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Jezza

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Re: shortest robin ever?
« Reply #15 on: July 02, 2011, 07:02:03 AM »
How many games did len cantello play for us?....arrived in a fanfare, massive signing and from my memory played half a game was subbed and the 'cote got his place back in the team?
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roytonmike

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Re: shortest robin ever?
« Reply #16 on: July 02, 2011, 08:08:01 AM »
Quote from: Jezza on July 02, 2011, 07:02:03 AM
How many games did Len Cantello play for us?....arrived in a fanfare, massive signing and from my memory played half a game was subbed and the 'cote got his place back in the team?
5 games (4 League, 1 League Cup) in 1982-3.
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Re: shortest robin ever?
« Reply #17 on: July 02, 2011, 10:03:31 AM »
Bloody hell! Didn't realise it was that long ago!  ::)
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"While we're in the North, we might as well take on the Cheshire League Champions and give them a good hammering" Bill Leivers, 1967 (before Altrincham 7, Cambridge United 1)

taxi Phil

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« Reply #18 on: July 02, 2011, 10:40:24 AM »
Quote from: Saughall Robin on July 02, 2011, 10:03:31 AM
Bloody hell! Didn't realise it was that long ago!  ::)
Nearly 20 years, and the memory of his sheer awfulness is with me still !
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Dougals Dad

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Re: shortest robin ever?
« Reply #19 on: July 02, 2011, 11:44:48 AM »
If I remember correctly I think Southampton had a "Friend of Ronaldo" come on as a sub one time and was so abysmal was very soon substituted and never seen again.
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bigcol

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Re: shortest robin ever?
« Reply #20 on: July 02, 2011, 11:53:33 AM »
Quote from: Jennifers Dad on July 02, 2011, 11:44:48 AM
If I remember correctly I think Southampton had a "Friend of Ronaldo" come on as a sub one time and was so abysmal was very soon substituted and never seen again.

George Weah's "cousin"  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Dia
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Re: shortest robin ever?
« Reply #21 on: July 02, 2011, 04:15:40 PM »
Quote from: taxi Phil on July 02, 2011, 10:40:24 AM
Quote from: Saughall Robin on July 02, 2011, 10:03:31 AM
Bloody hell! Didn't realise it was that long ago!  ::)
Nearly 20 years, and the memory of his sheer awfulness is with me still !

Have a Goodwin for still living in 2001, Phil! Age is a terrible thing.  ::) :D :D (I know that only too well  ;)
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george

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Re: shortest robin ever?
« Reply #22 on: July 02, 2011, 04:32:54 PM »
Shortest Robin ever either Les CAMPBELL, Bobby TODD or Kon KAPLER.
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Re: shortest robin ever?
« Reply #23 on: July 02, 2011, 04:40:45 PM »
Quote from: george on July 02, 2011, 04:32:54 PM
Shortest Robin ever either Les CAMPBELL, Bobby TODD or Kon KAPLER.

What about Freddie Stewart?
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"While we're in the North, we might as well take on the Cheshire League Champions and give them a good hammering" Bill Leivers, 1967 (before Altrincham 7, Cambridge United 1)

roytonmike

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Re: shortest robin ever?
« Reply #24 on: July 02, 2011, 06:58:38 PM »
Shortest keeper ever has to be Willie Mailey!
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joe

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Re: shortest robin ever?
« Reply #25 on: July 02, 2011, 07:39:24 PM »
Jerome John or Lee Spencer were hardly giants either!
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Re: shortest robin ever?
« Reply #26 on: July 02, 2011, 09:20:11 PM »
Shorted keeper ? Nigel Shaw maybe, as for playing time Andy Dibble great keeper but forgot to play when at Alty  :P
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taxi Phil

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« Reply #27 on: July 02, 2011, 11:15:25 PM »
When Paul Clements and Lennie Dickinson played together in midfield we certainly had the shortest midfield pairing anywhere !
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Re: shortest robin ever?
« Reply #28 on: July 03, 2011, 12:07:17 AM »
Quote from: taxi Phil on July 02, 2011, 11:15:25 PM
When Paul Clements and Lennie Dickinson played together in midfield we certainly had the shortest midfield pairing anywhere !


Later rivalled by the ill-fated and short-lived experimental central midfield pairing of Steve Aspinall and Gary Scott in the Boxing Day debacle of 2007 against Vics:


http://www.altrinchamfc.co.uk/071226na.htm

 
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Re: shortest robin ever?
« Reply #29 on: July 03, 2011, 04:25:32 PM »
If we're talking about height then surely Kevan Hawkins is worth a mention
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