Watching the video of Geoff Thomas reminded me of what a great skipper he was, Im only 26 so post 80's Im out of the loop! But in my life time Thomas wins hands down, capatain for an FA cup final and a true leader on the pitch. Who would u recognise as your favourite captain from the past?

Apologies if this has been posted in the past, if it has I dont remember it so my bad!!

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yes, and dont forget he's "stunning" goal against dirty Leeds!!

I bet Gary Sprake still has nightmares about that one - they got they're own back soon after by kicking John Craven off the pitch after he'd scored two goals

John "Shovel" Sewell - AKA The Duke. Possibly not our greatest captain, but he has the distinction of leading us into the top flight for the first time, and playing his entire career (over 500 games in total) without ever getting booked!..

A gentleman.

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Gary Sprake made a right mess of that,think I laughed all the way down the Whitehorse Lane after the game.
Classic shovel goal.

........................Then along came Johnny Byrne! and the rest, as they say, is history.....................

In my younger days I always looked up to Johnny McNichol,a very good captain but I guess Cannon has to be in the reckoning along with Geoff Thomas.

Edited by eagle in cornwall (04 Feb 2011 12.00pm)

........................Then along came Johnny Byrne! and the rest, as they say, is history.....................