[King Kebab]

Best - Steve Archibald

Not just the best young manager in the League but was still the best player in the 1st Division when they sacked him.....Danskin you c**t!!!

Worst - Dougie (Phil) McCracken

Never in all my years have I seen a donkey to rate alongside this guy in the useless stakes!!!

[Lance Uppercut]

King Kebab, on Oct 16 2007, 14:00, said:

Best - Steve Archibald

Not just the best young manager in the League but was still the best player in the 1st Division when they sacked him.....Danskin you c**t!!!

Worst - Dougie (Phil) McCracken

Never in all my years have I seen a donkey to rate alongside this guy in the useless stakes!!!

Best - Graham Sharp

Worst - Alan Foster

[dubs]

Best - Colin Cramb

The first half of the season when we should've went up, his link-up with John Paul McBride (a close second) was a credit to behold. What a shame he couldn't keep it up for more than half a season.

Worst - Graeme Connell

A few contenders in the campbell Money reign (Andy Thomson/possibly every player he's signed except John Dempster) but Carwash Connell is by far the worst in my 3 years following the Warriors. I think Car Wreck is a more apt nickname for this utter mess.

[Rob]

Best: Russell Mackay from when we were in the Highland League and should have played a much higher level. Best from the sfl would probably Martin Johnston

Worst: This list is endless Connor Campbell and Steven Edwards spring to mind immediately though

[Francesc Fabregas]

Best - Colin Cramb
He would have been playing in the SPL and would have had a few Scotland caps if he managed to keep the heed. Instead, we signed him after an acrimonious departure from Hamilton and for his first six months, he was fucking electric. Everytime he got the ball, you felt like he was going to score. He scored about 18 goals for us in "that season", including the best goal I've ever seen, when he scored a scissorkick volley against The Shire in the Cup. Notable mentions to John Dempster and JP McBride too.

Worst - David Murie
I've not been following Stenny that long, and like Dubs says, there's a few contenders (Mark Tyrell, Graeme Connell, Tam Murdoch and Tony Smith spring to mind), but this guy was fucking shite and a c**t to boot. Came to us along with four other Berwick players but looked as though he'd rather be covered in leeches than play for us. He did absolutely nothing right in his five months with us and during his last game against Albion Rovers, he deliberately got himself sent off.

[dubs]

I actually totally forgot about Murie (or had I removed him from my mind as a protest?) but I have to say those Berwick signings were an absolute sham - Kevin McLeish, oh my word how did he ever reach this level what a girl.

This post has been edited by dubya: 16 October 2007 - 14:44

[cityfan]

Worst Player ever in an Elgin Shirt? Easy..Andy Goram. Waste of space, time and money.

[Gowfer_Lichtie]

Best -
George Rowe, could do with him at the back just now
Craig Hinchcliffe, won us many crucial points
Colin McGlashan, scored many goals, haven't had a poacher like him for years

Worst-
Barry Will, absolute gash in the midfield
Steve Scott, 1 goal in over 100 games for this goal-machine
Steven Cook, promises much but very rarely delivers

[berwick-the-unbeatable]

dubya, on Oct 16 2007, 15:44, said:

I actually totally forgot about Murie (or had I removed him from my mind as a protest?) but I have to say those Berwick signings were an absolute sham - Kevin McLeish, oh my word how did he ever reach this level what a girl.

McLisesh is class now he's with us again

[Gall09]

Francesc Fabregas, on Oct 16 2007, 15:41, said:

Best - Colin Cramb
He would have been playing in the SPL and would have had a few Scotland caps if he managed to keep the heed. Instead, we signed him after an acrimonious departure from Hamilton and for his first six months, he was fucking electric. Everytime he got the ball, you felt like he was going to score. He scored about 18 goals for us in "that season", including the best goal I've ever seen, when he scored a scissorkick volley against The Shire in the Cup. Notable mentions to John Dempster and JP McBride too.

Was that the "yous are goin oot" goal?

What actually was the story wi that?

[Neilly]

LOL it was not a "scissor kick" volley just your routine 100mph volley. We were down to 9 men and Yossef put in the best delivery you are likely to see and Coco banged it in on the volley. It was delicious right enough.

Best player we have had in my time supporting the Warriors is Jimmy Fisher. Hard as f**k and could play football. One of the best deliveries from a dead ball I have ever seen at this level. Special mentions to Coco, Simon Mensing, Kenny Miller, Greame Armstrong and Miller Mathieson.

Worst players David Milne, Paul Bonar and Andy Thompson. Waste of ruddy breathe.

[kiwififer]

Durie, Kirk or God (the Archibald variety, not King Kenny).

I remember when we played Falkirk in the first and we had Steve playing for us, and Falkirk had Chris Waddle. My granny could have ran faster than the two of them, but then they didn't need to run. I remember Waddle pinging inch perfect passes from the centre circle all over the park. Pity Falkirk couldn't get a shirt big enough to fit him though... Come to mention it, that was the famous 'They think it's all over' game as well!

