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Wanderers Ways. Neil Thompson 1961-2021

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There's a 'brushes with the stars' thing in the Guardian's daily football email and yesterday's mail included this:

 

“Back in the early-90s, I spotted the then-Oldham Athletic midfield dynamo Neil Redfearn (now Nasty Leeds gaffer) in front of me at the cash machine in Rochdale town centre. As he turned around, the best I could come up with was ‘I hope you’ve left some money in there for me Neil’, to which he replied: ‘Yes, of course’”

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Ryan Giggs was stood behind me in th queue at the big B&Q near the airport once.

 

My card got declined whilst buying a piece of angle trim and some tile spacers.

 

He didnt offer to pay for me.

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Nick Barmby moved into the next street down from mine when he was at Liverpool. When I knocked on his door to get an autograph, his little lad Jack (now at Rotherham on loan from Leicester), asked me to play football with him, so I did while Nick's milf wife Mandy bought me an ice cream.

 

Nice family.

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I saw lots of footballers on various football pitches.

 

Fact.

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Met Vela in the Foot Locker in Trafford, nice lad, taller than I thought. 

 

I realised afterwards he was with another youth player who I'd completely blanked.

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Once lost some keys in the stadium. Went back to look for them and as a security bod was escorting me through the inner sanctun to find them BSA saw us comming and held open a door for us. What a gent!

Then the same BSA continued to chew gum, open mouthed as Nat's coffin passed him whilst he stood as part of the guard of honour. What a cunt!

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Maxwells on a Monday neet,   Frankie, Neil Whatmore, Peter Reid all great with any mithering drunken Bolton fan Allardyce an out and out Cunt.

 

 

ps when I say any I mean Me  

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Once held the door open for fsa at the reebok and he said fook all

 

Wanker

I offered to buy FSA a drink once

 

he asked for a Smirnoff Ice

 

I told him "Big Sam" shouldn't be drinking an alcopop

 

He then asked for a Bud instead

 

Nearly as bad

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Met Nicky hunt in my local when he was shagging my mate (who is a tidy piece btw).

 

Nobody give a fuck who he was apart from me who was giddy and debating a redition of we all dream of a team of Nicky hunts

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Once went to watch city on a work event m corporate when they had the goat. Jussi was sat next to me, and gave me a lift wom.

He was a secret city fan.

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I was in the sponsors box this season for the Wigan League game and well after the game had finished i went for a piss and on the way back i noticed Max Clayton walking down the corridor towards me so i said to the waitress

Me "Here's my phone will you take a photo of me and Max"

Waitress "Yes no problem"

Me "Any chance of a photo mate"

Him "yes mate" and puts his arm around me and gave me a little squeeze

Me "just for the record i thought you were MOM tonight not Chungy"

Him "that's funny because i didn't even play"

Me "Who the fuck are you then"

Him "Joe Mason"

Me "well if you had've played you would've been"

 

What a cunt

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Scott Sellars once came over to our Wagon Wheels portacabin when I worked for football in the community and asked whether any of us had change for a £50 note. He left looking sheepish when we told him we were all on £37.50 a week.

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About the same time as the story above -

 

We'd been around the Schools doing coaching sessions for the kids. After the 10 week course finished, the kids got a guided tour of the stadium.

 

We'd just signed Dean Holdsworth and as I was walking over to the ground to meet the kids, I spotted him, wearing one of those Kangol hats like Samuel L Jackson. He was surrounded by the class I was teaching who were all getting autographs. Only one lad actually knew who he was, but the other 20 or so we're just following suit.

 

Anyway, as I rounded the corner - they all cheered and ran towards me with their autograph books, leaving Dean Holdsworth standing there looking stupid with a pen in his hand and a look on his face as if to say 'who the fuck are you'.

 

Just for comedy timing a bloke in a van on the car park chose that moment to shout out of his window 'Oi Dean, you can take that stupid fucking hat off as well. You're up North now son'.

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Oval, England Vs Windies (Viv Richards last test in England). Hung about for ages hoping to get Sir Vivs autograph. Got bored of waiting outside so managed to blag my way in to the pavilion. Coming down the empty staircase as I walked up was Graham Gooch. I giggled Like a girl, said some bollocks and then wiped the sweat of GG forehead. What a fucking tool!

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Stood next to Stuart Pearce whilst watching the Cure at Move festival at OT. May be a bit shit at football management, but he knows his music, and is a nice chap.  

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