Your favourite ever substitution?

[Che's Left Foot]

Following on from the superb "favourite east stand bogs" and "favourite sponsors" threads, what's yours?

For me, Luton at home in the 2003 LDV, Tes Bramble off, Drewe Broughton on in the 73rd minute. A simply inspired move. Yours?

 

[maninasuitcase]

It's criminal that no one has mentioned Tilson being brought on by Newman in his last ever appearance, looking like he'd never kicked a ball in his life before.

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

Goater off ... to get his own ovation in his final ever match, and Gray on to score the goal that clinched the League One title

 

[BLUEBLOOD]

Sorry, duplicate post

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Ricky Otto against Notts County. Had been relegated to the bench amid rumours of impropriety with Spud's daughter, came on to score the winner with a wicked shot off the outside of his left boot.

 

[sufcalways]

Shaun Goater off - standing ovation last career game
Wayne Gray on - goal clinches us the league one title :)

 

[The Big Shrimp]

I enjoyed the Grant substitution today, sorry yesterday!

3-2 up & you f**ked it up!! :D:D

 

[A Century United]

December the first, 1979, mid way through the relegation season under Dave Smith. Had driven up to Barnsley with the future Mrs. ACU. Found ourselves the only shrimpers on the terracing behind the goal, with the other away fans nice and comfy in the seats. Took an early lead through Parker, then were pegged back. Midway through the second half, Dave Smith brings on Graham Franklin. I turn to the FMrsACU and explain to her that we are now screwed because Mr. Franklin is useless. At this point, Mr. Franklin is abducted by aliens and replaced by Stan Bowles who then waltzes through the entire bemused Barnsley defence, and pokes the ball into the net. I rise into the air like a missile, whooping, and as my feet touch the ground again I realise that the only noise is a faint cheering from the seats, and the echo of my whoop.... I look around me and I have never seen so many unfriendly eyes.

A policeman strolls down the terracing towards me. "If tha keeps on doing that lad, they'll be chooking bricks at thee..." he advises me, not unkindly. For the first and only time, I leave a football ground 5 minutes before the final whistle.


Note1: Graham Franklin joined us from Lowestoft in 1977, and left us for Basildon Utd in 1982. In that time he started one game for us, and was a substitute in a further 5. He scored just the one goal.

Note2: This was nearly 30 years ago, and to the best of my memory is what happened, despite Robin Michel's excellent site placing Franklin's goal before Parker's. I am however, not as young as I was!

 

[rowhst101rhall]

December the first, 1979, mid way through the relegation season under Dave Smith. Had driven up to Barnsley with the future Mrs. ACU. Found ourselves the only shrimpers on the terracing behind the goal, with the other away fans nice and comfy in the seats. Took an early lead through Parker, then were pegged back. Midway through the second half, Dave Smith brings on Graham Franklin. I turn to the FMrsACU and explain to her that we are now screwed because Mr. Franklin is useless. At this point, Mr. Franklin is abducted by aliens and replaced by Stan Bowles who then waltzes through the entire bemused Barnsley defence, and pokes the ball into the net. I rise into the air like a missile, whooping, and as my feet touch the ground again I realise that the only noise is a faint cheering from the seats, and the echo of my whoop.... I look around me and I have never seen so many unfriendly eyes.

A policeman strolls down the terracing towards me. "If tha keeps on doing that lad, they'll be chooking bricks at thee..." he advises me, not unkindly. For the first and only time, I leave a football ground 5 minutes before the final whistle.


Note1: Graham Franklin joined us from Lowestoft in 1977, and left us for Basildon Utd in 1982. In that time he started one game for us, and was a substitute in a further 5. He scored just the one goal.

Note2: This was nearly 30 years ago, and to the best of my memory is what happened, despite Robin Michel's excellent site placing Franklin's goal before Parker's. I am however, not as young as I was!

