WIth all due respect, it doesn't tell you much unless it was a league team or high non league. Better to ask how many keepy uppies could you/can you do? That would give a good idea of ability?
generally useless. traded on my pace down the left side for a few years at primary school. played rugby at secondary school (where I traded on my pace down the left side for a few years).
played a few games at college for one of our many teams. turned out for cifc a few times. Not played anything other than 5-a-side for a few years. pretty good with a free kick (in my head anyway) and absolutely awful in the air.
Played for Lewisham Youth through my teens. Same side early on as Myles Weston before he went to Charlton. Offered a trial by Leyton Orient aged 16, shortly after I got the news, suffered a nasty injury and the trial passed me by and that was it. Have hardly played since and can't play to this day without limping for a week afterwards as a result of the old injury. Gutted cos I miss it
School and County and then went to Loughborough University where all 4 teams were filled with people signed at Clubs or with some form of International honours so I didn't get a look in.
Then played Southern Amateur League followed by a big gap in various leagues and then closed my career in the Surrey Leagues (our home ground used to be what is now Chelsea's training ground at Cobham)
2nd child, beer and a spell in hospital ended what could have been so much at the age of c36.
Started off as a Goalkeeper in Youth Football at Boys Brigade won few five a side championships before having some sessions with Bob Bolder which led to trials with Gillingham and Charlton U11/12 age groups, then went on to play for Kent Army Cadets and my School which my age group had some very talented players half of the squad are now playing their trade at Kent Premier-Conference South level. From the age of 16 played in Defence Centre-Half/Right Back few games in Midfield, playing average District Saturday/Sunday League and featuring now and again for local reserve teams. Did play few games at semi-pro for Canterbury City highlight marking Chris Smalling at set-pieces when he was at Maidstone. Moving Up West Yorkshire soon and currently training with a local amateur village side which are Saturday District level 17 on the Football Praymid so that's 14 divisions below Charlton.
Played for Deptford and Greenwich Primary Schools for a couple of years in the mid-60's. In the second year we won the Crisp Shield - which was for the whole of London, and the Kent Cup, the final of which was played at the Valley! In that second year, a team mate was George Gibbs, whose name I have seen mentioned on this forum before now.
I'll never know (but probably not very good). Pace was my only asset.
Played for my Primary School (Deansfield) at left back and likewise at Eltham Palace (where you had to be pushy or have a pushy dad).
Went to Crown Woods and due to lack of confidence of making a team amongst, probably 150 other boys, didn't bother and stopped playing.
I did however play against or with (can't remember) Martin Peters at Potters Holiday Camp in Great Yarmouth, he was quite good funnily enough, even in the late eighties.
Absolute rubbish, played right back for my primary school our best result all season a 3-1 loss, worst result 21-0. Was joint top scorer with one, a classic "Leaburnesque" ricochet off the thigh from 2 yards out, to this day I don.t know if I kicked it or it hit me. Realised I was an armchair footballer at a very early age. Still kick around with the kids and now 7 yr old girls run circles around me, oh well back to the armchair.
At 10 had trials with Arsenal and Fulham but was told i was too small, went on to play for Kent, by the time i filled out and grew i was about 14 and was too old to join a decent academy, ended up playing for my local mens side by 16, at 17 i ruptured my anterior cruciate ligament ( last year) havent played since.
Good at primary school where my pace was my biggest asset, never really tried at secondary school and if honest was not that bothered with playing for the school as I played for boys brigade over at eltham park south ( I think)
When I moved to nth London I joined a pal from works team as left back and was the Stuart pearce of enfield very tough in the tackle fierce shot and hard as nails
With the right application and motivation couldve played decent Saturday level at best
But woman drugs booze were more important hence the weight gain 8=(
6 appearances representing Charlton Manor age 9, went on to become the linchpin in my next school, Broadfield North age 10,11,12, house captain for my secondary school Thomas Bennett, whilst playing in the Crawley district league for Broadfield Strikers for 5 seasons up until 15, used to play right wing, Steve Coppell styley, at the tender age of 16, had to retire as the females and cigarettes & PIES started to take their toll, and I started most games from the bench in my final season. My brother who was one year younger went on to have trials with Southampton and Gillingham, but never quite made the grade, but did actually get paid for playing at Burgess Hill and East Grinstead. He made a few appearances for Crawley Town too before they got to the heady heights they're at now.
