MelvinBragg Posted yesterday at 08:28 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 08:28 PM Having read the Motherwell Greatest 100 thread with interest and watching the World Cup the last few days, a question popped into my head. If you could pick five Motherwell players of any era to take penalties in a shoot out, who would you pick? Having thought about it, I'll stick to players I've seen.. Cooper Nijholt Moult Stamatelopolous McFadden Pretty sure I've forgotten an obvious one or two. Higdon or Sutton maybe..? Who else have I forgotten? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinnae-punt-it Posted yesterday at 08:57 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 08:57 PM Rab McKinnon (could smash a ball) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelvinBragg Posted yesterday at 09:01 PM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 09:01 PM 3 minutes ago, dinnae-punt-it said: Rab McKinnon (could smash a ball) Yep. Was trying to think who took penalties in that 93/94 team... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabba's Turd Posted yesterday at 09:12 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 09:12 PM 10 minutes ago, MelvinBragg said: Yep. Was trying to think who took penalties in that 93/94 team... The Cobra? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellfan Posted yesterday at 09:22 PM Report Share Posted yesterday at 09:22 PM Stama would probably pull a hamstring just placing the ball on the penalty spot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Blues Posted 23 hours ago Report Share Posted 23 hours ago First pick: Brian McLaughlin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted 23 hours ago Report Share Posted 23 hours ago 36 minutes ago, Electric Blues said: First pick: Brian McLaughlin. Good shout. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmcalpin Posted 23 hours ago Report Share Posted 23 hours ago Shaun Teale. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennyc Posted 22 hours ago Report Share Posted 22 hours ago One for us oldies. Dave Whiteford. If I remember correctly. Might be a bit biased though. His first game for MFC was the first Motherwell game I attended. Truth be told I did not know that until 5 minutes ago. St Johnstone at FP in 1966. 3-3. Went on to partner Joe Wark for many a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The African Posted 22 hours ago Report Share Posted 22 hours ago One for the real oldies, Johnny Aitkenhead. Never saw him myself, but my father claimed that he was the best penalty taker he had ever seen for us. His ability to accurately pass the ball into the corner of the goal was both simple and effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stv Posted 21 hours ago Report Share Posted 21 hours ago Did Peter Millar not take a few of our penaltys in the seventies . I was young then but seem to recall him taking them, and scoring a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelmaninOZ Posted 20 hours ago Report Share Posted 20 hours ago 1 hour ago, dennyc said: One for us oldies. Dave Whiteford. If I remember correctly. Might be a bit biased though. His first game for MFC was the first Motherwell game I attended. Truth be told I did not know that until 5 minutes ago. St Johnstone at FP in 1966. 3-3. Went on to partner Joe Wark for many a year. Aye Yes Sir! Mr Whiteford Sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cambo97 Posted 17 hours ago Report Share Posted 17 hours ago I don't remember Richie Foran missing any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpy Posted 11 hours ago Report Share Posted 11 hours ago Brian Heron. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllyMax Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago 11 hours ago, stv said: Did Peter Millar not take a few of our penaltys in the seventies . I was young then but seem to recall him taking them, and scoring a few. He certainly did, which was strange for Peter Millar, cause taking a pen didn't involve flattening an opponent 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted 9 hours ago Report Share Posted 9 hours ago 4 minutes ago, AllyMax said: He certainly did, which was strange for Peter Millar, cause taking a pen didn't involve flattening an opponent 😁 To be fair, Millar had other talents. OK, one other talent, and that was kicking a ball very very hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennyc Posted 8 hours ago Report Share Posted 8 hours ago 11 hours ago, SteelmaninOZ said: Aye Yes Sir! Mr Whiteford Sir! Dalziel HS I'm guessing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJC Posted 8 hours ago Report Share Posted 8 hours ago 8 hours ago, cambo97 said: I don't remember Richie Foran missing any. He missed one in a 0-0 draw at Tynecastle in 2005. I think Ged Brannan and Kevin McBride had 100% records from the spot for us and they both took a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshi-1991 Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago Higdon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stv Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 5 hours ago, AllyMax said: He certainly did, which was strange for Peter Millar, cause taking a pen didn't involve flattening an opponent 😁 Think he gave a few away as well. That's when defenders were real men. 🤬 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago The joint worst ever penalty I've ever seen was Jim Hamilton against Aberdeen (I think, it was down at the South Stand end, maybe it was someone else) and a Hugo Sanchez one for Real Madrid were it would have hit the corner flag if the corner flag was 80 feet in the air. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weeyin Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 12 minutes ago, Ya Bezzer! said: The joint worst ever penalty I've ever seen was Jim Hamilton against Aberdeen (I think, it was down at the South Stand end, maybe it was someone else) and a Hugo Sanchez one for Real Madrid were it would have hit the corner flag if the corner flag was 80 feet in the air. While not the worst I've seen, Turnbull's miss against Dundee contributed to what must be some kind of record of the shortest time between two teams missing penalties during a match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunderwell Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago John Philliben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunderwell Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago Damn just read he missed a penalty v Celtic that lost us a semi final. I just remember him hitting a shot so hard in the tennent sixes that no one could tell if it went in or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabba's Turd Posted 1 hour ago Report Share Posted 1 hour ago 4 minutes ago, wunderwell said: Damn just read he missed a penalty v Celtic that lost us a semi final. I just remember him hitting a shot so hard in the tennent sixes that no one could tell if it went in or not. Was a sickener that night for sure, don't think our bus had any windaes left either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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