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It was unconventional perhaps but Phil Ford was my favourite player when I was young. It is fair to say he probably fizzled out after a while but I seem to recall his first couple of seasons or so were pretty good including I think a couple of tries on his debut and a hat-trick in the famous 50-14, 12-man win over Saints. And yes, there was that tackle. It would be very harsh to include him here.
Ben Walker though, yes. I think the club hyped him up too much in an effort to pretend he would just slot in as a like for like replacement for Harris. If he'd stuck around for a second season I reckon he might have found his groove - but then he might have ended up blocking the path for some once in a lifetime young players so it was definitely for the best in the long run.
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Quote: Bullseye "Rathbone was unlucky to break his jaw on debut. Had he stayed fit he could've been that missing piece of the jigsaw in 87/88 as without him Leeds lacked any mongrel'"
Quote: doc-rhino "no ones mentioned a n other stopped appearing when unmasked as steve pilgrim in the time when some league players played union under false names'"
Not helped by Douggie telling press a Union trialist would be playing and then didnt sign him
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