"if Gascoigne Is Worth £4.5M, How Much Is Jess Worth?" Great Article

[Donsmad1986]

https://www.footballscotland.co.uk/spfl/scottish-premiership/aberdeen-legend-eoin-jess-most-16232358

 

What a player! 

[ebbe]

The Boofon will be moist reading that.

[Dynamo]

Oh for a player of his quality now.

[Fridge]

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/2375440/michael-carrick-eoin-jess-man-united-aberdeen-fan-bbc/

[Fridge]

How old are you MT, did you see him play? Jess in his prime was the most arrogant player about?

 

Zero fucks given. Give me the ball I am better than them and attack.

[Dr_Manhattan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV6_E-FkBgs

 

Back in the old BBC forum days, one poster was selling DVDs of practically every televised AFC goal of the early 90's.

 

90 mins or so of Jess, Booth, Nicholas, Gillhaus and Shearer.

 

Actually, I'm away to look for it.

[Cowie]

Oh for a player of his quality now.

Doubt we could develop a player like him now.

 

Would guess Fraser is probably closest- but his interviews indicate it wasn't really till Bournemouth that he managed to kick on.

[King Street Loon]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV6_E-FkBgs

 

Back in the old BBC forum days, one poster was selling DVDs of practically every televised AFC goal of the early 90's.

 

90 mins or so of Jess, Booth, Nicholas, Gillhaus and Shearer.

 

Actually, I'm away to look for it.

Ahh, the good old days.

[Fridge]

Only got into football from about 96, properly

 

He didn't look like an arrogant guy, Never knew that but I like it

 

What was up with his eye?

He is down to earth in real life but on the pitch a joy to watch and was arrogant. That game in particular we were singing “Paul Gasgoine goes to the bar and gets fucking plastered, then he goes home and beats his wife, fat Geordie bastard”

 

Taunting the Hun fucks was genius. Let the ball go through his legs and flicked it up behind on the touch line and did Keepy ups.

[Betty Swallicks]

Jess was absolute class.

 

Him and Jess were a joy to watch.

[jamiesd]

Jess was class. On his day just a joy to watch. Probably the last legend to play for us.....nae a make on one like Zero or Bisconti

[graham]

Eoin Jess wasa fantastic player,two footed,skilful,could beat a man,he had it all.

[NEM]

How old are you MT, did you see him play? Jess in his prime was the most arrogant player about?

 

Zero fucks given. Give me the ball I am better than them and attack.

 

 

Not as much TV back then so he'll have rarely seen Jess play 

[Ten Caat]

Remember that fat slob Gerry McNee giving the world his "I can exclusively reveal" news that Jess would be signing for oldco within "the next week" roundabout 91/92. (sure he did the same with Booth a couple of years later but maybe my mind is playing tricks on me).

 

Guy was  a class act, made us a nice profit and we got the best years of his career. Just think he was too small to make it in England hence why only Coventry took the chance but by all accounts he bombed there. Would have done better abroad.....I think a French club would have suited him down to the ground.

[OnceFaeMintlaw]

my mum walked me down in the rain to take me but we were too late to get a ticket apparently..

 

Final was the first game I watched on TV, at my at the time, 90 year old Lithuanian, Celtic fan aunties house!

 

I am sad I cant remember him the first time round and also sad there appears to be no real video of the keepie uppies

 

Was there not a story that gascoigne told jess he was going to break his legs?

 

Why the FUCK did he only end up at Coventry and Bradford and with less than 20 Scotland caps

 

Is that not absolutely criminal?

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD9jVvIKwvI

 

Not the best quality (to say the least), but at around 2 minutes in, you'll see the keepie-ups.

[King Street Loon]

my mum walked me down in the rain to take me but we were too late to get a ticket apparently..

 

Final was the first game I watched on TV, at my at the time, 90 year old Lithuanian, Celtic fan aunties house!

 

I am sad I cant remember him the first time round and also sad there appears to be no real video of the keepie uppies

 

Was there not a story that gascoigne told jess he was going to break his legs?

 

Why the FUCK did he only end up at Coventry and Bradford and with less than 20 Scotland caps

 

Is that not absolutely criminal?

https://youtu.be/smWXSQxvzY8

 

https://youtu.be/BFl321R7C58

[NEM]

Remember that fat slob Gerry McNee giving the world his "I can exclusively reveal" news that Jess would be signing for oldco within "the next week" roundabout 91/92. (sure he did the same with Booth a couple of years later but maybe my mind is playing tricks on me).

 

Guy was  a class act, made us a nice profit and we got the best years of his career. Just think he was too small to make it in England hence why only Coventry took the chance but by all accounts he bombed there. Would have done better abroad.....I think a French club would have suited him down to the ground.

 

 

It was Chick Young not McNee

[Betty Swallicks]

Jess was absolute class.

 

Him and Jess were a joy to watch.

 

 

Eh?

 

Class player. Bad decision (or advice) to join Coventry. No idea why one of the big English clubs didn't come in for him earlier.

 

Ha! Jess and Hans.

[Ke1t]

Think a couple of Italian clubs were interested, but if he'd gone there the Dons would have received fuck all by way of compensation. 

