Seems like one that got away...
The under 21 Scotland international was born in Edinburgh while his dad Paul played for us (98-99 season?) but he came through Reading's academy. Now seemingly establishing himself at Celta Vigo. Ah well!
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Thread: Jordan Holsgrove
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08-02-2021 04:35 PM #1
Jordan Holsgrove
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08-02-2021 04:52 PM #2
Didn't realise he was Paul Holsgrove's son, blast from the past that!
He seems to have done well for Scotland U21s. He was on loan at a lower league Spanish side before then going to Celta Vigo. They play Atletico Madrid in Madrid tonight. Looks like he hasn't started a game yet but has come off the bench a few times.
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08-02-2021 05:29 PM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I remember his Granda playing for Wolves 😆
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08-02-2021 07:26 PM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Perhaps he could be the next Hornby and end up here on loan.
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08-02-2021 10:05 PM #7
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Always get Holsgrove and Justin Skinner mixed up, did they play for us at the same time?
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08-02-2021 10:34 PM #11
Cant remember if it was Holsgrove or Skinner but was one of them not really ***** at first?
Seemed to remember thinking we’d signed an absolute dud only for them to turn out really good in the end?
Might have been both of them actually.
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08-02-2021 10:44 PM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Holsgrove was signed in the close season after we’d been relegated. He gave away a crazy handball penalty to gift Stranraer their first goal when they beat us 2-1 at ER in the second game of the season, and didn’t really recover from that.
You could tell he was a sound player technically, just looked the sort that needed a lot of time on the ball - and was therefore doomed in the Scottish First Division. Only made 9 league starts and most of them would’ve been when we struggling early doors.
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08-02-2021 10:56 PM #14
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09-02-2021 07:41 AM #15
Justin Skinner was a player in the mould of Scott Parker if I remember correctly.
I don’t remember him being an ever present though. Think he was in and out of the side.
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09-02-2021 07:45 AM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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Edit: just looked it up. 3-0 v Airdrie.Last edited by Baader; 09-02-2021 at 10:13 AM.
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09-02-2021 10:20 AM #18
I loved Skinner.
He had an immediate impact when he joined pre-relegation, sadly we were too far gone to stay up.
In the First Division he was a bit of an unsung hero and played a big part in hauling us back up, scoring an absolute peach iirc at Airdrie in a big win there - may have been knocked back to him from a corner and he hammered it in from outside the box.
He seems to just drift out the picture once we got promoted and I've never really understood why as he never let us down. The same seemed to happen with Paul Lovering who was a cracking player in the First Division. I guess McLeish knew deep down that these were probably players good enough to get us out the First Division but not good enough to get us up the Premier, and you can't really argue that they were better than the likes of O'Neil or Laursen who he eventually signed to play in their positions.
Re Holsgrove - I remember hearing an interview with him where he compared himself to Glenn Hoddle and I thought he sounded like a bit of a knob. Looked elegant enough on the ball at times but he was in our team when we were stinking out the First division over the first few games so it's hard to argue that he didn't need moved on.Last edited by Smartie; 09-02-2021 at 10:22 AM.
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