Proudest moment football
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Frank Gallagher
Player Valuation: £50m
getting sent off on a sunday morning, still half cut, for mooning the ref..
Scored a perfect hat trick in the final of an over 30s tournament that we won. Stood out because A. I'm proper turd and B. I have a head like a 50p piece most days
...can't miss this opportunity. It wasn't signing for a top flight club in the 70s or scoring at the likes of Old Trafford, Elland Road, playing at Goodison, Anfield, Villa Park et al. It wasn't scoring goals a plenty in representative football as a kid or being in a winning team that won the famous Echo Cup as a schoolboy. I'll go for watching my son score the last minute goal that won the Liverpool Sunday Premier League a few seasons ago. No better feeling.
Alanbileysfeathercut
Player Valuation: £80m
Probably going to West Ham twice in one season 1980ish
Mountfield1985
Player Valuation: £8m
When Gerrard fell over.
I never played competitively but, years ago, I used to play casual astro in Dublin. Generally speaking, it was two separate groups of friends who played with each other as we couldn't get the numbers alone.
Most weeks, we had mixed teams, which was the fairest way, as their group all played at a decent level with a local club team, whereas the closest myself and my friends got to 90 minutes of competitive football was on Pro Evo. One week, a particularly dangerous biff from their group made the teams, putting himself and his club teammates in one team, and us in the other. Bear in mind, we would be the lads you would pick last if there were even marginally decent footballers in the mix. It looked like it would be a whitewash, but we bit our lips and played.
What ensued was 60 minutes of blood and thunder football, where we crunched into them the way only unskillful footballers know how. We defended in numbers, caught them regularly on the break (they had too many Henrys and not enough Keowns) and ended up winning by a goal in the minute just before the astro lights went off. We celebrated like we won the Champions League.
We actually played them in a rematch 2 weeks later and drew, a match in which I sustained what would later turn out to be bruised ribs early on. When I regale the first story, I put the bruised ribs thing into that one to embellish it. Yes, I'm incredibly sad.
Most weeks, we had mixed teams, which was the fairest way, as their group all played at a decent level with a local club team, whereas the closest myself and my friends got to 90 minutes of competitive football was on Pro Evo. One week, a particularly dangerous biff from their group made the teams, putting himself and his club teammates in one team, and us in the other. Bear in mind, we would be the lads you would pick last if there were even marginally decent footballers in the mix. It looked like it would be a whitewash, but we bit our lips and played.
What ensued was 60 minutes of blood and thunder football, where we crunched into them the way only unskillful footballers know how. We defended in numbers, caught them regularly on the break (they had too many Henrys and not enough Keowns) and ended up winning by a goal in the minute just before the astro lights went off. We celebrated like we won the Champions League.
We actually played them in a rematch 2 weeks later and drew, a match in which I sustained what would later turn out to be bruised ribs early on. When I regale the first story, I put the bruised ribs thing into that one to embellish it. Yes, I'm incredibly sad.
Eggs, you've alluded to having played professionally on a number of occasions.........or am i just misreading? If you did, who did you play for?
...I was never a pro, Matey. To be honest I never wanted to play footy for a career but I was one of those very good Schoolboy/youth players who clubs wanted to sign. I did sign for a club who made a big push for me and stayed for 4 years whilst I completed my studies. Good times.
I was then the complete opposite. Would have loved to have played at a high level but was only ever 3rd or 4th pick.
royalblue66
Player Valuation: £70m
And here's me thinking you were Ray Wilson, ah well.
...it doesn't matter, PITA. Footy is so much more than the 90mins on the park. Friends for life and all that stuff is so true.
...now he was a proper player.
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