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« Reply #30 on: 19 January 2010, 01:40:24 » |
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George Mann!
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« Reply #31 on: 19 January 2010, 22:02:05 » |
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If the definition of top drawer is international recognition, then we cant miss off Reggie Bowden, always top drawer to me in every other respect but never recognised with an international cap despite his years of success with Widnes. Also a bit of a bionic man, given the succession of shoulder injuries that threatened to finish his career as a young player, but (I think) he had it pinned and was a new man.
Reg was my Captain in my alltime team selections. So I too recognised his quailties. A great leader I think he was the catalyst that started the rise to us becoming the Cup Kings that we were. He was the first decent Scrum Half we had after Ray Owen left us. |
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« Reply #32 on: 22 January 2010, 11:38:20 » |
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I thought Jimmy Boylan was a pretty decent scrum half, possibly better as a an out and out scrum half than Reg. Reg's strength was his allround game.
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« Reply #33 on: 02 February 2010, 16:45:03 » |
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Ste carter, daniel frame, rob relf. Always gave 100%
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« Reply #34 on: 03 March 2010, 19:18:10 » |
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andy o'niel chris percival both top players imo
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« Reply #35 on: 12 March 2010, 17:11:28 » |
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Rick Thackery
Derek Pyke
Both quality in there own right.....
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« Reply #36 on: 27 March 2010, 16:12:43 » |
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« Reply #37 on: 31 March 2010, 12:58:16 » |
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Paul Mansson
Jim Salisbury
Mark Hewitt
Bob Campbell
Mark Preston
Ste Argent (My mate)
Ian Watson
Peter "wiffa" Smith
Tim Holmes (up until his untimely injury)
Andy Platt
Simon Verbickas
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FORMER CROWD FAVOURITES DO NOT MAKE GOOD MANAGERS!!! COME ON 'LATICS GET SHUT OF MARTINEZ!!!!
ENGLISH BY BIRTH....A WIDNESIAN BY THE GRACE OF GOD.
WIDNES VIKINGS RLFC 'TIL I DIE.......& BEYOND!!!
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« Reply #38 on: 22 May 2010, 07:58:47 » |
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Les Holliday......awesome left foot!!
Phil Vievers, Gary Pearce (Hull), Brimah Kebbie
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« Reply #39 on: 07 June 2010, 07:58:36 » |
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My now deceased Uncle's favorite Second Rower was a bloke called Freddie Higgins.
I obviously never saw him, but he was supposed to be quality. I wouldn't know if he was an International or noth though.............
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« Reply #40 on: 07 June 2010, 08:05:40 » |
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My now deceased Uncle's favorite Second Rower was a bloke called Freddie Higgins.
I obviously never saw him, but he was supposed to be quality. I wouldn't know if he was an International or noth though.............
I did, and often. He won 10 caps for England and Great Britain. Alec Higgins, his brother, a fine prop forward, won 9 caps for England and Great Britain before the war and played 313 times for Widnes. Like many players around that time he lost 5 years of his career due to the war. I often wonder how many times Harry Millington would have played for Widnes if the war had not been in the middle of his career. |
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« Reply #41 on: 07 June 2010, 09:50:18 » |
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Billy Thompson local lad, a centre with a great step who got us to Wembley in 1964 with a solo try against Cas' at Belle Vue.
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« Reply #42 on: 07 June 2010, 10:15:03 » |
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Les Holliday......awesome left foot!!
Phil Vievers, Gary Pearce (Hull), Brimah Kebbie
Didn't Kebbie make his début at Anfield in a Charity Shield match against Pies? I was stood on the Kop that day. What year was it? Spelly. |
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« Reply #43 on: 07 June 2010, 14:12:10 » |
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SPELLY:
That was August 1989.
I'm pretty sure Kebbie made his debut towards the back-end of the 1988/89 season, because I was in my final year at Junior School then, and I remember he came to our school teaching us Rugby & Sprinting Skills.
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ENGLISH BY BIRTH....A WIDNESIAN BY THE GRACE OF GOD.
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« Reply #44 on: 07 June 2010, 14:17:02 » |
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Another 2 players I always enjoyed watching were......Paul Gartland & Daniel Frame
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ENGLISH BY BIRTH....A WIDNESIAN BY THE GRACE OF GOD.
WIDNES VIKINGS RLFC 'TIL I DIE.......& BEYOND!!!
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