Best ever....

There's a lot of 'best ever' threads on Evil North Korean Viper's Nest Forum at the moment as they're all weirdos and alts/multis of Ian Newell. Ray Newland, best ever keeper with that striking genius Stewart Evans up front.

Best ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!1

1. Best ever waste of money.

2. Best ever funny moment.

3. Best ever foul.



1. For me was the electronic scoreboard. They're common and most clubs have them. Some even have giant TVs - hopefully not LG ones. It never worked. It would put random shapes and letters up every so often but in the end, it was covered over. What a waste of money. They must have bought it off Rumblows before they went bust. I found it quite funny but it probably cost the same amount as a decent right back at the time.

2. Rhys Wilmot kicked a ball into the crowd and hit my Dad when he was rolling a fag (tobacco tin went flying). Not a famous moment, you'll agree. The physio for an away team legging it onto the pitch and pulling a hamstring. LOL

3. Jock Morrison receiving a red card within minutes of the kick off for a two footed, flying carpet ride style assault on someone - he got a standing ovation. Proper football that was.

Feel free to list your own best ever. If any one says Tommy Tynan, they're banned.

1. Peter Swan- £300k for that useless twat. The FES family end must come close due to the lack of use in blocks 17/ 18.The scoreboard failed due to the salty sea air apparently   

2. The pitch invasions in the 3-0 win against Exeter in the third division championship season. The naked bloke being dragged face down through the old gravel that circled the HP pitch made me wince though. The other bloke challenged the greasers with a corner flag held above his head.

3. Nicky Marker's two footed cruncher on Ossie Ardiles which broke Ossie's leg. Marker didn't even get booked!

Chemical Ali wrote:

1. Peter Swan- £300k for that useless twat. The FES family end must come close due to the lack of use in blocks 17/ 18.The scoreboard failed due to the salty sea air apparently   

Even allowing for inflation, surely 750k for Simon Walton (cheers Luggy MK 2!) was a worse deal, although I think we might of ended up only paying 500k of it.

1) Phase 1 (soon to be replaced with Phase 2 (otherwise knows as the mini stand)..........................maybe, depending on the cost of a concrete block!

2) On the way to Burnely and seeing a Bristol City fan ram another Bristol City fan up the arse on the M6. We offered him a lift in our van but he turned us down, can't think why but the hand gestures gave an idea  

3) Micky Horswill when he returned to HP playing for ? and he fouled ? with his first movement of the match and was immediately sent off. Obviously he has a score to settle!

Chemical Ali wrote:

1. Peter Swan- £300k for that useless twat. The FES family end must come close due to the lack of use in blocks 17/ 18.The scoreboard failed due to the salty sea air apparently   

2. The pitch invasions in the 3-0 win against Exeter in the third division championship season. The naked bloke being dragged face down through the old gravel that circled the HP pitch made me wince though. The other bloke challenged the greasers with a corner flag held above his head.

3. Nicky Marker's two footed cruncher on Ossie Ardiles which broke Ossie's leg. Marker didn't even get booked!

the Nicky Marker one was awesome, if I recall it was Ardiles debut ?

waste of money = terrible west

funny moment = being wedged between two fans going through the turnstyle at leyton orient one pissed up tuesday evening in the late eighties, i was carried from the pub to the ground, my legs stopped working

best foul - robbie turners elbow at the big st james park after argo went two up, early 90's. 2-2 draw in the end

Bristol city away in FA cup and watching Argyle fans walking over a parked car and then another fan being head butted by a police horse!

GOB wrote:

1) Phase 1 (soon to be replaced with Phase 2 (otherwise knows as the mini stand)..........................maybe, depending on the cost of a concrete block!

2) On the way to Burnely and seeing a Bristol City fan ram another Bristol City fan up the arse on the M6. We offered him a lift in our van but he turned us down, can't think why but the hand gestures gave an idea  

3) Micky Horswill when he returned to HP playing for ? and he fouled ? with his first movement of the match and was immediately sent off. Obviously he has a score to settle!

From memory he upended Gary Megson still within the centre circle from kick off ??

BEST EVER MOTHBALLED DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS??

