David Batty Debut

Yup was there too, always looked very comfortable on the ball and held the team together. Greatly under-rated by fans of clubs for whom he didn't play for but not by those he did play for!

I was there too - Lowfields Rd ..... 3 quid to get in after grabbing a bus from City Sq.....ah those were the days of being a skint student up at Teesside Poly and travelling down to Leeds for home games.....distinctly remember Batty coming on as he was the same age.....great things were to follow!

Yes great player, and always a favourite with the fans with his total commitment.

Can't believe the funds from his sale to Blackburn were used to buy Carlton Palmer.

Nowt wrong with Carlton Palmer .................. England international you know .............

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yep, we took on a near 29 year old donkey in Palmer for 2.6 mil (donkey being a few rungs below a carthorse)

couple years later Arsenal snaffled up 20 yr old Viera for 3.5 mil

hahaha, and there is this from Viera's wiki:

"Wenger was officially in command of managerial affairs at Arsenal by the start of October (96), but Vieira had already made his mark, coming on as a substitute against Sheffield Wednesday on 16 September 1996, where a The Times match report described him as a "thinking man's Carlton Palmer …