Your Soft Spot/Cult Hero XI

[07BigD]

We've all had them in our time watching Hibs,players you can't help but like,not necessarily because of their ability simply because they become something of a cult hero to you and your mates or you personally think they bring something to the team no one else can see no matter if they were decidedly average you just wanted them to do well. Here is my bored on a Monday selection

Ollie the Goalie, plucked from nowhere by Duff Jimmy, always looked to me like he couldn't dive properly to his right,enjoyed a season in the sun during the first division campaign before being exposed again in the SPL

Shaun Dennis, tattoos on his arms and a beer belly and not afraid of a dislocated finger,a real hard man

Steven Tweed,big Tweedy paired up brilliantly with Geebsie for a couple of seasons another big centre half with no front teeth he ended up going off to Cyprus where he played up front and was a goal machine!


Matty Jack,signed as a centre half but looked unconvincing, the GJP moved him into midfield where he booted lumps out of people very successfully, we lovingly referred to him as Das Boot

Justin Skinner, part of the midfield that stormed the first division, by no means the most talented but Mr Dependable letting the other midfielders go and play, scored on his birthday against Airdrie and was serenaded by the away support

Mickey Weir,was always gutted if he didn't start the game, believe he fell out with AM so didn't feature as much as he should have great weekend player and a Skol Cup winner

Kevin McAllister, weeks crunching was one of the last great weekend wingers that always hit the byline and delivered, tough as nails, punted too soon in my opinion

Joe Tortolano, couldn't tackle a fish supper but a bit of a cult hero, used to get loads of stick but equally loved

Brian Hamilton, totally garbage as a footballer but was the ying to McGinlays yang in midfield, always wanted him to do well but sadly never did

Steven Dobbie ,blobby Williamsons love child, great technique but overweight and up against some stiff competition up front during his time at Hibs,went on to screw the nut and score loads of goals elsewhere

Dirk Lehman, the pornstar, had tape on his ears enjoyed a great start to his career at Hibs a definite cult hero at ER

Feel free to submit anyone you had an irrational love of who pulled on the Hibs jersey

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We've all had them in our time watching Hibs,players you can't help but like,not necessarily because of their ability simply because they become something of a cult hero to you and your mates or you personally think they bring something to the team no one else can see no matter if they were decidedly average you just wanted them to do well. Here is my bored on a Monday selection

Ollie the Goalie, plucked from nowhere by Duff Jimmy, always looked to me like he couldn't dive properly to his right,enjoyed a season in the sun during the first division campaign before being exposed again in the SPL

Shaun Dennis, tattoos on his arms and a beer belly and not afraid of a dislocated finger,a real hard man

Steven Tweed,big Tweedy paired up brilliantly with Geebsie for a couple of seasons another big centre half with no front teeth he ended up going off to Cyprus where he played up front and was a goal machine!


Matty Jack,signed as a centre half but looked unconvincing, the GJP moved him into midfield where he booted lumps out of people very successfully, we lovingly referred to him as Das Boot

Justin Skinner, part of the midfield that stormed the first division, by no means the most talented but Mr Dependable letting the other midfielders go and play, scored on his birthday against Airdrie and was serenaded by the away support

Mickey Weir,was always gutted if he didn't start the game, believe he fell out with AM so didn't feature as much as he should have great weekend player and a Skol Cup winner

Kevin McAllister, weeks crunching was one of the last great weekend wingers that always hit the byline and delivered, tough as nails, punted too soon in my opinion

Joe Tortolano, couldn't tackle a fish supper but a bit of a cult hero, used to get loads of stick but equally loved

Brian Hamilton, totally garbage as a footballer but was the ying to McGinlays yang in midfield, always wanted him to do well but sadly never did

Steven Dobbie ,blobby Williamsons love child, great technique but overweight and up against some stiff competition up front during his time at Hibs,went on to screw the nut and score loads of goals elsewhere

Dirk Lehman, the pornstar, had tape on his ears enjoyed a great start to his career at Hibs a definite cult hero at ER

Feel free to submit anyone you had an irrational love of who pulled on the Hibs jersey

Sodding auto correct has played havoc with this mindless dirge of mine

[Mikey09]

Billy Findlay. Really good player and the arguements me and my mates used to have about him were brilliant!!

[07BigD]

You forget about so many of these players over time, it's worth having a wee dig into the past now and again

[CallumLaidlaw]

Not a full team, but a few spring to mind


Graham Stack - Cult hero. Great character!

Lewis Stevenson - Cant help but have a soft spot for wee Lewy!

Sol Bamba - Big man turned up at my wedding reception as a favour to a friend of a friend.

Mickey Weir - Was by far my favourite player as a youngster

Chic Charnley - A few game wonder!

Benji - any player that runs the length of the aprk to GIRU the jambos has to be on this list!!

[07BigD]

All good choices, Chico scored a better from his own half in a cup game, sadly he got found out like a lot of his team mates that season

[07BigD]

Belter! That should say, this phone is doing my head in

[Wilson]

Paco Luna.