 

When Coventry came in with the bucks he moved to England in the knowledge Aberdeen would get the cash. 

 

Personally, I think that kind of attitude is what makes a club legend. 

 

Strachan, if I recall correctly, was somewhat pissed that Aberdeen resigned him for about a million less than we'd sold him for, so that was an added bonus to the saga. He may have mumbled some shite about tight-fisted Aberdonians to the media, but fuck that guy. 

 

I believe Jess was in the side, as was Booth, that was going to see Rangers (1872 - 2012) report Aberdeen to the authorities for planning to field a weakened side against Celtic just when the two were breaking into the first team. In keeping with neither of those players giving a flying fuck about 'big clubs' reputations, they played the Tims off the park because they were fearless and talented. That put paid to the Huns' plan to report Aberdeen, and that was another added bonus because we'd shut both cheeks fucking mouths in one fell swoop. 

 

Aberdeen used to be fearless against Celtic and Rangers, btw. 

[Jocky Balboa]

Think a couple of Italian clubs were interested, but if he'd gone there the Dons would have received fuck all by way of compensation.

 

When Coventry came in with the bucks he moved to England in the knowledge Aberdeen would get the cash.

 

Personally, I think that kind of attitude is what makes a club legend.

 

Strachan, if I recall correctly, was somewhat pissed that Aberdeen resigned him for about a million less than we'd sold him for, so that was an added bonus to the saga. He may have mumbled some shite about tight-fisted Aberdonians to the media, but fuck that guy.

 

I believe Jess was in the side, as was Booth, that was going to see Rangers (1872 - 2012) report Aberdeen to the authorities for planning to field a weakened side against Celtic just when the two were breaking into the first team. In keeping with neither of those players giving a flying fuck about 'big clubs' reputations, they played the Tims off the park because they were fearless and talented. That put paid to the Huns' plan to report Aberdeen, and that was another added bonus because we'd shut both cheeks fucking mouths in one fell swoop.

 

Aberdeen used to be fearless against Celtic and Rangers, btw.

Good post. It may sound incredible now, to fans under 35 or so, but the teams we had between 1988-89 season and 1990-91, then in Willie Miller's first two seasons, would have given anyone in Britain a real game. That we fielded not only several Scottish, but a few Dutch internationals (when they were reigning European champions) and came within an inch of knocking a crack Italian side out of Europe in that time, seems inconceivable, yet we really were that good.

[Dr_Manhattan]

All true.

 

Although the trophies may have dried up a little in the late 80's, we were still a formidable side. If Heysel had never happened and we hadn't ended up competing with half the England team, who knows what might have happened. 

[Ke1t]

Good post. It may sound incredible now, to fans under 35 or so, but the teams we had between 1988-89 season and 1990-91, then in Willie Miller's first two seasons, would have given anyone in Britain a real game. That we fielded not only several Scottish, but a few Dutch internationals (when they were reigning European champions) and came within an inch of knocking a crack Italian side out of Europe in that time, seems inconceivable, yet we really were that good.

 

Cheers, min. 

 

Although 'great post' is what I was shooting for. 

 

[King Street Loon]

I saw Jess in my first ever Aberdeen game, old man took me. 4-2 loss against the now deceased rangers. He scored an indirect free kick in the box from an Andy Dow lay off. Was a bit before my time but he was always described as a touch of class by everyone I’ve spoken to. The starting 11 for that game was Leighton, Smith, Inglis, Perry, Whyte, Winters, Jess, Mayer, Young, Kiriakov, Newell.

Jess deserved better than that.

[strachanmcgheegoal]

I saw Jess in my first ever Aberdeen game, old man took me. 4-2 loss against the now deceased rangers. He scored an indirect free kick in the box from an Andy Dow lay off. Was a bit before my time but he was always described as a touch of class by everyone I’ve spoken to. The starting 11 for that game was Leighton, Smith, Inglis, Perry, Whyte, Winters, Jess, Mayer, Young, Kiriakov, Newell.

Ah the old let’s not have any full backs and hope no-one notices routine. Thank goodness we binned that quick sticks.

[TheRock]

I think that was the equaliser at 2-2, if it's the game I remember. Must have just been right after half time?

[Just Dandy]

Jess was absolute class.

 

Him and Jess were a joy to watch.

 

Aye, and if I'm remembering right, those two were in the same team as Jess?

 

What a midfield that was.

[Fridge]

Team if I recall would been pretty much:

Snelders

 

McKimmie Mcliesh Miller Robertson

 

Jess Grant Bett Mason

 

Hans Nicholas

[Dandyesque]

Jess deserved better than that.

A bit harsh on Smith and Winters - both good players who would have looked better in better company

[Yorston Vasey]

Think a couple of Italian clubs were interested, but if he'd gone there the Dons would have received fuck all by way of compensation.

Torino, was it not? Just after our European tie against them, I seem to remember they were reports they were to sign him and Booth in a double deal.

[V for Vendetta]

He'd have done well in Italy you'd think.

 

Time on the ball and an appreciation of talented footballers.