Cult Heroes

[LoyalRoyalFan]

Robin Friday
Lee Nogan
Steve Death
Phil Parkinson
Trevor Senior
Kerry Dixon

[1960]

For the oldsters:

Pat Terry
Arthur Wilkie (injured in goal, no subs, went on wing, score twice).

BTW along with all our other records (13 wins, 106 pts etc) is a goalie scoring twice a record? Probably not world-wide, with goalies taking penalties etc, but a good shout in English football I would have thought.

[premiership_bound]

Stephen Hunt.

oops sorry misread 'cult'. Still only 2 letters out.

[Deathy]

Talking of cult heroes, Archie was reporting on the prematch details of Aberdean and Celtic a few minutes ago. He doesn't age.

[Franchise FC]

Dean Horrix?

Went something like 24 games without scoring in 83/84 yet the fans loved him.

That's because he was instrumental in Trevor Senior outscoring everyone in the division - LEGEND.

[Forbury Lion]

Player of the season winners - They were cults in their time.

Player of the Season
Season Player
1963/64 Colin Meldrum
1964/65 Colin Meldrum
1965/66 Jimmy Wheeler
1966/67 George Harris
1967/68 Mike Dixon
1968/69 Peter Silvester
1969/70 Steve Death
1970/71 Gordon Cumming
1972/73 Steve Death
1973/74 Steve Death
1974/75 Robin Friday
1975/76 Robin Friday
1976/77 Steve Death
1977/78 Richie Bowman
1978/79 Richie Bowman
1979/80 Mark White
1980/81 Steve Hetzke
1981/82 Jerry Williams
1982/83 Steve Richardson
1983/84 Steve Richardson
1984/85 Steve Wood
1985/86 Steve Wood
1986/87 Kevin Bremner
1987/88 Steve Francis
1988/89 Trevor Senior
1989/90 Martin Hicks
1990/91 Keith McPherson
1991/92 Mick Gooding
1992/93 Mick Gooding
1993/94 Dylan Kerr
1994/95 Shaka Hislop
1995/96 Mick Gooding
1996/97 Trevor Morley
1997/98 Phil Parkinson
1998/99 Phil Parkinson
1999/00 Darren Caskey
2000/01 Martin Butler
2001/02 Graeme Murty
2002/03 James Harper
2003/04 Graeme Murty
2004/05 Dave Kitson
2005/06 Kevin Doyle
2006/07 Ivar Ingimarsson
2007/08 Stephen Hunt
2008/09 Chris Armstrong

[AbovetheI]

DOOOOOBS

[brighton_royal]

Cult heroes are those who by definition don't achieve mass popular appeal. This rules out Senior, Dixon, Death, Parkinson and all of the players of the season. Good shout for Doobs. Friday probably edges it just for shitting in Lawro's kit bag though.

[Terminal Boardom]

Cult heroes are those who by definition don't achieve mass popular appeal. This rules out Senior, Dixon, Death, Parkinson and all of the players of the season. Good shout for Doobs. Friday probably edges it just for shitting in Lawro's kit bag though.

On this basis, only one name springs to mind. Step forward Oliver Kearns!

[It Is What It Is]

Surely Jimmy Kebe is the definition of cult hero?

[Ark Royal]

Tommy Jenkins and Denis M. Butler.

[leon]

Whats the case for Murts, Kits and Trev?

Well in Murty's case he's the best right back i've seen at Reading in 20 years. Kitson was a talisman for Reading and look at his scoring record for us

[PEARCEY]

Robin Friday
Lee Nogan
Steve Death
Phil Parkinson
Trevor Senior
Kerry Dixon

Lee Nogan...not really sure he would go down as a legend although for half a season he was shit hot.

[joe999]

Has no-one said Fozzy yet??

[roberto_11]

Isnt cult something where everyone jumps on the bandwagon to follow it then after a short time period its over as quickly as it started? Or is that just a fad?

Anyway under this definition it would surely have to be a player like Cureton who was a goal machine from the word go, had his famous song, everybodys favourite player, scored the equaliser at Brentford, but then fell out of the team and was released to go play in Korea.

Soel was a good example of a cult hero. Outstanding start to our Prem season, the Boro home game and his screamer against West Ham the highlights. Then as quick as it started he was out of the team and on his way to Fulham.

Shaun Goater, everyone loved him untill they saw him play

Grant Brebner, looked class for us for a bit then oxf*rd off back to Scotland.

But the winner in my eyes...MASS SARR!!!

[PREMIERSHIP_ROYAL]

Stephen Hunt.

oops sorry misread 'cult'. Still only 2 letters out.

1 letter?

IMO Murty, Parky, and anyone eles that spends more than 10 years with a team without wishing to leave no matter what state the clubs in

[reading fc rock leroylero]

Ricky Newman is the epitome of cult hero.

[what_wind_turbine?]

Harps.

Loyal, good and reliable player, great bloke, crucial goals (eg 07/08 v boro to give us our first away win), clearly loves the club, hilarious in interviews...

And a cult hero as he will never be loved by everyone.

[stl_royal]

Murty
Doyle

id hardly count Doyle. he was a good player (even possibly great) but not "Legend" or even "Cult Hero". from that era id only give Murty and Little either of those titles. but to each his own i suppose.

[papereyes]

Modern day cult hero = Bas Savage

He may have been shite but he gave hope to us all.