PEMBO / MARKY

[ammiller]

Does anyone know where Pembo is in the world - I have a strange feeling he was at Crewe for a time last season, but I could be wrong - last sighting was at Leeds.

I phoned up Marky Bright on talk radio last week when he was hosting Alan Brazil's talk show and asking about "your teams best ever come-backs". I rang in with the first 5 I could think of when Marky was instrumental - it was just an excuse to talk to the great man and thank him, but I meant to ask him about Pembo at the time.

The 5 games I brought up were

1. Palace 3 Ipswich 3
2. Palace 4 Millwall 3
3. Moan U 1 Palace 2
4. Notts County 2 Palace 3
5. Villa Park.


Aidan "sad" Devaney (aged 34)

[banjo]

Villa Park. Im sorry but Liverpool were rated as the best team in Europe at the time. Remember the ref, Courtney. It was 11 v 12 which made it all the more special.

[Gazza1]

Pemberton has a half share in some trendy mens clothes shop up North somewhere.

I think that he may have retired from playing due to an injury - not 100% sure though.

I remember one october/november outside the holmesdale road end, someone was selling witches masks and shouting 'get your Ian Dowie Halloween mask here'

[Sandy of Cornwall]

Pembo was/is the best looking player we have ever had.

[Mad Raschic Ken]

You must be joking Sandy - what about the likes of Iain Dowie and David Hopkin? http://cpfc.org/ubb/wink.gif

[johnny]

Sandy,my girlfriend fancied Danny Boxall,and thought he was crumpet.My mum always liked (Cliff Richard look- a -like) Ricky Heppolette.

[Matt_Hep]

Dr BOB ask Neil the eagle about that. On the november issue of the palace echo a few years back, the back cover was a cut-out drawing of Iain Dowie, with eye-holes and a hole for your mouth, it was entitled "Dowie halloween mask". Top stuff!!!

[This message has been edited by Matt_Hep (edited 13 August 1999).]

[Spanish Dan]

Well, if I ever felt the urge to "bat for the other side" I reckon I'd have to go for a bit of man-to-man with Carlo Nash!

[johnny]

I saw Dowie on the underground once with his missus,he's just quite an ordinary looking bloke.I've always felt a bit sorry for him for being branded the worlds ugliest footballer,there are many more players who deserve the tag more.

[Essexeagle]

My missus always thought Dougie Freedman was gorgeous...

don't know about that but his girlfriend certainly was!!

On another subject - it was Freedman who shattered my illusions of glamourous footballers when I saw him pull out of the car park after a game driving a ....k-reg ford fiesta!!

I coulnd't believe it - the man must ahve earned about £2,000 a week and I drove a better car than him

[Essexeagle]

On a Dowie note - I saw him once in a nightclub in Swansea - he was surrounded by women

[The Wee Red]

Mrs. Red has always had a bit of thing for Bruce Dyer (not based on his footballing ability). Myself, I was always a sucker for Martyn's tache.

[Oisin]

Doesn't say much about the quality of men in Wales.