Favourite starting 11...

[TSANHO]

That you’ve seen play/manage for Notts

Going for a 4-4-2

Gk: Kasper Schmeichel

RB: Chris Wilder
RCB: Gary Strodder
LCB: Ian Richardson
LB: Steve Nicol

RM: Steve Finnan
RCM: Neal Bishop
LCM: Craig Ramage
LM: Ricky Otto (Really couldn’t think of many proper left wingers I’ve seen for Notts)

ST: Lee Hughes
ST: Mark Stallard

Manager; Can’t think of a manager I like and was successful, soooo....Ricardo Moniz!

[fareesoixante]

442
Gk Reddy Avramocic
Rb Pedro Richards
Cb Dave Needham
Cb Dean Yates
Lb Ray O'Brien
Rw John Chiedosie
Cm Don Masson
Cm Mark Draper
Lw Gordon Mair
Cf Lea Braddock
Cf Iain McCulloch

[Chicken Balti Pie]

442
GK - Ward
RB - Finnan
CB - Redmile
CB - Edwards
LB - Sheehan
RW - Cas
LW - Murray
CM - Bishop
CM - Ravenhill
ST - Stallard
ST - Hughes

[Bohinen]

442
Gk Reddy Avramocic
Rb Pedro Richards
Cb Dave Needham
Cb Dean Yates
Lb Ray O'Brien
Rw John Chiedosie
Cm Don Masson
Cm Mark Draper
Lw Gordon Mair
Cf Lea Braddock
Cf Iain McCulloch

I like this one, just swap Hughesie for Lea Braddock and Craig Short for Dean Yates.

Gk Reddy Avramocic
Rb Pedro Richards
Cb Dave Needham
Cb Craig Short
Lb Ray O'Brien
Rw John Chiedosie
Cm Don Masson
Cm Mark Draper
Lw Gordon Mair
Cf Lee Hughes
Cf Iain McCulloch

[Elite_Pie]

I like this one, just swap Hughesie for Lea Braddock and Craig Short for Dean Yates.

Gk Reddy Avramocic
Rb Pedro Richards
Cb Dave Needham
Cb Craig Short
Lb Ray O'Brien
Rw John Chiedosie
Cm Don Masson
Cm Mark Draper
Lw Gordon Mair
Cf Lee Hughes
Cf Iain McCulloch

Seeing as I must be too young to remember Lea Braddock, I'll go with your amendments Bohinen. Maybe lacking a ball winner in midfield, but with such a strong defence and attack we probably wouldn't need one.

[forwardmagpie]

Any team that doesn’t include Steve Carter can’t be right

[Elite_Pie]

Any team that doesn’t include Steve Carter can’t be right

Steve Carter was brilliant for us but John Chiedozie did it at a higher level, that's why he get's the nod.

[forwardmagpie]

Steve Carter was brilliant for us but John Chiedozie did it at a higher level, that's why he get's the nod.

Not from me, Chiedozie was fast, but Carter was magic.

[Bohinen]

Not from me, Chiedozie was fast, but Carter was magic.

I saw Carter against Man United away in the old Second Division in front of a huge crowd, and whilst a few of our players froze, he rose to occasion and ran rings round them as we 'thrashed' them 0-1. That's the trouble though, he looked great and I loved him, but we achieved more with Chiedozie in the team. Same with Lea Braddock and Stubbs, we loved those players but we reached a higher level after they stopped playing for us. But we would never have even had the chance without the foundations they built.

[LEPiePie]

Cherry

Sheehan
Short (Craig)
Yates
Finnan

Draper
Davies
Turner

Bartlett
Johnson
Hughes

Subs: Schmeichel, Legg, Richardson, Jones, Palmer, Jackson, Thompson

[bridpie78]

i was going to do a joke one with the worst 11 players i could think of from the last 35 years of following the pies but i would just be typing out this seasons team maybe drop o'brien and put in virtue

favourite 11 looks something like this 3-4-3

cherry

palmer
yates
short

thorpe
turner
davies
draper

johnson
lund
mcswegan

subs schmeichel mcstay legg harding pike bartlett hughes

[slack_pie]

Cherry

Finnan (I know he played RW for us, but who cares)
Short
Yates
Johnson

Davies
Draper
Bishop
Devlin

Stallard
Hughes


Manager: Mick Walker

[forwardmagpie]

Gk Raddy Avramovic
Rb Tristian Benjamin
Cb Dave Needham
Cb Pedro Richards
Lb Ray O'Brien
Rw Steve Carter
Cm Don Masson
Cm Mark Draper
Lw Gordon Mair
Cf Lee Hughes
Cf Iain McCulloch

Not many ball winners in the team but lots of ball players and an aggressive strike force

[ncfcog]

GK Raddy
RB Pedro
CB Killer
CB Short Craig
LB Ray 'O'
MID Draper
MID Masson
MID Turner
ST Johnson Tommy
ST Hughes
ST McCulloch

[queenslandpie]

i was going to do a joke one with the worst 11 players i could think of from the last 35 years of following the pies but i would just be typing out this seasons team maybe drop o'brien and put in virtue

favourite 11 looks something like this 3-4-3

cherry

palmer
yates
short

thorpe
turner
davies
draper

johnson
lund
mcswegan

subs schmeichel mcstay legg harding pike bartlett hughes

Darren Davies?