1.) The original Tradium - Tagline OUR CLUB, OUR CITY. Capacity; 23,000
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2.) The 'Spanish infused' Tradium - Necessitated a fact-finding mission to San Sebastian - capacity 25,000
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3.) The World Cup Behemoth! Necessitated a fact-finding mission to South Africa. Tagline 'Back The Bid!' Capacity; 40,000!!
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4.) Mini-stand verision 1. Scale 1:1. Drawn by a Montpelier Junior School pupil. Capacity; Negligibe
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5.) Mini-stand version 2. Tagline 'Honey I Shrunk The Stand'. Capacity; sufficient
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I'm in picture 3, stood up looking proper 'ard. My now 14 year old in orange kit.

alannotivvy wrote:

Chemical Ali wrote:

1. Peter Swan- £300k for that useless twat. The FES family end must come close due to the lack of use in blocks 17/ 18.The scoreboard failed due to the salty sea air apparently   

2. The pitch invasions in the 3-0 win against Exeter in the third division championship season. The naked bloke being dragged face down through the old gravel that circled the HP pitch made me wince though. The other bloke challenged the greasers with a corner flag held above his head.

3. Nicky Marker's two footed cruncher on Ossie Ardiles which broke Ossie's leg. Marker didn't even get booked!

the Nicky Marker one was awesome, if I recall it was Ardiles debut ?

Yes his loan debut for Blackburn. My PFA book of the year (think it was 1990, it had John Banes on the front) had a quote from then Blackburn manager, Don McKay, who said it was the worst tackle he'd ever seen.

Didn't Blackburn subsequently sign Marker?

pepsipete wrote:

Didn't Blackburn subsequently sign Marker?

Look at the post above.

hairy j wrote:

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They're worse than that ffs you sycophant.

mouldyoldgoat wrote:

Bristol city away in FA cup and watching Argyle fans walking over a parked car and then another fan being head butted by a police horse!

. 1987 ? That was my first away game, a minibus on fire outside as well. Those were the days  

Emile Mpenza.

Funniest moment in the Luggy era we were winning a game and a bloke runs over and grabs the corner flag and ran across the pitch with it like a spear, dodged two rugby tackles then really took the piss out of a fat steward who obviously wasn't going to catch him. Then a fast steward ran up fast and he threw the flag behind him between the stewards legs and bowled him over, the crowd cheered with every move.

Best tackle? Timar when he took out that big forward who played for Watford, man and ball and proper took the wind out of him for the rest of the match.

1. The bricks - the care that's been taken of them is insulting.

2. Middle-aged bus-driver Reg (have I remembered his name right - he lived at West Park or Honicknowle - big beard - one for the oldies) walking resolutely onto the pitch & remonstrating with the ref. He was banned but allowed back at some point.

3. An innocuous & totally legal tackle by our defender on the Palace winger in front of the Mayflower (when Allison was manager for Palace - can't recall the winger's name - is there a theme here?). Said winger did a spectacular leap into the air, fell to the ground & died. As soon as the ref blew for a free-kick, he leapt to his feet & out of sight of the ref gave a big broad grin to the angry crowd & bowed. Bastard.

I think Reg did a little more than just walk onto the pitch that night. From behind the away dugout sort of. I think it was when Steve Davey was on the receiving end of a disgusting tackle, and his face was gushing with blood.
Best memory .... seeing the World cup paraded around Home Park by Bobby Moore and his whole England team.
Home Park was regarded with far more respect in those days.

I always thought Reg was the guy who took a swing at the ref [Walters,i think] when he gave a penalty for a blatant dive by Rodney Marsh when he was playing for QPR down here.Started a near riot,i remember reading Rodney's account of how the QPR team bus was rocked from side to side by Argyle fans afterwards even though they were being smuggled out of a back entrance.Boxing day game i think,not too much christmas spirit around that day.

hairy j wrote:

There's a lot of 'best ever' threads on Evil North Korean Viper's Nest Forum at the moment as they're all weirdos and alts/multis of Ian Newell. Ray Newland, best ever keeper with that striking genius Stewart Evans up front.

