Your First Bees Idol

[fencer/bee]

Not sure if has been done before, but mine was, John Joseph Graham.. a terrier in midfield played over 400 games for the Bees... better known as Jackie

 

[sonofabee]

Roger Cross, White boots and a shot like an Exocet

 

[GP200]

...........Joebee.......six foot four and didn't need gloves...............

 

[sonofabee]

...........Joebee.......six foot four and didn't need gloves...............

lol lol

 

[CTBee]

As a very young kid I loved Denny Mundee.

Getting a bit older the first player I properly idolised was Paul Evans. Brilliant captain, used to make some cracking sliding tackles and it felt like he scored a screamer every game.

 

[wanderer paul]

Roger Cross.

 

[sonofabee]

Roger Cross.

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Saw him recently and still looks in great nick

 

[fencer/bee]

...........Joebee.......six foot four and didn't need gloves...............

....your naughty...lol

 

[fencer/bee]

As a very young kid I loved Denny Mundee.

Getting a bit older the first player I properly idolised was Paul Evans. Brilliant captain, used to make some cracking sliding tackles and it felt like he scored a screamer every game.

good shout I loved Denny Mundee

 

[Banana]

Saw the above play, but my vote goes to Jim McNicholl.

 

[sonofabee]

Saw the above play, but my vote goes to Jim McNicholl.

Your first idol was Jim McNichol, you must be younger than you look or started following us late?

 

[Banana]

Your first idol was Jim McNichol, you must be younger than you look or started following us late?

Never idolised the ones before. Too young. My first match was in 1973.

 

[DidntYouUsedToBee]

Alan Mansley, great player.

 

[fencer/bee]

Your first idol was Jim McNichol, you must be younger than you look or started following us late?

To be fair Jimmy Mac could sure hit a free kick

 

[kaebess]

Alan Nelmes. Lived in isleworth, his garage and my mum and dads garage were opposite each other on the 10 foot way round the back.

Seeing him “ being normal “ when I also went to see him play on a Saturday, when I was so young blew my mind, I was in ore that I could get up so close.

Funny where life takes you, we now live less than a mile appart on the south coast.

 

[sonofabee]

To be fair Jimmy Mac could sure hit a free kick

Great for us but I first went in 1968

 

[NorthamptonBee]

Hurlock, I must have 10 when he popped up, before that Bees were pretty crap with no real idols, Callaghan brought in good players and made it fun and Hurlock was the daddy of it all.

 

[fencer/bee]

Alan Nelmes. Lived in isleworth, his garage and my mum and dads garage were opposite each other on the 10 foot way round the back.

Seeing him “ being normal “ when I also went to see him play on a Saturday, when I was so young blew my mind, I was in ore that I could get up so close.

Funny where life takes you, we now live less than a mile appart on the south coast.

my first thought he was ginger, but that was Paul Bence,

 

[rebus]

Simon Ratcliffe.

 

[Houghton Bee]

Gary Blissett or Neil Smillie

 

[kaebess]

good shout I loved Denny Mundee

I like this thread.

The first job we had done to this house when we moved south was to get the outside painted. When I got home from work on the first day,it was dark but he was just packing up. I said I thought I reconised him but could not pace from where.

Next day as I got home he told me he knew where, he had had to go into the study and all my Brentford stuff was all over the walls.

Seemed strange have someone you had paid to see play football was now painting your house. He was great, spent a great afternoon telling me stories while I was his lacki.

 

[Humblebee]

Johnny Brooks. What a shot he had on him....

 

[fencer/bee]

I like this thread.

The first job we had done to this house when we moved south was to get the outside painted. When I got home from work on the first day,it was dark but he was just packing up. I said I thought I reconised him but could not pace from where.

Next day as I got home he told me he knew where, he had had to go into the study and all my Brentford stuff was all over the walls.

Seemed strange have someone you had paid to see play football was now painting your house. He was great, spent a great afternoon telling me stories while I was his lacki.

I know what your saying , I was once putting up a fence in woking and a hire truck pulled up to deliver some tools for other trades that were working there, anyway the driver had a cuppa before heading back and we got talking, it was Peter Rhoades-Brown played for Chelsea in the late 70's .. he scored two goals infront of the KOP.. and I thought respect, that's something to be proud of

 

[BEEm us up Scotty]

The Steve Phillips / Andy McCulloch partnership.

I cannot choose between them.

77/78 promotion season. Happy days.

 

[Doovster]

Francis Joseph and Gary Roberts for me.

 

[North London Bee]

Allan Mansley every time.

 

[bee good]

Big John O'Mara. The whole 77-78 team. .. so I suppose that would be Bill Dodgin rather than a player.

 

[Phreebee]

John Docherty (as a player). Even got his autograph when me and my Dad saw him going down Braemar Road.

 

[ruislip bee]

My first - Allan Mansley, Gordon Phillips, Roger Cross - with Peter Gelson no2 for continuity just behind them. Whoever said Paul Bence needs to take a long look at themselves ffs!

 

[North London Bee]

My first - Allan Mansley, Gordon Phillips, Roger Cross - with Peter Gelson no2 for continuity just behind them. Whoever said Paul Bence needs to take a long look at themselves ffs!

Remember that Exocet he scored against Rotherham!!

 

[WestMidBee]

Gary Blissett for me!

 

[To Bee Someone]

Nicky Forster. I was a ball boy when he scored two early against Bristol Rovers in 94/95. I was in awe.
But loved Jay Tabb. He was little, he was great and he was Brentford

 

[vcmazz]

Saw the above play, but my vote goes to Jim McNicholl.

Jiiiiiiiiiiiiimy!

 

[vcmazz]

I cried when we sold Gordon Sweetzer to f****** Cambridge or £30f******,000. So It's Sweeeeeeetzer for me.

 

[1889]

Nicky Forster

 

[gbems92]

Jay tabb

 

[cromerbee]

John O’Mara. My second home game was Northampton at home where he scored a second half hat trick in the 6-1 win after being one down. He was a real hero and am still gutted he left!!!!

 

[Vid]

Peter Gelson. Doesn't "Peter" mean rock ?

 

[A Real Mysteron]

Dave McKellar

 

[JANORAK]

Mark Lazarus. Tore the Poopah-scoops to shreds, and then went off and played for them!
....Played safe with nice steady helping of Peter Gelson to recover after that, then Alan Mansley came along...

 

[gashbee]

Andy Sinton

 

[Beezy]

Deano Holdsworth & Gary Blissett.

 

[Brentford Bob]

Hurlock, I must have 10 when he popped up, before that Bees were pretty crap with no real idols, Callaghan brought in good players and made it fun and Hurlock was the daddy of it all.

Yep. Same here. Loved that he could dish it out but was also a great player, too. The fact that he didn't look like your average third division footballer also helped to make a lasting impression on ten year old me.

 

[wibs]

Terry Evans - he was just so.......BIG.

 

[Bill Benn]

Johnny Brooks

 

[Simon W]

Easy this one .. Roger Cross .. I cried when he was sold

Really hope I can get to meet him at GP or LR one day and tell him!

 

[hughbee]

Andy McCullough. A bit later Robert Taylor.

 

[Chorlton Bee]

Steve Phillips, god bless his RAF tache and yellow t-shirt under the Bukta strip

 

[the birds and the bees]

Robert Taylor , A very clever player , very underrated

 

[Jockbee]

The late...great Higgy...everybody loved Higgy....except the other team...could do with his like in midfield today ..IMHO......You Reds...