Unofficial Halesowen Town FC Forum

Dan Platt made his 276th appearance for the Yeltz yesterday. It may seem like an innocuous number, but for the stat-heads among you it's actually quite significant.

Platt is now the second longest-serving goalkeeper in Halesowen history, having just overtaken Joe Harper (who made 275 recorded appearances between 1901 and 1910). The only keeper who has played more Halesowen games is Phil Coldicott.

If you missed it in yesterday's programme, you can read the full article here:
https://medium.com/@benbullock55/c65b44bac7ca

If you had to choose between Phil Coldicott and Dan Platt i wonder who most would go for, To me the best goalie i have seen at the grove for the Town would have been Danny McDonnell.

Honourable mention to Tim clarke and i think his name was Mark Hart the season we chased Rushden for the title was outstanding that season might be wrong on the name there.

All correct. And I agree with the names you mention too.
Danny stands alone for me, and I’d take Platty over Phil (sorry Phil).
Some honourable mentions to Paul Evans for holding the fort in the worst of times, Nick Bussey for overplaying the requisite levels of yampiness and Kevan Williams for giving hope to the amply be-gutted. Alan Pemberton was useful as well.

YeltzDoc wrote: ↑

27 Dec 2023, 15:15

All correct. And I agree with the names you mention too.
Danny stands alone for me, and I’d take Platty over Phil (sorry Phil).
Some honourable mentions to Paul Evans for holding the fort in the worst of times, Nick Bussey for overplaying the requisite levels of yampiness and Kevan Williams for giving hope to the amply be-gutted. Alan Pemberton was useful as well.

This.
Danny could have played at a much, much higher level but I believe work was prioritised. Legend.