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scousedom said:
Have any other Hamlet players even been to the Olympics, either during or after their stint at the Club? Feels like this could be fairly unique...?
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I came across another one from the GB 1960 squad recently, goalkeeper Brian Wakefield (then with Corinthian Casuals) joined the Hamlet 7 or 8 years later following a spell with Kingstonian.

I've also just seen that Tom Derry has joined Slough from Braintree.
 
Honourable mention for Jimmy Glass, scoring the goal that kept Carlisle United in the football league after playing about a dozen games for the Hamlet at the end of the 1980s… Believe Perry Skinner was an outfield player before being converted into a goalkeeper though whether he was any more successful there than between the sticks I’m not aware… And didn’t the late Trevor Jones play up front in one game away to Dagenham when the squad was down to the bare bones, I forget the year…
 
Paula_G said:
Perry Skinner was an outfield player before being converted into a goalkeeper though whether he was any more successful there than between the sticks I’m not aware… And didn’t the late Trevor Jones play up front in one game away to Dagenham when the squad was down to the bare bones, I forget the year…
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Perry Skinner certainly never appeared as an outfield player for the Hamlet.

Trevor Jones played half a game on the left wing at Dagenham in 1996, having started the match in goal. Following a couple of first half injuries our only remaining substitute was a second goalkeeper, Gary McCann. He came on at the start of the second half to play in goal, on the basis that there was little to choose between the two experienced keepers but Jones was a significantly better outfielder who regularly played as a striker for a Sunday team. Jones didn't score for us though!
 
Not for the first team but Perry did play for other Hamlet teams as a outfield, the original Supporters’ team or so I’m reliably informed..
 
Pink Panther is usually better on old time names than me but didn't Gary arrive the following season? I think the other keeper that day was Dave Brace?

I remember walking to the ground from the tube and seeing half the Hamlet team walking in the opposite direction, against a good Daggers side too. And a bemused Daggers fan asking us if the bloke playing up front in the second half had played in goal first half. We managed to burgle a point from memory.
 
Paula_G said:
Not for the first team but Perry did play for other Hamlet teams as a outfield, the original Supporters’ team or so I’m reliably informed..
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Playing outfield for the supporters team is hardly comparable to a first team league or cup match and certainly won't be recorded in the club records. Chico Ramos played up front in the end of season game against Dulwich Village, with Erhun Oztumer in goal.

The original point was "top scoring goalkeeper for the club", i.e. scoring while playing in goal, and to the best of my knowledge Corey Addai is the only one who has ever done that, with a direct free kick from inside his own half.

Roger D said:
Pink Panther is usually better on old time names than me but didn't Gary arrive the following season? I think the other keeper that day was Dave Brace?

I remember walking to the ground from the tube and seeing half the Hamlet team walking in the opposite direction, against a good Daggers side too. And a bemused Daggers fan asking us if the bloke playing up front in the second half had played in goal first half. We managed to burgle a point from memory.
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Dave Brace was only with us for a couple of months at the end of the season. He arrived and departed during Trevor Jones' time with the club, which spanned parts of two seasons. Gary McCann arrived in summer 1996 (to replace Brace) and departed the following February along with Frank Murphy.
 
Who was the defender that went in goal when our keeper injured himself at the end of the first half against T**ting? 0-0 at half time, a 2-0 win to the Hamlet with Omari Coleman scoring a pen?? Every time he made a save or caught the ball we all cheered!
 
Didn't we have a couple of outfield players go in goal at Weston Super-Mare a few years back? Anthony Cook got sent off whilst in goal?
 
Hamlet Pete said:
Who was the defender that went in goal when our keeper injured himself at the end of the first half against T**ting? 0-0 at half time, a 2-0 win to the Hamlet with Omari Coleman scoring a pen?? Every time he made a save or caught the ball we all cheered!
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Jon Ashton
Cyclodunc said:
Didn't we have a couple of outfield players go in goal at Weston Super-Mare a few years back? Anthony Cook got sent off whilst in goal?
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Cookie replaced Preston Edwards in goal at half-time, then was himself replaced in goal by Dan Thompson after getting sent off.
 
Cyclodunc said:
Didn't we have a couple of outfield players go in goal at Weston Super-Mare a few years back? Anthony Cook got sent off whilst in goal?
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Must have been a few outfield players go in goal after an injury or sending off down the years… A couple that spring to mind are Kalvin Morath-Gibbs and Lewis Gonsalves… Wonder if there has been a situation where this has happened after the player going in goal has scored?
 
Pink Panther said:
He didn't hang about long at Hayes.
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About as long as Carew at Haywards Heath. I'd watched highlights of a couple of HH's friendlies - he didn't really seem into the whole 90 minutes thing and could only be seen strolling around in the centre circle in the first halves.

So he joins Deano Macca at Erith, the PSG of Southern Counties East. Need to see a bit of that but suspect I might need to be quite quick about it.
 
StephenMac said:
About as long as Carew at Haywards Heath. I'd watched highlights of a couple of HH's friendlies - he didn't really seem into the whole 90 minutes thing and could only be seen strolling around in the centre circle in the first halves.

So he joins Deano Macca at Erith, the PSG of Southern Counties East. Need to see a bit of that but suspect I might need to be quite quick about it.
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Erith are at home to Tooting tonight in the FA Cup for your quick fix!
 
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