One match wonders

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Fuller
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The appearance of Rob Lainton for Port Vale on Saturday got me thinking of other players that made just one appearance for Cheltenham.
Off the top of my head :-
Miguel de Souza V Birmingham in FA Cup 1990 (and he went on to play for Rushden in that never to be forgotten game !)
Ian Stevens v Northampton 2000 ? (Too far to travel apparently !)
I think Stewart Phillips ex-Hereford & WBA played one game the first match of 91/92 season ?
So who were others for a bit of fun ?
Si Robin
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Bobby Reid (he who is now playing brilliantly at Bristol City) made a few minutes appearance for us at Oxford in 2011/12.
Jon Palmer
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Kevin Bartley, one game, one goal in 1993/94 v Sittingbourne!

Will Puddy and Connor Roberts started one game each in goal.

Marlon Jackson made one brief sub appearance in 2011/12.

Josh Emery too at Southend in 2009.

Plenty more, but there is a selection!
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Malabus
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Ian Stevens and Bobby Reid are the ones I instantly remember.
Flux
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Paul Bastock
Jon Skeen
Chris Taylor - one game in county cup in 1997/98
Derek Bragg - in doing so must have become the oldest player for us ever
Jon Coates - brother of early 90s striker Marc played against Colchester Utd in an LDV game 2002/03
David Wells - think he was a teenage keeper on loan from Bournemouth 1994/95
Lathaniel Rowe-Turner - one of the many Martin Allen loanees to play once
Sam Cox - another MA loanee
Ashley Hemmings - MA loanee
Romone Rose - MA loanee
Luke McCullough - direct from Man Utd used just once 2012/13
Jamal Lawrence
Alex Cooper - last season
Joe Hance - youth player who turned out against Oxford City in our efforts to get out of the FA Trophy as quickly as possible
Luke Thomas - FA Trophy appearance before being snapped up by Derby

Going further back I’m sure I vaguely remember Mark Lockwood and Gary Leeds back in the 1980s but 2 that stick out came from Southampton one called Paul Masters later manager of Winchester and brother in law of Alan Shearer the other I think his surame was Owen

County cup saw Jason Rees also play once while on trail in 2000 I think it was a first team game then but was soon relegated to a reserve fixture in 1999 when it was still on the first team fixture list I remember seeing Lee Burby, Stuart Mitchinson and Lloyd Vanson against Cirencester
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Shade
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I could find the thread from not very long ago about this very subject in order to steal all the answers, but I'm not that fame hungry :lol:
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longmover
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Cant remember his first name but surname Dunwell, missed a pen against Burton.
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longmover wrote:Cant remember his first name but surname Dunwell, missed a pen against Burton.
Richard - think he played a few games on loan from maybe Barnet??
Ralph
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There was an Australian keeper with blonde hair when we were in the Beazer Prem. Think it was only one game
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Richard Dunwell played quite a few games, on loan from Barnet.

The Australian keeper was Scott Starr, but he didn't appear in a competitive game.
RegencyCheltenhamSpa
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Cian Harries. Young lad on loan from Swansea.

Didn’t we sign Toby Ajala on loan but he played zero games?
Ralph
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Jon Palmer wrote:Richard Dunwell played quite a few games, on loan from Barnet.

The Australian keeper was Scott Starr, but he didn't appear in a competitive game.
Yeah that was him. New he had a funny name
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Decided to track some of the one match wonders down, starting with Kevin Bartley: http://bit.ly/1Game1Goal" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Flux
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Jon Palmer wrote:Decided to track some of the one match wonders down, starting with Kevin Bartley: http://bit.ly/1Game1Goal" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Brilliant
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