Which player did you want to be when you were growing up ?

[summerisle]

There was only one : Duncan Mackenzie is magic !

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Tony Cottee

 

[MisterJ]

This lad

 

[NathDogg]

Big Nev, Peter Reid or Andy Gray depending on my mood.

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Nev.

 

[Terrarian]

Kevin Sheedy and Gary Lineker but I had a soft spot for Glen Hoddle as well

 

[ste d' indica]

Sharpy, all day long and twice on Sunday... and four times on cup final day.

 

[ste d' indica]

oh and....

 

[SLAVEN BILIC]

From Everton, Southall. Outside of that I wanted to be Gazza

 

[allezlesbleus]

Alan Ball!!!

 

[kev]

As a kid there was only one. I remember when I was about 12 I read that when Bally was a kid he had promised his dad that he would play for England before he was 21 (which of course he did)
I remember telling my dad (in all seriousness) that if he bought me the boots I wanted I promised that I would play for England.
I never played for England . . . but I blame my dad because (even after he stopped laughing) he never did buy me those boots.

 

[CrustySack]

Brace

 

[Togger Blue]

Alex Young, but Roy Vernon if penalties were involved!

 

[Billy Dean]

First ever idol was Lineker

 

[Eggs]

….only Alan Ball. ironically, I was one of those prolific schoolboy/youth goalscorers attracting the attention of clubs and never really played a similar role to the player i idolised.