WhoNose 2 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 (This doesn't necessarily mean the best btw) It's a bit different with FIFA games nowadays and social media but the first time I ever saw a game of football was when I was dragged by my Dad to see Cardiff City v QPR and I knew nothing about the game. Over that season however there was one player that always caught my eye and made me want to come back the next week. That man was Paul Parry. This man was the symbol of football to me. He scored goals, he tracked back, he ran up and down non-stop, played LB, CM, LW, RW, ST all over the pitch. I think he joint topped the scorers one year. You can say Ronaldo or Zidane or Zlatan or Gerrard, but Paul Parry made me fall in love with football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,083 Posted March 12, 2017 Administrator Share Posted March 12, 2017 Probably Ronaldo (the Brazilian, not the Portuguese). And then maybe Thierry Henry or Ronaldinho. I loved the flair, class, skill and just pure showmanship on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Maradona! I was already initiated into the world of football but my first ever game in a stadium in Spain was watching Barcelona and I saw a very young Maradona do wonders with the sphere. From that moment on I was hooked and he made me see football in a different manner... He made me demand an only way of playing football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panna King 1,012 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Dennis Bergkamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Dan+ 1,889 Posted March 12, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted March 12, 2017 Very hard to say for Leicester really. When I first started going it was during the O'Neill years but I was too young to really appreciate what was happening at the time. I liked Iain Hume for us. He gets a bit of a ridiculing from a lot of our fans these days but my memory of him was that he was full of energy, scored goals, some pretty good ones to boot, I get that it's a signal of the level we were at but I always found him a bit of a gem mixed into a pretty awful era. My first real favourite footballer though was Ronaldinho. He pretty much single handedly made me fall in love with the art of dribbling a ball and I reckon that's stuck with me, hence my liking for the likes of Mahrez & Knockaert all along. But he was a wizard. He was just a joy to watch. It's a shame he didn't spent that long at the very top because he could've done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carefreeluke 722 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Shearer and Zola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,766 Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 Peter Beardsley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFCMike 2,936 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Robbie Fowler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco 3,008 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Seeing Adriano score an extra time header to beat AC, and being in the stadium when that happened, is still one of the coolest memories I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK85 267 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Duncan Ferguson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takyon 18 Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Stuart Elliott, when my Dad first started taking me to Hull City games I didn't really care for football much but Stuart Elliott really captivated me. He was our main goalscorer when I first started watching Hull and was incredibly prolific in 2004/05 when he scored 27 goals from the wing some of which were absolute belters and he used to do a little acrobatic celebration after every goal too which I found great as a kid. Here's an awful quality video of some of his best goals in a Hull shirt: In terms of more globally recognised players Kaka and Ronaldinho were players I really loved growing up as well, still makes me sad that neither could stay on top of their game for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machado 1,710 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 Pablo Aimar and Ronaldinho. Pure magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toinho 2,209 Posted March 14, 2017 Share Posted March 14, 2017 As a youngster I was convinced I was a striker when I played (isn't everyone at like under 8's?). I was a huge Alan Shearer and Andy Cole fan. I also got excited by Blomqvist and Gronkjaer back in the day. Maybe because they're attractive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,333 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Ian Wright for me in the season of 1995/96. Always full of energy, enthusiasm and scoring goals. I loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Dennis Bergkamp is another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Palace Fan 3,333 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 23 minutes ago, SirBalon said: Dennis Bergkamp is another. I think Bergkamp is somebody who you don't recognise when you're younger how good he actually is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil-Dick Willie 3,227 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Claudio Pizzaro, Johan Micoud, Drogba and fat Ronaldo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 40 minutes ago, Aaroncpfc said: I think Bergkamp is somebody who you don't recognise when you're younger how good he actually is. I was always into that graceful type footballer when I was a kid and when Bergkamp arrived at Arsenal I remember many times my eyes just following him around at the ground even off the ball. But you're right in that there are types of players that when you are young you sometimes don't appreciate as much because it's more the impact player that catches your eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry 1,421 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 In my earlier years I felt unique love for Tub-tub Ronaldo, Owen, Gerrard, Riquelme, and Ronaldinho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab 1,267 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Zidane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panna King 1,012 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 22 minutes ago, SirBalon said: I was always into that graceful type footballer when I was a kid and when Bergkamp arrived at Arsenal I remember many times my eyes just following him around at the ground even off the ball. But you're right in that there are types of players that when you are young you sometimes don't appreciate as much because it's more the impact player that catches your eye. A player like Dennis has left a big void in football since he has retired. So many players speak of the respect for him, greats like, Henry, Van Basten, Kluivert, Wright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Storts+ 2,414 Posted March 15, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted March 15, 2017 Klinsmann - or probably Ginola as I was a bit older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserker 1,332 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Fernando Cavenaghi, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirBalon 2,692 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 1 hour ago, Storts said: Klinsmann - or probably Ginola as I was a bit older. There was nothing to watch with Klinsmann because he was a striker (a clinical one). But with Ginola, he was brilliant and another in the Bergkamp mould. Very graceful and with a wonderful touch on the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber Storts+ 2,414 Posted March 15, 2017 Subscriber Share Posted March 15, 2017 8 minutes ago, SirBalon said: There was nothing to watch with Klinsmann because he was a striker (a clinical one). But with Ginola, he was brilliant and another in the Bergkamp mould. Very graceful and with a wonderful touch on the ball. Speak for yourself, I bloody loved Klinsmann, was a bit young during his first spell, but the second where he kept us up and that 4 goals away at Wimbledon. Fell in love. Ginola was brilliant as you say, a real shining light in an otherwise dreary period for the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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