[ForeignLegion]

I assume Ben

[60YearsAPie]

Bearing in mind the title is "Favourite" not "Best" Eleven:

Manager: Sirrel (assistant Warnock)
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[theory_extinct]

442
Gk Reddy Avramocic
Rb Pedro Richards
Cb Dave Needham
Cb Dean Yates
Lb Ray O'Brien
Rw John Chiedosie
Cm Don Masson
Cm Mark Draper
Lw Gordon Mair
Cf Lea Braddock
Cf Iain McCulloch

A sign of how times have changed. Avramocic used to live at the end of our street in Calverton - the pit still being the main employer. Players seem to have distanced themselves.

[bridpie78]

Darren Davies?

you're thinking of Darren Davis from barnwells team surely, i meant Ben Davies

I went on the pitch before a game when i was a kid and got Darren Davis autograph, i got a few that day i think dave kevan was another all i remember though was mick leonard being a pri*k and not signing my little book, i was probably too young to know what a dic*khead was but i now realise he was one

[Pie1862]

Ward

Hendon
Richardson
Edwards
Finnan

Robson
Barraclough
Derry
Murray

Farrel
Jones

[navypie]

i was going to do a joke one with the worst 11 players i could think of from the last 35 years of following the pies but i would just be typing out this seasons team maybe drop o'brien and put in virtue

favourite 11 looks something like this 3-4-3

cherry

palmer
yates
short

thorpe
turner
davies
draper

johnson
lund
mcswegan

subs schmeichel mcstay legg harding pike bartlett hughes

I was going to do something similar bridpie but though better of it.

Raddy Avamovic
Tristian Benjamin
David Needham
Pedro Richards
Nigel Worthington
Don Masson
Mark Draper
John Chiedozie
Enzio
Trevor Christie
Iain McCulloch

[bridpie78]

I was going to do something similar bridpie but though better of it.

Raddy Avamovic
Tristian Benjamin
David Needham
Pedro Richards
Nigel Worthington
Don Masson
Mark Draper
John Chiedozie
Enzio
Trevor Christie
Iain McCulloch

i see what you did there Navy ;D
that name actually insults 10 club legends i dont like it being in there it just looks wrong

[navypie]

i see what you did there Navy ;D
that name actually insults 10 club legends i dont like it being in there it just looks wrong

Ok, I'll behave. Tommy Johnson.

[bridpie78]

Ok, I'll behave. Tommy Johnson.

good recovery :P

[legs77]

Cherry
Chris Short
Yates
Craig Short
Michael Johnson
Devlin
Draper
Harding
Smith
Tommy Johnson
McSwegan

Hard to leave out Darren Ward, Finnan,Turner, Thomas, Strodder, Hughes, Palmer but I could only name 11.

[Bushwacka]

Seeing as I must be too young to remember Lea Braddock, I'll go with your amendments Bohinen. Maybe lacking a ball winner in midfield, but with such a strong defence and attack we probably wouldn't need one.

I assumed Lea Braddock was his phone's auto-correct of Les Bradd??

[Bohinen]

I assumed Lea Braddock was his phone's auto-correct of Les Bradd??

Yes, but I think Elite is just playing along with it.

Unless I am too young to remember the real Lea Braddock too.

[SwalePie]

Yes, but I think Elite is just playing along with it.

Unless I am too young to remember the real Lea Braddock too.

Surely you remember Lea Braddock. Almost as much of a legend as that Tonya Hartley we had up front.

[bridpie78]

Surely you remember Lea Braddock. Almost as much of a legend as that Tonya Hartley we had up front.

didn't he knobble someones knee at the winter olympics?

[SwalePie]

didn't he knobble someones knee at the winter olympics?

I think you're mixing him up with hard-man midfielder Paula Harding

[Idaniba]

A quick hat-trick is always useful... so Ian Scanlon.

[bridpie78]

i think you're mixing him up with hard-man midfielder paula harding

XD

[Rainbowpie]

Schmeical

Finnan
Walker
Yates
Johnson

Harding
Bishop
Draper
Smith

Devlin
Johnson

[the_anticlough]

[QUOTE=Pie1862;39224099]

Favourite, not best 11, in a kind of 4-2-4 would be

Schmeichel

Benjamin
Richards
Stubbs
O'Brien

Masson
Harkouk

McCulloch
Johnson
Bradd
Mair

Can't believe there's no place for Avramovic, Craig Short and Draper

[nw6pie]

My favourite Notts sides were always 4-4-2, so this one will have to be too...

