St.Ricky Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 My vote would go to Paul Lambert - International Caps and European Success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastlandssaint Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Gemmill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 Greatest ever ex-player? So we have to rule out any current ones. Strange thread. Anyway, Emanuel Sanoupe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenhill Road Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopCat Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 Ex player for career at St Mirren or career after they left St Mirren? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotstounSaint Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 Paul... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaybee Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 Anybody remember jim blair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambud Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 For all Victor was Barca captain and capped for Spain neither were the same force they are now. I remember him being class at points but he wasn't the equivalent of signing xavi or iniesta would be these days (or in the last 3-4 years). Lambert achieved a lot in the game starting off with winning the Scottish cup with us as a 17 year old. What he did with Dortmund was brilliant and he played big part in making celtic credible challengers to the cheats that were Rangers. Peter Weir also achieved a lot in football after leaving us and before returning to us. His record at Aberdeen was pretty phenomenal. Winning leagues, domestic cups and having success in Europe. For me it would be Lambert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gotti Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 Just checked Victors wiki page..... 2 Cup Winners Cup, 1 runners up 1 La Liga 2 Spanish Cups 1 Spanish Super Cup 2 Spanish League Cups 1 Italian Cup With 60 appearances for Spain thrown in......not a bad career. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hambud Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 Just checked Victors wiki page..... 2 Cup Winners Cup, 1 runners up 1 La Liga 2 Spanish Cups 1 Spanish Super Cup 2 Spanish League Cups 1 Italian Cup With 60 appearances for Spain thrown in......not a bad career. It's definitely not a bad career and I hope my post doesn't come across as me trying to insinuate that it was a bad career. His signing was massive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlucifer Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 There are a few who have gone on to better things like Gordon McQueen. But What other player held the title of "Best goal of the world cup,.... EVER"? Archie for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 10 hours ago, eastlandssaint said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie_Gemmill In terms of post Saints career it's hard to look past him. With all the fame bestowed on him for *that* goal it's easy to forget he was part of the incredible Brian Clough eras at Derby and Nottingham Forest. Not bad that we can lay claim to producing him, the last Scot to lift the Cup Winners' Cup in Steve Clarke and the last Scot to play in a Champions League Final winning side (Darren Fletcher was an unused sub) in Paul Lambert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 Oh, so it isn't best ex-player. but your opinion on who went on to be the best at the clubs they played at after leaving us? Have I got this even remotely correct now? Best to cover all bases. In my opinion only, the best St Mirren player I've ever seen was Tony Fitzpatrick. In today's market, Fitzy in his prime would sign for a really big club and his career would easily be on a par with the likes of Graeme Souness. My all time favourite St Mirren player is Gunni Torfason. The St Mirren player who I think did the best after leaving us would likely be Paul Lambert, as winning a European Cup, gaining the respect of Bundesliga star colleagues, starring for Celtic and Scotland before having a long career in management is pretty good going. I also respect what Kirk Broadfoot did after leaving us - played and scored for Scotland, got to a European final, was constantly played out of position at a club where the fans never rated him, yet knuckled down and any time I saw him, was their best defender. Charlie Adam did not too bad either. Kenny McLean and John McGinn could still do something, while Kyle McAllister could do something after Derby give him his senior competitive start in 2020. