Tugay

[simongarnerisgod]

favourite tugay moment was against arsenal circa 2003, one nil up around the hour mark,deep inside arsenals half,tugay feigned to pass it out wide then arrowed a low shot,right in the corner,past the moaning git goalie lehman,it messed up arsenals title challenge as well,tugay was immense that day and gillespie tormented  the arsenal full back van bronkhorst back so badly he was taken off at half time,tugay is  deffo in the top five of my rovers legends,nearly as good as the immortal garner himself☺️

[BlackburnEnd75]

One of the many things I loved about Tugay is how he clearly loved being here. A genuine one off in many ways, the best player I've ever seen seen at ewood and my favourite player by a country mile.

[Leonard Venkhater]

Apologies, if you have seen this before, but I just came across this by accident. Maybe,

not quite my taste, but one for our younger readers?

 

[Exiled_Rover]

On 14/08/2020 at 10:59, Displaced Rover said:

"Tugay and Dunn were flanked by Damien Duff and Gary Flitcroft, two wingers who added electric pace and cutting edge creativity to the ranks"

The electric pace of renowned winger Gary Flitcroft?!?! Ha ha

My favourite Tugay memory is probably him having Gerrard on a piece of string for 80 minutes, including that step over and slide rule pass to set up the winner.

I find reminiscing about Tugay (and others from our illustrious history) a very sad reminder of what has happened to our club...

I often catch my mind drifting at Ewood these days and thinking "I used to sit here watching Tugay, Jansen, McCarthy, Duff...what the fuck happened?"

It makes the current dross painful to watch.

[Leonard Venkhater]

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I often catch my mind drifting at Ewood these days and thinking "I used to sit here watching Tugay, Jansen, McCarthy, Duff...what the fuck happened?"

It makes the current dross painful to watch.

It was stolen from us too!

[Herbie6590]

I've shared these photos before but what the hell...

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0ZJqWzChGIq96G

[Admiral Nelsen]

1 minute ago, Herbie6590 said:

I've shared these photos before but what the hell...

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0ZJqWzChGIq96G

Never mind late thirties, he looks about 90 in some of those snaps! No wonder Noble thought he could run him ragged.

[tonygreenbank]

One of my favourite players at Rovers. He always reminds me a little bit of Salgado. Both tremendous players from famous club backgrounds who both gave their all for the club. No big time Charlies. 
I remember feeling gutted when Tugay was banned for the League Cup Final as it would been his showpiece game.

Does anyone know where he is now and what he’s doing?

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

1 hour ago, tonygreenbank said:

One of my favourite players at Rovers. He always reminds me a little bit of Salgado. Both tremendous players from famous club backgrounds who both gave their all for the club. No big time Charlies. 
I remember feeling gutted when Tugay was banned for the League Cup Final as it would been his showpiece game.

Does anyone know where he is now and what he’s doing?

Last worked as Mancini's assistant at Galatasaray in 2014.

This is from his wiki though:-

His prowess as a cook is also revered, and in 2010 he was victorious in the Turkish version of the television programme MasterChef.

He certainly left me drooling...

 

[frosty]

2 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

I've shared these photos before but what the hell...

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0ZJqWzChGIq96G

First time I've seen that 'Goodbye Tugay Welcome Tuncay' banner (penultimate pic)! Having googled, it looks like we were linked with him a year later, summer 2010, but not before. Random one.

Great album though and an excellent day - Ewood packed, top players in the blue and white including the great man's final game, the sun shining and yet another season of top flight football to look forward to. 

[AAK]

3 hours ago, Admiral Nelsen said:

Never mind late thirties, he looks about 90 in some of those snaps! No wonder Noble thought he could run him ragged.

Noble said he was the best player he’s ever played against didn’t he lol, he was wrong, found out the hard way didn’t he.

Edited August 15, 2020 by AAK

[davulsukur]

A genuine Rovers legend.

The volleys he rifled in past Fulham and Spurs were unreal hits.

Easily one of my favourite ever Rovers.

Incredibly sad to know that the chances of seeing a player of that level play for us again, is slim to none.

[Prelude]

15 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

I've shared these photos before but what the hell...

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0ZJqWzChGIq96G

Thanks for these, spotted myself in the background on a couple of the pics ?

[davulsukur]

Speaking of the Maestro

 

[GHR]

This will have been said by many others I'm sure, but I want to join in the deserved praise.

As someone too young to remember the 1990s I have to make do with the early and mid 2000s for my 'good old days', and this bloke was the centrepiece.

He was in his 30s when he joined, smoked like there's no tomorrow and scarcely warmed up; but he could do whatever he wanted with the ball and always gave his everything. The goals, accolades, quotes and World Cup exploits speak for themselves, but my fondest memory however is the genuine love you could tell he had for us, and we showed back. In a sport nowadays where players are judged by spreadsheets of data and their rating on Fifa, I fear the Tugays of this world are a dying breed, for absolute shame. Thank god then that Souness took the punt on it working out for him at Rovers when it hadn't at Rangers. In doing so, he gave us Rovers' greatest foreign player ever, my favourite player ever, and the club arguably one of it's five greatest players in history.

