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Paul Beesley for me

Lockwood

Terry Mancini, gave everything every game.

Hoadley was immense but Roeder was absolute class, so he edges it for me

Terry (Henry) Mancini. It was him that made Tommy Taylor look good so good at 15 years of age..

Missed out on seeing Glenn Roeder 1st time around and, as others have said, Lockwood is an absolute stand out. Just for something different, can I offer you Paul Beesley. Class act.

"Henry"

EH16 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 28, 2019 10:16 am Missed out on seeing Glenn Roeder 1st time around and, as others have said, Lockwood is an absolute stand out. Just for something different, can I offer you Paul Beesley. Class act.

We also made good money on him as well when we sold him.

In the days when football was not fluid like today , when centre halves man to man marked centre forwards sid bishop was a giant. In our promotion year to the top flight it was over 20 games before an opposing centre forward scored against us.
If he had taken the many offers from top flight clubs for him he would have been an England international.
Stan charlton , who later went to the Arsenal was in my view the best full back ever seen at the orient , a ferocious tackler who would burst forward with the ball.
Tommy Taylor, Paul went, glen roeder, and Phil hoadley were very good central defenders but Sid bishop was different class, and likewise Dennis Rolfe, Bobby Fisher , and bill rofffe while very good full backs couldn’t compare Stan charlton.
Sadly we will never see the likes of these players at orient again.

Not so sure red card, I believe we will one day see a comparable player.

Thor, I wish I could live that long, however methuselah only lived 800 years.

BiggsyMalone wrote: ↑Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:47 pmSam Ling

Colin Foster.

Remember meeting him as a kid outside some away ground when he wasn't playing and being amazed at the sheer size of the man.

Redo, yes forgot about Colin Foster , very good defender.

RedO wrote: ↑Thu Nov 28, 2019 11:57 am Colin Foster.

Remember meeting him as a kid outside some away ground when he wasn't playing and being amazed at the sheer size of the man.

Whose nickname was Monster due to the sheer size of him.