The Career Definer

[McBain]

Was that a W bomb then ?

This aint Heartbreak High !!

Wog off, woggy.

Its funny but I haven't heard 'wog' around here in years. I was from the Central Coast, and back then Sydney was full of scary wogs. We even had Wog Alley at High School, and in Primary school it was somewhere you should never ever go.

Apologies to all the Wogs reading.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

Wog off, woggy.

Its funny but I haven't heard 'wog' around here in years. I was from the Central Coast, and back then Sydney was full of scary wogs. We even had Wog Alley at High School, and in Primary school it was somewhere you should never ever go.

Apologies to all the Wogs reading.

Wogboy & Wogarama took it and they all started calling themselves it, everyone else stopped and the insult was thus removed. That was when I was over there that Wogarama went big, tbh it was used without offence all over Sydney asa were many other terms, people just called each other all the names but the context meant it wasn't offensive.
Obviously the terms were also used in situations where the context was the opposite as well.

Hearing the Pakistan cricket teams name 'shortened' on the news (same in NZ) was a shock.

 

[somuchfun]

Who? My junior team
When? 1992
Age? 12
Opposition? Some evil swedish team
Where? Västerås, Sweden

Scored a 45 yard screamer. Can't remember if it was an accident or not tbh, but that was my moment of glory in Europe. Used to have a decent foot on me, these days I'd be lucky to to kick a ball 45 yards ffs.

 

[RFUS]

Oh and I once scored whilst in goal when I was about 8. I hit the ball too hard and it went straight to their keeper but he fell over and it bounced over his head and into the net.

I'm still claiming that one as intentional though.

 

[Oxon]

Who? University College 2nd XI or the Univcorns as we're known
When? 2011
Age? 18
Opposition? Lincoln College 3rd XI
Where? Lincoln College Sports Ground

The only victory in the history of the Univcorns and what a victory it was. Captained by yours truly the Univcorns travelled to away to the Lincoln ground in the midst of an injury crisis that meant our reserve left back had to be utilised in goal.

The inexperience of the Univcorns keeper was evident when in the first half he gave away a penalty by kicking the ball into the back of the opposition striker and having to haul him down to prevent him from tapping the ball into an empty net. Luckily for the Univcorns Lincoln's right footed centre forward inexplicably took the penalty took the penalty with his left rolling the ball harmlessly into the grateful keeper's arms.

Other than this the Univcorns had the better of the first half which ended goalless but did include an audacious 30 yard strike by me that was only just tipped over.

Tiring somewhat in the second half I withdrew myself to the bench, the match then became a ding-dong affair and with ten minutes to go Lincoln where 3-2 ahead having twice come from behind. Horrified by this I reintroduced myself at right back and it was surely no coincidence that the Univcorns added another 4 goals in the remaining minutes to secure their first win.

Granted I took no part in the goals, in fact my greatest contribution was a 2 minute foul mouthed rant at the referee (one of my own players!) for awarding a dubious corner. I like to think my vicious blast of F-Bombs inspired the goal rush that followed.

This victory was the best result in the Univcorns history, we had only scored one goal previously, and was in no way tainted by the fact that two of our players played for the University and had dropped down to JCR reserve division 4 just for that match.

This whole thread has got me excited for the new season of college football which starts in a couple of weeks, my aim this season is to lead the Univcorns to another win and possibly score my first goal for the team.

 

[Titus Bramble]

Who? "The blues"
When? 2003 ish
Age? Probably 14 ish
Opposition? "The reds"
Where? Deansgate Lane, Formby, Rourke's League.

Picture the scene. Saturday morning, final game of the season, we had to win the game to win the league, the reds only had to draw to win it. Our usual team line up, with me as a marauding right full back raring to go.

We go 1-0 up from a free kick in the 2nd half, before the equalise not long after. Knowing we have to win, I start flying down the wing, terrorising their defense and win a corner in the last minute which I stay up for on the penalty spot. The corner comes in but is cleared, to our man at the edge of the box so I stay on the penalty spot. He whips a ball in which, leaping like a salmon, I connect with with. Tim Cahill-esque it flies into the top corner for my first goal of the season, pandemonium ensues. I get pilied on by everyone on my team, knowing we have surely just sealed it.