I was there too and Franklin's was definitely the winner. And my best sub noomination too, because the goal celebration ended Franklin's future at Southend. Obviously he was not seeing eye to eye with Mr Smith, and ran arm aloft to the visitors bench, when he stopped and gave Smith multiple Harvey Smith signs, making his appearance that day his last and most memorable.

Note: I also believe that game featured Allan Clarke's last league goal, as the Barnsley player manager and ex-Leeds legend had put them 1 up from a near post header from a corner.

 

[adam3811]

Goater off ... to get his own ovation in his final ever match, and Gray on to score the goal that clinched the League One title

has to be..

that was a great substitution

 

[Desert Shrimper]

It's criminal that no one has mentioned Tilson being brought on by Newman in his last ever appearance, looking like he'd never kicked a ball in his life before.

Didn't Tilson also bring himself on against Oxford at home a few years back (Mark Rawle's return game)? Seem to remember he was on for about 30 seconds before squaring up to their centre back and more or less nutting him.

 

[leeblue]

the dreaded custard splat relegation season, I think it was palace at home and we are losing again off goes someone(i block that season out on the whole) on comes jerome boere I go off on a rant............your **** boere the worst player I ever seen in a blue shirt etc etc etc..............corner comes in...........boere nods it in.......I sit down and shut up, this signals me vowing never to slag off a player during a game ever again

 

[Hooly]

1993? Joe Allon. A centre forward who'd always scored goals & even been signed by Chelsea a couple of years before he came on loan to us, played a couple of games in the Premiershite & even scored for them.

Fry brought him in on loan, as he did with 9700 other players in that period, but Allon was so apallingly shocking in the 1st half of his 2nd appearance, can't remember who we were at home to, that with 40+ minutes of the 1st half gone he was substituted. As he jogged off past Fry the obvious intention from the manager was along the lines of "don't bother stopping just keep going until you're out of the ground & don't come back".

Don't remember who came on for him & don't care. The idea of substituting a **** player just before half time so we could abuse him just appealed to me.

 

[Lord Football]

Note1: Graham Franklin joined us from Lowestoft in 1977, and left us for Basildon Utd in 1982. In that time he started one game for us, and was a substitute in a further 5. He scored just the one goal.

And last seen playing for Fords in the Vets League. In fact his last appearance was in the County Cup Final, where he got sent off.

Out of all the former Blues to play in the Vets League, he is the one who stands out as a really class act!!!


Fav Sub... er... Matt Jones (I think that was the name) who came on for his debut. It was the same week we'd brought Gary Bennett. The North Bank all thought it was the latter. Jones must have wondered what was going on as we chanted "one Gary Bennett".

 

[OldBlueLady]

Graham Franklin was pretty decent to look at from what I remember!

 

[loz]

Sainsburys online- black cherry yoghurt replaces the absent raspberry. i was suspicious at the time, but black cherry really delivered the goods.

 

[Napster]

Jon Gymer - came off the bench and scored 2 to win the game, didn't he?

 

[Jonny_Stokes]

Following on from the superb "favourite east stand bogs" and "favourite sponsors" threads, what's yours?

For me, Luton at home in the 2003 LDV, Tes Bramble off, Drewe Broughton on in the 73rd minute. A simply inspired move. Yours?

Outstanding. And there was me struggling to bring up own goals this week. ;)

Mine is Drewe Broughton off, Tes Bramble on in the 69th minute of the 2003/2004 game at Brisbane Road.

The change was originally scheduled for the 66th minute, but Orient won a corner, and Broughton was sent back on to defend it. One stunning header later, and Bramble came on to try and put Southend back in front. In the 81st minute Bramble did, indeed, find the winner, with a stunning diving header (I'm reliably informed) into the top corner. Past Flahaven from a Wayne Purser cross.

Ithangyow! :)

 

[Kris]

I think Bramble's og was a diving header. That was a nightmare of a game. We missed a penalty as well and actually slipped into the bottom two as a result of the defeat. I genuinely thought we were going down after that.

 

[Firestorm]

Mel Capleton away at Barnet

A keeper is rarely subbed for being C**p and Prudhoe was lucky to last 45 minutes