[Smartie]

Ma-Kalambay

Gattheusi
Dennis (misunderstood genius)
Bamba
Lovering
Rougier
Charnley
Jack
Tortolano
Malonga
Paatelainen

A perfect balance of skill, hardness, some aggression, some laid-backness and some downright mentalness.


Great thread btw.

[thebakerboy]

Stan Vincent - ran about like a headless chicken but would chase everything and never gave up but not a great load of talent on show. Got to know him better when he worked in in The Corstorphine Inn for Jimmy Orourke. Not the brightest spark but a genuine lovely guy.

[Mon Dieu4]

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We've all had them in our time watching Hibs,players you can't help but like,not necessarily because of their ability simply because they become something of a cult hero to you and your mates or you personally think they bring something to the team no one else can see no matter if they were decidedly average you just wanted them to do well. Here is my bored on a Monday selection

Ollie the Goalie, plucked from nowhere by Duff Jimmy, always looked to me like he couldn't dive properly to his right,enjoyed a season in the sun during the first division campaign before being exposed again in the SPL

Shaun Dennis, tattoos on his arms and a beer belly and not afraid of a dislocated finger,a real hard man

Steven Tweed,big Tweedy paired up brilliantly with Geebsie for a couple of seasons another big centre half with no front teeth he ended up going off to Cyprus where he played up front and was a goal machine!


Matty Jack,signed as a centre half but looked unconvincing, the GJP moved him into midfield where he booted lumps out of people very successfully, we lovingly referred to him as Das Boot

Justin Skinner, part of the midfield that stormed the first division, by no means the most talented but Mr Dependable letting the other midfielders go and play, scored on his birthday against Airdrie and was serenaded by the away support

Mickey Weir,was always gutted if he didn't start the game, believe he fell out with AM so didn't feature as much as he should have great weekend player and a Skol Cup winner

Kevin McAllister, weeks crunching was one of the last great weekend wingers that always hit the byline and delivered, tough as nails, punted too soon in my opinion

Joe Tortolano, couldn't tackle a fish supper but a bit of a cult hero, used to get loads of stick but equally loved

Brian Hamilton, totally garbage as a footballer but was the ying to McGinlays yang in midfield, always wanted him to do well but sadly never did

Steven Dobbie ,blobby Williamsons love child, great technique but overweight and up against some stiff competition up front during his time at Hibs,went on to screw the nut and score loads of goals elsewhere

Dirk Lehman, the pornstar, had tape on his ears enjoyed a great start to his career at Hibs a definite cult hero at ER

Feel free to submit anyone you had an irrational love of who pulled on the Hibs jersey

quiet day then?

Thornton Schmugee and Juha Rippa, we saw their glorious outings for the cabbage, not many did

Humphrey Rudge mainly for the name but played a blinder in the Derby

Tony Rougier when he could be bothered he was immense and the reason we got Russell

[Northernhibee]

Stack

Bamba
O'Hanlon
Jones

Sproule
Shiels
Claros
Cairney
Stevenson

Sodje
Nish

[WeeRussell]

Daniel Anderson
Sproule
Zemmama
Luna
Zitelli
Shiels (don't like to admit it now though)
Zambernardi
Lavety

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Daniel Anderson
Sproule
Zemmama
Luna
Zitelli
Shiels (don't like to admit it now though)
Zambernardi
Lavety

Lavety, I forgot about Basher, another lover of pie

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quiet day then?

Thornton Schmugee and Juha Rippa, we saw their glorious outings for the cabbage, not many did

Humphrey Rudge mainly for the name but played a blinder in the Derby

Tony Rougier when he could be bothered he was immense and the reason we got Russell

It's January mate, plenty time for contemplation

[Willis1875]

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We've all had them in our time watching Hibs,players you can't help but like,not necessarily because of their ability simply because they become something of a cult hero to you and your mates or you personally think they bring something to the team no one else can see no matter if they were decidedly average you just wanted them to do well. Here is my bored on a Monday selection

Ollie the Goalie, plucked from nowhere by Duff Jimmy, always looked to me like he couldn't dive properly to his right,enjoyed a season in the sun during the first division campaign before being exposed again in the SPL

Shaun Dennis, tattoos on his arms and a beer belly and not afraid of a dislocated finger,a real hard man

Steven Tweed,big Tweedy paired up brilliantly with Geebsie for a couple of seasons another big centre half with no front teeth he ended up going off to Cyprus where he played up front and was a goal machine!


