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Chris B 12-05-2016 12:56 AM

Cult heroes and legends
 
The Kevin Phillips thread raised the question of whether he should be regarded as a legend or a cult hero. This has led to a more wide-ranging debate about which players fall into which category. Thought it deserved a thread in its own right. My vote goes:

Legends: Jim Cannon, John Jackson, Geoff Thomas, Dougie Freedman, Morrison, Speroni, Wright and Bright

Cult heroes: AJ, Lombardo, Don Rogers, Peter Taylor, Paul (Doris) Hinshelwood,
Andy Gray, Pardew. Nigel Martyn, Wilf,

Difficult to categorise but for me a legend has to have played 4 or 5 seasons or around 200 games. Apologies to those I've missed as this suggestion is from memory rather than thoroughly researched.

GorBlimey 12-05-2016 01:08 AM

This is like trying to figure out which of your children mean the most to you.

Not sure anything good will come of it.

PMSL 12-05-2016 01:17 AM

Legend: Teflon Phil. More admins than you can shake a stick at.

Cult Hero: The bird with the big tits and her mate that ran on the pitch a few years back.

Lougz 12-05-2016 02:15 AM

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Originally Posted by PMSL (Post 12985389)
Legend: Teflon Phil. More admins than you can shake a stick at.

Cult Hero: The bird with the big tits and her mate that ran on the pitch a few years back.

Bradford at home on a Tuesday night that was

hughff 12-05-2016 05:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris B (Post 12985365)
The Kevin Phillips thread raised the question of whether he should be regarded as a legend or a cult hero. This has led to a more wide-ranging debate about which players fall into which category. Thought it deserved a thread in its own right. My vote goes:

Legends: Jim Cannon 660, John Jackson388, Geoff Thomas249, Dougie Freedman368, Morrison316, Speroni387, Wright277 and Bright286

Cult heroes: AJ161, Lombardobugger all, Don Rogersnot many, Peter Taylora few, Paul (Doris) Hinshelwood319,
Andy Gray242, Pardewsome. Nigel Martyn349, Wilf220,

Difficult to categorise but for me a legend has to have played 4 or 5 seasons or around 200 games. Apologies to those I've missed as this suggestion is from memory rather than thoroughly researched.

Appearances in Red on the basis of your criterion, this list needs some revising.

SilentAssassin 12-05-2016 05:41 AM

AJ has to be a legend in my eyes. That hat trick against the scum, almost broke a record for consecutive hat tricks, almost kept us up largely through his goals and the season before that he was smashing in goals left right and centre.

Bipe 12-05-2016 06:33 AM

Johnson was too 'mainstream' to ever be a cult hero.

Think Dave Madden, Michael Hughes, Andy Gray. There has to be something slightly different or even nuts about a cult hero. Billy Gilbert would be another decent example.

Walter Wort 12-05-2016 08:51 AM

Rachid Harkouk. Ledge and cult hero.

monkey 12-05-2016 08:58 AM

Clint Hill must qualify as a cult hero, not the greatest player we've ever had, but gave his all for the shirt, hard as nails and Clint is just such a cool name:supergrin:

SilentAssassin 12-05-2016 09:00 AM

Danny Butterfield is a hard one to decide. Played a shed load of games and probably could/should have played more. The hat-trick against Wolves in the Cup will go down folklore and will probably never be repeated.

I can't decide whether he is legend status or cult hero!

smoll 12-05-2016 09:26 AM

Clint Hill definitely a cult hero. So is Jedi

Heb 7:4 12-05-2016 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chris B (Post 12985365)
The Kevin Phillips thread raised the question of whether he should be regarded as a legend or a cult hero. This has led to a more wide-ranging debate about which players fall into which category. Thought it deserved a thread in its own right. My vote goes:

Legends: Jim Cannon, John Jackson, Geoff Thomas, Dougie Freedman, Morrison, Speroni, Wright and Bright

Cult heroes: AJ, Lombardo, Don Rogers, Peter Taylor, Paul (Doris) Hinshelwood,
Andy Gray, Pardew. Nigel Martyn, Wilf,

Difficult to categorise but for me a legend has to have played 4 or 5 seasons or around 200 games. Apologies to those I've missed as this suggestion is from memory rather than thoroughly researched.

Nigel Martyn cult hero? Madness. Obvious legend.

Cult heroes are often such for a reason other than footballing ability. It's not a lesser type of legend. It might be a character quirk, an incident that happened, or simply because they are comically shit. Lief Andersen, Sasa Curcic, Eric Young and Dean Austin were all cult heroes.

Only Pardew and Gray in your list are cult heroes.

Steamy 12-05-2016 11:40 AM

Ron Jeremy.

Steamy 12-05-2016 11:41 AM

Oh....cult hero. Scratch that last one.

dave_who_ru 12-05-2016 11:50 AM

Definitely Rachid Harkouk is a cult hero.

dave_who_ru 12-05-2016 11:52 AM

Steve Kember a legend for all sorts of reasons.

Thanet Eagle 12-05-2016 01:05 PM

Sean Derry as a cult hero.

gw_eagle97 12-05-2016 01:15 PM

Stuart O'Keefe has to be a cult hero, surely

ChaceTheAce 12-05-2016 01:20 PM

AJ is a legend and my all time fave palace player. Will take something special to change that.

Oli28 12-05-2016 01:34 PM

Players like Alan Lee are cult heroes.


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