Professional football players.

[blueconverse]

I sat at a table opposite Romero Funes Mori in one of the restaurants in Trafford Centre a few years ago. Most recently was shopping for last Christmas and I passed John Barnes on the stairs in L1.

Gareth Barry tried to buy my ex a drink on a night out in Manchester during his Man City days. She had no idea he was a footballer until her mate told her. I told her if it happens again just go through with it and the money we get from Hello magazine will ease the pain for me.

Proper lad is gaz baz

 

[DanB90]

Proper lad is gaz baz

I always assumed he’d be proper Vanilla. If you’d have asked me to guess which footballer was trying to stick one to your bird, Gareth Barry would be the last person I’d have went for.

 

[COYBL25]

The only times I asked for a picture was with Joe Royle at a sportsman dinner and Kilbane when he came to Barrow for football focus when we reached the 3rd round of the cup a few years back. Mark Lawrenson was there as well (he was a late replacement for Paul Ince) but ran away as soon as the show stopped filming.

My Sister was working for the club at the time and said Kilbane and Dan Walker were really really nice, Lawrenson was a miserable t**t.

When I have seen the odd player on the street, etc. it would feel so weird just to go up to them and disrupt their day, they could be doing something normal but important, etc. My mate said that he was sat a few tables away from Fellaini in a restaurant and although busy chatting to his friends/family and eating, people kept on going over, it is just plain rude, in my opinion.

Stayed on a holiday park in the Lakes where Kilbane has a chalet.

Used to see him every morning jogging and he was up for a chat with anyone who wanted to talk to him in the club house.

He’s exactly the same in real life, as he is on the telly. Lovely fella.

Also used to see Southall most mornings walking his dogs on a field by us.

A scruffy old fleece, an old pair of jeans and a battered old pair of wellies. No airs or graces.

 

[random]

If you’d have asked me to guess which footballer was trying to stick one to your bird, Gareth Barry would be the last person I’d have went for.

Thomas Hitzlsperger would have been my guess

 

[COYBL25]

I always assumed he’d be proper Vanilla. If you’d have asked me to guess which footballer was trying to stick one to your bird, Gareth Barry would be the last person I’d have went for.

In my youth I used to drink in a club that Rush, Barnes and Venison used to frequent. If the owner didn’t like the look of you or know you, you didn’t get in, even on quiet midweek nights, so it wasn’t full of knobheads and no camera phones.

Those three used to turn up with some absolute grade a munters on a fairly regular basis.

 

[COYBL25]

Thomas Hitzlsperger would have been my guess

Only if your bird was a bloke.

 

[random]

In my youth I used to drink in a club that Rush, Barnes and Venison used to frequent.

so it wasn’t full of knobheads

Does not compute

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Remember being in some ropey bar after the Rooney maiden goal game against Arsenal and realising Alan Stubbs was stood right behind me. Think he'd got the pieman with him. My mate went over trying to shake hands (don't think it went down well). I was fair bladders by then, but I remember thinking "he's tiny. He looks massive on telly or at the game. Has someone shrunk Stubbs?" Probably best I didn't engage.

They seemed sound enough, dealing with the banter from groups of lads. Just didn't fancy hand shaking I guess.

 

[blueconverse]

I always assumed he’d be proper Vanilla. If you’d have asked me to guess which footballer was trying to stick one to your bird, Gareth Barry would be the last person I’d have went for.

Yeh surprised me aswell. The taxi story surprised me the most. Thought he would be tooked up in bed at 8pm with some bovril

 

[BluePeadar]

Saw Nuno Valente at the airport once.

That was me dragging him through the departure gates

 

[BluePeadar]

I met Pakie Bonner in a hotel at Dublin Airport chatted for about 20 minutes, he's responsible for one of my fondest childhood memories when he saved the Penalty in the last 16 of the world cup against Romania. He's a sound man.

Bonner is a sound fella indeed. As is Coleman. Sure Donegal lads are down to earth

 

[BluePeadar]

Saw Magaye Gueye outside Alma de Cuba with Fellaini's brother

Went to school with John Flanagan, Adam Morgan, Ste Irwin

Been in a steam room with Lee Carsley and Aldo

Saw Distin get into his bit on the side's car at Knutsford services after a league cup away game and we got a pic with Moyes

Was Aldo reading the Racing Post and drinking White Horse?
scruffy rat

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

When Everton played a Scottish friendly...Andy King walked in ,seen us lads ,walked over politely came over and said alright lads no taking the pi**,he was being friendly.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Billy Wright and others liked to frequent west derby village on a Sunday night.
Scoffing only ,no misdemeanors, he liked a whiskey.

 

[perth_blue]

See Mick Lyons often enough at a pub over here.
Don't bother him, but he's always happy enough to say hello to a fellow blue.