Matty Jack,signed as a centre half but looked unconvincing, the GJP moved him into midfield where he booted lumps out of people very successfully, we lovingly referred to him as Das Boot

Justin Skinner, part of the midfield that stormed the first division, by no means the most talented but Mr Dependable letting the other midfielders go and play, scored on his birthday against Airdrie and was serenaded by the away support

Mickey Weir,was always gutted if he didn't start the game, believe he fell out with AM so didn't feature as much as he should have great weekend player and a Skol Cup winner

Kevin McAllister, weeks crunching was one of the last great weekend wingers that always hit the byline and delivered, tough as nails, punted too soon in my opinion

Joe Tortolano, couldn't tackle a fish supper but a bit of a cult hero, used to get loads of stick but equally loved

Brian Hamilton, totally garbage as a footballer but was the ying to McGinlays yang in midfield, always wanted him to do well but sadly never did

Steven Dobbie ,blobby Williamsons love child, great technique but overweight and up against some stiff competition up front during his time at Hibs,went on to screw the nut and score loads of goals elsewhere

Dirk Lehman, the pornstar, had tape on his ears enjoyed a great start to his career at Hibs a definite cult hero at ER

Feel free to submit anyone you had an irrational love of who pulled on the Hibs jersey

Amadou Konte,absolutely dreadful at football but got us that 1 vital goal off his erchie

[hibee_girl]

Stuart lovell
Grant Brebner
Tam McManus
David Zitelli
Arpinon (only cos I liked his name!)

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Amadou Konte,absolutely dreadful at football but got us that 1 vital goal off his erchie

It was very apt him scoring like that, he was always on the deck

[jdships]

My " Cult Heroes " were and will always be

Gordon Smith
Jimmy O'Rourke
and the top man
ERIC SCHAEDLER

" When will we see their likes again ? "

[Unseen work]

............makalamby

Jay shields... Bamba....thicot...laursen

...............boozy......brebner

Sproule................................sheils.....

.............tam McManus.... Riordan

Loved all of these guy. Always have a real appreciation for guys with a swagger about there game, even if there playin awful the know they can do something to influence it or change the game.

Defence- jay shields was a hard little guy, not the best but commitment was unbeleivable. Thicot and bamba at the back had a good understanding to me and liked how they played it out from the back! Laursen doesn't need much explaining

Midfield - boozy needs no explaining. Brebner had a swagger about him and was a good all round player to have in your team, tackle pass score. Sproule again no explaining. Shiels as a young guy I always liked his composure and skill and was always someone I was desperate for him to succeed.

Strikers - tam McManus, one of my favourite players when j was younger, full of confidence and lots of ability unfortunately never showed his true potential. And riordan is a ledgend

[lord bunberry]

Graeme Donald, he burst onto the scene and I thought he looked the part then he was moved into defence by Miller

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Graeme Donald, he burst onto the scene and I thought he looked the part then he was moved into defence by Miller

Alex Miller seen a defender inside every player

[BH Hibs]

Surely Budgie would have be in goal would have Pat mcGinlay in there as well.

[07BigD]

Pat and Budgie are givens, I was just thinking of some forgotten players, I shed a tear at Pats last game I must admit

[TowerHibs]

Olive in goals - he made a save from big Kevin James in a derby from about 6 yards...bullet header which was a shockingly good save

Derek Collins - reliable and good going forward. Bit like Gary Nev
Thicot - soft as **** but good footballer
Shaun Dennis - raj works
Yannick Zambernardi - he thought he was a world beater

Crunchie - great winger
Wee Trinidad guy - bloody name escapes me. Not Russell but his wee mate. Loved him
Freddy Arpinion - touch of class in there.
Andy Dow - debut goal in Derby. Thought we had a world beater.

Luna - ****ing Athens game. Away celebrating instead of putting ball in the net.
Marc Libra - got thrown out of my ex birds house when he scored at Celtic Park. Her old man being a tit of a Celtic man through me out. 7.30 on a Sunday night

[McSwanky]

I'm a sucker for a full back.

From my lifetime, Tortolano, Lovering, Archie Lovell and Derek Collins have already had deserved mentions here, but the best of all for me has to be Willie Miller. Totally mental. Loved him.

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I'm a sucker for a full back.

From my lifetime, Tortolano, Lovering, Archie Lovell and Derek Collins have already had deserved mentions here, but the best of all for me has to be Willie Miller. Totally mental. Loved him.

Willie Miller, what can you say, he was indeed mental but a great right back, went to Dundee when we got relegated which I thought was a pity

[McSwanky]

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Willie Miller, what can you say, he was indeed mental but a great right back, went to Dundee when we got relegated which I thought was a pity

Agreed.

Forgot to mention Alen Orman as well. If only for that goal at Ibrox.

[lionrampant63]

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Olive in goals - he made a save from big Kevin James in a derby from about 6 yards...bullet header which was a shockingly good save

Derek Collins - reliable and good going forward. Bit like Gary Nev
Thicot - soft as **** but good footballer
Shaun Dennis - raj works
Yannick Zambernardi - he thought he was a world beater

Crunchie - great winger
Wee Trinidad guy - bloody name escapes me. Not Russell but his wee mate. Loved him
Freddy Arpinion - touch of class in there.
Andy Dow - debut goal in Derby. Thought we had a world beater.

Luna - ****ing Athens game. Away celebrating instead of putting ball in the net.
Marc Libra - got thrown out of my ex birds house when he scored at Celtic Park. Her old man being a tit of a Celtic man through me out. 7.30 on a Sunday night

wee Lyndon Andrews would be that man

[McSwanky]

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Wee Trinidad guy - bloody name escapes me. Not Russell but his wee mate. Loved him

That would be Lyndon Andrews. Played a blinder in the 6-2 after coming on as a sub in the first half IIRC.