legends of the premier league

easytiger1 · February 8, 2012

Hi there,
It is, as you will doubtless soon be made very aware, 20 years of the Prem next season.
As your team has spent at least one season in the top flight I wondered if you might like to contribute your top three 'Club Legends' to a book due out soon in conjunction with talkSPORT Radio and the publishers Simon & Schuster.
A 'Club Legend' is distinct from a general 'Premiership Legend.' It is, for example, Gary Neville rather than David Beckham, Jamie Carragher rather than Steven Gerrard, Paul Merson rather than Thierry Henry, you get the picture.
It need not be a player but just somebody strongly associated with the club during the last 20 years. It is most likely a player but it could be that bloke at Portsmouth with the tattoos or it could be Ken Bates at Chelsea (although that is unlikely).
Regardless of who it is, he is likely to be talked about in the boozer after the match with the same reverence/ frequency as anybody else in the game.
Obviously, any help you provide will be acknowledged in the book.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Best,
Bill Borrows (Editor)

Azzurri · February 8, 2012

I think the obvious one is Big Dunc.

RFUS · February 8, 2012

Duncan Ferguson
Kevin Campbell
Tim Cahill

Done.

bluerevolution1878 · February 8, 2012

Agree with RFUS.

Summerskin · February 8, 2012

1. Dunc - Need no more.

2. Kevin Campbell = For keeping us in the Premier League.

3. Dave Watson = For being there at the start, still being immense at 35 and taking over when he hit the skids good style.

Pblueman · February 8, 2012

Daniel Amokachi has to get in the mix, maybe an argument for timmy cahill? Obviously Dunc

Kurt. · February 8, 2012

easytiger1 said:
Hi there,
It is, as you will doubtless soon be made very aware, 20 years of the Prem next season.
As your team has spent at least one season in the top flight I wondered if you might like to contribute your top three 'Club Legends' to a book due out soon in conjunction with talkSPORT Radio and the publishers Simon & Schuster.
A 'Club Legend' is distinct from a general 'Premiership Legend.' It is, for example, Gary Neville rather than David Beckham, Jamie Carragher rather than Steven Gerrard, Paul Merson rather than Thierry Henry, you get the picture.
It need not be a player but just somebody strongly associated with the club during the last 20 years. It is most likely a player but it could be that bloke at Portsmouth with the tattoos or it could be Ken Bates at Chelsea (although that is unlikely).
Regardless of who it is, he is likely to be talked about in the boozer after the match with the same reverence/ frequency as anybody else in the game.
Obviously, any help you provide will be acknowledged in the book.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Best,
Bill Borrows (Editor)

be sure to bring him back when you've finished with him Bill..

Sylvain · February 8, 2012

Andrew Van de Meyde
Percy Koldrup
Phillip Neville

tommye · February 8, 2012

Tim Cahill

Kurt. · February 8, 2012

somebody ask him how much he would take for the pair ???

Azzurri · February 8, 2012

Leon Osman.

A man who didn't leave for an easy first team place at Derby when he had the chance to early on in his career because he wanted to play for Everton.

Also, I remember that he had Christmas 2009 off unwell but woke up on Boxing Day feeling a bit better. The team was already in Sunderland having stayed the night, so he left his family at about 6 o'clock on Boxing Day morning and took 5 hours driving himself to Sunderland alone before playing in the snow both unwell and on injections for an injury.

Not necessarily our best player of the last 20 years, but definitely one of the most loyal and he's fantastic on his day.