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Best ever striker ESL

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Dean Callcut


he was so good even man u wanted him!! hahah


Well it is a toss up between Tundje Oluntundje and Danny Carter (the unstartable goalmachine).

Seriously looking wider.... Andy Jones of Canvey had a lot of class.

One player that should not be forgotten (the Berbatov of the Boro)Jason Friend.
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Yeah i have to say there are only 2 for me Healesy and Portway .

concord Minus Healesy = Probably still in the esl . He was an absolute talisman , always got you out the poop when you needed him and he scored free kicks,pens, tapins , headers, 30 yarders , you name it .

 

 

Ports was just an absolute legend. He had such an aura about him. No warm up , just come out 2 minutes before the end of the warm up , slam a couple of balls in the net , and then kick off. If the ball dropped anywhere in the box he would be on the end of it to put it away .

Healesy & Ports in his prime, would have loved to have seen that partnership

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Ports and Healesy sounds like a perfect partnership to me too.. Mind you some strikers can't work together. Wade Falana and Vinnie John being a case in question.

Still find it hard to believe the Ports unleashed that haymaker after Burnham's second goal at Romford a few years back. The one where your goal went through the hole in the net!

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Sly? Fvcking sly? I have never seen a right hander on a pitch that was seen by everyone in the ground apart from the officials. If it had been anyone but Ports, mayhem would have ensued.

I just think that all the supporters and officials, where just gobsmacked that it was him who unleashed it. So out of character.

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Everyone saw it i agree, but the law of Ports came into action , and the ref decided that Ports is a superhero and he couldnt dismiss him .

 

Back to the subject of strikers , I'll throw Gary Ansells name into the pot , before i left Burnham I believe he was on something ridiculous like 16 in 8/9 games at the start of the season, until Burnham decided to trim the budget

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Has to be Healsey IMO...

 

Steve Warner is a great shout though, superb touch and movement even at 40+, still playing as far as I know...

 

Sad to say, only seen Portway play once, but his record speaks for itself...

 

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Best ever striker in ESL. Does that mean best striker to ever play in the ESL, as in maybe only played a handful of games or just one season? Or best ever ESL striker as in what he did while playing in ESL, amount of goals etc?

 

If it is the former, I would chuck in:

 

Tony Mahoney: Canvey

Alan Brazil: Stambridge

Kerry Dixon: Basildon

 

Played against them all when I was much younger and they were all on a completely different level to anyone I've seen or played against in the ESL since.

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I am sure Baz fans of an older persuasion will remember this bloke, but one Tony Selwyn had a great track record during the 70s.


I was going to mention him but on checking the stats, he only got 100 or so goals in four seasons before they were promoted to the Athenian League.

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