Stars' Debuts

[acooling08]

Would be nice to hear some stories from some of the older members on here about witnessing the debuts of some of our finest players, mainly 60s to 80s with the likes of Linekar, Peake, Weller etc, but also more recently like the first appearance of Izzet, Lennon or Heskey etc.

What were your thoughts on their first appearance, and did you think they'd go on to be so successful for us?

[shade]

I remember the first time junior Lewis played for us, what a day.

[Callabinho]

John curtis's debut will never be forgotten, I think I sat head in hands for the duration of his spell with us!

[Ashley]

I remember the first time junior Lewis played for us, what a day.

Please don't

[cambridgefox]

Correct me if I'm wrong,but was Collymores home debut a hat trick against Sunderland.i sometimes thought that man could do anything on his day,wasn't with us for long but when he got the ball you felt he could turn a game.

[jonthefox]

Correct me if I'm wrong,but was Collymores home debut a hat trick against Sunderland.i sometimes thought that man could do anything on his day,wasn't with us for long but when he got the ball you felt he could turn a game.

I was there.

[Lcfclee]

Muzzy's was the infamous 0-3 defeat to Sheff utd he looked poor that day, but then so did the rest of the city team

[Zingari]

If I remember correctly , there was quite a buzz around the place when Alexander Forbes (Alan) Young made his debut.

I think he scored twice.

He epitomized that era for me

[tylesta]

Ade akinbadbuy against aston villa tbh he looked decent!!

[Lcfclee]

Big old mark Blake I think we signed him from Portsmouth and his first game at home was against them, he wasn't the most exciting player in fact you hardly noticed him at all. Mark draper was a class act though debut against Newcastle lost 1-3 but he looked head and shoulders above any other city player that day

[whitwickfox]

Remember seeing this young kid playing in the academy set up. He must of been around 14at the time . Remember thinking at the time what a talent he looked. Turned out to be some guy calling himself heskey

[tylesta]

Remember seeing this young kid playing in the academy set up. He must of been around 14at the time . Remember thinking at the time what a talent he looked. Turned out to be some guy calling himself heskey

norwich was the first time i saw heskey play

[TrentFox]

I remember Lineker's debut. New Year's Day. Absolutely freezing. A scrawny little kid called Lineker played out on the right wing. He never touched the ball in the first half. Didn't reappear after half-time ! We won 2-0. A young lad called Dave Buchanan stole all the headlines on what (I think) was HIS debut, too. He looked stunning and was the only name we were talking about that evening. Funny how life turns out, isn't it ?!

[Zingari]

I remember Lineker's debut. New Year's Day. Absolutely freezing. A scrawny little kid called Lineker played out on the right wing. He never touched the ball in the first half. Didn't reappear after half-time ! We won 2-0. A young lad called Dave Buchanan stole all the headlines on what (I think) was HIS debut, too. He looked stunning and was the only name we were talking about that evening. Funny how life turns out, isn't it ?!

i remember that one , was it Andy Peake's debut too ?

my memory is a bit hazy

[l444ry]

Surely the best debut for us older supporters. What an atmoshere that day as well....

[Zingari]

thanks l444ry I remember that one too now

[mhs123]

remember big bob hazels home debut,my god he was massive and the shirt he wore was to small for him,also remember steve agnews debut he was under rated in my opinion he was full of energy and could tackle hard.

[Poakey]

Surely the best debut for us older supporters. What an atmoshere that day as well....

Now thats a crowd!!

[l444ry]

thanks l444ry I remember that one too now

You sure it wasn't in a parallel universe Zinger?

[mhs123]

just remembered mark bright scoring 2 against everton on the opening day of the season on a sunny day i was in the dd stand for that one,i think everton won the league the previous season now that was an impressive debut.

[Stuliasz]

I remember Matt Jones having a fantastic debut (think it was against Charlton?) and being sent out at full time to do a lap of honour to celebrate his performance! Shame he was so badly thwarted with injuries in the end.

[Zingari]

just remembered mark bright scoring 2 against everton on the opening day of the season on a sunny day i was in the dd stand for that one,i think everton won the league the previous season now that was an impressive debut.

oh yes , wasn't Lineker playing his first for Everton that day too ?

[LCFCCHRIS]

The only one I can remember that was great was sol bamba against man city , I was sitting behind the goal (obviously most will remember that! )

[woznotwos]

I remember Lineker's debut. New Year's Day. Absolutely freezing. A scrawny little kid called Lineker played out on the right wing. He never touched the ball in the first half. Didn't reappear after half-time ! We won 2-0. A young lad called Dave Buchanan stole all the headlines on what (I think) was HIS debut, too. He looked stunning and was the only name we were talking about that evening. Funny how life turns out, isn't it ?!

I was there that night with my dad and i never knew linekar even played , we were both excited by Buchanan , wonder what happened to him .

[Tielemans63]

I remember the first time junior Lewis played for us, what a day.

He actually played okay from what I remember, he looked quite tidy - probably the highlight of his LCFC career!

Zeljko "Spider" Kalac's debut springs to mind as a notable debut. I might be wrong but weren't we 2-0 up at HT against WBA at the Hawthorns when McGhee decided to sub Kevin Poole for ZK - at full time we'd lost 3-2 and conceded three terrible goals.