Transfer deadline day excitement

[Trouserdog]

Don't expect any today.

The last time I came close to jizzing my knickers (well, I might have actually done it to be honest) was when Joe Jordan made a triple swoop in 93/94 to bring back the messiah Wayne Biggins from Celtic for 100k, the fantastic Mark Walters on loan from Liverpool, and Micky Adams on loan from somewhere as well.

Biggins had obviously been a hero until buggering off to Barnsley for 30 pieces of silver the previous season. He still looked pretty good for the remainder of that season, but his legs seemed to go the year after and he spent more time getting sent off than he did scoring any goals.

Walters was ace on the wing...he only had one trick (a step-over) but it worked every time. This really was a stunning signing at the time, and there was talk of us getting him full-time at the end of the season but it never materialised. I think we ended up signing Jason Beckford instead.

Micky Adams looked like an ump-lumpa (and still does) and was by some way the least exciting of the three signings, yet played superbly and scored a 759 yard screamer against Bristol City in a 3-0 win late-on in the campaign. I think he ended up being named as player-manager of Fulham the next summer so he didn't join us full-time either.


To be honest it was too little too late (this was of course when the deadline was in April) as our stuttering mid-table form had an injection of life following these three signings, but it jusn't quite enough (I think we finished about 9th didn't we?).


Anyway, three similiar signings today wouldn't go amiss...a goalscorer, an England international winger and a skillfull little dwarf.

[jezzascfc]

So we'll sign:

a suntanned playboy goalscorer - Frank Worthington?
an England international winger - Andy Sinton?
a skilful little dwarf (aren't dwarves, by definition, little?) - David Speedie

Oh, I'm moist at the prospect.

The most excitement I am anticipating today is if I manage to get to the big 100 posts on this new site!