Dodgywheel Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Toto schillaci, Hugo Sanchez and Ronald koeman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frandsen08 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Pat Nevin, Peter Beardsley, Alex Del Piero, Tony Cottee, Duncan Ferguson and Andrei Kanchelskis. when you were duncan ferguson, did it usually end with you twatting someone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 when you were duncan ferguson, did it usually end with you twatting someone? Yes, either Kopites or Germans ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Yes, either Kopites or Germans ! Did you know many Scandinavians as a kid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Did you know many Scandinavians as a kid? Yes, a few RS season ticket holders in the family ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Ive just had a flash back reading this to when my brother was brian laudrup and I was mark hateley. How shit is that! Ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) We must be of a similar age - I was usually Platini in the playground, sometimes reverting to Mario Kempes whenever I bagged. Argentina '78 was a great world cup when I was a kid. You might be a bit older, first World Cup I remember was Spain '82 - for some treasonable reason, I was more partial to France than England in that one. I think it was something to do with a distaste for then England captain Bryan Robson (Munich? Always injured?). The Platini thing stemmed from that, and Juventus were a real force in them days so that probably contributed to my admiration - I genuinely thought my play was 'Platini-esque'. I fucking hate him now - then again he is 'french' (following article: 'Platini - The English hate me because I'm French' from The Telegraph last month). http://www.telegraph...-Im-French.html Mexico '86 was the first World Cup were I was both avidly watching and playing/recreating the incidents with the other lads at school and in the Brooklyn Pub - usually someone would be pressurized into being Manuel Negrete (That isn't a euphemism btw). Edited February 28, 2012 by Youri McAnespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Andoni Goicoechea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 And Ari Haan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 usually someone would be pressurized into being Manuel Negrete (That isn't a euphemism btw). That's just brought back great memories of headers n volleys and "doing a Negrete". Was there ever a better game than headers n volleys??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 That's just brought back great memories of headers n volleys and "doing a Negrete". Was there ever a better game than headers n volleys??? Aren't you supposed to be learning stuff at the minute? Stop fucking about on here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Aren't you supposed to be learning stuff at the minute? Stop fucking about on here! Are you two sat in the same room talking to each other over the internet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HR Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 John Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crawley Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Carlton Palmer. Yes, I was that shit. First football hero ( and probably last) was John Thomas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Are you two sat in the same room talking to each other over the internet? No, I'm in his flat going through his drawers......but dont tell him. He's at college Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 No, I'm in his flat going through his drawers......but dont tell him. He's at college Don't forget to take his skids off your head before he gets back. You made that mistake at mine once, remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_darby Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 That's just brought back great memories of headers n volleys and "doing a Negrete". Was there ever a better game than headers n volleys??? Heads n volleys Wembley singles / doubles (the name if which will no doubt provoke debate) All brilliant You know what, you can shove drinking, smoking, shagging etc....my heaven would be playing these games on a school field in the sky for eternity like we did all day long at every school holiday Fucking brilliant I'm depressed now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youri McAnespie Posted February 28, 2012 Author Share Posted February 28, 2012 (edited) I always preferred one-a-side to headers and volleys, Jules is right - jumpers for goalposts, long summer days/nights, international tournaments every two years - didn't matter what time games were played at, penalty shoot-outs, meal-making saves/tackles/dives Fuck yer Facebook, laptops, Android phones, Beats Headphones, X-Boxlives and all that shite - a Mitre Delta or adidas Tango and an empty 2 litre pop bottle filled with water and in our day, all day entertainment was sorted. Was there any bigger collective feeling of 'what now?' which happened when the ball got skyed onto a roof or elsewhere...'kin ell how many times one of our number risked life and limb retrieving a threadbare 'casey' Edited February 28, 2012 by Youri McAnespie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSBWFC Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Now fcuk off. I'm Johnny Byrom He had more than enough ability for both of us to be him ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted February 28, 2012 Moderators Share Posted February 28, 2012 wembley trophys frido flyaways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Alf Hartigan Posted February 28, 2012 Site Supporter Share Posted February 28, 2012 wembley trophys frido flyaways Fridos were the best balls ever for playground footy. I was always Glenn Hoddle with one of those. More a Dave Sutton with a proper casey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieb Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Fridos were the best balls ever for playground footy. I was always Glenn Hoddle with one of those. More a Dave Sutton with a proper casey. At primary we were put on them yellow sponge balls once like a load of spacs. They were top in summer, it were skills all round and no tackling (just stamp your foot on it and its going nowhere). Different story in winter when some cunt would head it when it were full of puddle water! Also if you had a proper mitre you were probably gonna be a pro footballer, I had to make do with a black magic ball for a fiver from rushtons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bolty58 Posted February 29, 2012 Members Share Posted February 29, 2012 He had more than enough ability for both of us to be him ! Fair point. You can have the bread delivery and hod carrying skills then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Passing & Shooting. Grids - were you played with a stone as a ball & you each had a grid for you goal. Obviously when a goal was scored you needed a new "ball". Then there was indoor 3-a-side in the school hall. There'd be a mat for the keeper to dive around on. The net woud be a bench on its side. The ball was a large tennis-er or one of those sponge ones. Half the time you shoot, it'd hit the mat & spin over the "bar"/bench. Great days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter barryk32 Posted February 29, 2012 Site Supporter Share Posted February 29, 2012 10 and you're dead. You got varying amounts of points for different goals, if you got to 10 points the goalie would get a mild beating. If the ball went out of play or the keeper caught it, last person to touch it went in net. Belting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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