Your boyhood favourite

[Fenway Frank]

Jimmy Neighbour, Ted Macdougal

 

[morty]

I came to the party late, as didn't start supporting until I was about 25, first favourite Was Darren Eadie.

 

[OldRobert]

Can't say boyhood, don't think I had a particular one.  Tbf it was a helluva long time ago!  My favourite player though, was the late, great Graham 'Budgie' Paddon.

 

[morty]

Talking of old players, came across this picture of Ron Saunders, blimey the guy was a unit!

 

[Fenway Frank]

That will be around the time I started going to matches Morty. Old Rob, when did Paddon die, I thought he was still alive !

 

[OldRobert]

That will be around the time I started going to matches Morty. Old Rob, when did Paddon die, I thought he was still alive !

Regretfully Graham fell on hard times, ended up living on the coast, I forget exactly where, in what was I believe a holiday chalet.  Drink was a big problem for him, and he died unexpectedly at his home in Norfolk on 19 November 2007.  The EDP at the time:

http://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/graham-paddon-one-of-city-s-all-time-greats-1-638407

His daughter Heather got in touch with Diane from the Pink Un asking for stories from anyone who knew him.

 

[Fenway Frank]

Thanks, I can't remember what happened 10 minutes ago never mind 10 years ?

 

[Canaryboy]

First favourite player when I was about 8 was Lee, Lee, Lee Power.

Its likely he was actually a little bit rubbish judging by the career he had, probably just liked him because I also liked Power Rangers. 

 

[morty]

First favourite player when I was about 8 was Lee, Lee, Lee Power.

Its likely he was actually a little bit rubbish judging by the career he had, probably just liked him because I also liked Power Rangers. 

 

[the jarrold]

I guess it would be Kenny Foggo as a boy. My favourite player in my teens was Colin Bell. Great player for England and that Man City team of Lee, Sumerbee et al. It's ok to like a player from another team right..... Like Messi today...... Sure it is..... I think.....

 

[Din]

I was born in '96 so mine are likely to be different to most on here

Huckerby is the obvious one, and I think any Norwich fan my age would say exactly the same. No explanation required as to why. Dean Ashton and Dion Dublin the other two that stand out (went to a signing session Dublin did in Castle Mall once but got too nervous to meet him I walked off). For some reason as well I had real liking of David Bentley when he played for us on loan, to the point I got number 10 on the back of my shirt for years even after he left aha.

 

[morty]

I was born in '96 so mine are likely to be different to most on here

Huckerby is the obvious one, and I think any Norwich fan my age would say exactly the same. No explanation required as to why. Dean Ashton and Dion Dublin the other two that stand out (went to a signing session Dublin did in Castle Mall once but got too nervous to meet him I walked off). For some reason as well I had real liking of David Bentley when he played for us on loan, to the point I got number 10 on the back of my shirt for years even after he left aha.

Can't argue with Huckerby or Dublin!

Hucks still ranks as the most exciting player I have ever seen play in yellow and green!

 

[Fenway Frank]

More exciting than Dean Coney? 

 

[morty]

More exciting than Dean Coney? 

Before my time 

 

[splutcho]

Eadie was on the back of my first shirt, but I feel like I didn't have a lot of say in that. My real heroes were Huckerby and Iwan.

 

[Fenway Frank]

Coney was a striker in the same mould that Theoklitos was to goalkeeping

 

[Scott]

92 baby here, my first hero I really remember is IWWWWWWWWWWWWWAN

Closely followed by Mr. Huckerby but I do remember having a McVeigh shirt when I was a kid!

 

[Fenway Frank]

Can I just thank you all for making me feel old ?