Merging Cultures Posted 3 August 2011 Posted 3 August 2011 Lennon was amazing. In my opinion we've lacked someone like him. I'm hoping Neil Danns will be as strong and creative as Lennon was.
Narborough_fox Posted 3 August 2011 Posted 3 August 2011 According to your profile, you're 14. How on earth can you say that? That may well be the case and I'd expect all but the youngest of Leicester fans to know that Weller is one of the greats, but I acknowledge that as something that is widely agreed by City fans of previous generations, it's not a conclusion that I've come to. You've posted as if you've formed your own opinion based on seeing many of our greats come and go in person. I'm not a stranger to reading and watching videos, but I just don't see how you can post that in such a tone and have the audacity to put "/thread" at the end so authoritatively about a player whose City career ended a mere 18 years before you were even born. Dad and grandad have always watched Leicester and my grandad and dad both said over all the time they've watched Leicester he's probably the greatest player he's ever seen in a Leicester shirt. Of course in my time it's Galagher but going on what people I know have told me and of course You Tube videos (oh the shame).
Guest Posted 3 August 2011 Posted 3 August 2011 What more is there to say? Thanks for that - great memories - I used to have a season ticket then.The original WWW. Whitworth, Weller, Worthington. Weller definitely the best no.7 Lynex was also a great stand in goalkeeper
jonthefox Posted 3 August 2011 Posted 3 August 2011 Has anyone seen the facebook page to get the east stand renamed after weller. Not a bad idea.
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 3 August 2011 Posted 3 August 2011 Steve Lynex was the pen king who looked like a porn king.Great player though. remember the Lineker / Smith / Lynex season where they scored over 50 goals between them, Lynex was superb for beating the full back on his day
HEGGSY Posted 3 August 2011 Author Posted 3 August 2011 What shirt is it? This one, led to believe this is the shirt we wore during his first season with us (1971)
onme edson Posted 4 August 2011 Posted 4 August 2011 Keith Weller was a great player in the Jimmy Bloomfield team but many older fans will remember the great Howard Riley tearing down the wing in the Matt Gillies era.
Chairman of the Bored Posted 4 August 2011 Posted 4 August 2011 1. Keith Weller - without a shadow of a doubt. 2. Neil Lennon 3. Not yet mentioned, but great in his own way, early 70's legend, John Farmington. Ace tash, flying winging; stretched many a defence in cohort with Lenny Glover. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=39847
okie fox Posted 4 August 2011 Posted 4 August 2011 Keith Weller was a great player in the Jimmy Bloomfield team but many older fans will remember the great Howard Riley tearing down the wing in the Matt Gillies era. I was going to mention Howard Riley. Had a cannon of a shot. Going back even earlier, Mal Griffiths was a tricky winger in the early fifties.
Darkon84 Posted 4 August 2011 Posted 4 August 2011 This one, led to believe this is the shirt we wore during his first season with us (1971) One word.....Sexual
stockyfox Posted 4 August 2011 Posted 4 August 2011 Having followed the City for over60 years, I would be delighted to try and bring a sense of balance into thisthread The number 7 shirt has been wornby many players who have distinguished themselves over the years and withoutwishing to appear critical, to claim that any one player is the 'greatest' is tomy mind, an insult to the memory of the others. Of course, we have ourfavourites, who we have actually seen play and we've been told of others, butit's not quite the same. So, here is a trip down memory lane starting from 1949 andmy first visit to see Leicester City. MAL GRIFFITHS was a Welshinternational, cultured, skilful and a joy to watch. He was the No. 7 till55/56 when the young HOWARD RILEY played in the final few games. But from 56/57to 59/60, TOMMY McDONALD was the first choice for most of the time with BILLYWRIGHT (56/57) then Riley again contributing to some of the games towards theend of those four seasons. Then in 1960,Howard Riley claimed the position for himself. Howard was capable of producingan absolute thunderbolt, without warning, from outside the area, which would golike a bullet into the roof of the net, giving the goalie no chance. He was theregular till 63/64 when BILLY HODGSON 'shared' the position with him over thenext 18 months. 65/66 saw theintroduction of JACKIE SINCLAIR. I just loved watching Jackie. After DavieGibson, I would put Jackie as one of City's most exciting players. There wereoccasional appearances later by PAUL MATHEWS and early 68 saw the emergence of RODNEY FERN who wore the shirt in 68/69. 1969 saw ALLY BROWN in the earlymonths until JOHN FARRINGTON held the position until late 71/72 when KEITHWELLER first came on the scene. However, in72/73, Weller wore the No 9 shirt with Farrington back to No 7, the Birch at No8, Frank Worthington No 10 and Lenny Glover No 11. But KeithWeller was then No 7 for the next 4 years. 77/78 saw a mixture of BRIANALDERSON and Weller and during 78/79, it was again Keith Weller but laterappearances were from ANDY PEAKE. 79/80 sawfirstly PAT BYRNE, then GARY LINEKER and then PAUL EDMUNDS. During 80/81,the shirt passed from GOODWIN to GREWCOCK, then STEWART HAMILL, back to Byrnebefore being claimed by STEVE LYNEX who was the undisputed No 7 for the nextfive seasons. 86/87 beganwith ROB KELLY before ALI MAUCHLEN became the principal holder for theremainder of the season. 87/88 was theseason of GARY McALLISTER's tenure. 88/89, it was PAUL REID but in the latterpart of 89/90, PAUL RAMSEY became No 7. 90/91 was the turn of TOMMY WRIGHT thena season of DAVID OLDFIELD and STEVE THOMPSON before Oldfield became theregular in 93/94. 1995 saw the introduction of squad numbers with JULIAN JOACHIM given No 7. but none were stipulated for 1996. However, NEIL LENNON was the No 7 for the next five years up to 2001, Thereafter, No 7 was MATT JONES 2002-03; KEITH GILLESPIE 2004-05; MOMO SYLLA 2006; IAN HUME 2007-08; TOM CLEVERLEY 2009 and MAX GRADEL 2010
accessory Posted 4 August 2011 Posted 4 August 2011 Pretty sure Muzzy Izzet wore No.6. Are you just misreading Of Fossils and Foxes?
