Overweight Players

[Dashing Bob S]

Can think of quite a few porkers. Not so much in this day and age but when I started watching football as kid in the late 70’s every team seemed to have a chunky chap in the line up.

[BILLYHIBS]

Joe Harper on his debut for HIBS at Brockville leaving a slimmer by far in comparison slimline duo on the bench in Alan Gordon and Jimmy Orourke. An absolute disgrace and the beginning of the end.

[Greenbeard]

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Joe Harper on his debut for HIBS at Brockville leaving a slimmer by far in comparison slimline duo on the bench in Alan Gordon and Jimmy Orourke. An absolute disgrace and the beginning of the end.

Seem to recall a ditty along these lines......."Harper's a barrell, Harper's a barrell of lard, 2, 3, 4"

But was a goal machine up at Aberdeen.

[ancient hibee]

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Seem to recall a ditty along these lines......."Harper's a barrell, Harper's a barrell of lard, 2, 3, 4"

But was a goal machine up at Aberdeen.

47 goals in 96 appearances wasn’t too shabby for someone who was so unfit when he arrived at us.

[Famous Fiver]

Tommy Younger.

[snooky]

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Joe Harper on his debut for HIBS at Brockville leaving a slimmer by far in comparison slimline duo on the bench in Alan Gordon and Jimmy Orourke. An absolute disgrace and the beginning of the end.

I was at that Brockville game and if my memory serves me well (which it often doesn't these days) Gordon was on the bench and Jimmy played alongside The Lard at the start of the game. Alan Gordon says on a Hibs DVD that he and Jimmy were on the bench but I'm 90% sure he's mistaken.
Before the game I can remember wondering who Ned would drop to make room for Harper. I thought it would be O'Rourke but I was wrong, it was Tosh.

[BILLYHIBS]

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I was at that Brockville game and if my memory serves me well (which it often doesn't these days) Gordon was on the bench and Jimmy played alongside The Lard at the start of the game. Alan Gordon says on a Hibs DVD that he and Jimmy were on the bench but I'm 90% sure he's mistaken.
Before the game I can remember wondering who Ned would drop to make room for Harper. I thought it would be O'Rourke but I was wrong, it was Tosh.

I bow to your superior knowledge the HIBS team that day on 9/2/74 was Mcarthur brownlie Schaedler Stanton Black Blackley Edwards Orourke Harper Cropley and Duncan attendance 12500
Gordon on the bench the game ended 0-0
I remember thinking at the time that Harper was even fatter than ORourke who was a stocky small well built bloke but of course a HIBS legend in my eyes!

[Austinho]

Wayne Shaw, the roly poly goalie who was banned for eating a pie during a game for Sutton United against Arsenal. 8/1 with the bookies that he’d devour one, and he duly obliged.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40607213

[HoboHarry]

Mrs Hobo looks a bit like Joe Harper in stature - does that count?

[Northernhibee]

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Wayne Shaw, the roly poly goalie who was banned for eating a pie during a game for Sutton United against Arsenal. 8/1 with the bookies that he’d devour one, and he duly obliged.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40607213

I thought their reaction to the incident was shameful. Happy to take the piss out of his weight but when he returned the laugh at their literal expense they cried about it. Bullies - couldn't take what they were dishing out.

[tartanhibee]

Kris Boyd? Knows where the net is though

Christian Nade.

[Allant1981]

barry lavety always seemed rather chunky

[McSwanky]

Mark Yardley would be the name that would always spring to mind here. He's had a street named after him in Paisley - I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere...

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/...d_Love_Street/

[Viva_Palmeiras]

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Mark Yardley would be the name that would always spring to mind here. He's had a street named after him in Paisley - I'm sure there's a joke in there somewhere...

http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/...d_Love_Street/

His brother - Richard - who’d be early-mid 50s had a trial for Hibs if memory serves me.

[lyonhibs]

Mark Yardley: The Eponymous Lardarse

[Hermit Crab]

Phil Stamp.

Neville Southall

[hibsbollah]

Tomas Brolin. Not so much at the Euros when he knocked out England, but when he arrived at Leeds. **** knows what he'd been eating between times but he was borderline obese. And scored once or twice as well!

Here's a link to him getting 'fatty' abuse from the Leeds fans
https://youtu.be/YqjZkr5SaKY

[WeeRussell]

Stephen Dobbie
Paul Cairney
Gary O (2nd time round possibly)
David Murphy when he first came was perhaps in this category.
Grant Holt.

Most were decent players for us I might add

[ian cruise]

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Stephen Dobbie
Paul Cairney
Gary O (2nd time round possibly)
David Murphy when he first came was perhaps in this category.
Grant Holt.

Most were decent players for us I might add

Commons when he first arrived? Seem to remember him being on record as saying he was a bit like Hatton and when injured/not playing he found it really difficult to keep the weight off however he could shift it once he was training regularly again.

[hibspayne]

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Conrad Logan, when he came onto the pitch against Dundee Utd I honestly thought that was it I had seen it all in football now!!! Well the rest.....thats in the history books and hearts for ever :)

[Hi Heid Yin]

Big Mixu springs to mind.
Kris Boyd is carrying.

[overdrive]

We were having this discussion at work earlier. A colleague who is a Man Utd fan was talking about Luke Shaw's bust up with the Special One. My colleague thinks it is partly down to Luke Shaw being fat and overweight. I think the lower threshold of being 'fat and overweight' must be very low for Shaw to be classed as that.

[WeeRussell]

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Commons when he first arrived? Seem to remember him being on record as saying he was a bit like Hatton and when injured/not playing he found it really difficult to keep the weight off however he could shift it once he was training regularly again.

Good shout - though I’d argue he never shifted it during his time with us haha!

[CLASS OF 72 -73]

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Stephen Dobbie
Paul Cairney
Gary O (2nd time round possibly)
David Murphy when he first came was perhaps in this category.
Grant Holt.

Most were decent players for us I might add

Paul Cairney was poor IMO example check him out against Falkirk semi final 2013 for all three goals shocking!

[snooky]

Basher (Hibs)

John Overton (Aston Villa) was cryptically overweight.

[Peevemor]

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Paul Cairney was poor IMO example check him out against Falkirk semi final 2013 for all three goals shocking!

When we had our "good run" under Butcher (4 wins & 4 draws in 9 games) a lot of it was down to Cairney wiining corners and free kicks around the box. Results suffered when Cairney got injured.

[snooky]

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When we had our "good run" under Butcher (4 wins & 4 draws in 9 games) a lot of it was down to Cairney wiining corners and free kicks around the box. Results suffered when Cairney got injured.

I liked Cairney but he blew hot & cauld.

[CLASS OF 72 -73]

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Stephen Dobbie
Paul Cairney
Gary O (2nd time round possibly)
David Murphy when he first came was perhaps in this category.
Grant Holt.

Most were decent players for us I might add

Glad you said most.
Remind yourself of how good Cairney was check his contribution on youtube for all three Falkirk goals in the 2013 SC semi.

[WeeRussell]

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Glad you said most.
Remind yourself of how good Cairney was check his contribution on youtube for all three Falkirk goals in the 2013 SC semi.

I was mostly thinking of Holt when I put most ;)

[spike220]

Another Conrad Logan thread. He is favourite overweight player.