LPGas
Stuart Taylor
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Post by LPGas on Mar 9, 2015 12:46:16 GMT
When Pell did leave the Valley it was for the rather less glamorous climbs of Bristol Rovers and, ultimately, a futile League One relegation battle. It would be late in the 2010/2011 season, though – and following a month’s temporary stay at then League Two Hereford United – before Pell was given a proper crack at establishing himself in the Rovers’ midfield. His chance came when Stuart Campbell replaced Dave Penney to become the club’s fourth manager of a turbulent campaign – and perhaps had its roots in Pell’s first day with Rovers.
‘Stuart Campbell was a player and I can remember being at the training ground on my first day. It was non-contact – I got the ball and he just ran his studs right down the back of my leg. I thought “Right, ok, he’s trying to prove a point.”
‘Things didn’t go that well (initially), but then he got the job and straight away he called me back from my loan spell. For me, that was a really nice gesture. I came back and played practically every game to try and keep us up – winning Young Player of the Year at the end of the season as well.
‘I was learning the game and to be chucked in at the deep end was a nice feeling. The team wasn’t doing well (prior to his recall) and I wasn’t playing. I was getting frustrated off the pitch. It was really difficult.’
Pell says that his string of late season appearances for Rovers – all made with the spectre of relegation hanging over the team – ‘made me who I am today,’ recalling, in particular, doing battle with a Southampton team containing the likes of Rickie Lambert and which would go on to be promoted out of the division at the end of the season.
While the Saints were celebrating their success, Pell was again moving on; Campbell’s wanderlust indirectly influencing the decision of his rookie charge to turn his earlier loan deal at Hereford into something more permanent.
‘Stuart Campbell made it clear that he was ambitious. He wanted to go and work out in America (Campbell moved to Tampa Bay Rowdies, where he remains assistant coach, later that year). I understood that he wasn’t going to be the manager – and he’s the one who played me. If Stuart Campbell had got the job then, one hundred per cent, I would have signed for Bristol Rovers.
Higgs biggest mistake IMHO was not appointing Campbell and Hinton to take us back up.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 12:50:09 GMT
Played well against us for Hereford in a dreadful 0-0 draw,a game in which Buckle played 5 strikers!!!!!!!
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Post by Gwengers on Mar 9, 2015 12:56:16 GMT
I wonder if he was blaming Stuart Campbell's tackle during the 15 minutes he spent writhing in agony on the turf on Saturday. Didn't have a problem sprinting back on immediately after leaving the pitch though.
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kwoodgas
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Post by kwoodgas on Mar 9, 2015 12:59:38 GMT
I didn't get to the game on Saturday so can't comment on how he played, but I certainly think he more than held his own in the decent initial run we had under Campbell and am surprised he's not playing at a higher level now.
Certainly Buckle should've done more to convince him to stay, couldn't of been any worse than the turds like Gill, Stanley and Wayne Brown that infiltrated our midfield that year.
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Igitur
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Post by Igitur on Mar 9, 2015 13:04:03 GMT
He certainly can sprint very fast.
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lockleazer
Tarki Micalleff
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Post by lockleazer on Mar 9, 2015 13:18:55 GMT
ahhh good old Stuart Campbell... who led the player revolt to remove Penney and then couldnt wait to leave for america (dont blame him for that bit) ... in another thread Lines is moaned about for his time during 'that period' yet Campbell is seen as a bit of a legend by some of the same fans... opinions are a funny old thing sometimes but its good we are all different!  |
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Post by Wilkimania on Mar 9, 2015 13:48:26 GMT
I'm not so sure on Campbell being completely forgiven by all parts of the rovers fan base. I can remember him getting some mixed responses when he was at the game over Christmas.
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Post by falsenumber9 on Mar 9, 2015 13:52:20 GMT
ahhh good old Stuart Campbell... who led the player revolt to remove Penney and then couldnt wait to leave for america (dont blame him for that bit) ... in another thread Lines is moaned about for his time during 'that period' yet Campbell is seen as a bit of a legend by some of the same fans... opinions are a funny old thing sometimes but its good we are all different! Good old Stuart Campbell...who Dave Penney phoned the day he was given the job to wish him the best and good luck for the future. Hardly the actions of a man who had lost his job due to a revolt created by that person? This whole myth about SC being the old who led a revolt is nonsense. Great player, great person who deserves to be remembered in very good terms. |
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irishrover
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Post by irishrover on Mar 9, 2015 14:12:05 GMT
Higgs biggest mistake IMHO was not appointing Campbell and Hinton to take us back up.
To be fair - those comments from Pell suggest that was never an option. Maybe Campbell was always planning on going to the US. I think sometimes we forget that just like everyone else footballers have a life beyond their work and perhaps that was always a family aim. |
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brizzle
Lindsay Parsons
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Post by brizzle on Mar 9, 2015 14:44:49 GMT
I always liked Harry Pell when he was with us, and disappointed that it didn't work out for him here.
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Post by mehewmagic on Mar 9, 2015 16:32:00 GMT
I always liked Harry Pell when he was with us, and disappointed that it didn't work out for him here. i think it did work out well for him really. He was spotted in exit trials and given a chance as a young lad at a recently successful Lge 1 club. That's actually quite rare! He surely didn't honestly expect, as a 19 year old with ZERO lge games under his belt, to be a regular fixture in a Lge 1 team did he? After almost not having any contract as a footballer? I thought he did ok for us and would be happy to have 20 games in his first season. We offered him a new contract but he went elsewhere and has never played at Lge 1 level again. I thought he was a good spot. Shame he didn't stay and help us out of Lge 2. www.eastleighfc.com/2015/03/01/the-mcnamara-interviews-with-harry-pell/I read the whole interview last week. Really interesting, but the over-whelming feeling it left me with was of a player who will never settle and who expects to be in the team EVERY game. A nightmare for a manager. He's 23 and has 5 permanent clubs and 4 loan spells already. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 18:24:03 GMT
I can barely remember a contribution from him in a Rovers shirt.
