Honest journeyman pro signed on loan by Mick Harford to bolster a midfield that appeared to have forgotten how to tackle. He was recalled to Palace the same day as we signed the football genius that is Daryll Powell, though I think it was coincidence rather than any assessment of their relative merits. (Not that Powell actually had any merits, as it turned out; thanks, Mr Megson).

A few weeks later he signed for Leeds United.