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 I like more ex-players than I dislike , in fact there are very few I didn't like , in some way or another.. Jackie Copland was my favourite player when I was a kid , possibly because he was the first player I ever met and he was obviously a true gent and had time to talk to two of his young fans . I will never forget that .All the players were fantastic back when Jackie was a player for us , but for me Jackie was a stand out and gave his all .. As seen above some of our ex- players went on to achieve great things in football but for me Jackie will always be my favourite player . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabuddies Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 When I were a lad my first favourite player was Willie Fulton - he always seemed to have so much time probably because he was a great reader f the game. Then came Iain Munro (I know, I know - but he was a cultured fitba player) and then the great Alexander Hector McMillan McLeod (my dad knew his dad that's how) who was easily the best goalscorer I've seen in the stripes (about 60 goals in only 90 games for us). Since then I'll admit to a soft spot for big Basil who gave his all every time he put on the stripes and I know he was gutted to miss out on the final in '87 and he was genuinely sad when he left us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Lothian Saint Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 Playing in a St Mirren Shirt for me its got to be Frank McGarvey. His work rate was awesome and every ball the team played was directed towards him. Throw in, passes, corners, free kicks everything was aimed at McGarvey and he scored 102 goals for the mighty saints. For me he was top man. St Mirren Players stats. Goal Scorers 1 Davie McCrae 1924-1934 251 2 Alex Linwood 1938-1946 165 3 Jimmy Knox 1931-1939 134 4= Robert Rankin 1926-1934 1937-1941 102 4= Frank McGarvey 1974-1979 1985-1990 102 6 Tommy Gemmell 1951-1962 96 7= James Thomson 1918-1929 84 7= Billy Stark 1975-1983 84 9 Dunky Walker 1921-1923 77 10= Barry Lavety 1991-1996 1999-2000 2003-2004 72 10= Jim Blair 1967-1970 1971-1972 72 12= Mark Yardley 1995-2003 71 12= Jimmy McGregor 1932-1938 71 14 Tommy Bryceland 1956-1962 1972 69 15 Gerry Baker 1958-1960 65 16= Frank McDougall 1979-1984 64 16= Doug Somner 1979-1983 64 16= Thomas Brady 1939-1943 64 19 Frank McAvennie 1980-1985 63 20 Ally McLeod 1970-1973 62 21 Ricky Gillies 1992-1997 2000-2005 56 22 Alan Gebbie 1924-1936 55 23= David Lapsley 1946-1959 54 23= Alex Wylie 1890-1901 54 23= Steven Thompson 2011-2016 54 26 James Cunningham 1904-1911 52 27= Bobby McKean 1969-1974 47 27= Don Kerrigan 1958-1963 47 27= George Stewart 1950-1954 47 30 Johnny Deakin 1937-1949 46 31 Peter Kane 1967-1970 45 32 Jim Rodger 1955-1962 44 33 Bobby Adamson 1965-1970 43 34= John Sutton 2005-2007 2016-Present 40 34= Bobby Holmes 1954-1960 40 34= Ian Scanlon 1981-1986 40 34= Donnie McDowell 1974-1977 40 38= Billy Mehmet 2005-2010 39 38= Jimmy Stenhouse 1941-1947 39 40 David Lindsay 1899-1905 38 41 Alfons Lesz 1947-1952 37 42= Dunky McGill 1951-1954 1956-1958 36 42= Gerry Burrell 1947-1951 36 42= John MacKenzie 1934-1938 36 45= Jimmy Bone 1978-1982 35 45= Arthur Milne 1946-1950 35 47= Derek Hyslop 1975-1979 33 47= Willie Telfer 1943-1957 33 48= Alistair Miller 1957-1962 30 48= Thomas Milne 1907-1912 30 48= David Wyllie 1904-1908 30 Appearances 1 Willie Telfer 1943-1957 505 2 Hugh Murray 1997-2012 468 3 Tony Fitzpatrick 1973-1979 1981-1989 458 4 Cammy Murray 1962-1972 416 5 John Miller 1925-1939 395 6 David Lapsley 1946-1959 393 7 Campbell Money 1978-1996 391 8 James Thomson 1918-1929 378 9 Billy Abercromby 1975-1988 375 10 Davie McCrae 1924-1934 352 11 Billy Stark 1975-1983 345 12 Frank McGarvey 1974-1979 1985-1990 341 13 Tommy Gemmell 1951-1962 336 14 David van Zanten 2003-2008 2010-2014 332 15 Alan Gebbie 1924-1936 331 16 John Wilson 1955-1967 320 17 Ricky Gillies 1992-1997 2000-2005 318 18= Norrie McWhirter 1985-2000 299 18= Lex Richardson 1976-1983 299 20 Barry McLaughlin 1991-2002 295 21 Jackie Neilson 1949-1960 285 22 Billy Thomson 1978-1984 284 23 Robert Rankin 1926-1934 1937-1941 280 24 Johnny Deakin 1937-1949 276 25 John Young 1974-1982 275 26 Jackie