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 9, 2015 19:39:02 GMT
What made me laugh is the suggestion that if he stayed at Arsenal he'd now be the next Jack Wiltshire, surely even he realises whilst he might make it in the lower leagues he was never going to make it at Arsenal.
Whilst I had nothing against him when he left Rovers if we do ever cross paths again Saturday's performance will stick in my mind.
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Post by lympstonegas on Mar 9, 2015 23:03:24 GMT
I can barely remember a contribution from him in a Rovers shirt. Remember him having a great match when we won 1-0 at Yeovil |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2015 23:07:05 GMT
I scrubbed that game from my memory. Gavin who?
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kingswood Polak
Without music life would be a mistake
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Post by kingswood Polak on Mar 10, 2015 10:24:34 GMT
When Pell did leave the Valley it was for the rather less glamorous climbs of Bristol Rovers and, ultimately, a futile League One relegation battle. It would be late in the 2010/2011 season, though – and following a month’s temporary stay at then League Two Hereford United – before Pell was given a proper crack at establishing himself in the Rovers’ midfield. His chance came when Stuart Campbell replaced Dave Penney to become the club’s fourth manager of a turbulent campaign – and perhaps had its roots in Pell’s first day with Rovers.
‘Stuart Campbell was a player and I can remember being at the training ground on my first day. It was non-contact – I got the ball and he just ran his studs right down the back of my leg. I thought “Right, ok, he’s trying to prove a point.”
‘Things didn’t go that well (initially), but then he got the job and straight away he called me back from my loan spell. For me, that was a really nice gesture. I came back and played practically every game to try and keep us up – winning Young Player of the Year at the end of the season as well.
‘I was learning the game and to be chucked in at the deep end was a nice feeling. The team wasn’t doing well (prior to his recall) and I wasn’t playing. I was getting frustrated off the pitch. It was really difficult.’
Pell says that his string of late season appearances for Rovers – all made with the spectre of relegation hanging over the team – ‘made me who I am today,’ recalling, in particular, doing battle with a Southampton team containing the likes of Rickie Lambert and which would go on to be promoted out of the division at the end of the season.
While the Saints were celebrating their success, Pell was again moving on; Campbell’s wanderlust indirectly influencing the decision of his rookie charge to turn his earlier loan deal at Hereford into something more permanent.
‘Stuart Campbell made it clear that he was ambitious. He wanted to go and work out in America (Campbell moved to Tampa Bay Rowdies, where he remains assistant coach, later that year). I understood that he wasn’t going to be the manager – and he’s the one who played me. If Stuart Campbell had got the job then, one hundred per cent, I would have signed for Bristol Rovers.
Higgs biggest mistake IMHO was not appointing Campbell and Hinton to take us back up.
I know it's been done to death but Pell says it himself. Campbell wanted to go to the states and manoeuvred himself into that just as he had wanted plus he got fully paid up. |
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kingswood Polak
Without music life would be a mistake
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Post by kingswood Polak on Mar 10, 2015 10:28:05 GMT
ahhh good old Stuart Campbell... who led the player revolt to remove Penney and then couldnt wait to leave for america (dont blame him for that bit) ... in another thread Lines is moaned about for his time during 'that period' yet Campbell is seen as a bit of a legend by some of the same fans... opinions are a funny old thing sometimes but its good we are all different! Good old Stuart Campbell...who Dave Penney phoned the day he was given the job to wish him the best and good luck for the future. Hardly the actions of a man who had lost his job due to a revolt created by that person? This whole myth about SC being the old who led a revolt is nonsense. Great player, great person who deserves to be remembered in very good terms. It's going to be interesting when Mark gets the interview with Penney. Not sure if the having order is spent yet. |
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bluetornados
Predictions League
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Post by bluetornados on Mar 8, 2024 11:02:20 GMT
An old resurected thread about Harry Pell: Harry Pell - AFC Wimbledon midfielder charged for allegedly kicking balls at MK Dons fans.
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Harry Pell played in 10 matches for BRFC in the 2010-11 season...AFC Wimbledon midfielder Harry Pell has been charged by the Football Association for allegedly kicking balls at MK Dons fans during the warm-up. Videos on social media show the 32-year-old hitting shots into the stand housing away supporters before Saturday's League Two game. Pell, who faces a misconduct charge, has until 11th March to respond. Wimbledon won 1-0 against their fierce rivals thanks to Ronan Curtis' stoppage-time goal. Pell, who has scored two goals in 31 games this season, was an unused substitute for Wimbledon.
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Post by droitwichgas on Mar 10, 2024 18:41:47 GMT
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Pell's in the background, I doubt he's got much of a defence TBH
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Post by Colyton Gas. on Mar 10, 2024 21:44:20 GMT
Played well against us for Hereford in a dreadful 0-0 draw,a game in which Buckle played 5 strikers!!!!!!! Was there.Was an awful game and a few of us travelled from Staffs.Buckle playing five strikers I remember it well but we scored zilch.Really plumbed the depths that day but recall that Pell did well.
We also had a dire game when Torquay beat us 1-0 and a loanee from Spurs who was far better than anything else on view scored the game's only goal.
Finally,the worst player ever was a loanee called Derek Riordon.Don't think he actually moved!!! |
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