Best ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!1

1. Best ever waste of money.

2. Best ever funny moment.

3. Best ever foul.



1. For me was the electronic scoreboard. They're common and most clubs have them. Some even have giant TVs - hopefully not LG ones. It never worked. It would put random shapes and letters up every so often but in the end, it was covered over. What a waste of money. They must have bought it off Rumblows before they went bust. I found it quite funny but it probably cost the same amount as a decent right back at the time.

2. Rhys Wilmot kicked a ball into the crowd and hit my Dad when he was rolling a fag (tobacco tin went flying). Not a famous moment, you'll agree. The physio for an away team legging it onto the pitch and pulling a hamstring. LOL

3. Jock Morrison receiving a red card within minutes of the kick off for a two footed, flying carpet ride style assault on someone - he got a standing ovation. Proper football that was.

Feel free to list your own best ever. If any one says Tommy Tynan, they're banned.

Best ever waste of money?   £750k for Simon Walton, with the majority of performances delivered with a pot belly he refused to get rid of.
Best ever funny moment?   IN a cup match under Luggy when the Dagenham physio came on and must have weighed about 20 stone, to loud chants of 'YOU FAT BASTAD'. I think he might have pulled a muscle sprinting onto the pitch too, but I might be confusing physio memories.
Best ever foul?   Friio's handball against Colchester to preserve the clean sheet in front of 20,000 fans, whadda legend.

1.Peter Swan

2.Standing having a piss at half time in the smelly old bogs at the old Lyndhurst.Two blokes beside me doing likewise and the announcer says over the tannoy;

"Ladies and gentlemen,our half time guest today is the one and only Ernie Edds" [ex Argyle player of the fifties,i think].Conversation between the two blokes as follows;

"Who did he say that was?"

"Oh,it was Curly Heads-whoever the feckin hell he was"

"Ah right.Bet he was better than the twats they've got out here now though".

"Yeah".

3.Forbes Phillipson Masters neck high tackle on a Hull player,impossible to be bettered.

Beast_Guy wrote:

GOB wrote:

1) Phase 1 (soon to be replaced with Phase 2 (otherwise knows as the mini stand)..........................maybe, depending on the cost of a concrete block!

2) On the way to Burnely and seeing a Bristol City fan ram another Bristol City fan up the arse on the M6. We offered him a lift in our van but he turned us down, can't think why but the hand gestures gave an idea  

3) Micky Horswill when he returned to HP playing for ? and he fouled ? with his first movement of the match and was immediately sent off. Obviously he has a score to settle!

From memory he upended Gary Megson still within the centre circle from kick off ??

I think you may well be right, I guess he didn't like Megson all that much!

ejh wrote:

hairy j wrote:

There's a lot of 'best ever' threads on Evil North Korean Viper's Nest Forum at the moment as they're all weirdos and alts/multis of Ian Newell. Ray Newland, best ever keeper with that striking genius Stewart Evans up front.

Best ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!1

1. Best ever waste of money.

2. Best ever funny moment.

3. Best ever foul.



1. For me was the electronic scoreboard. They're common and most clubs have them. Some even have giant TVs - hopefully not LG ones. It never worked. It would put random shapes and letters up every so often but in the end, it was covered over. What a waste of money. They must have bought it off Rumblows before they went bust. I found it quite funny but it probably cost the same amount as a decent right back at the time.

2. Rhys Wilmot kicked a ball into the crowd and hit my Dad when he was rolling a fag (tobacco tin went flying). Not a famous moment, you'll agree. The physio for an away team legging it onto the pitch and pulling a hamstring. LOL

3. Jock Morrison receiving a red card within minutes of the kick off for a two footed, flying carpet ride style assault on someone - he got a standing ovation. Proper football that was.

Feel free to list your own best ever. If any one says Tommy Tynan, they're banned.

Best ever waste of money?   £750k for Simon Walton, with the majority of performances delivered with a pot belly he refused to get rid of.
Best ever funny moment?   IN a cup match under Luggy when the Dagenham physio came on and must have weighed about 20 stone, to loud chants of 'YOU FAT BASTAD'. I think he might have pulled a muscle sprinting onto the pitch too, but I might be confusing physio memories.
Best ever foul?   Friio's handball against Colchester to preserve the clean sheet in front of 20,000 fans, whadda legend.

I very nearly had that Frio foul myself, he was grinning like a Cheshire cat when he got sent off.