They kick off, their star center forward ran at us, taking everyone on, they just needed to equalise. He managed to make it into the box, ripped our center halves so he is 1 on 1 with the keeper. He is just about to pull the trigger until, out of nowhere, a supremely timed slide tackle sees our could-be-hero dispossessed by non-other than me. The ball is cleared and the final whistle went. Yet another pily on me for saving our precious lead.

I still discuss it with my mates to this day.

 

[spikeman]

Who? My team
When? Spring 2011
Age? 16
Opposition? Some team. I don't know
Where? Don't remember, think it was in Potomac.

It was my first game with a new team. My old team used to play a 3-2-3-2 and I played defensive mid, but this new team played a 4-4-2 and we had a lot of midfielders and not enough defenders. I chose to play right back so I could at least have the chance to go forward a bit. The other defenders, however, had no positional sense whatsoever and didn't know when to push up and close the huge gap between the midfielders and the back line. I tried commanding the line from the right side, but I guess it's hard to from there.

The other team scored (wasn't my fault) within like 10 minutes or something and I was subbed out (in the league I play in we have unlimited subs and can go back in the game). The defence ended up being even more disorganized and had another goal scored against them.

My coach then put me back in at center back, seeing that I was trying to command the line from the right side. From the center I was finally able to organize the defence and the other team didn't score again.

I barely ever got subbed out for the rest of the season. My coach always told me how important I was at the back throughout the season. I also cleared a few balls off the line many times.

 

[HSD]

When I was 11, I was left back

We were there drawing 2-2 with this seriously scary, manly team. I stood there chatting away to my coach as the game was almost finished. A scary, beastly girl came running towards me with the ball "1 minute coach" I said with a grin, as you do. Moments later I'd got possession of the ball, took it down the pitch and BAM, scored the winner.

I was scouted after the match but I just said no 'cause it wasn't really my thing....I probably should have said yeah, considering one of the other girls went on to play for United's girl's youth team.

Last match I ever played I think!

 

[TX Bill]

Funnily enough, and as much football I've played in the past 35 years, my "best" moment came in an indoor match last year. I've always been a defender so I'm like Tony Hibbert when it comes to scoring goals.

Well in indoor, everyone gets up and down the pitch.

We're getting forward and my friend way out on the left sees me making a run down the right. He hits a cross with me still about 15 to 20 yards from the goal. While the ball is floating my way, I think of about twenty different ways I could screw it up so I figure what the heck, and as it crosses my body, I take a shot with my right foot while it's still in the air, full volley.

I couldn't have hit it any more perfect. Ball flies like a rocket past the keeper in the upper left hand corner. Keeper never even got his hands up it was that fast.

At first everyone was like "did he really do that?" and then bedlam. I'd like to say I didn't overly celebrate because that was "normal" for me but I was just as stunned as everyone else so it took me a few seconds to take it in.

The best part was one of the guys I played college ball with was playing with me and remarked he'd never seen me do something like that before (I've known him for over 20 years and have played a lot of football with him).

I told him that made two of us.

 

[tommye]

i know this is a footy thread but i must share my defining rugby pitch moment.....

who? Collegiate school rugby u15s
when? Autumn 1984
where? Birkenhead park rugby club....v some birkenhead school team

after a highly promising career as scrum half, was being scouted by schoolboys coach and head of youth @ waterloo, was having a boss game, running the show, 21 nil (ish) @ half time.
2nd half they bring this behemoth of a kid on (he was HUGE, at least twice my size) to stop me playing. The monster fecking battered me, every time i went near the ball he'd flatten me, and not always fairly. After 20mins of the pounding of my life, i completely lost it and stamped, repeatedly i admit, on his fat ugly neanderthal head. Sent off, rcard, banned for rest of season, and half of the following one, my fledgling rugby career over. Not long after i discovered the joys of foof and that was me done with the egg chasing.

 

[McBain]

All welcome in here mate, loving the Unicorns, the TX Hibbo, the HSD winner for a laugh (bet you'd like to go back and say yes), the salmon and the big D from the Spikeman.

 

[andrewkgsmith]

Rugby like but
Who? 8H in interform
When? 2006, I think
Age? 13ish
Opposition? 8M
Where? Maricourt Rugby pitch, in the interform semi final

got the ball just outside our own zone, by the halfway line the entire of their team was clinging to me, trying (unsuccesfully) to pull me to my knees for a tackle. My the three quarter mark most of my own team were clinging to me trying to pull me down for the novelty of it.
Still got the try.