Raddy Avramovic
Tristan Benjamin
Craig Short
Brian Kilcline
Ray O’Brien
Mark Draper
Don Masson
Paul Harding
Adrian Thorpe
Iain McCulloch
Tommy Johnson

Subs: Kasper Schmeichel, Dean Yates, Neal Bishop, Steve Finnan, Trevor Christie, Lee Hughes, John Chiedozie

[nay123]

Not from me, Chiedozie was fast, but Carter was magic.
What about mcculock and scanlon

[forwardmagpie]

What about mcculock and scanlon

Iain would get in every Notts side I ever pick but Carter was better than Scanlon.

[Bohinen]

Iain would get in every Notts side I ever pick but Carter was better than Scanlon.

Scanlon had a purple patch for about 12 months when he played like Paolo Rossi, and no-one was better than him. Otherwise, I agree.

[MancMagpie]

GK: Schmeichel

RB: Finnan
CB: Yates
CB: Short
LB: Sheehan

RCM: Draper
CM: Bishop
LCM:Turner

RF: Bartlett
CF: Hughes
LCF: T. Johnson

[MancMagpie]

Unfortunately McSwegan doesn't start because of Hughes and he's barely been mentioned on here. What a player though!

[queenslandpie]

you're thinking of Darren Davis from barnwells team surely, i meant Ben Davies

I went on the pitch before a game when i was a kid and got Darren Davis autograph, i got a few that day i think dave kevan was another all i remember though was mick leonard being a pri*k and not signing my little book, i was probably too young to know what a dic*khead was but i now realise he was one

Kevan was a good player as well. Darren davis was ok but he always looked like his face was going to explode when he ran

[KeepTheMagpieFlyingH]

GKWard

LBBaraclough
CBYates
CBShort
RBWilder

LWKennedy
CMDraper
CMA.Hughes
RWFinnan

CFMcSwegan
CFL.Hughes

M.Walker

[them0uf]

As the question says, this is a favourite rather than best XI

Ward

Pedro
Short
Stubbs
RayO

Carter
Masson
Draper
Thorpe

McCulloch
Bartlett

Best (1968 and onwards) would be something like: Raddy, Pedro, Needham, Short, O'Brien, Carter (notwithstanding the arguments in favour of Chid), Masson, Draper, Tommy, McCulloch, Rideout.
The battle for the GK and CB places in that team is staggering given that we've had mixed fortunes.

[bridpie78]

its nice to see this thread people remembering players that don't always get a mention when we talk about our club legends, there seems to be a lot of love for the likes of aidey thorpe ,gary mcswegan and kevin bartlett, and a few other forgotten heroes like richard walker, gary lund and phil turner.

we haven't had a great many good seasons in my 35 years its mostly been pretty pants and sometimes quite embarrassing being a notts fan but some of the guys on these lists really brought a smile to my face and made my monday mornings at school a little more tolerable being one of only 3 notts fans in the whole school surrounded by florist fans

A few others didn't even make it onto these lists but honourable mentions must go to the likes of dave regis, rico ,dean thomas, don o'riordan and many many more that we've loved, what we'd have given for just a few of those names this year.

[Bohinen]

I went on the pitch before a game when i was a kid and got Darren Davis autograph, i got a few that day i think dave kevan was another all i remember though was mick leonard being a pri*k and not signing my little book, i was probably too young to know what a dic*khead was but i now realise he was one

I hated a number of ex players for that same reason. Not just Notts, but nationally. Often, the better they were, the nicer, like Bobby Moore and Pat Jennings. Sammy Chapman and Jeff Blockley were the rudest, then we went and signed them. Shilton was a bit of a **** too. Oh, and in cricket, Gary Sobers was miserable, but Derek Randall was great.

[bridpie78]

I hated a number of ex players for that same reason. Not just Notts, but nationally. Often, the better they were, the nicer, like Bobby Moore and Pat Jennings. Sammy Chapman and Jeff Blockley were the rudest, then we went and signed them. Shilton was a bit of a **** too. Oh, and in cricket, Gary Sobers was miserable, but Derek Randall was great.

XD yeah i'll never know why he refused to sign it or whether he was a good bloke or not but since i was about 7 in my head he has always been a di*k and he always will be, i can't even look at his picture without getting annoyed

[navypie]

I hated a number of ex players for that same reason. Not just Notts, but nationally. Often, the better they were, the nicer, like Bobby Moore and Pat Jennings. Sammy Chapman and Jeff Blockley were the rudest, then we went and signed them. Shilton was a bit of a **** too. Oh, and in cricket, Gary Sobers was miserable, but Derek Randall was great.

Derek Randall would always say hello and chat to fans ( players these days would want a fee ) at Trent Bridge. I remember him plonking him-sen next to me once. 5 minutes later he couldn't get away quick enough.