjortoft had NO SAY in being sold...I think he would have stayed at least for the remainder of that season because he did love it here.  Perhaps if we still had been relegated he would have had to leave for the good of his career, but I don't think you can lay the blame on him for leaving as it was a management decision (and what a bad one!).

Fjortfot is the bigger legend IMO but I still have enormous respect for Sammy P.

I dont know. I dont think he was enjoying his football under McMahon. Macca was a total knob to him. I think he was glad to go.

[janaage]

Exactly Spence, McMahon practically forced the great man out of the club.

Fjortoft was and remains my No1 STFC favourist ever player, ever, ever.  Amen.

[el duque]

The question was - which one is more of a legend ?

I think the word 'legend' is over used, neither were a 'legend' in the true sense. Fjortoft was lightyears better than Parkin. In terms of footballing skill and ability, it would be like comparing John Terry to his brother Paul at Yeovil. Yes they were that far apart.

I think legend implies more than the football stuff... I can think of 4 instances that stand out in my mind from his first season alone to make the case for Fjortoft:

1. Celebration of 1st goal at Ipswich in the cup after his half season drought... Not the aeroplane (that came later) but a simple double clenched fist shaking manouevere... a relieved man!

2. Interview after the Tottenham home game, with Jan displaying a Wiltshire Sound-esque level of bias. "The fact that we were drawing at half time was a disgrace to be honest... we were much better than Tottenham" or words to that effect.

3. The aeroplane

4. Bizarre Cossack dance celebration after scoring in an away game (early goal to take the lead vs Blackburn?)

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

I remember the extra big cheer when Fjortoft scored his first goal against Spurs - It was a kind of 'hooray we've scored' combined with 'hooray, Jan's scored at last, thank God' cheer. You can't help but wonder what might have happened had he flooked one in off his back side on the first day of the season :?

I remember a similar sort of cheer when Charlie Griffin scored for us against Barnsley. The extra cheer in his case was because he was a local(ish) lad who had been plucked from non-league obscurity.

[Spencer_White]

Yeah, Allan Young used to get those sort of cheers as well. We were totally deluded, and fooling no one. Neither player was anywhere near good enough.

[fjortoft]

Fjortoft was so much better than Parkin.  International quality and scored goals for us at the top level.  SSP has been the best striker we have had since though (although I was gutted when the Chief went).

I had completely forgotten about the weird Cossack dance!

[Spencer_White]

What about George Ndah, Peter Thorne and Judas?

[strooood]

thorne may have got close if he hadnt started sulking towards the end.
fuck judas off completely. one season and even then he bottled it towards the end, absolutely quality and everything but parkin beats him easy.

George ndah was quality but not all that prolific.

now parkin, hatrick on debut. bingo. he was with us when we were mediocre then when we went shit and then hit another 20+ in the playoff season. i honestly think if we didnt have him we wouldve got relegated much earlier. remember when he got injured for a month or whatever then when he made his 'comeback' as a sub against barnsley or someone  there was a proper buzz about the place. he was always scoring and he always made the right noises, even up to when he left which was all important in why he is remembered with such fondness.

to be honest i can't say a bad word against him the man was fucking quality and i'd love to see him back here in a swindon shirt or not.

nowhere near fjortoft in terms of quality though.