Your Soccer playing career

[EDINHO1]

As if your all good at footy. I was/am [Poor language removed].
Highlights included being booed off the pitch at valley parade in a cup final at school for an accidental elbow and then scoring a back heel last month in a testimonial.
The 20 years in between have been a variety of comedy sub appearences for the pub team when they are short. Very short.

 

[bicycleheader]

still playing 5-a-side here in Barcelona 3 times a week, and no the locals are not all super technical mega players. There´s all kinds of players just like back home.

I´m 38, and maybe a few others that are a bit older would also have this experience but my energy levels for each game are completely unpredictable! One night running fine and getting up and down, then two nights later sticking back in defense or goal because you´re too wrecked to get your feet doing what your brain is thinking. Anybody else get that?

I´ve a good first touch and can dribble but could never really, and still can´t, shoot! I´m a toe-poker all the way!

 

[Eggs]

.....was thinking before when going past Walkers playing fields and seeing the kids with their mini goals. I was fortunate to play for very good school teams but in the 60s and early 70s it was rare to have footy nets. The first Cup Final I got to was in junior school and it was played at Penny Lane, the home of renowned Liverpool Schoolboys but no nets. In early years of senior school I went back and played on the main pitch but the goals had a tape across because the bar was deemed too high for our age group.

Loved Penny Lane, managed to play for the City and County schoolboys and get a load of goals but times have definitely changed.

 

[ar92]

Never had the chance as a kid to play for any proper teams due to parents not really having the money to pay for me to go.

Once got in to the school b team but for some reason I stopped going to training.

Started playing regularly about 3 years ago mostly 5/7 a side but played a few friendlys in pre seasons with 11 a side teams scoring in each game (played striker, centre mid and left back in one particular game) but never carried on because I find it difficult to mix with new people and my mates are too lazy to play for a league team. Set to make my return to footy (albeit only 5-a-side initially) on Thursday after partially tearing my ACL in July last year coming off a quad bike at speed in Turkey...Had surgery in Feb which left me with 2 thirds of an ACL. Training and physio has been going well so I will now find out whether I can start to play properly again! Setting myself a target to get my fitness levels back and then join a Saturday/Sunday league team next pre season.

Illustrious career me .

So I managed to make my comeback tonight playing 5-a-side. Hard work and training has paid off. Felt just like I did before, fitness levels were fine and got a few goals to top it off. Still lacking a bit of confidence when sprinting and cutting but that's to be expected.

Made up though as I didn't think I'd be able to play again when I first got injured! Definitely want to continue with my aim of playing 11 a side next season barring any setbacks.

 

[Nymzee]

Play 6-a-side league on a Sunday night and local football on a Saturday. Wannabe sweeper with height (6'4") but zero heading ability.

 

[tmgc]

Got told i was talented, wasted by an Everton Soccer school coach
bossed it in the school team before kicked out because 'attitude stunk' had trials for teams got told
i was too small at the time [ still am like] sunday league team kicked out of league
due to fans being crazy fighting, and all went downhill from there ffs?

What are you doing now Royston?

 

[jackyboy]

Play 5 a side twice a week. Played 11 a side a few times but was never aggressive/driven enough.

Position wise I was and still am a target man who is terrible in the air, maybe more like Yak than anybody else.

Still love playing though.