He was living in his daughters house by us for a while - think he had money troubles.
He was a regular in the local members club and used to drink in there with a neighbour of mine, who`s not into football in anyway at all, but said he was very...
Gazza moved on from there to the Woolton Redbourne with Five Bellies. ( now the house of one of the owners of the B&M empire )
He was constantly pissed and apparently very well liked and extremely generous.
When we won the cup winners cup and league just after there was a award ceremony at supporters club City road me and my mates were up there only young teenagers didn't know it was happening .we were up there gonna kick some other lads heads in...
Mikel Madar had just joined and tried to buy a contract mobile phone from me. Failed his credit check because he was living in the Moat House! Full on French temper tantrum in the shop😂
Duncan McKenzie presented our Sunday League team with awards once, Very friendly bloke.
Met Mick Lyons in the queue of the burger/kebab bar over the road from Mr. Pickwicks. We used to call it Pick-a-Dicks. I'm convinced to this day that the...
May 9th 1992, Jury's Hotel Ballsbridge Dublin. I'm 14 and a ball boy at the FAI Cup Final the following day (Cork City vs Bohs). My father and his buddies are in the bar watching the eurovison which Linda Martin won (why me?) so I head back to...
On a related theme, my stag weekend in Galway 2008 coincided with a Liverpool ‘Legends’ team playing a fixture against the local side. We bumped into them in a bar in town and I spent a good couple of minutes ranting at Bruce Grobbelaar, calling...
Briefly met Richarlison when he was in a car on the way to watch us play Rotherham United in a League Cup match when suspended following a sending off for a headbutt against Bournemouth.
I also met Andre Gomes, Idrissa Gana Gueye and Jonjoe...
It was great in the 90s and all those little auction houses had many a bargain to kit out a house/flat.
Started to change from 2000 onwards and all those old warehouses being converted into flats was the death knell for the old area.