BS4 on Tour... Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 ...Harry Kane back in 2013?! I must have missed that....although he wasn't as well known back then. A Spurs fan retweeted this Sky Bet tweet from 2013 earlier today, he was obviously relieved it never happened! Sky Bet Divisions FL (@SkyBetFootball_) 02/08/2013, 13:42 Bristol City looks set to sign Harry Kane from Spurs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selred Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 7 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: ...Harry Kane back in 2013?! I must have missed that....although he wasn't as well known back then. A Spurs fan retweeted this Sky Bet tweet from 2013 earlier today, he was obviously relieved it never happened! Sky Bet Divisions FL (@SkyBetFootball_) 02/08/2013, 13:42 Bristol City looks set to sign Harry Kane from Spurs Not an official account. One of those fake ones set up by 15 year olds who want attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted March 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 2 minutes ago, Selred said: Not an official account. One of those fake ones set up by 15 year olds who want attention. Fair enough, that tweet shook up a few Spurs fans in a 'what might have been' sort of way! Fake Twitter accounts are terribly sad aren't they, I mean, get a bl**dy life?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon uk Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 When he was young, kane went out on loan to quite a few clubs didnt he? We also had rose and caulker, so it wouldnt surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Bcfc Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Yeah it's definitely a fake account so there's a big chance there was nothing in it. To be fair even if it was true, back then I don't think many City fans would've been that excited by it! Hardly set the world alight at Orient, Millwall, Norwich or Leicester! His rise since then has been pretty incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CITYAREREDANDWHITE Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Also this one @PremFoxes "RUMOUR- Bristol city to bid 850,000 for Leicester city forward Jamie Vardy! #LCFC" Date - 09/08/2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonreds Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 True story and I got witnesses before the usual shout down but I remember Scott Davidson telling a group of us in the Williams before a Bristol derby we once tried to sign shearer from Southampton but we wouldn't go upove 200k and they wanted 250k minimum. The reason he was outside chatting to us idiots was because dunford was inside and we were the lesser of 2 evils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NATCHER Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 3 hours ago, Selred said: One of those fake ones set up by 15 year olds who want attention. Pass his/her/it's phone number onto Adam Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 3 hours ago, simon uk said: When he was young, kane went out on loan to quite a few clubs didnt he? We also had rose and caulker, so it wouldnt surprise me. It was only 2-3 years ago he was on a season long loan at Leicester and didn't really show that much promise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 If we`d have got them in on loan they`d be playing for Colchester or Burton now or we`d have crippled the pair of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Kane and Vardy were both unused substitutes for Leicester when they lost in the play off semi v Watford in 2013! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Didn't know Danny managed Leicester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrs Court Red Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 I seem to remember Osman wanted to sign Collymore but the then board wouldn't pay his wages. Not long after he was going for £7 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoons Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 if we would have signed him we are good at turning strikers careers shit! He should be glad he had a lucky escape! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 5 hours ago, dragonreds said: True story and I got witnesses before the usual shout down but I remember Scott Davidson telling a group of us in the Williams before a Bristol derby we once tried to sign shearer from Southampton but we wouldn't go upove 200k and they wanted 250k minimum. The reason he was outside chatting to us idiots was because dunford was inside and we were the lesser of 2 evils Fair enough, not gonna shout you down, but Shearer was at Southampton from 1988 to 1992 and Scott wasn't director/chairman of City until 1996 so not sure how he could say we tried to sign Shearer from Saints with all the financial details when Shearer left Southampton four years before his reign?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Club and Country Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 16 hours ago, simon uk said: When he was young, kane went out on loan to quite a few clubs didnt he? We also had rose and caulker, so it wouldnt surprise me. Kane went everywhere!! also believe it's quite widely accepted that if roberto soldado hadn't been so crap Kane would have left spurs Harder you work, luckier you get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonreds Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 8 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Fair enough, not gonna shout you down, but Shearer was at Southampton from 1988 to 1992 and Scott wasn't director/chairman of City until 1996 so not sure how he could say we tried to sign Shearer from Saints with all the financial details when Shearer left Southampton four years before his reign?! Dont know could he have been on the board then. Or just in the know. Westonred was 1 of the people there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 1 minute ago, dragonreds said: Dont know could he have been on the board then. Or just in the know. Westonred was 1 of the people there He doesn't need to have been either, having got onto the Board he would then be told all the old stories over the port and cigars: "Did you know we nearly signed Shearer?". The only nearly one I remember is Matt Jansen; not quite in the same league as Shearer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted March 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 4 hours ago, dragonreds said: Dont know could he have been on the board then. Or just in the know. Westonred was 1 of the people there Fair play, he was probably in the know...amazing how careers and club histories could have been so different with one transfer decision.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjg11 Posted March 28, 2016 Report Share Posted March 28, 2016 Always felt Kevin Davies was the one that got away tried to sign him from chesterfield. Not in Kane and shearer class but been a class act for Bolton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonreds Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 On 28 March 2016 at 15:07, pjg11 said: Always felt Kevin Davies was the one that got away tried to sign him from chesterfield. Not in Kane and shearer class but been a class act for Bolton Didnt we sign holland and mercer instead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted March 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 2 hours ago, dragonreds said: Didnt we sign holland and mercer instead And Dyche... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 All 3 players would have been great for us had it not been for injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 54 minutes ago, Just Red said: All 3 players would have been great for us had it not been for injuries. Billy Mercer was superb; without injuries I could see us rating him as our best keeper ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midlands Robin Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 I believe the Shearer story came from Tony Fawthrop. When the Evil post were talking to him in an interview around the time he was given the managers job about 16 years ago, they asked him about any players that nearly signed for the club who went on to do other things. He mentioned the fact that we had tried to sign Shearer from the Saints as a youth player before he went on to score a hatrick in only his second game. Apparently we had agreed terms but then after that Saints put the price of the deal through the roof. Fawthrop also claimed that we were close to signing Les Ferdinand around 1990 so we would have had Shearer and Ferdinand playing up front for us in the early 90's. That's the story as I remember it any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richwwtk Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 A story I heard myself from Scott Davidson was that were offered a German defender for next to nothing, decided against it and he then went on to be sold by whomever he joined for £5million and played a career in the Premier League. For the life of me I can't remember his name now though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunc Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 On 26/03/2016 at 21:54, Portland Bill said: Kane and Vardy were both unused substitutes for Leicester when they lost in the play off semi v Watford in 2013! ... and Drinkwater. All three on the bench for both legs. Crazy what's happened in 3 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexukhc Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 5 hours ago, richwwtk said: A story I heard myself from Scott Davidson was that were offered a German defender for next to nothing, decided against it and he then went on to be sold by whomever he joined for £5million and played a career in the Premier League. For the life of me I can't remember his name now though! Marcus Babbel? I remember we was offered Emerson Thome before he joined Sheffield Wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjg11 Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 23 hours ago, dragonreds said: Didnt we sign holland and mercer instead Yes mercer was a shame never really saw him at his best .dyche was never really taken to by the fans .went wrong from the start and just got worse the harder he tried .these were players who were minutes away from a cup final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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