Br 1st ol Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 In light of Twines recent signing, in terms of noise, anticipation and excitement, at the time of the announcement, I nominate the following in order: 1. Super Scotty’s return from reading 2. Joe Jordan the player 3. Jacki D 4. Twine 5. Lee Trundle (not sure DJ was quite as exciting) Any others to challenge the above? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarksRobin Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) David James. I remember following it on the 606 forum back in the day. Signing the England goalkeeper seemed too good to be true. Of course it turned out to be a disappointment but still… Edited August 20 by WarksRobin 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks 1969 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Andy Cole 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bob Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Scott Murray's return from Reading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Excitement is not always positive, I would also venture Emad Moteab. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Geert meyer at the time was pretty funky... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lerring Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Tomlin arrived here after Twine levels of build up 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 33 minutes ago, WarksRobin said: David James. I remember following it on the 606 forum back in the day. Signing the England goalkeeper seemed too good to be true. Of course it turned out to be a disappointment but still… I saw him in the FA cup final that May, and couldn’t believe someone of that quality was coming. He nearly single handedly kept Chelsea out. Such a shame how it turned out when he did join. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 After years of hearing how he was a City fan when he eventually joined he was a complete disappointment- Marcus Stewart 12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly in the air Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Back in the Day when we brought Alan Walsh for 18k from Darlington. what a player he was. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Humble Realist Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Has to be David James. He was the current England number 1 and he was playing for us! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Zip Nolan Posted August 20 Popular Post Share Posted August 20 Norman Hunter Joe Royle Peter Cormack 21 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roe Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 David James by far the biggest. It had people that don't even like football talking about it and there were all sorts of rumours after that we were in for people like Michael Owen as well 2nd biggest after that might be the summer of Stewart and Bridges In 3rd I'd put signing Tomlin on a permanent Good examples of why it's best not to get to excited as a City fan 7 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcusX Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 6 minutes ago, Roe said: David James by far the biggest. It had people that don't even like football talking about it and there were all sorts of rumours after that we were in for people like Michael Owen as well 2nd biggest after that might be the summer of Stewart and Bridges In 3rd I'd put signing Tomlin on a permanent Good examples of why it's best not to get to excited as a City fan I was going to say Stewart and Bridges David James has to be up there though as England number 1 at the time, thought we were really going somewhere. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAWS Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 David James must be the biggest shock. I also agree Stewart and bridges. Also the year we signed Thorpe, Akinbiyi and Soren Anderson. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppyDAZE Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Norman, for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sniper Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Tony Dinning Vilmos Sebok Ian Baird Ray Atteveld Bob Taylor Carl Shutt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Definitely Joe Jordan for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 David James put us on the map a bit, at least from my perspective. PL fan frienda of mine over in Kent etc sat up and took notice of us then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchred Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 1 hour ago, fly in the air said: Back in the Day when we brought Alan Walsh for 18k from Darlington. what a player he was. How could you be excited by the arrival of Alan Walsh? No one knew him! He did turn out to be something a little bit special mind you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashtonboy Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 The return of Chris Garland. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Diony leaving. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 A signing which neither filled me with excitement nor anticipation but made me piss myself laughing was, of course, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityFarAndWide Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 As a kid Stewart and bridges, thought we were going to smash the league, David James however is the one that really sticks out for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chairman Mao Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 2 hours ago, Tom said: Excitement is not always positive, I would also venture Emad Moteab. This is a good shout. Summer after the Play off loss wasn't it? We ended up getting Maynard for £2mn. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) Terry Cooper twice. Firstly when he signed as a player and second when he re-signed as player-manager Chris Crowe and Alan Skirton were big signings though this was in the day when Division 1 players didn’t earn very much and moved down the leagues towards the end of their career Evander Sno was an exciting signing after his performance against City in a friendly but it didn’t turn out as expected Edited August 20 by pongo88 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engvall’s Splinter Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Jay Emmanuel Thomas Jehad Muntasser Soren Anderson Marcus Stewart Tammy Abraham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Sinclair Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Henry McKop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrumpty Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Easiest one by a mile… Matty Taylor, still buzzing now! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcape91 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 I remember thinking we'd get either Steven Davies or Sam Baldock, couldn't believe we got both. Again, disappointed in the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks 1969 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Looking at some of the big names that have passed through this club and yet only once have we go close to premiership under GJ all those years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 In our second(?) season back in the top sphere there was a lot of noise about signing one Gerry Francis from QPR, even AD mentioned it, until...............we were quoted the price of £500k (I think the record was then £750k)............end of speculation ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fly in the air Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 who knows the last week of this one could be. still rumours of a winger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38MC Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Clearly David James had the most 'wow' factor. I do remember being very excited when we signed Maynard and later when we signed Pitman too. Two young, prolific strikers who were highly thought of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Definitely David James as the most exciting - it was unbelievable that we were signing the guy with his CV, who in his last game appearance had been the England goal keeper at the World Cup. Also, after the huge success of his loan spell, the permanent signing of Lee Tomlin. I also remember getting particularly excited over the signing of Sean Dyche - away on holiday & rining club call every day for updates as that was the only way of getting any info.! Oh and also Marcus Stewart & Michael Bridges was very exciting at the time. I think it's best that I never get excited about any signing ever again, based on the levels of success of each of those cases.! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Tomlin was huge 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 2 hours ago, Barrs Court Red said: I saw him in the FA cup final that May, and couldn’t believe someone of that quality was coming. He nearly single handedly kept Chelsea out. Such a shame how it turned out when he did join. I will never forget his impression of Superman where he flew through the air and promptly punched the ball into his own net. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unan Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 2 hours ago, Bernard Lerring said: Tomlin arrived here after Twine levels of build up Far more imo, Tomlin was incredible in his loan spell. I’d take ‘loan Tomlin’ over Twine every single day of the week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natchfever Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 3 hours ago, Br 1st ol said: In light of Twines recent signing, in terms of noise, anticipation and excitement, at the time of the announcement, I nominate the following in order: 1. Super Scotty’s return from reading 2. Joe Jordan the player 3. Jacki D 4. Twine 5. Lee Trundle (not sure DJ was quite as exciting) Any others to challenge the above? Norman Hunter. Jie Royal. Chris Garlands return. Different gravy really. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 3 minutes ago, Unan said: Far more imo, Tomlin was incredible in his loan spell. I’d take ‘loan Tomlin’ over Twine every single day of the week. Do you remember Lee Trundle? another player who on his day was such an entertainer, they were very similar I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 23 minutes ago, slartibartfast said: In our second(?) season back in the top sphere there was a lot of noise about signing one Gerry Francis from QPR, even AD mentioned it, until...............we were quoted the price of £500k (I think the record was then £750k)............end of speculation ! We were also linked to signing John Tudor and Alan Gowling , both top strikers. Very exciting but came to nothing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
22A Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 I was amazed when it was announced on the radio that "Bristol City had signed Jacki from Celtic". What are we doing, signing players like that? was my immediate reaction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretSam Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) 3 hours ago, Br 1st ol said: In light of Twines recent signing, in terms of noise, anticipation and excitement, at the time of the announcement, I nominate the following in order: 1. Super Scotty’s return from reading 2. Joe Jordan the player 3. Jacki D 4. Twine 5. Lee Trundle (not sure DJ was quite as exciting) Any others to challenge the above? Trundle didn't even come close. I thought it was a mistake to sign him. Jacki was the big one for me. Edited August 20 by SecretSam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megansdad Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Norman Hunter, Joe Royle and Peter Cormack were all a class above and huge signings. I remember being excited to see Paul Cheesley when he signed but he was an unknown who became a star. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew-T Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Evander Sno. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leabrook Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Easily Andy Cole for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 26 minutes ago, Unan said: Far more imo, Tomlin was incredible in his loan spell. I’d take ‘loan Tomlin’ over Twine every single day of the week. I'm sure the crowd were chanting "Lansdown sign him up..." during the loan spell?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 23 minutes ago, pillred said: Do you remember Lee Trundle? another player who on his day was such an entertainer, they were very similar I think. I wasn't particularly excited by the Lee Trundle signing. He was well known & Soccer AM famous for his show boating, but had only ever played at lower levels & was a bit of a gamble. Had his moments & some good games, but was generally a bit hit & miss here. Tomlin had had the most outstanding loan spell with us & we had all believed that his price tag would have him out of our reach - signing him, with the hope of more of his loan spell form (obviously didn't work out that way) was far more exciting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 16 minutes ago, Leabrook said: Easily Andy Cole for me. The loan Andy Cole, or the perm-signing Andy Cole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 3 hours ago, WarksRobin said: David James. I remember following it on the 606 forum back in the day. Signing the England goalkeeper seemed too good to be true. Of course it turned out to be a disappointment but still… You got there first. This was by far the biggest in the "modern era" and got us headlines in the national press. What a damp squib, James and Coppell turned out to be. Norman Hunter probably tops it, but you can't really compare top-flight City to second-tier City. If by some miracle we manage to spawn our way back to that level, every signing would probably be exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hinsleburg Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Weirdly for me having never heard of him before it was Kodjia... The way it came out the blue, the Youtube videos where he just oozed class, unpredictability and absolutely no left foot meant I couldn't wait to watch him. When he smashed one in 5 minutes into his debut against Brentford I was convinced he'd score 20 goals and we'd win the league. Then Freeman decapitated someone, we lost 4-2 and Hamer in goal looked scared of the ball. Frederiks also made his debut that game and I thought that was an incredible signing and was really excited, young, key player in a promotion side the year before and in a position we needed strengthening, plus only £250k! Still gutted that one went so wrong! That game was also interesting as we were close to signing Andre Gray who scored against us that game! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grifty Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 There was a lot about the Kalas signing culminating in that quality video of him up on the roof. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) 4 hours ago, Br 1st ol said: In light of Twines recent signing, in terms of noise, anticipation and excitement, at the time of the announcement, I nominate the following in order: 1. Super Scotty’s return from reading 2. Joe Jordan the player 3. Jacki D 4. Twine 5. Lee Trundle (not sure DJ was quite as exciting) Any others to challenge the above? There was little anticipation back in the day. Transfers happened quickly, often within 48 hours, and sometimes the first anyone heard was when the signing (sometimes carried out at a motorway service station) was announced. As to the five above, Scott’s return was great but he was poor for the rest of that season. Joe Jordan’s arrival was a massive surprise. Jacki was a disappointment for me as it meant that Super Bob left, and I think getting rid of him was a colossal mistake. Trundle was a gimmicky lower league player who promised a lot but rarely delivered (ok, THAT goal in the play off semi final…). I agree with those who put forward David James, though the arrivals of Norman Hunter and Joe Royle were pretty special too… Edited August 20 by The Dolman Pragmatist 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh Louie louie Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Joe Jordan Doncaster didn't know what hit then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) More than a player transfer was Steve Coppell coming as manager. Felt that this really was SL's statement of intent, i.e. an established top level manager and looked forward to us moving forward. Only for it all to quickly crash and burn!! Edited August 20 by downendcity 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 2 minutes ago, Oh Louie louie said: Joe Jordan Doncaster didn't know what hit then Walshy hat-trick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leabrook Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 27 minutes ago, Davefevs said: The loan Andy Cole, or the perm-signing Andy Cole? Perm. Had no idea who the loan one was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Jon Stead and Brett Pitman. Both apparently turned down premier league Blackpool. Signed one day after the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supersonic Robin Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) Objectively, David James is probably the right answer. He's the signing who really turned heads on a national scale. Kalas certainly worth a mention. For us to be signing a Czech international for £8m from Chelsea felt like a pretty big deal. Massengo is the other one for me. A teenage superstar who had been playing in the Champions League in the previous season, plus the big hair and Monegasque background added to the aura around him. He's the one where I really thought "How on Earth have we pulled this off?!". Edited August 20 by Supersonic Robin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Lee Trundle for sure. Will never forget turning up to the Yeovil pre season home game at AG that summer, seeing his car in the car park with LCT 10 license plate, being very confused and my mates dad explaining to us how he’d signed. As a soccer AM/youtube enthused 13 year old at the time, I couldn’t quite believe my eyes!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citymum Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Probably the biggest “name” that I remember is David James but the biggest in terms of popularity (for me at least) has to be Scotty returning from Reading. I was so excited! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INCRED Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 1 hour ago, SecretSam said: Trundle didn't even come close. I thought it was a mistake to sign him. Jacki was the big one for me. Jacki was a Polish international and star player. I could not believe we signed him but obviously he had some off field issues that Celtic couldn’t deal with and ultimately neither could we but for the short time he was with us, what a player and far too good for the standard we were at. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redland Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 (edited) Joe Royle and Norman Hunter. For those old enough to remember! Edited August 20 by Redland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roe Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Shout out Neil Kilkenny joining us over Leeds as well.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Obviously it depends on your age & the era you watched us, but Norman Hunter by a country mile for me. We were in the top tier & badly lacking any experience of that level, which he provided. What we didn’t know then was not only could he intimidate the opposition players & brilliantly manage the ref, but eff me, he could really play. Only the fact he played in the same position & time as Bobby Moore stopped him getting loads more England caps. The Dziekanowski stuff by the way, just laughable, an absolute total drunken waster who only ever had about 6 good games for us in total. We sold Bob Taylor to finance that deal, too.. ”Yes, but that goal he scored at Leicester”… Myth. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie andrews Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Forbes phillipson masters was a big name signing.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 22 minutes ago, Roe said: Shout out Neil Kilkenny joining us over Leeds as well.. Good of you to point that one out Roe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC RISK77 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 I always seem to remember the signing of Scott McGarvey was seen as a bit of a coup back in the day. i also vividly remember and also hope anyone else can remember this but the summer he signed we had one of the great fans open days that they used to run ahead of the start of season- and I always remember McGarvey was positioned on a treatment table by the side of the pitch in front of the now Lansdown stand. He was flanked by another two treatment tables which had Mark Cooper and Chris Honour on them…. All theee were signing autographs from the treatment tables. Hopefully someone else was their and can recall?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 4 hours ago, Major Isewater said: We were also linked to signing John Tudor and Alan Gowling , both top strikers. Very exciting but came to nothing. Ha, I remember Tudor, we played Newcastle at home, and he was particularly useless that day. After another miss fire a plaintive cry came up from someone in the enclosure......." We don't want 'ee !" For a long time after, whenever his name got bought up in the pub, one of us would go "We don't want 'ee !" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireSection Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Trundle would have made more of an impact if he was played in his favoured position. He had such quick feet and a fantastic footballing brain. For whatever reason he never fulfilled his potential with us. He was worshipped by Swansea fans and it must have been so hard for him to reach those highs wherever he went. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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