HEGGSY Posted 4 August 2011 Author Posted 4 August 2011 One word.....Sexual Too right, cost £33 from toffs.com
trugerkem Posted 4 August 2011 Posted 4 August 2011 you should have got 11 on the back you could have had glover. never mind maybe for your 16th birthday eh.
stockyfox Posted 4 August 2011 Posted 4 August 2011 Pretty sure Muzzy Izzet wore No.6. Are you just misreading Of Fossils and Foxes? Quite correct. I forgot about the issue of squad numbers from 1995 and was thinking more in terms of positional play on the right wing. I have now edited my first posting to reflect this. Thanks 'accessory' For the record, number 7 was the squad number for; 1995 Julian Joachim 1996 - none issued? 1997-2001 Neil Lennon 2002-2003 Matthew Jones 2004-2005 Keith Gillespie 2006 Momo Sylla 2007-2008 Ian Hume 2009 Tom Cleverley 2010 Max Gradel
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 4 August 2011 Posted 4 August 2011 Quite correct. I forgot about the issue of squad numbers from 1995 and was thinking more in terms of positional play on the right wing For the record, number 7 was the squad number for; 1995 Julian Joachim 1996 - none issued? 1997-2001 Neil Lennon 2002-2003 Matthew Jones 2004-2005 Keith Gillespie 2006 Momo Sylla 2007-2008 Ian Hume 2009 Tom Cleverley 2010 Max Gradel momo sylla - what a player . . . . . . . . . . . .
NewquayFox Posted 4 August 2011 Posted 4 August 2011 It has to be Weller, met him once and a true gent...;0)
Dicko Posted 5 August 2011 Posted 5 August 2011 Lennon was amazing. In my opinion we've lacked someone like him. I'm hoping Neil Danns will be as strong and creative as Lennon was. Creative? Lennon was a fantastic player and was a lot of things, but he wasn't creative he was a ballwinner. Muzzy/Garry Parker were the creative forces in that midfield. Weller was before my time, but from what i've read and what little i've seen then he's got to be up there in terms of our greatest number 7s. But from the time i've been watching us, it would be a toss-up between Tommy Wright and Neil Lennon.
Merging Cultures Posted 5 August 2011 Posted 5 August 2011 Fair enough, it was a while ago and my memory isn't that great normally! I just remember him being a rock, which are not creative but he did give confidence, and in my opinion his ball winning allowed us to be creative in mid field. You can't do anything if you don't have the ball. Creative? Lennon was a fantastic player and was a lot of things, but he wasn't creative he was a ballwinner. Muzzy/Garry Parker were the creative forces in that midfield. Weller was before my time, but from what i've read and what little i've seen then he's got to be up there in terms of our greatest number 7s. But from the time i've been watching us, it would be a toss-up between Tommy Wright and Neil Lennon.
OzFox Posted 5 August 2011 Posted 5 August 2011 remember the Lineker / Smith / Lynex season where they scored over 50 goals between them, Lynex was superb for beating the full back on his day That's got to be one of the best forward lines we've had at Leicester. Could do with them now.
Dicko Posted 5 August 2011 Posted 5 August 2011 Fair enough, it was a while ago and my memory isn't that great normally! I just remember him being a rock, which are not creative but he did give confidence, and in my opinion his ball winning allowed us to be creative in mid field. You can't do anything if you don't have the ball. Couldn't agree more with that mate. In my opinion Lennon was the most important player in that side. We had some great players but most of them we could get by without for the odd game, but when Lennon wasn't playing we didn't look the same team.
Merging Cultures Posted 5 August 2011 Posted 5 August 2011 Couldn't agree more with that mate. In my opinion Lennon was the most important player in that side. We had some great players but most of them we could get by without for the odd game, but when Lennon wasn't playing we didn't look the same team. I am thinking Danns could play a similar role depending where he is played. He'll cut things up in midfield and hopefully allow things to happen. Fernandes could also play this role from deeper as a defensive mid.
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