Years ago, paid for Bobby Charlton Soccer Skills Training Day for (obviously v.v. talented son).
I guess in today's money about £150 quid and about sixty lads attended. It was not well organised - possibly worth about four quid. We complained and wrote to Sir Bobby etc..
The guest of honour "a top professional" was Glenn Pennyfather (from the mighty Glaziers, now Eagles). None of the kids knew him.
But now, Glenn is the Head Coach of my local team - The Clarets - Chelmsford City (motto Many Minds, One Heart).
Friend or Defoe - To carify - I headbutted Lemmy, 1980 at the Strand we went to see Hawkwind, we were down the front to the right of the stage, we were all a bit worse for wear!! and was head banging and jumping around, I was pushed back while headbanging and smashed my head on someone, I looked round and Lemmy who was leaning on a barrier was holding his bugle with blood pishing out of it!! I moved away sharpish!!
Just thought of some more, In MacDonalds in Woolwich upstairs there is a photo of a teenage me eating a burger on its opening day. And Stuart Storey was still working for Thames Poly in 1985, he put me through a weekend of fitness hell in preparation for the football season, at the time I thought I was very fit, but he is the only person ever to make me vomit through excerise.....
A bit dodgy this one! My mum when she was younger was waiting for a bus with her brother when a limo pulls up offering to give them a lift home, who was the passenger? Gary Glitter! She said her and her brother jumped in happy as larry and were given a lift home no problem. She said he was nothing but nice and signed autographs and gave them sweets etc. Sounds like she had a lucky escape!
[cite]Posted By: Algarveaddick[/cite]Re: Pilchard's request for further details. Steve went to schoool with Lisa stansfield in Rochdale, they were in the same science class and when they were doing a lesson involving microscopes the teacher told them to look at a hair under their scopes, and when teach' wasn't looking, Lisa stuck her hand down her keks and grabbed a handful to distribute among her mates... as you do...
Thanks Algarve, that one had me puzzled for a bit!!
I met Richard Branson in a lift at Gatwick some years ago and without engaging my brain, my mouth opened all on its ownand said to him " My wife is flying on one of your planes "
He smiled, and I visibly shrunk in the corner to about 6 inches tall, and have only just been able to speak openly about it .
I love this thread...(and late to it cos have been away on holiday...)
Through work have met loads of 'famous' people, so the obscure, non work related ones are:
I was a juror on the Jonathan King peado trial - it wasn't very nice My wife left her trousers at Mani (from Stone Roses) flat in Manchester in the 80's when she was a teenager (I don't like to ask her too many details) Clem_Snide was kind of right, but it wasn't Gail Porter I 'met' but was in fact the very lovely Louise Nurding Andy Hunt's brother and his best mate both played for CIFC - the forerunner for Charlton Life FC - where Oakster and I were player managers
I'm currently at a rehab centre for a dodgy back. First conversation with my physio included ....
Physio - "So what team do you support"?
me - "Charlton unfortunately".
Physio - "Oh right, i've just been working with Les reed over in Israel...... Lovely bloke and tons of knowledge". Les apparently offered him a job with Southampton but he turned it down.
In the mid 80s I was driving a 40 foot artic which broke down in the middle of the Hammersmith one way system during the early morning rush hour. Whilst waiting for the fitter to come out I was sitting in the cab listening to the radio when the Capital Radio Flying Eye traffic report came on. I think it was Brian Wolfe at the time who was up in the plane who reported that there was this thoughtful hairy arsed lorry driver who thought it would be a good idea to break down on one of London's busiest junctions, bringing Chisick,Fulham,Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush to a standstill all at the same time. I punched the air to celebrate my new found fame as the cars crawled past with the drivers scowling at me wanting to wear my balls as earings.
I scored a goal playing youth football about 10 years ago somewhere near Croydon and Jason Euell was on the sidelines watching the game, think one of his relatives or something was playing for the other side.
My colleague advised that camp singer Mika who claims to be a Charlton fan on an extension to his house.
I used to work as a waiter in a restaurant in Sevenoaks when I was 16 - amongst my customers were:
- Steve Backley - I knew it was him but this bird I worked with didn't think it was and she asked him and he bizarrely said no he isn't Steve Backley, but I knew it was so I went up to him again and said you are Steve Backley aren't you at which point he reluctantly admitted his identity. - Lee Bowyer - flash bastard - Karl Howman - was standing at the bar talking to I think it was his old man about the Charlton game that day! - Roger Alwen - I recognised and said when I took him coffees "sorry to interrupt your evening but I'm a Charlton supporter and I just wanted to thank you for all your efforts in getting Charlton back to the Valley". He buzzed off it and we had a chat for about 20 minutes, he gave me a big tip and an autograph thanking me for my support!
One of my best mates went to school in North London with Leeds midfielder Neil Kilkenny, I've been out drinking with him, thought he was a bit of a tosser.
Met Alan Pardew in Costa Coffee near my office in Cov Gdn - went up to him, think he thought I was gonna clump him when I said I was a Charlton fan, but I just said my mate is a Soton fan so can I have your autograph.
There was also an article on the front page of a local paper about me once when I got involved in a scrap one night with these 3 lads (they were the instigators, I was just walking home after a quiet drink with my bird on my birthday). Pleasingly the witness who was quoted in the article said there 5 blokes against me rather than just the 3...
