Ferenc Puskas

[Simon Buttle]

I came across this video with lot's of old footage of Puskas and it's probably the best stuff I have ever seen of him. I know we have a few older members on the forum and was just wondering if any of them actually saw him play and how good was he?

 

[Nymzee]

My grandad rated him higher than Maradona.

 

[Simon Buttle]

My grandad rated him higher than Maradona.

Funny that as mine saw Pele at GP but he used to say exactly the same thing.

 

[Tubey]

What's mad about him was that he was 31 when he joined Madrid. And promptly went on and score near enough a goal a game for six straight years.

Being mid-30s in the 60's and doing that is absolutely bonkers.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

I came across this video with lot's of old footage of Puskas and it's probably the best stuff I have ever seen of him. I know we have a few older members on the forum and was just wondering if any of them actually saw him play and how good was he?

My old man saw him play in the flesh in the 1950s at Molineux. Reckons he, and his Honved team mates, were some of the best he watched. High praise indeed, as he watched sone of the greats from the 50s, 60s and 70s.

 

[Simon Buttle]

My old man saw him play in the flesh in the 1950s at Molineux. Reckons he, and his Honved team mates, were some of the best he watched. High praise indeed, as he watched sone of the greats from the 50s, 60s and 70s.

Yeah my Grandad lived to a fairly ripe old age and so was able to have seen everyone from Dixie up to going to GP and watching Pele but the one he always used to go on about how the 'Hungarian fatman' was just different level to everyone else.

 

[degsy]

I came across this video with lot's of old footage of Puskas and it's probably the best stuff I have ever seen of him. I know we have a few older members on the forum and was just wondering if any of them actually saw him play and how good was he?

He was there or there abouts the Messi of his day is about as near as I can get

 

[Simon Buttle]

He was there or there abouts the Messi of his day is about as near as I can get

Of all the bits of footage I have ever seen that's exactly how I would sum him up tbh, he is like the original version.

 

[davek]

I came across this video with lot's of old footage of Puskas and it's probably the best stuff I have ever seen of him. I know we have a few older members on the forum and was just wondering if any of them actually saw him play and how good was he?

The narrator needs to calm down!

Some player, but William Ralph Dean laughs at his paltry record of 40 odd goals in one season.

This club does not make enough out of Dixie Dean. He should be mentioned in the same breath as Eusebio, Cruyff, Puskas, Di Stefano, Messi, Ronaldo, Garrincha and only just short of Pele and Maradona.

 

[degsy]

Dean, Puskas, Pele, Cruyff, Best, Maradona etc, through to Messi, Ronaldo, they're all different, different times, teams, shapes even, you get to that level its hard split them...Impossible really.
But Puskas is in there

 

[allezlesbleus]

Manager of Panathanaikos when we played them in the European Cup QF March 1971. Jimmy Husband in the form of his left. Crocked after about 20 minutes I think. That is my main thought when Puskas is mentioned.

 

[Yarrgh]

The narrator needs to calm down!

Some player, but William Ralph Dean laughs at his paltry record of 40 odd goals in one season.

This club does not make enough out of Dixie Dean. He should be mentioned in the same breath as Eusebio, Cruyff, Puskas, Di Stefano, Messi, Ronaldo, Garrincha and only just short of Pele and Maradona.

He is of the highest echelon. I fully agree that he should be made more of. Even the most casual of football fans no matter where they are in the world should know his name. If they don't, our PR are failing.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Seeing the way he skipped past defenders and the power in his shot, I get the impression he was what I thought Rooney would be.

 

[chrismpw]

Dean, Puskas, Pele, Cruyff, Best, Maradona etc, through to Messi, Ronaldo, they're all different, different times, teams, shapes even, you get to that level its hard split them...Impossible really.
But Puskas is in there

You forgot to add Big Nev.

 

[gonetomorrow]

I saw him play v Hibs at Easter Road in a challenge match 1964. 30,000 crowd. Hibs had Cormack, Stanton, Willie Hamilton. Real had Puskas and Gento who was lightning quick. I still have the programme which my dad got Hibs manager Jock Stein to sign.
A different world.