Best Team?!

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Just a thought; but for those who were watching Witton last time we won the NPL, what would be your Dream Team made up of players from that squad and the current one??

Mason/JK?
Cuddy/Pritch?
Lloyd/Lodge?
Warlow/Thomas?

Would be interesting to see who people would select!

I would go for the following. Baring in mind i was about 10 so my memory might not be spot-on!!

GK - Mason

RB - Gary Stewart
CB - Pritch
CB - McNeilis
LB - Brownhill

RW - Peers
CM - Grimshaw
CM - Lloyd
LW - Joe Connor

FW - Warlow
FW - Karl Thomas

Subs
JK
Cuddy
Anderson
Alex Brown
McCluskie

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My team would be:

1)Keith Mason
2)Gary Stewart
3)Liam Brownhill
4)Brian Pritchard
5)Jim Connor
6)Stuart Anderson
7)Mark Peers
8)Rob Lloyd
9)Karl Thomas
10)Adam Warlow
11)Joe Connor

12)Tony Barras
13)Paul Lodge
14)Jim McCluskie

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Can’t get past Peersy and Joe Connor on either flank just imagine…

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Actually this has got me thinking who is the greatest Albion X1 of all time. I think the following team is very close, shame I didnt see a lot of them play.

GK - Keith Mason

RB - Dave Griffiths
CB - Brian Pritchard (C)
CB - Frank Schofield
LB - Liam Brownhill

RW - Alf Ashley
CM - Ken Barnes
CM - Dave Carrick
LW - Paddy Daly

ST - Frank Fidler
ST - Karl Thomas

Sub - Joe Dale
Sub - John Goryl
Sub - Trevor Ogden

Manager - Brian Booth
Assitant - Jim Vince

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Come on Andy, would be good to see what your Select XI would be from the 2 teams!

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The present team plays great football - almost as good as Ken Barnes best side :-

                          Mellor
                   Davey         Lambert
              Barnes      Nichol          Gorton
       Matthews Taberner  Tynan  Cunliffe  McDonald

Unfortunately they never won anything and to date neither has the present team - but i am sure they will.

For what it’s worth here is my all time Albion Greats - on the players I have seen.

                          Mellor
                 Fielding        Higgins
     Ken Barnes           Ashley          Wagstaffe
 Dale    Taberner         Ogden     McCann        Daly
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Mark Radcliffe was excellent keeper, Alf Ashley was right half and centre half. Frank Fidler and Jack Wilkinson were all 1950’s greats. Chris Nicol played many times for Republic of Ireland. Last saw Witton play 1960.
Anyone recall Joe Dale’s hole in the net goal against Runcorn?

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Kennedy Davey Whitlow Barnes Nichols Pritch Grimshaw Connors Taberner Dickinson Henderson subs Mellor Carrick Cuddy Wheatley Daly

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Alcock
Fielding
Mcnelis
Pritchard
Whitlow
Walker
Grimshaw
White
Anderson
Edwards
Thomas

Subs. Parsley Keys Mason Devine Griffin

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CRIKEY ITS A BIT TOUGH ? SO I PICKED MY FAVOURITE 11 WITH A BACK UP FOR EACH POSITION FROM MY MAIN WATCHING ERA ERA ONLY !

MASON - MELLOR
FIELDING - GRIFFITHS
BROWHILL - WHITLOW
PRITCHARD- GORYL
MCNEILLIS - YATES
GRIMSHAW - WHITE
CONNORS - DICKENSON
CARRICK - ANDERSON
THOMAS - OGDEN
WARLOW - HENDERSON
PEERS - DALY

Manager : Brian Booth

PS MIGHT NEED EDITING AS I REMEMBER MORE NAMES LOL

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Very difficult, we’ve been spoilt over the years with some fantastic players.

Bob Fletcher,
Mark Fielding,
Mike Whitlow,
Brian Pritchard,
Chris Nicholl,
John White,
Karl Thomas,
Paul Lodge,
Mike Moseley,
Dave Carrick,
Joe Connor,

Subs: Barry Alcock, Neil Parsley, John Goryl, Danny Andrews, Brian Griffin, Mark Edwards.

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Here goes…

  1. Keith Mason
  2. Carl Macualey
  3. Arthur Albiston
  4. Brian Pritchard
  5. Billy Garton
  6. Stewart Anderson (C)
  7. Francis Tierney (best I have ever seen)
  8. Olly James
  9. Darren Washington
  10. Mike Moseley
  11. Dave Gardner

Subs:
12. Cec Edey
13. Greg Hall
14. Nigel Gleghorn
15. Joe Connor
16. Dave Anane

Not sure of all the spellings, and as Colin says team could change after thinking of more players

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strange isn’t it when players like Neil Parsley and Geoff Horsfield barely get a mention

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I can’t believe Colin Rose and Carl Alford have not been mentioned yet, both played for England!

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Some good shout outs there, the trouble is fitting them all in and the decisions get clouded by memory loss, personal favouritism and to a degree your own favourite era of the Albs. One of mine was Brian Booth’s era even though the Wembley team was maybe the best I’ve seen keep the names coming ? UTA

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The best team I remember
Radcliffe Chew Schofield Ashley Robinson Cowden Dale Pennington Christopher Hyde and Johnson