Peter Davenport, remember him, made his home debut this day 1988

Ebor said:
Peter Davenport and Andy Payton. Big money, didn't deliver (although I think AP got crocked in his second game, so no blame!)
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In his 1st Ebor, scored after 3 minutes on his debut then carried off with an injury
 
Of course you're right. Such a shame, he could've been a Boro legend (came from Hull I think)

He did come back but I cant remember him pulling up any trees after
 
coluka said:
Davenport is right up there with the Boersma signing for me. They were 2 players I was really excited about signing for the Boro that, in reality, were hugely disappointing and never came anywhere near justifying their worth.
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Spot on coluka
 
junos_boots said:
I have always thought Hamiltons injury and the decision to let Laws go were the reasons we couldn't turn things round at the end of the season. They had both been such huge influences over the previous 2 years and were badly missed. Glover exit was a bit weird, something behind the scenes?
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Rumour at the time was that Rioch and Glover had a disagreement while training, so Glover punched Rioch's lights out. Glover used to brag that he was the hardest man in football.
 
Peppery_John said:
Rumour at the time was that Rioch and Glover had a disagreement while training, so Glover punched Rioch's lights out. Glover used to brag that he was the hardest man in football.
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Wow, didn't know that. Would be good reason to get rid.

Yeah Glover likes to play the hard man on the field, not sure how he would have handled a battle with Roy Keane or Duncan Ferguson though.
 
BoroMart said:
Wow, didn't know that. Would be good reason to get rid.

Yeah Glover likes to play the hard man on the field, not sure how he would have handled a battle with Roy Keane or Duncan Ferguson though.
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Deano was one of the few players who seemed to maintain his popularity when returning to AP.

I think he'd have held his own. It can only have been a couple of matches, but I remember his encounters with Ian Baird as being epic battles: no quarter asked or given.

On the subject of dirty play, how on earth did we get away with that goal vs QPR?

I forget who said it, but I recall one of the players, years later, saying Davenport's arrival was the beginning of the end of the team spirit that got us there, not because he was big time charlie (which apparently he wasn't) but because he was just on much more money than the rest of them.
 
Grrreds said:
Davenport was the first player I was truly properly excited about since we signed Phil Boersma from Liverpool.

I was equally disappointed.
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I was so excited when we got both signing, record signings from Liverpool & Man Utd, what could possibly go wrong
Off the top of my head Boersma played one good game which was against Arsenal in the FAC, bthough to be fair the whole team did that day
 
Frozen Horse said:
Deano was one of the few players who seemed to maintain his popularity when returning to AP.

I think he'd have held his own. It can only have been a couple of matches, but I remember his encounters with Ian Baird as being epic battles: no quarter asked or given.

On the subject of dirty play, how on earth did we get away with that goal vs QPR?

I forget who said it, but I recall one of the players, years later, saying Davenport's arrival was the beginning of the end of the team spirit that got us there, not because he was big time charlie (which apparently he wasn't) but because he was just on much more money than the rest of them.
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The referee must've missed this, at one meeting Baird loafed Glover on the forehead and Glover just nutted him straight back. Then they glared at each other and that was that. So I would say a definite hard case.
 
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