I once walked past Thierry Henry on Strand
Met someone who used to be in The Bill (I never watched it)
Saw someone who was in Coronation St while in the Tower Of London
Saw someone who used to be in Eastenders on the tube
Went to same school and in the same class as Richie Bowman, played in school football team with him as well.
Keith Paecock was a tennis coach at my school during he close season, he taught me and I was crap!!! (at tennis)
Dick Tydeman (ex CAFC captain) joined the company I was working for after he left pro football and I trained him.
Played in same team, for a charity match, as David Wilson.
Played against a whole team of celebs for a charity match at Dartfords old ground, tackled the guy out of those old 'Confession of......' films, he told me to take it easy and back off......yeah right....no chance!!!
Stayed in a hotel in Wales while Cilla Black was there filming Surprise Surprise, she had champagne delivered to her room for breakie- only saw her late husband Bobby though when he was in the lounge.
Stood next to Karl Howman in a bar at some hotel, didn't speak to him.
Lived next door to Kevin Roast who was executive director of Blind Date....decent geezer and an amazing missues!!!
Think that's about it.
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I guess in today's money about £150 quid and about sixty lads attended. It was not well organised - possibly worth about four quid. We complained and wrote to Sir Bobby etc..
The guest of honour "a top professional" was Glenn Pennyfather (from the mighty Glaziers, now Eagles). None of the kids knew him.
But now, Glenn is the Head Coach of my local team - The Clarets - Chelmsford City (motto Many Minds, One Heart).
He is my half brothers half brother!
And Stuart Storey was still working for Thames Poly in 1985, he put me through a weekend of fitness hell in preparation for the football season, at the time I thought I was very fit, but he is the only person ever to make me vomit through excerise.....
Thanks Algarve, that one had me puzzled for a bit!!
In Vauxhall.
The years have not been kind to me.
my uncle went to school with cliff richards
He smiled, and I visibly shrunk in the corner to about 6 inches tall, and have only just been able to speak openly about it .
Through work have met loads of 'famous' people, so the obscure, non work related ones are:
I was a juror on the Jonathan King peado trial - it wasn't very nice
My wife left her trousers at Mani (from Stone Roses) flat in Manchester in the 80's when she was a teenager (I don't like to ask her too many details)
Clem_Snide was kind of right, but it wasn't Gail Porter I 'met' but was in fact the very lovely Louise Nurding
Andy Hunt's brother and his best mate both played for CIFC - the forerunner for Charlton Life FC - where Oakster and I were player managers
Physio - "So what team do you support"?
me - "Charlton unfortunately".
Physio - "Oh right, i've just been working with Les reed over in Israel...... Lovely bloke and tons of knowledge". Les apparently offered him a job with Southampton but he turned it down.
My colleague advised that camp singer Mika who claims to be a Charlton fan on an extension to his house.
I used to work as a waiter in a restaurant in Sevenoaks when I was 16 - amongst my customers were:
- Steve Backley - I knew it was him but this bird I worked with didn't think it was and she asked him and he bizarrely said no he isn't Steve Backley, but I knew it was so I went up to him again and said you are Steve Backley aren't you at which point he reluctantly admitted his identity.
- Lee Bowyer - flash bastard
- Karl Howman - was standing at the bar talking to I think it was his old man about the Charlton game that day!
- Roger Alwen - I recognised and said when I took him coffees "sorry to interrupt your evening but I'm a Charlton supporter and I just wanted to thank you for all your efforts in getting Charlton back to the Valley". He buzzed off it and we had a chat for about 20 minutes, he gave me a big tip and an autograph thanking me for my support!
One of my best mates went to school in North London with Leeds midfielder Neil Kilkenny, I've been out drinking with him, thought he was a bit of a tosser.
Met Alan Pardew in Costa Coffee near my office in Cov Gdn - went up to him, think he thought I was gonna clump him when I said I was a Charlton fan, but I just said my mate is a Soton fan so can I have your autograph.
There was also an article on the front page of a local paper about me once when I got involved in a scrap one night with these 3 lads (they were the instigators, I was just walking home after a quiet drink with my bird on my birthday). Pleasingly the witness who was quoted in the article said there 5 blokes against me rather than just the 3...
Met someone who used to be in The Bill (I never watched it)
Saw someone who was in Coronation St while in the Tower Of London
Saw someone who used to be in Eastenders on the tube
Keith Paecock was a tennis coach at my school during he close season, he taught me and I was crap!!! (at tennis)
Dick Tydeman (ex CAFC captain) joined the company I was working for after he left pro football and I trained him.
Played in same team, for a charity match, as David Wilson.
Played against a whole team of celebs for a charity match at Dartfords old ground, tackled the guy out of those old 'Confession of......' films, he told me to take it easy and back off......yeah right....no chance!!!
Stayed in a hotel in Wales while Cilla Black was there filming Surprise Surprise, she had champagne delivered to her room for breakie- only saw her late husband Bobby though when he was in the lounge.
Stood next to Karl Howman in a bar at some hotel, didn't speak to him.
Lived next door to Kevin Roast who was executive director of Blind Date....decent geezer and an amazing missues!!!
Think that's about it.