If, somehow, Tugay ends up dropping back over here for whatever reason, I really hope he does 'An evening with...' like MGP did and Samba was to. The bloke would sell out Kings George's Hall!

Our Turkish Delight.

Edited August 16, 2020 by GHR

[bazza]

22 hours ago, davulsukur said:

 

 

Incredibly sad to know that the chances of seeing a player of that level play for us again, is slim to none.

Don't give up hope. In the late 80s/early 90s we saw our best player, Simon Barker, sold to first division QPR (ffs) in order to balance the books. Financially Rovers were knackered and then Jack came along and waved a magic wand.

We never know what the future holds for us so don't give up hope.

[Atko's Engine]

10 hours ago, davulsukur said:

Speaking of the Maestro

 

Just, wonderful.

What's the phrase? Better to have loved & lost than never to have loved at all?

Sigh.

[simongarnerisgod]

On 15/08/2020 at 20:35, AAK said:

Noble said he was the best player he’s ever played against didn’t he lol, he was wrong, found out the hard way didn’t he.

he also said he fancied his chances against him cos he had grey hair and looked about 60,taught him a lesson did`nt it,i don`t think noble got within tackle distance the who match,rovers 7-1 west ham!!!

[DeeCee]

8 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

he also said he fancied his chances against him cos he had grey hair and looked about 60,taught him a lesson did`nt it,i don`t think noble got within tackle distance the who match,rovers 7-1 west ham!!!

Was talking to a WH fan on another forum and I posted the clip of Noble saying that Tugay was the best he'd played against.

His response which I thought was quite funny was: "I knew his (Noble's) legs had gone, I didn't think his head had though"

[Displaced Rover]

1 hour ago, simongarnerisgod said:

he also said he fancied his chances against him cos he had grey hair and looked about 60,taught him a lesson did`nt it,i don`t think noble got within tackle distance the who match,rovers 7-1 west ham!!!

Different games mate. In the video Noble is talking about an FA Cup game, early in his career (think Noble made his debut 04/05).  The 7-1 was in our first season back, Autumn 2001.

[Miller11]

One Tugay goal that never gets the credit it deserves was the one against Basel in the UEFA cup at Ewood when we wore red at home.

The touch, the turn, the way he just lifts it in the top corner from 25 yards. Ridiculous goal. Doesn’t get the hype that some in the premier league do, but probably his best.

[Stuart]

4 hours ago, MCMC1875 said:

How many things did Tugay famously do when substituted to waste time? Summat like 24? Can remember shin pads off, boots off, waving to the fans and shaking hands with the officials. 

And all after walking over to the Riverside before the board went up to make the journey as long as possible.

I credit Tugay with the rule change for subs going off the field at the nearest point. ☺️

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

He will be still talked about for many decades to come by those of us blessed enough to have seen him in the Blue n White.The rapport he had with the fans is something sadly lacking now.

You don't know what you've had till it's gone.

 

[bluebruce]

4 hours ago, Miller11 said:

One Tugay goal that never gets the credit it deserves was the one against Basel in the UEFA cup at Ewood when we wore red at home.

The touch, the turn, the way he just lifts it in the top corner from 25 yards. Ridiculous goal. Doesn’t get the hype that some in the premier league do, but probably his best.

Yep I agree, this goal was unreal and definitely one of his very best.

 

[Mike E]

14 hours ago, MCMC1875 said:

How many things did Tugay famously do when substituted to waste time? Summat like 24? Can remember shin pads off, boots off, waving to the fans and shaking hands with the officials. 

Tugay had it down to a fine art.

From an old post on here (can't remember who I nicked it off for Facebook):

Step 1 - Glance over to bench to get inkling he was coming off

Step 2 - Decide to try something outrageous or overly skillful as a parting gift

Step 3 - Drift over to the Riverside Stand

Step 4 - Look at the fans in the Riverside as the board went up.

Step 5 - Ignore the board

Step 6 - Wait for prompting or the stadium announcer to call out ''Number 5......Tugay''

Step 7 - Look suprised

Step 8 - Remove shinpads

Step 9 - Loosen Socks

Step 10 - Tuck shinpads into shorts

Step 11 - Applaud the Riverside Stand

Step 12 - Start the walk off

Step 13 - Applaud the Darwen End

Step 14 - Wait for the referee to come and tell you to hurry up

Step 15 - Shake hands with the referee, tell him what a wonderful job he's doing/done

Step 16 - Brisk walk or lazy jog for ten paces

Step 17 - Applaud the Blackburn End

Step 18 - Wait for ''Tugay you are my Turkish delight''

Step 19 - Kiss or pat badge on shirt

Step 20 - Shake hands with the left back/left winger

Step 21 - Shake hands with opposition right back as they come to tell you to hurry up

Step 22 - Applaud Jack Walker Stand

Step 23 - Final curtain call to all four sides

Step 24 - Affectionate handshake and/or hug with player coming on

Step 25 - Shake hands with manager

Step 26 - Shake hands with all the coaching staff

Step 27 - High Fives to fans sitting near the Rovers dugout

Step 28 - High Five to fellow subs

Step 29 - Final Wave

Step 30 - Finally Sit Down