Opportunity to show off here and I'm sure this has been done before but....
I'll start, I played in the same uni football side as Matt Taylor (Sheffield Hallam), for a season.
Nice guy, and we had a good side, never missed a single header from recollection, but never picked him as a pro or the rock he's been for us this year!
Also played half a season with Jason Euell. He scored about 70 goals in the South London league. We won it that year!
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Oh and I stalked Steve Jones for a while, he was a hotte though lol. The last time I asked him for his autograph he embarrassingly said 'What again??'
I played cricket against Les Berry, Steve Gritt and Paddy Powell but wouldn't count that as "knowing" them although I did later have an occasional drink with Paddy when he was assistant manager at Margate and his son David played for them.
My daughters used to chat to the late Les Fell when he came into the shop they worked in to pick up his papers.
I still see him occasionally and he's liking life up north.
Worst two links so far?
My brother was in the same class as Michael Turner in primary school, but does that really count, as he never really played for us? He also shook John Robinson's hand on Brighton beach a couple of years ago - said he had a firm handshake.
My father-in-law sat behind Todorov once and asked him why he wasn't playing; apparently he said "I don't know, I am fine, I am training, but still I don't play."
But that wasn't what the thread was asking - no, I haven't met a single Charlton player in real life. Happy?!
Met Anthony Barness through mutual friends and became good friends, he had enormous drinking capacity and pulled the tastiest birds imaginable at The Venue in the early to mid 90's, not that they were that great in there to be fair!
By this I mean on facebook.
When I say friend on facebook, I mean I sent him an friend request about three years ago, and being a busy professional footballer, he never got time to accept it.
I closed my facebook account about two and a half years back, and so our friendship never blossomed.
pre-fulham was in the pub with bob bolder & john humphrey but we never spoke
played football against Steve Gritt when he was playing for Metrogas Vets-he scored from the half way line, flash git..we also never spoke
Covered end lad, do you know a bloke called Alex Cole?
know of him, dont know him particularly well... tall bloke with gingery hair, quite skinny?
haha, I love the fact you remember that he has ginger hair. Quality!
Just asked cos he went to school with waggy as well, knows him and whenever he seems him at parties etc they have a chat.
On a related note, his dad, Richard Cole used to play for our reserves in the 80's til he broke his leg. Still walks with a limp.
Apparently he is now digging up roads now.
yeah thats the man! One of my best mates.
haha, I love the fact you remember that he has ginger hair. Quality!
Just asked cos he went to school with waggy as well, knows him and whenever he seems him at parties etc they have a chat.
On a related note, his dad, Richard Cole used to play for our reserves in the 80's til he broke his leg. Still walks with a limp.
Small world eh?
Saw Peter Garland play in the Kent Premier League 3 or 4 years ago i think, was twice the age of most of the players there and a good few stone overweight but still absolutely bossed the game. Goes to show the difference in quality.