1 kemble
2 briscoe
3 schofield
4 yeaman
5 o hara
6 horne
7 sterling
8 l crooks
9 swain
10 skerret
11fitz
12manu
13 norton
14 leuluai
15 m.crane
16 cooke
17 cleal

Give your head a shake

I take it you didnt see the IMO bit??

Not a bad team over all.
Personally I'd have Leuluai in the centres ahead of Yeaman. I'd probably have Topliss over Horne and Id go for Carvell over Skerritt.

Toppo over horne without a doubt. The best 6 i have ever seen play for Hull. Total class.

these threads are impossible, different players in different times, was Swain better than Jackson, Briscoe more valuavle than Eastwood, and as for Cleal, he was one of the biggest let downs ever (after Alan Hunte), have we ever had a fullback better than Prescott (yes, we have, but the man is a giant for his determination), could Bunting have coached in the SL era, could Vaikona have scored as many tries today.

what would be a lot easier is posting the worst FC team ever, but I don't want to drag up memories that bad!

Andy Mighty
Terry Manning
Alex Green
Glenn Tomlinson
Jason Donnaghue

1 Kemble
2 Ohara
3 Schofield
4 Barnet snr
5 Briscoe
6 Topliss
7 Sterling
8 Harrison
9 Swain
10 Skerrit
11 Crooks
12 Crane
13 Norton

Worst
1 M Barki ( I know he wasn't a FB but he deserves a spot)
2 McCoid
3 Liddiard
4 Manning
5 Sedman
6 Portlock
7 Henjak
8 Tomlinson
9 Hall
10 jones
11 Elgar
12 Kerman
13 Roberts

The worst was suprisingly easy as we had a plethora of gash from the late eighties through to the naughties

Portlock was ace and single handedly kept us in the Regal Trophy one year when we were being smashed at home by Batley
As for 2 Bobs, he was super, table chucking aside, he had it all, could (with the right attitude) have been up there as one of the best.

It is hard to judge because the game is so different. In reality our reserves of today would destroy even our best sides of the 70' s and 80' s. It doesn't make those guys bad players, but today's game is so much quicker with emphasis on different things. They wouldn't live with the pace.

Portlock was gash. I remember that cup game he scored the only try in a shocking 12-10 win then he broke his neck at Halifax IIR.
2bobs I did quite like but he had a hot head and tried some 0% Pass/Offloads. Plus I couldn't think of another LF.

You are right but look at it like they were in the here and now. Full time with all the same coaching, training equipment etc as today's SL teams.

Bit harsh on Tomlinson. He broke his leg in his 3rd or 4th game for Hull and never played for us again.

Donaghue did ok for us in our 1997 promotion season.

Yes, quite, after returning from his "life ban"

Can anyone remember the early nineties (1993 iir) when we went 3/4 games without scoring a try. I think even the Dobbins nilled us. That team should be in the crappiest section.

Try [url=http://www.hullfc.com/first-team/matches/1992here.[/url It even gives the teams.

ah, the heady days of watching the Nolan sisters.....

Cheers pal.
4 points in three games. Name and shame.
Richard Gay
Paul Eastwood 1
James Grant
Rob Nolan
Matthew Donkin
Scott Gale
Ivan Henjak
Andy Dannatt
Lee Jackson
Russ Walker (c)
Robert Wilson
Chico Jackson
Jon Sharp
Daniel Divet
Mark Jones


TBF doesn't look a bad side Donkin, Henjak, jones aside.

kemble
best
schoey
leuluai
briscoe

toppo
sterling

lynch
jackson
skerrett
manu
crooks
norton

subs
horne
crane
divet
harrison

kemble
best
schoey
leuluai
briscoe

toppo
sterling

harrison
jackson
skerrett
norton
crooks
smith

subs
cooke
manu
carvell
lynch

Way before my time, but suprised no-one's named Clive Sully in their squad?

lets be fair, its much more fun naming the worst team in the last 40 years,...as the player pool is bigger!!!

One thing we'll never doubt is the worst coacch we've ever had!

in jmy opinion, theres afew

three in my mind, and they came one after another.

Don't forget the 14-13 win at Central Park was achieved with quite a few names from that earlier 'rubbish' list. If I remember right one of the Nolans scored. Donkin may have scored too! Eastwood certainly kicked.

Unbelievable result that day - not been many beter shocks than that.