A few years later, I was told that I was actually better than him before I started missing training to take girls to the pictures and all those embassy No.10's! I'm not bitter about it at all though, but I should have played at a higher standard than I did
Played for my school from the age of seven til I left at sixteen, mostly in midfield. Also played in goal for Brooklyn U11s, 13s, 15s and 17s. Turned out for a local pub team for two seasons in my early 20s in midfield. We were frickin' dire but had so many giggles, nothing beats playing football with your mates when you all accept you're crap!
Played one season as a 13 year old for a club called Inter Fico. One of the players in that side was John Bumstead.
Didn't play again 'til I left school. On Saturdays played for Unilever (later Aries) in the South London Allaince and on Sundays for Abbeywood in the Kent Suburban League until the ripe old age of 27 when knee injury ended my playing days.
Only claim to fame is that I once scored 9 in a 14-1 win. Neither of my sons believe me but before I die I will find that press cutting!
My career went full circle. I started playing in central midfield, then I shifted to the wing and then went to full back, I next played centre-back before going back to playing central midfield. Highlight: once being offered a trial with a south London team that was neither Charlton nor Millwall, but for some reason it never happened. Other highlight: being driven to an away match when a student by Imre Varadi's father.
6 appearances representing Charlton Manor age 9, went on to become the linchpin in my next school, Broadfield North age 10,11,12, house captain for my secondary school Thomas Bennett, whilst playing in the Crawley district league for Broadfield Strikers for 5 seasons up until 15, used to play right wing, Steve Coppell styley, at the tender age of 16, had to retire as the females and cigarettes started to take their toll, and I started most games from the bench in my final season. My brother who was one year younger went on to have trials with Southampton and Gillingham, but never quite made the grade, but did actually get paid for playing at Burgess Hill and East Grinstead. He made a few appearances for Crawley Town too before they got to the heady heights they're at now.
A few years later, I was told that I was actually better than him before I started missing training to take girls to the pictures and all those embassy No.10's! I'm not bitter about it at all though, but I should have played at a higher standard than I did
6 appearances representing Charlton Manor age 9, went on to become the linchpin in my next school, Broadfield North age 10,11,12, house captain for my secondary school Thomas Bennett, whilst playing in the Crawley district league for Broadfield Strikers for 5 seasons up until 15, used to play right wing, Steve Coppell styley, at the tender age of 16, had to retire as the females and cigarettes started to take their toll, and I started most games from the bench in my final season. My brother who was one year younger went on to have trials with Southampton and Gillingham, but never quite made the grade, but did actually get paid for playing at Burgess Hill and East Grinstead. He made a few appearances for Crawley Town too before they got to the heady heights they're at now.
A few years later, I was told that I was actually better than him before I started missing training to take girls to the pictures and all those embassy No.10's! I'm not bitter about it at all though, but I should have played at a higher standard than I did
; )
Is this the same Creepy that I have met ?
Oh yes mate! Wing wizard in my day! I edited my first post!
Average I would say. Went to a Rugby playing school so never really played organized football when I was young even though I preferred it to Rugby. We used to play pick up games on the school field though and I was invariably one of the first picked. Not a lot of skill I don't think but I've always been able to run so that was my biggest asset I suppose. I did play quite a good standard of vets football though but have hung up my boots now.
Only ever played Sunday league from 11-15 (god almost 5 years ago now) Played CB/CM, loved a good crunching tackle.
Embarrassingly scored more own goals than goals. Remember a quality one being a header from the edge of my own area.
Since then ive gone from being a cross country runner to almost literally eating mcdonalds every day. Went training with Canvey Island youth team a few months ago and never went back, well to unfit. Still better footballers than them lot tho..
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My brother on the other hand...
Colchester Youth last year, the guy running it there was a prick so he left Went back to pissing about with his mates in a really low sunday league team for a while before getting scouted for Essex. Now plays for Essex and some England representative team as well as the sunday league team. 17 years old.
Just got back from a weekend in Tenerife where they was at a training camp getting ready for some tournament
Always one of the last picked at school and usually put in goal, as seemed to be the norm with the worst players. Improved as a goalie but still pretty crap.
