thornwoodjag Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Apparently Bayern put in a bid for Tranmere Rovers player Dale Jennings.I remember a rovers fan on here raving about him.Didn't think he was that good to attract one of the giants of European game. I can't recall such a transfer between such a small and such a big club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angry gaz Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Apparently Bayern put in a bid for Tranmere Rovers player Dale Jennings.I remember a rovers fan on here raving about him.Didn't think he was that good to attract one of the giants of European game. I can't recall such a transfer between such a small and such a big club. Alan Hansen to the mighty Liverpool side of the seventies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Heron Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Alan Hansen to the mighty Liverpool side of the seventies? That type of move wasn't so unusual in those days when the transit from Scotland to England was more regular and the gap not as huge. We'd already had Forsyth to Manchester United and Bone to Norwich. Subsequent to Hansen we've had Maurice Johnston to Watford (which he chose over Liverpool - made me think he was a terribly clever and sensible person for doing that). In Hansen's case, what was unusual was how quickly Alan became a first team regular when he was signed as one for the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colognejag Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Paul Lambert to Dortmund? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brick_top Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Craig Bellamy from Coventry (I think?) to Inter Milan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Shot Posted June 22, 2011 Report Share Posted June 22, 2011 Kris Doolan went from lowly Auchinleck Talbot to the mighty Partick Thistle in January 2009. His 30+ goals in season 2011/2012 to help lift Thistle into the top flight is something that the fans will talk about forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky jag Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Craig Bellamy from Coventry (I think?) to Inter Milan? That was Robbie Keane. Was still a bit of a move, but when you consider Keane had just had a blinding season in the Premiership with Coventry and was a full Irish international it's not that hard to imagine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thornwoodjag Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 What i was trying to get at was the fact it was a team in the third tier of English football going to the top team in the top German league. Don't think there has been a transfer between clubs with such a difference in class. Lambert to Dortmund maybe,but it was a top Scottish team to a top German team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 What i was trying to get at was the fact it was a team in the third tier of English football going to the top team in the top German league. Don't think there has been a transfer between clubs with such a difference in class. Lambert to Dortmund maybe,but it was a top Scottish team to a top German team. Can't think of any lately as big a jump as that. Wonder tho' why Inter overlooked Mark McCrystal and Lucas Akins when they were watching the lad at Tranmere? . Here's one that's a bigger jump than Hansen's, John White from Falkirk to Spurs. Falkirk were in the 2nd div and Spurs were probably one of the top five sides in Europe at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blutarsky Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Lambert to Dortmund maybe,but it was a top Scottish team to a top German team. Motherwell. Top team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Tierney's tackle Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Jamie Stevenson - Alloa to Real Mallorca (then back to Alloa) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bunny Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Motherwell. Top team? Perhaps he meant top Scottish league team. Which is something different. Even so, back then the SPL was much stronger than it is now - and it wasn't one of the top leagues back then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brick_top Posted June 23, 2011 Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 That was Robbie Keane. Was still a bit of a move, but when you consider Keane had just had a blinding season in the Premiership with Coventry and was a full Irish international it's not that hard to imagine. Of course it was, what a div I am! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thornwoodjag Posted June 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2011 Motherwell. Top team? I was meaning in the top flight of there league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 Sorry, off topic I know but not worthy of a thread of its own but Rory McAllister signing for Peterhead on a two year deal at that is a rather strange one. I realise that the Blue Toon have got silly money to spend and the Rory fella wants to finish his plumbing exams or whatever but in doing so he's reportedly knocked back a few offers from SPL clubs. I wouldn't think for a guy in his mid twenties that a move to a third division club, where even if he ends up top scorer means little, could be described as putting your career on hold. I can only imagine that Peterhead then are paying him daft wages. A club that had the misfortune of having two seasons trailing Gretna should know better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigesige00 Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 I always wonder why the English-speaking people do not use the original name of place (München/Munich, Firenze/Florence, Lisboa/Lisbon etc.). The Japanese also use non-original names (such as "Eziputo", coming from Egypt, instead of Misr). I think that the original names should be respected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 I always wonder why the English-speaking people do not use the original name of place (München/Munich, Firenze/Florence, Lisboa/Lisbon etc.). The Japanese also use non-original names (such as "Eziputo", coming from Egypt, instead of Misr). I think that the original names should be respected. A Dear Green Place kiss just doesn't have the same ring to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 25, 2011 Report Share Posted June 25, 2011 I always wonder why the English-speaking people do not use the original name of place (München/Munich, Firenze/Florence, Lisboa/Lisbon etc.). The Japanese also use non-original names (such as "Eziputo", coming from Egypt, instead of Misr). I think that the original names should be respected. Most languages have their own versions of many place names, it's not just in Japanese and English that this happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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