Most useless loan signings ever !!!

macima · Jan 4, 2008

C C Csiders said:
Was the story there that we signed him on loan from Wimbledon, but 24 hours later he signed permanently for someone else?

I remember him being in our squad in the very first Championship Manager and wondering who the hell he was.

Mark Mac

Flaiming Moe · Jan 4, 2008

Despite his average statistics of a goal a game for SUFC, the worst has got to be Lee Chapman, scored after 3 minutes at Grimsby and we ended up getting beat 4-1.

On the Monday he decided he'd had enough and signed for Ipswich
The following Saturday he made his debut, but he didn't get a sniff, because it was against Man Utd at Old Trafford and United won 9-0.

C C Csiders · Jan 4, 2008

Firestorm said:
I think so

I have just remembered Dean Wilkins as well......

I think we were in for Carl Hoddle at one time, but I don't remember him actually playing. (lesser brother do appear to be a feature of ours
off the top of my head I can think of the lesser Shankly, Worthington (2) Little, Nichol, Guthrie (Chris's brother was in the Sunderland 72 cup winning side) Wilkins, Watson.
Similarly we have had the lesser of the Father & Sons of Lampard , Morris, Greaves , Webb.

And I am sure I have missed a few

On top of that was Martin Allen a lesser brother of Clive or Paul? O at least a lesser cousin*.

By the way, it was Graham Wilkins.

*Sorry to any Col Ewe fans lurking for the last two words in that sentance, it must have got you going.

Firestorm · Jan 4, 2008

Dave Regis , Strachan , Ronnie Henry was nowhere near as good as his double winning grandad.

And whilst trolling through Robins excellent database I stumbled across two more loanees whose nane sent a shiver through my spine.
Kevin Steggles (1984) and Gary Stebbing (1986)

Lordbalanor · Jan 4, 2008

Roscoe Dsane- He was terrible

smudgster · Jan 4, 2008

Tom Jordan why he ever came here was a mystory to me. Even when we had a defensive crisis he was never used.

Up the Shrimpers · Jan 4, 2008

smudgster said:
Tom Jordan why he ever came here was a mystory to me. Even when we had a defensive crisis he was never used.

Yeah he played at Swindon in the LDV October 2002 we lost 6-1, but it should have been more like 10-1.

secondalibi · Jan 4, 2008

2 words......

Joe Allon

I am not totally sure as my memory is getting worse as I get older, but I think that Joe Allon played about 3 or 4 times for us and his last game was at Roots Hall and was famous for the fact that after only about 20 minutes into the game Barry Fry subbed him and basically told him to pack his bags as he walked past Fry on his way off. For those who didn't see him, he really was a lazy useless *#%£!!!

- G