Breightmet Boy Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Played against the Bury 1st team, Neville Southall, Stevie Johnson & Craig Madden were in their team. Alongside: Mike Whitlow when he was a Bolton 1st Teamer in a charity game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasoned Traveller Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Pele! End of thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shropshire bwfc Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Played with Jimmy Quinn (once all-time top goalscorer for N. Ire plus scorer at Wembley in 95 play off final) Played against Mickey Thomas - Welsh bloke who prints his own money (or did) (allegedly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shropshire bwfc Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Played with Jimmy Quinn (once all-time top goalscorer for N. Ire plus scorer at Wembley in 95 play off final) Played against Mickey Thomas - Welsh bloke who prints his own money (or did) (allegedly) God, and how could I forget? 3 times against former White Chris Armstrong. He was the only bloke in Wrexham that never scored against me (he used to pack sausages before Wxm signed him and he ended up a ?4m footballer!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigtoe Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Justin Fashanu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted September 21, 2010 Site Supporter Share Posted September 21, 2010 (edited) I once scored a penalty past David Felgate. I was 12 and I assure you he was trying to save it. I also put a young David Beckham right off a corner he took at Burnden in a reserves match years ago by calling him a talentless red wanker who would never make anything of himself. I stand by my opinion. The corner went straight out of play. Edited September 21, 2010 by Spider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briannz Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Played against Alan Ball at school late 1950`s he had just signed for Blackpool. Did nowt against us tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffs Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Greg Strong - Athy Park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyRiddle Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 Lee Bradbury 1992 Army Youth Cup Final, Him for Infantry, me for R Signals, lost on pens after extra time!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ands1 Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I played for Salford school boys with Ryan Wilson - now known as Ryan Giggs. Played against Tony Kelly when he joined Wigan, it was a pre season friendly & I was in goal for Athey Colls, Mick bennet was also in the colls team. Played against Jeff Chandler, he was at Blackpool Wren rovers, I was at Tempest. Tony Caldwell turned out regular for a Salford team (name forgotten maybe willows?) I was playing for Breightmet united. There will be others just racking me brains to remember them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankietheman Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Was on FA coaching course with warwick Rimmer and Roy Greaves. Also played in a friendly against Ralph Gubbins (Lofty's stand in for 58 semi final) Still a good player in late 1980's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_darby Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I played for Salford school boys with Ryan Wilson - now known as Ryan Giggs. Played against Tony Kelly when he joined Wigan, it was a pre season friendly & I was in goal for Athey Colls, Mick bennet was also in the colls team. Played against Jeff Chandler, he was at Blackpool Wren rovers, I was at Tempest. Tony Caldwell turned out regular for a Salford team (name forgotten maybe willows?) I was playing for Breightmet united. There will be others just racking me brains to remember them. When did you play for Breightmet Utd? I played against them when New Mills were down in the Manchester league in the early noughties Seem to remember you had a shocking pitch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgywheel Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Played against Allardyce, Phil Brown and Dean Crombie in a charity match, got beat 16 - 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 steve tohmpson managed my youth team blackpool rangers,played against keiron donolly,ex england under 19 and blackburn player.also played against brett ormerods brother. worked as a coach at the fox kids cup at the reebok and had breif kick about with trevor francis.... thats pretty wank isnt it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumbo Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Gonzo, I worked with Kieron last year, he was on trial at Barrow last I heard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Gonzo, I worked with Kieron last year, he was on trial at Barrow last I heard he was a class apart as a kid,went to warbreck school,the rival of mine,nobody could get near him. i reckon he may of filled out with years gone by,at 13 he was an out and out whizzikid full of pace,but at 16,he was more a playmaker behind the front two,still awsome mind....good luck to the lad,not easy in this day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewman Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Mark Fish, Roy Wegerle, Sammy Troughton, Steve Ingles, Bjorn Gugger, Have been coached by Bill Morgan who played for wolves and coached by Dave Barber who played for Preston and Barnsley Oh, played in the same team as John "bomber" Brown in a guest team at Sun City Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewman Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Justin Fashanu hello sailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_darby Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Played with quite alot over the years, mostly lower league ex-pro's that drifted into non-league Most famous would be: Peter Shilton (won a national penalty comp with him in nets for the final) Bobby Charlton (won a thing at his soccer school as a kid; god knows how old he was but he was still really useful in the 80's) Paul McGrath Mickey Thomas Currently still playing: Andy Hughes (currently at Leeds) Andy Holt (currently at Northampton) Gavin Strachan (Son of Gordon) And ex-Bolton: David Lee Mike Whitlow Tony Kelly Nicky Spooner Holty captained their win at Anfield last night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newton_white Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Kaka although it was only for a couple of minutes but hope it counts Was on holiday in Dubai a few years ago and they organised a staff v guests match. Kaka was staying there at the time and joined in for the first 5 minutes. He's not really allowed to do that kind of thing so only touched the ball a few times but blimey he was good. It was like watching ballet he was soooo graceful To be fair he stayed and watched the whole game and chatted to us at half time (not that we could understand a word he was saying as his English is not very good)and signed autographs for everyone that wanted one. Good fella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ands1 Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 When did you play for Breightmet Utd? I played against them when New Mills were down in the Manchester league in the early noughties Seem to remember you had a shocking pitch? I played for Breightmet around the mid to late 90's. Played many games at New Mills, I used to enjoy a trip there, we even went one day with it lashing down & the ref called it off after we arrived due to the bottom corner flooded. Both New Mills & Breightmet were livid. The pitch at Breightmet has always been the same lumpy clumps of grass all over with lots of sand down the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anewman Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I played for Breightmet around the mid to late 90's. Played many games at New Mills, I used to enjoy a trip there, we even went one day with it lashing down & the ref called it off after we arrived due to the bottom corner flooded. Both New Mills & Breightmet were livid. The pitch at Breightmet has always been the same lumpy clumps of grass all over with lots of sand down the middle. are you over 35 and interested in a vets team??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_darby Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 I played for Breightmet around the mid to late 90's. Played many games at New Mills, I used to enjoy a trip there, we even went one day with it lashing down & the ref called it off after we arrived due to the bottom corner flooded. Both New Mills & Breightmet were livid. The pitch at Breightmet has always been the same lumpy clumps of grass all over with lots of sand down the middle. Yep, Church Lane has a horrendous slope - it often flooded at one end. Made for some interesting "games of 2 halves" though. Since they've gone up the pyramid a bit they've spent a bit on it and it's better now. Worst I saw was at Buxton - we left for an evening cup match and it was fine, then as we got into Buxton it started lashing down...the pitch would have been ok, but the water ran down the main stand for about half an hour before kick off and caused a huge puddle near the half way line that they couldn't shift! We ended up trudging back home... You'll have played just a few years before me...they were always confused up at Breightmet when someone from New Mills turned up with a BWFC bag etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athywhite1958 Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 My old man told me this morning that he played for Hesketh Fletcher (in Athy) in 1941 in the inter schools cup, they played Bolton in the final led by none other than Nat Lofthouse, Bolton won 7-0, th'owd chap can't remember how many Lofty scored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beer_swiller Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Paul Mariner Played For atherton Colls in a friendly against chorley. I played at cetre back and was told to watch their centre forward as he had a reputation for using his elbows. The centre forward scored five that day and gave me one hell of a run around. Some months later a friend said to me, "Denn, do you remember that player who scored five against us pre season, he`s just signed for Plymouth", the rest is history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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