Worst was Dougie 'Phil' McCracken. For the Fifers, remember him trying to fight one of the Tindals at Alloa?

Worst manager was Gavin Murray by a country mile. Yes, even worse than the lot we have had to put up with recently...

[Francesc Fabregas]

Gall09, on Oct 17 2007, 22:00, said:

Was that the "yous are goin oot" goal?

What actually was the story wi that?

Yeah man, that's the goal.

Apparently, as he saw the cross coming in, he peeled away from his marker and screamed "OHYA FUCKER, YOOZ UR OOT!" before biffing it into the roof of the net.

Pretty sure he was off the ground when he hit it.

[Gall09]

Francesc Fabregas, on Oct 18 2007, 17:03, said:

Yeah man, that's the goal.

Apparently, as he saw the cross coming in, he peeled away from his marker and screamed "OHYA FUCKER, YOOZ UR OOT!" before biffing it into the roof of the net.

Pretty sure he was off the ground when he hit it.

That's class actually, woulda been a different story had he missed though

What happened to him anyway, in the second half of that season? Was he injured or just Marco Negri-esque?

[Francesc Fabregas]

Gall09, on Oct 18 2007, 17:11, said:

That's class actually, woulda been a different story had he missed though

What happened to him anyway, in the second half of that season? Was he injured or just Marco Negri-esque?

Haha, that's quite a good description!

He went in for surgery on his knee right before Christmas, and when he came back, he wasn't the same player. He scored less than half the goals he scored for us between January and April and just looked disinterested. He always seemed to have a "hamstring" injury and would pull up during crucial games.

The low point came against Berwick Rangers - he came off holding his hamstring after about ten minutes and instead of coming back to the stand to watch the game, he went to the nearby social club for a pint and to watch the Grand National (he says he went for some chocolate). He was told to stay away from the club thereafter and never played with us again.

Still doesn't take away from his first five months with us - he's the best Stenny player I've ever seen.

[the_russian]

shiredownunder, on Oct 19 2007, 15:22, said:

Since I've been supporting Shire since 1967, there's a pretty long "short list", which could be longer but for the fact that I've been out here for 18 years so can't name anyone since 1989.....
Anyway, narrowed it down to;
Best; Gordon Simpson, Gordon Russell, Bobby McCulley, Charlie Kelly
Worst; George Adams (believe he's now Chief Executive or something at Ross Co?), Willie Feeney, Alan McGonigal, Roy McCormack

Rusty = legend

[ThirdrockfromtheSon]

Best: Loads to pick from; any one from...but not limited to......

Murdo McLeod
Kenny Wilson
Brian Heron
Martin Mooney
Paddy Flannery on his day
Hugh Ward
The McKinleys
The Coyles
Graham Sharp
The 70's teams were all good.

Worst....
James Allen
Paddy Flannery on his off days

Difficult to pin your team to a wall and shoot them, IMO......

[the_russian]

Screamin' Skull, on Oct 19 2007, 21:08, said:

James Allan????

Is that the same James Allan who played for East Fife about 6 years ago under Davie Clarke?
He scored one of the best goals I've ever seen at New Bayview, ironically enough in a 4- 1 win over Dumbarton.

He destroyed Dumbarton that day, if he had a bit of consistency he would have played at a high level.

[Aloysius Snuffleupagus]

Best
Kevin McAllister - 41 and the best player in the 3rd Division by a country mile. An absolute joy to watch. Pity about his managerial abilities though.

Scott Chaplain - the best attacking midfielder I've seen in the lower leagues. An absolute master at late runs into the box and 23 goals in one season proves that. A thoroughly decent guy as well.

Chris Fahey - The cat!. We've not had a goalkeeper since he left.

Worst
Steven McCormack - this guy must have had photos of John McVeigh in compromising positions. That's the only reason I can think for him getting a game every week.

Gordon Moffat - a man who can trap a ball further than I can kick it, and a non-trier to boot!

David Farrell - over the hill, and with a penchant for screaming at the young players around him, despite the fact he never pulled his own weight.

This post has been edited by Aloysius Snuffleupagus: 19 October 2007 - 20:17

[LondonFife]

In my opinion

THE BEST
..................

Paul Hunter (1st time round)

THE WORST
....................

John Martin (not the one we have now) and Ken Thorpe

[beaver1]

Best = JP McBride

Worst = where do you begin? David Milne was shocking, Mark Tyrell was god awful, Martin Harty could trap a ball further than he could kick it, but winner is...Paul Bonar, had forgotten him until I read about one of the earlier posts - an absolute imposter.

[ThirdrockfromtheSon]

Screamin' Skull, on Oct 19 2007, 21:08, said:

James Allan????

Is that the same James Allan who played for East Fife about 6 years ago under Davie Clarke?
He scored one of the best goals I've ever seen at New Bayview, ironically enough in a 4- 1 win over Dumbarton.

Possibly. I'm not 100% sure. IIRC, he was dragged along from Queens Park by our last manager.