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Jones, Beardsley, Strachan, Sherwood, Solako, Mark Wright?, Sharpe?, Flowers?, think the Arsenal player is Hillier from my earliest of memories, are the one's I know
who are the others
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The greatest ever footballer to play for Oldham Athletic ....the magnificent Andy Ritchie.
The Forest player could be Garry Charles,did play for West Ham.
Not to sure though.
Not to sure though.
Tony Daly (Villa) Andy Sinton (QPR) John Salako (Palace)
Coventry player might be David Busst though not certain..
wasn't Busst (Andy Pearce)
full list
Back Row (L-R)
David Hirst (Sheffield Wednesday)
Lee Sharp (Manchester United)
Tony Daley (Aston Villa)
Vinnie Jones (Chelsea)
Mark Wright (Liverpool)
John Wark (Ipswich)
Tim Flowers (Southampton)
Tim Sherwood (Blackburn Rovers)
Middle Row (L-R)
Ian Brightwell (Manchester City)
Ian Butterworth (Norwich City)
Hans Segars (Wimbledon)
Andy Pearce (Coventry City)
Carl Bradshaw (Sheffield United)
Gordon Durie (Spurs)
David Hillier (Arsenal)
Front Row (L-R)
Gary Charles (Nottingham Forest)
Andy Ritchie (Oldham)
John Salako (Crystal Palace)
Andy Sinton (QPR)
Andy Kernaghan (Middlesbrough)
Gordon Strachan (Leeds)
Peter Beardsley (Everton)
full list
Back Row (L-R)
David Hirst (Sheffield Wednesday)
Lee Sharp (Manchester United)
Tony Daley (Aston Villa)
Vinnie Jones (Chelsea)
Mark Wright (Liverpool)
John Wark (Ipswich)
Tim Flowers (Southampton)
Tim Sherwood (Blackburn Rovers)
Middle Row (L-R)
Ian Brightwell (Manchester City)
Ian Butterworth (Norwich City)
Hans Segars (Wimbledon)
Andy Pearce (Coventry City)
Carl Bradshaw (Sheffield United)
Gordon Durie (Spurs)
David Hillier (Arsenal)
Front Row (L-R)
Gary Charles (Nottingham Forest)
Andy Ritchie (Oldham)
John Salako (Crystal Palace)
Andy Sinton (QPR)
Andy Kernaghan (Middlesbrough)
Gordon Strachan (Leeds)
Peter Beardsley (Everton)
The bloke from Cov isn't Andy Pearce. I saw this in The Sunday Telegraph the other week:
There is also one big mystery which needs to be resolved: just who is the player wearing the Coventry strip?
He has been frequently identified as Andy Pearce – wrongly as it turned out. Even some of his fellow players had no clue as to who he was. As Alan Kernaghan puts it: “There was a boy from Coventry who I didn’t know and I hadn’t heard of since.”
It takes the detective work of Sarah Morris from the Coventry City former players’ association to set me right. The man I am looking for is Lee Hurst, who made fewer than 50 appearances in a curtailed career for Coventry and surely is your best possible answer should this extremely niche category ever appear on Pointless.
The 1992-93 season was his big break: he made 35 consecutive appearances at one stage and scored two goals. The next summer Coventry manager Bobby Gould took his squad to an army camp in Aldershot as part of their pre-season training.
“We went on the assault course. I came off a 12-foot wall into wet sand and my knee just buckled – I had done my cruciate. I was stretchered off and taken back to Coventry in a brace. It wasn’t playing, which was the most frustrating thing.
Hurst was 23 and had not just mangled his ligament but damaged bones inside his knee joint. He never played for Coventry again. Gould was very apologetic and Hurst speaks warmly about getting his first team chance under him.
“Should professional footballers have been on assault courses? My answer now is obviously no, but at that time it seemed exciting and different. I wish it hadn’t had happened, I wish we hadn’t had gone, but there’s nothing you can change about that is there?
Hurst did recover enough to play in the second tier of American soccer where the pace of the game suited him but the back-to-back away games did not.
He is still proud of his brush with fame in the advert. “It was everywhere, you couldn’t turn a corner without it being on a billboard, I was privileged to represent Coventry.” The misidentification in the years since has confused him though. “It’s really weird because he’s 6ft 4in to my 5ft 10in.”
Now he coaches on Monday nights and works as a painter and decorator. Business is booming, “I’m fully booked until November. The phone’s still ringing, too.
“My uncle has always been a decorator, he took me under his wing and taught me. After that it was full steam ahead.
What’s his speciality? “I’m a master at everything, Thom.”
While Hurst’s faintly tragic story is an outlier among the Sky squad, his optimism is not. This was a group of players on the cusp of something enormous. Thirty years on we find them forging diverse paths, Most are philosophical, mostly they seem content, universally they are grateful. For the chance, for the fun, for living the dream.
There is also one big mystery which needs to be resolved: just who is the player wearing the Coventry strip?
He has been frequently identified as Andy Pearce – wrongly as it turned out. Even some of his fellow players had no clue as to who he was. As Alan Kernaghan puts it: “There was a boy from Coventry who I didn’t know and I hadn’t heard of since.”
