Best Penalty Taker?

[60YearsAPie]

We’ve seen some great penalties taken by Steady and Shola this season.

Who’s the best Notts penalty taker you’ve seen?

Being an old ‘un, I’d go back to Ray O’Brien.

I think he’d been at Notts about 4 seasons before he started taking penalties though, as Ian Scanlon and then Steve Carter took them in his first few seasons. That pair weren’t shabby either.

[Proudpie]

Rayo Rayo

[Proudpie]

Scanlon and Carter
My 2 favourite wingers of all time

[ncfcog]

Ray O was the first name to come to my mind as well. More recently Jeff Hughes proved he was pretty competent from the penalty spot also.

[Mapperleypie]

David Smith under Mick Walker.

[Bohinen]

A free kick was like a penalty for Ray O'Brien.

[Frigiliana Pie 1]

Trevor Christie deserves a mention here, but Ray O’Brien was definitely the best. Taking free kicks from outside the area is a different skill and he was tops at both.

[BanjoPie]

Just has to to be Ray

[60YearsAPie]

David Smith under Mick Walker.

Good shout. Pity we only got one season out of him, due to injury.

Mick Walker did a KN that season. When Warnock was sacked we were bottom, having won 2 of 12 home games.

Walker’s first game was against promotion chasing Tranmere, who we thumped 5-1. He went on to win his first 6 home games and we ended the season in 17th position.

Dave Smith scored a penalty in each of Walker’s first 3 home games.

The following season, Walker’s only full season in charge, is one of my favourite non-promotion seasons.

We hammered Derby and Leicester 4-1 and Charlie Palmer’s goal beat Forest.

Who knows? With Smith in the team we might even have made the play-offs for the Premiership.

Ray O’Brien still gets my vote, though.

[Steward]

Dean Thomas