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Brett Ormerod .......


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released by Preston !

 

NO !!!!!!!!!!! I'm not going to suggest the obvious, but to spare a thought

for a brave hard-working fella' who always gave 100% for us ...even if the Premiership was ...a bit above his level.

 

(Recalling stories, when he was newly-arrived and Strachan had 4 injured / sick strikers, he volunteered to put on a shirt despite being unfit to play !)

 

NOT amongst the top goalscorers of his time, but a great provider who gave James Beattie a tireless service...... and more than a few assists.

 

Hope he can find a good niche to play out his career. Good Luck Brett.

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I remember he always wore his socks rolled down.

 

A real grafter - good luck to him.

 

 

Not rolled down, but at 3/4 length and sat just on top of his shinpads. Looked odd to me. Neither fish, nor fowl. Slightly famous for the fact that in PES4 there is a little kit configuration where you can have your player sport the Brett Ormerod sock length look. :)

 

This little pic from the Villa Park 2003 FAC semi-final illustrates:

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Pull those bloody socks up Brett..!

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Sign him up. Always remember game against Citeh when he scored 2 in the first half and could have got another 3 in the second if it wasn't for Schmeichel. Always worked hard and was under-rated IMO for contribution as the runner feeding the main striker. Of course the Watford game too.

 

Didn't the football genius leave for Korea because he was ****ging Brett's wife?

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It's not so much his goals I remember (Watford apart) but the way he set them up for others.

 

1) Robbing the Portsmouth defender of the ball that allowed Marsden (I think) to cross to Beattie to score in the 2-0 League Cup win.

 

2) A midweek game at West Ham (Nov/Dec 2002?) - it was 0-0 with only a couple of minutes to go. Brett broke down the left wing, crossed to Beattie and both Beattie and the ball ended up in the net.

 

3) A home match against Leeds (Jan/Feb 2004?). Phillips hadn't scored for a while.The Leeds defenders had the ball and were passing it amongst themselves deep in their own half. Brett chases one down, the Leeds player passes, Brett chases again and again the defenders pass, Brett chases a third time and the Leeds defender, under pressure, passes it straight to Phillips who scored.

 

I always felt sorry for him when we were 3-2 up against Charlton and Brett had scored two. Into stoppage time he got a break and was one-on-one with the Charlton keeper - who saved it, thus denying Brett a Premiership hat-trick.

 

Happy days.

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