Sky Sports All Time Greatest

[Terminal Boardom]

Looks like Sky are running a poll of sorts wanting to identify each clubs greatest ever players.

http://www.skysports.com/football/alltimegreats/nominations/0,26076,16084_5288957,00.html

Sky Sports is launching a survey to find out the best player ever to wear a Reading - and we would like you to get involved.

We are asking fans of each of the 92 English League teams and 12 Scottish Premier League sides to nominate their all-time favourite footballers.

Much of Reading's success has arrived in their recent history so it is not surprising that many of the contenders for their best-ever player come from the modern era.

Nicky Shorey made over 250 appearances in a seven-and-a-half year spell with the Royals before leaving for Aston Villa while Glen Little, who is in his second stint with the club, is considered one of the club's greatest-ever wingers.

Dave Kitson, who played with Shorey and Little in the Premier League, bagged 54 goals in 135 league appearances before leaving in a £5.5million move to Stoke City and then re-joining on loan.

The likes of Linvoy Primus, Phil Parkinson and Darren Caskey all starred for the club in the 90s while Jamie Cureton's prolific goalscoring record ensured he had a star named after him by the club's supporters' trust.

The club's older fans will find it hard to look beyond Steve Death, who previously held the record 1,103 minutes without conceding a goal in English league football, and Robin Friday - winner of the club's "Player of the Millennium" award.

To make your selection please complete the form below and tell us why you are putting your chosen nominee forward.

Once we have received all your nominations, we will narrow down the selections for each side to the 10 leading candidates. You can then vote for your personal favourite.

After all votes are cast we will reveal the winners ahead of the 2009/10 season and crown the Reading's greatest-ever player!

[Ian Royal]

9 nominations on that site from what I could see so far and none for Death. Which I corrected.

For the record my list of 10 would be
Death, Friday, Kitson, Little, Wdowczyk, Shaka, Hahnemann, Doyle, Murty, (through gritted teeth) Shorey.

Hicks, Senior, Parkinson and co all come close for their fantastic contributions. But this does say BEST, not greatest or biggest legend.

[Ark Royal]

Robin Friday.

[Friday's Child]

I love the way there is "player of the millenium" when football as a proper sport has only existed for 150 years.

Anyway, the answer has to be Friday for all known reasons, doesn't it?

[Friday's Child]

9 nominations on that site from what I could see so far and none for Death. Which I corrected.

For the record my list of 10 would be
Death, Friday, Kitson, Little, Wdowczyk, Shaka, Hahnemann, Doyle, Murty, (through gritted teeth) Shorey.

Hicks, Senior, Parkinson and co all come close for their fantastic contributions. But this does say BEST, not greatest or biggest legend.

No Sidwell?

[Gordons Cumming]

Robin Friday.

Exactly.

No contest.

[Ian Royal]

9 nominations on that site from what I could see so far and none for Death. Which I corrected.

For the record my list of 10 would be
Death, Friday, Kitson, Little, Wdowczyk, Shaka, Hahnemann, Doyle, Murty, (through gritted teeth) Shorey.

Hicks, Senior, Parkinson and co all come close for their fantastic contributions. But this does say BEST, not greatest or biggest legend.

No Sidwell?

Very good but, just misses out as he doesn't quite stand out as spectacular for me. I think he was made by a very good partnership with Harper (and Hughes). It's also harder for a midfielder to stand out and qualify for best IMO

[RoyalBird]

Surprised Paul Brayson hasn't been nominated in this

[Focher]

for sheer excitement its Gilksy all the way for me, all the f'ing way.

Closely followed by Glen Little and Paul Lemon.

[Royalshow]

Hurley obviously hadn't done a background check on the 21 year old Friday because if he had he might not have signed him. One incident whilst playing for Hayes saw the team start a match with 10 men as Friday hadn't finished down the pub.

He arrived late and after protests from the manager he took to the pitch. By this stage Friday was so intoxicated he could barely stand up. Needless to say the opposition didn't pay him much attention and in typical Friday fashion he scored the winner as Hayes ran out 1-0.

[gazzer, loyal royal]

Stephen Hunt won't be happy to learn of his exclusion

[Handsome Man]

Surprised Paul Brayson hasn't been nominated in this

And where's Marek?

[Avon Royal]

Stephen Hunt won't be happy to learn of his exclusion

Maybe, but then it's not a poll of the All Time Greatest tosser.................

[Dirk Gently]

Don't forget the is Sky Sports we're talking about - football only started in 1992, and Reading's history only started in 2006.

[donface]

What about Paul "Stroller" Holsgrove?

[Blue and White Toucan]

In RFC's history it has to be Robin Friday.

'The greatest footballer many on here never saw!!!!'

[Dennis the Butler]

I always thought Les Chappell was pretty good ... anyone remember the 6-2 thrashing of Barnsley at Elm Park 69/70 ish ?

[Harry Carry]

No Simon Osbourn??

[bottom left hand corner]

Steve Sidwell

Never replaced him

[Maguire]

Sidwell or Little really. Probably Little.

Friday's a nostalgia vote for the older crowd.