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Claim To Fame!

Not that good mine

 

Against

 

Matt Derbyshire - Blackburn

Simon Whaley - Preston

Glen Keeley - Ex Pro

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Mine is even worse......

 

I kicked lumps out of Paul Wheatcroft, once of the Munichs and us for a short time. He still had a blinder.

Gary Flitcroft

Mark Robbins

Peter Nicholson (Burnden 7s)

 

played with Ronnie Irani at football.

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Mine is even worse......

 

I kicked lumps out of Paul Wheatcroft, once of the Munichs and us for a short time. He still had a blinder.

 

Works on reception at David Lloyd now

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Gary Flitcroft

Mark Robbins

Peter Nicholson (Burnden 7s)

 

played with Ronnie Irani at football.

 

Him and his brother have a team now on prems.

Played football with the three Flitcroft brothers.

 

Played football with Nigel Benn as well.........but that was just a kick around on a beach in Tenerife so it doesn't really count

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Works on reception at David Lloyd now

 

He was in sales there until about 18 months ago, he now works for a mortgage company.

 

I have played cricket with Ronnie Irani.

Hit Ronnie Irani for 4

Got smashed out of the ground by Warren Hegg

 

Played football against Nigel Jemson and Lenny Johnrose (who?) and with Badly Drawn Boy.

I,LL GET THIS ONE IN FOR SEASONED FREELOADER (HE,S CURRENTLY IN HOSPITAL AFTER AN OPERATION) HE BOWLED FLINTOFF FIRST BALL - I THINK HE HAS ONLY MENTIONED 250 TIMES BEFORE ON HERE .

just remembered a couple more, I once played in a 5-a-side tournament at Highbury, and our keeper was Gareth Gray, also in the "squad" were Paul Hughes and Chris O'Brien - for those of you that don't know, they were "fringe players" for BWFC about 15 years ago

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i played in a game on the pitch at the bok end of season game a couple of the backroom staff played, think some of them are ex pro's, not to sure

 

also played with

 

Aaron Grundy - Bury

Mick Bennett - Ex Bolton, Tower FM

I once played up front with John McGinlay on Magaluf beach - does that count? :-k

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I once played up front with John McGinlay on Magaluf beach - does that count? :-k

 

Seeing as its Super John yeah

couple of charity games with

Tony Kelly

Nicky Spooner

Mike Whitlow

David Lee

 

and the 'Real' Jules Darby

 

other than that

Stephen Marshall (former Kilmarnock)

Dave Felgate

Pete Morris

 

played against

Wes Brown

Dean Holden

Ronaldinho at Bolton Lads club.

kick about on the fields near nev nevilles house against

 

Paul Scholes

David Beckham

Chris Casper

The Neville bros

and a few others from the academy,

They must've been about 16/17 ish at the time and probably played footy against most kids from greenmount at some point.

karen carney the england ladys striker played for a 5 a-side team against mine we didt no she was a pro at the time and she scored 8 goals past us so we were all feeling slightly embaresed in the pub after the game. oh and seen as othere people are metioning cricket i once played against tufnell and had a net with a few derbyshire lads including corky

Ronaldinho at Bolton Lads club.

 

 

:rofl:

kick about on the fields near nev nevilles house against

 

Paul Scholes

David Beckham

Chris Casper

The Neville bros

and a few others from the academy,

They must've been about 16/17 ish at the time and probably played footy against most kids from greenmount at some point.

 

And you didn't kick them to f?ck? Shame on you, Frankie boy! :nea:

Played with Dennis Irwin when he was at Wolves, just a kick about for my dads team, one of the players knew him and brought him down.

Nicky Adams. Plays for Bury, was on Bolton/Man U's books. Not played with or again, but he is my wife's 1st cousin.

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Played quite a few but best known would be:

 

Andy Hughes - currently with Leeds - ex Oldham, Reading, Norwich

 

Andy Holt - currently with Northampton - ex Oldham, Hull, Wrexham

 

Paul McGrath - top bloke when sober

 

Mickey Thomas - wouldn't lend me a tenner...

 

Of Bolton:

 

Tony Kelly

Nicky Spooner

Mick Whitlow

 

Plus lad me and gumbo played with as a junior played a game or two for Macc Town in div 4 and subsequently played a few games for the Azerbaijan national team

I played American football on Naples beach in Florida with a guy called Chris Chambers who was a wide reciever or running back for the Miami Dolphins a couple of years ago.

 

He dropped the ball twice claiming he had the sun in his eyes, but I just think he was a bit shite.

 

Bird was a stunner mind.

Played against -

 

Peter Nicholson

 

Phil Brown

 

Roy Greaves

andy goram, before he turned jock

footy - Neil mellor

cricket - chris schofield

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