Fan input: conclusion

Part three of three.

After hearing from fans their favourite and most popular players, I thought it’d be a good idea to conclude my previous two posts and see who was voted the favourite and best player overall.

This is a bit more abrupt than I was hoping, but there isn’t too much to say about it; other than the fact, because of players tied on the same number of votes, rather than being the ultimate 10, it’s 15.

So, after combining the results from both posts, according to my fellow Barnet fans, the 15 look like this:

1          Giuliano Grazioli

2          Gary Phillips

3          Dougie Freedman

=          Liam Hatch

5          Albert Adomah

=          Linvoy Primus

7          Nicky Bailey

=          Lee Harrison

9          Jason Puncheon

=          Andy Clarke

=          Gary Bull

12        Simon King

=          Maik Taylor

14        Darren Currie

=          Kenny Lowe

I’d like to also say a massive thank you to everyone that helped me out with both posts.

Fan input: favourite players

Part two of three.

As is quite obvious now, I’m always interested in what other fans have to say – whether that be my fellow Bees, or supporters of League 2 in general. After completing my own All-Time Bees XI, and then hearing who my fellow supporters would include in their own top 10s, I decided upon finding out the most popular players from times gone by.

For some, there is a possible overlap between this and my last post, as understandably favourite players could be those who do well. But for me, this isn’t the case – there are many other reasons I’d consider a player to my favourite. Whether it be the effort they put in on match day (even if it is to no avail), or the way they endear themselves to the fans, I could probably rattle a list of at least 50 players from my time going to Underhill that I could consider a ‘favourite’.  In fact, I found it difficult just narrowing it down to the 10, and may even do a further piece on my personal favourite 20 or so!

The response to my last post was massive and when asking Barnet fans of their all time favourite 10 players, I wasn’t disappointed – the shortlist contained well over 100 names (four pages of A4, in fact!).

So, according to my fellow Barnet fans, the most popular ever 20 players to play for the club are:

1          Gary Phillips

2          Giuliano Grazioli

=          Liam Hatch

4          Albert Adomah

=          Dougie Freedman

=          Lee Harrison

=          Linvoy Primus

8          Nicky Bailey

=          Andy Clarke

=          Ian Hendon

11        Gary Bull

=          Darren Currie

=          Simon King

=          Scott McGleish

=          Izale McLeod

=          Jason Puncheon

=          Sam Stockley

=          Paul Wilson

=          Ismail Yakubu

20        Ben Strevens

Part three will continue tomorrow, and will see both ‘favourite’ and ‘best’ players combined, to see who is the ‘greatest ever’ Barnet player.

I’d like to also say a massive thank you to everyone that helped me out with both posts.

Fan input: best players

Part one of three.

As is quite obvious now, I’m always interested in what other fans have to say – whether that be my fellow Bees, or supporters of League 2 in general. After having to do my greatest ever starting XI and subs for the programme last season (which you can of course read here), I was interested in seeing who others would include in theirs. The thing is, I think, trying to pick a squad of 11, which is a lot harder than just naming the best players you have seen play. So I decided upon removing a player from my initial line-up and asking others for their best 10 players of all time. To me, this was really interesting, as although I have been going to watch Barnet play since the age of four, there were so many names I had completely forgotten about (and others I couldn’t physically remember for being too young!).

I’m surprised with the response I got, which of course I am very grateful for. There were well over 50 players shortlisted and because of so many players tied with the same amount of votes, I’ve had to change the results to a ‘best 20’.

So, according to my fellow Barnet fans, the best ever 20 players to play for the club are:

1          Giuliano Grazioli

2          Dougie Freedman

=          Lee Harrison

4          Albert Adomah

=          Nicky Bailey

=          Gary Bull

=          Linvoy Primus

=          Jason Puncheon

=          Maik Taylor

10        Andy Clarke

=          Simon King

12        Darren Currie

=          Liam Hatch

=          Ian Hendon

=          Kenny Lowe

=          Gary Phillips

17        Sean Devine

=          Paul Showler

=          Dean Sinclair

20        Scott McGleish

Part two will continue tomorrow, and will see the ‘most popular’ players to put on the black and amber shirt.

I’d like to also say a massive thank you to everyone that helped me out with both posts.