Copland 1967-1968 1976-1983 274 27 William Kelly 1934-1945 272 28 Frank McDougall 1979-1984 269 29= Michael McAvoy 1886-1909 263 29= Mark Yardley 1995-2003 263 31 Paul Lambert 1985-1993 261 32 Walter Hay 1924-1935 258 33= Iain Munro 1969-1973 1977-1980 251 33= Robert Robertson 1901-1912 251 35 Andrew Findlay 1922-1929 246 36 Alex Beckett 1974-1983 245 37 Andrew Reid 1908-1917 242 38 Jim Clunie 1960-1965 1966-1967 241 39= Jock Bradford 1921-1927 239 39= Tommy Wilson 1982-1989 239 41= Jimmy Knox 1931-1939 236 41= Alex Linwood 1938-1946 236 43 John Potter 2005-2011 234 44 George Walker 1926-1933 232 45 William McDonald 1923-1930 231 46 Willie Johnstone 1948-1958 222 47 Joe Craven 1936-1942 216 48 Barry Lavety 1991-1995 1999-2000 2003-2003 215 49 Bobby Ancell 1930-1936 210 49= Peter Godfrey 1985-1991 210 51 Jimmy Drinkwater 1941-1952 209 52 Mark Fulton 1977-1985 206 53 Willie Summers 1921-1927 203 54 Tom Jackson 1898-1911 200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdowell76 Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 My top 5 Frank McGarvey Ian Scanlon Peter Weir Frank McAvennie Donnie McDowell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted January 29, 2017 Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 I'm not judging on players careers after they left the Saints but how they perfomed in a Saints shirt. So... Frank McAvennie Doug Somner Tony Fitzpatrick Ian Munro Frank McGarvey Ian Ferguson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyg Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 Jackie Copland Billy Fulton Billy Stark Peter Kane Ally McLeod Frank McDougall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 It's all about time and place, and when I most enjoyed watching Saints. Frank McAvennie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guinness Posted January 30, 2017 Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 Billy stark scored about every third match from midfield. My favourite player ever. Mr Fulton would be my most respected. Natural captain. Will never forget when he gave Willie Johnston a slap to put him in his place against the old rangers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.Ricky Posted January 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2017 On Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 0:28 PM, saintnextlifetime said: I like more ex-players than I dislike , in fact there are very few I didn't like , in some way or another.. Jackie Copland was my favourite player when I was a kid , possibly because he was the first player I ever met and he was obviously a true gent and had time to talk to two of his young fans . I will never forget that .All the players were fantastic back when Jackie was a player for us , but for me Jackie was a stand out and gave his all .. As seen above some of our ex- players went on to achieve great things in football but for me Jackie will always be my favourite player . . My favourite player was also big Jackie. His no one shall pass attitude bred belief. Maybe not the best..my choice was Lambert....but still my favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted February 2, 2017 Report Share Posted February 2, 2017 (edited) As you can tell from the picture on the left its Ally McLeod for me Which other player has scored 4 against them at Ibrox and playing for a lower league team as well. As said above 60 goals in 90 games will never be surpassed Iain Munro said Ally passed the ball into the net And he wore the best strip we ever had Edited February 2, 2017 by Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhura Posted February 2, 2017 Report Share Posted February 2, 2017 On 28/01/2017 at 9:11 AM, stlucifer said: There are a few who have gone on to better things like Gordon McQueen. But What other player held the title of "Best goal of the world cup,.... EVER"? Archie for me. Best goal of the World Cup ever? C'mon now. In fact I've always thought there was something a bit iffy about that goal. He gets the ball in the inside right position and he gets six touches, all with his left foot. Meanwhile the Dutch defenders are doing a good job of jumping out of his road. Remember also the best result for Holland that afternoon was a narrow defeat. That meant they would qualify from second place and avoid Argentina in the next round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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