Played for Roan and ended up School Football Captain. Got picked up by Charlton (Jim Fibbins) at about age 15, but only played a few 'Colts' games as the School wouldn't let me play. Played for London Schoolboys and London Boys Clubs. Broke into Bromley's first team and also had a spell at Dartford. It all got too hard as wine, women and song came along. Had some fantastic seasons at Rochester Way Social Club, where we won everthing going. Also played Saturdays for Sam Montagu Boys Club in the South London Alliance. I was 14 when I started playing in the Mens League. Other Clubs were REME (peter Munns was Coach)' Plum Lane, Thanet and Beehive. Came to OZ in 1983 and played State Team at the ripe old age of 37. Carried on playing Sundays until I was 46 but then suffered from kneeknack so started Coaching
generally useless. traded on my pace down the left side for a few years at primary school. played rugby at secondary school (where I traded on my pace down the left side for a few years).
played a few games at college for one of our many teams. turned out for cifc a few times. Not played anything other than 5-a-side for a few years. pretty good with a free kick (in my head anyway) and absolutely awful in the air.
ex-CIFC eh? now trying to work out who you are??
Now that would be telling... played in a few early games in the midweek at Coldharbour
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Or I'd take the billion pounds and play crap so they got relegated.
Offered a trial by Leyton Orient aged 16, shortly after I got the news, suffered a nasty injury and the trial passed me by and that was it. Have hardly played since and can't play to this day without limping for a week afterwards as a result of the old injury. Gutted cos I miss it
Then played Southern Amateur League followed by a big gap in various leagues and then closed my career in the Surrey Leagues (our home ground used to be what is now Chelsea's training ground at Cobham)
2nd child, beer and a spell in hospital ended what could have been so much at the age of c36.
Played for my Primary School (Deansfield) at left back and likewise at Eltham Palace (where you had to be pushy or have a pushy dad).
Went to Crown Woods and due to lack of confidence of making a team amongst, probably 150 other boys, didn't bother and stopped playing.
I did however play against or with (can't remember) Martin Peters at Potters Holiday Camp in Great Yarmouth, he was quite good funnily enough, even in the late eighties.
...and then I woke up
When I moved to nth London I joined a pal from works team as left back and was the Stuart pearce of enfield very tough in the tackle fierce shot and hard as nails
With the right application and motivation couldve played decent Saturday level at best
But woman drugs booze were more important hence the weight gain 8=(
My brother who was one year younger went on to have trials with Southampton and Gillingham, but never quite made the grade, but did actually get paid for playing at Burgess Hill and East Grinstead. He made a few appearances for Crawley Town too before they got to the heady heights they're at now.
A few years later, I was told that I was actually better than him before I started missing training to take girls to the pictures and all those embassy No.10's!
I'm not bitter about it at all though, but I should have played at a higher standard than I did
; )
Also played in goal for Brooklyn U11s, 13s, 15s and 17s.
Turned out for a local pub team for two seasons in my early 20s in midfield. We were frickin' dire but had so many giggles, nothing beats playing football with your mates when you all accept you're crap!
Didn't play again 'til I left school. On Saturdays played for Unilever (later Aries) in the South London Allaince and on Sundays for Abbeywood in the Kent Suburban League until the ripe old age of 27 when knee injury ended my playing days.
Only claim to fame is that I once scored 9 in a 14-1 win. Neither of my sons believe me but before I die I will find that press cutting!
Played CB/CM, loved a good crunching tackle.
Embarrassingly scored more own goals than goals. Remember a quality one being a header from the edge of my own area.
Since then ive gone from being a cross country runner to almost literally eating mcdonalds every day. Went training with Canvey Island youth team a few months ago and never went back, well to unfit. Still better footballers than them lot tho..
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My brother on the other hand...
Colchester Youth last year, the guy running it there was a prick so he left
Went back to pissing about with his mates in a really low sunday league team for a while before getting scouted for Essex. Now plays for Essex and some England representative team as well as the sunday league team. 17 years old.
Just got back from a weekend in Tenerife where they was at a training camp getting ready for some tournament
I think a local news reporter once said of me "If i had to pick just one word to describe this boys footballing talent it would have to be...amazing!"
i was going to go far. but drink, drugs and a bizarre pedlow accident halted my progress.
Wasn't technically gifted with the ball at my feet (like Wiggins etc) but my job wasn't to play fooball, but to stop the opposition from doing so. ;-)
Came to OZ in 1983 and played State Team at the ripe old age of 37. Carried on playing Sundays until I was 46 but then suffered from kneeknack so started Coaching
played in a few early games in the midweek at Coldharbour