It takes the detective work of Sarah Morris from the Coventry City former players’ association to set me right. The man I am looking for is Lee Hurst, who made fewer than 50 appearances in a curtailed career for Coventry and surely is your best possible answer should this extremely niche category ever appear on Pointless.
The 1992-93 season was his big break: he made 35 consecutive appearances at one stage and scored two goals. The next summer Coventry manager Bobby Gould took his squad to an army camp in Aldershot as part of their pre-season training.
“We went on the assault course. I came off a 12-foot wall into wet sand and my knee just buckled – I had done my cruciate. I was stretchered off and taken back to Coventry in a brace. It wasn’t playing, which was the most frustrating thing.
Hurst was 23 and had not just mangled his ligament but damaged bones inside his knee joint. He never played for Coventry again. Gould was very apologetic and Hurst speaks warmly about getting his first team chance under him.
“Should professional footballers have been on assault courses? My answer now is obviously no, but at that time it seemed exciting and different. I wish it hadn’t had happened, I wish we hadn’t had gone, but there’s nothing you can change about that is there?
Hurst did recover enough to play in the second tier of American soccer where the pace of the game suited him but the back-to-back away games did not.
He is still proud of his brush with fame in the advert. “It was everywhere, you couldn’t turn a corner without it being on a billboard, I was privileged to represent Coventry.” The misidentification in the years since has confused him though. “It’s really weird because he’s 6ft 4in to my 5ft 10in.”
Now he coaches on Monday nights and works as a painter and decorator. Business is booming, “I’m fully booked until November. The phone’s still ringing, too.
“My uncle has always been a decorator, he took me under his wing and taught me. After that it was full steam ahead.
What’s his speciality? “I’m a master at everything, Thom.”
While Hurst’s faintly tragic story is an outlier among the Sky squad, his optimism is not. This was a group of players on the cusp of something enormous. Thirty years on we find them forging diverse paths, Most are philosophical, mostly they seem content, universally they are grateful. For the chance, for the fun, for living the dream.
didn't realise the photo was famous, just saw it in an online article today
looking at the list of all the players I didn't know, I think David Hirst and Andy Sinton are the only other names I remember but not the faces. Wonder why they were picked instead of packing it with stars, although it looks like they've picked one player per team.
looking at the list of all the players I didn't know, I think David Hirst and Andy Sinton are the only other names I remember but not the faces. Wonder why they were picked instead of packing it with stars, although it looks like they've picked one player per team.
I mean why in the world was Hillier chosen, they were over a dozen more famous names and faces than him
probably who ever they could get for that day in that era...they showed the whole ad quite recently ...all pretty cringe inducing but amusing none the less
good article Vince...
good article Vince...
Hirst was Wednesdays star player. I remember Fergie trying to sign him for around £4m. Not quite sure why he never went.
John Salako was a very good player for Palace for quite a few years.
Didn't Sky select the captains of each Club.
22 clubs in those days.
Sad about Oldham Athletic.
22 clubs in those days.
Sad about Oldham Athletic.
Possibly some captains on there. I’m pretty sure Robson or maybe Bruce would’ve been United’s skipper. Also Psycho would’ve been Forests.
these were captains, at least at the end of season, assume they all started off as such as well.
Arsenal - Tony Adams
Aston Villa - Kevin Richardson
Blackburn Rovers - Tim Sherwood
Chelsea - Andy Townsend
Coventry City - Brian Borrows
Crystal Palace - Geoff Thomas
Everton - Dave Watson
Ipswich Town - John Wark
Leeds United - Gordon Strachan
Liverpool - Mark Wright
Manchester City - Terry Phelan
Manchester United - Bryan Robson
Middlesbrough - Alan Kernaghan
Norwich City - Ian Butterworth
Nottingham Forest - Stuart Pearce
Oldham Athletic - Mike Milligan
Queens Park Rangers - Alan McDonald
Sheffield United - Brian Gayle
Sheffield Wednesday - Nigel Pearson
Southampton - Glenn Cockerill
Tottenham Hotspur - Gary Mabbutt
Wimbledon John Scales
bolded ones are in the photo.
Arsenal - Tony Adams
Aston Villa - Kevin Richardson
Blackburn Rovers - Tim Sherwood
Chelsea - Andy Townsend
Coventry City - Brian Borrows
Crystal Palace - Geoff Thomas
Everton - Dave Watson
Ipswich Town - John Wark
Leeds United - Gordon Strachan
Liverpool - Mark Wright
Manchester City - Terry Phelan
Manchester United - Bryan Robson
Middlesbrough - Alan Kernaghan
Norwich City - Ian Butterworth
Nottingham Forest - Stuart Pearce
Oldham Athletic - Mike Milligan
Queens Park Rangers - Alan McDonald
Sheffield United - Brian Gayle
Sheffield Wednesday - Nigel Pearson
Southampton - Glenn Cockerill
Tottenham Hotspur - Gary Mabbutt
Wimbledon John Scales
bolded ones are in the photo.
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