Changing tack - who has met any of the following & can claim the most points.
5 points Willie Carson Geoff Capes Terry Griffiths Fatima Whitbread Steve Ovett Eddie the Eagle Edwards Nigel Mansell Ian Botham Kenny Dogleash Eric Bristow
10 points George Best Derek Randall Bill Beaumont John Lowe Lester Piggot Torvill or Dean (10 points for the pair - 5 points individually) Chemmy Alcott (skiing totty) James Hunt Allan Wells Charlie Magri
15 points Mohammed Ali Sir Alf Ramsey Sir Roger Bannister JPR Williams Victoria Pendleton Sir Viv Richards Jocky Wilson Alex Higgins Frankie Dettori Robin Cousins
Martina Navratilova Geoff Hurst Martin Peters Peter Taylor Vinnie Jones Trevor Brooking Terry Neill Sam Bartram Billy Wright Tessa Sanderson Merv Hughes - Aussie cricketer, miserable sod Lots of Arsenal players 1993 Many Charlton players
Henry Cooper in the jacuzzi at London Golf Club about 20 years ago,quite surreal. David Beckham in the England team hotel late one night when I did security work there,he asked if I fancied a game of snooker as he was playing alone,i couldnt as my boss was about Howard Wilkinson at an FA do,quite a rude man. Matt Svensson at the odeon cinema in greenwich when he was playing for us,nice,friendly bloke.
Worked at Bobby Charlton Soccer School in the mid 90s. Met a fair few if the United players at the time, inc Hughes, McClair, Giggs, Sharpe. Best was Beckham though who came to do some awards. Must have been the summer that the Spice Girls came on the scene. Played him at table tennis and had a good chat about what hopes he had for his career. Was a nice bloke and seemed very shy at that time.
Had a meeting with Ruel Fox, though I had no idea it was him until afterwards. He said he "played a bit of football" and I said "yeah me too, a bit of 5 a side". He probably thought I was a tw@.
Curbs at shirt sponsor evening, courtesy of Wyn Grant. Ron Atkinson at a parking ticket machine, we were trying to work out if we still had to pay at that time of night. I studiously pretended I had not recognised him.
John Surtees, one of my boyhood heroes. The only man to win World Titles in both motorcycling and F1. I had to deliver a car to him and on the way thought of all the things I wanted to ask him about. When I got there I ended mumbling 'Good afternoon Mr. Surtees, here's your car'. He thanked me, took the keys and that was that! Was going to ask about racing Manx Nortons and MV Augustas, driving Coopers and Ferraris but ended up tongue tied. Bugger!!
Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, OBE visited our junior school in 1960 and did some coaching. In later life Steve Davis, Seve Ballesteros and Arnold Palmer. And although not that famous in the overall scheme of things, loads of Charlton players down the years from Mike Bailey to Peacock, Killer, Curbs, Walshie, Bolder, Penfold, Super Clive, Parker, Yann, JJ and CP to name but a few.
John Surtees, one of my boyhood heroes. The only man to win World Titles in both motorcycling and F1. I had to deliver a car to him and on the way thought of all the things I wanted to ask him about. When I got there I ended mumbling 'Good afternoon Mr. Surtees, here's your car'. He thanked me, took the keys and that was that! Was going to ask about racing Manx Nortons and MV Augustas, driving Coopers and Ferraris but ended up tongue tied. Bugger!!
I met him at the goodwood revival a couple of years ago and got him to sign my ticket.
Played a chairty golf evebt, that amongst orhers had Steve Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent and Kris Akabosey(spell?) so I met all of them briefly.
Pulled Lawrence Delaglio out of a taxi once! He was big! As was Jonah Lomu when I saw him get off a bus in front of me!
Went clubbing with the South African rugby team when they were on tour in NZ in 1999.
Asked Matt Dawson to sign a rugby ball a couple years ago as he was playing in a charity match I was at, he handed it back and refused. I thought 'big headed tosser', he pointed out he had signed it before. I was embarrassed!
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Nigel Farage
Claus picked up a guitar and started to jam!
Also shook Michael Schumachers hand and he said "nice hat" to me
Many years ago Duncan Goodhew, the swimmer
Bob Wilson at a charity event.
Garth crooks at a seminar on trade mark law. Obviously.
So nobody exciting then!
5 points
Willie Carson
Geoff Capes
Terry Griffiths
Fatima Whitbread
Steve Ovett
Eddie the Eagle Edwards
Nigel Mansell
Ian Botham
Kenny Dogleash
Eric Bristow
10 points
George Best
Derek Randall
Bill Beaumont
John Lowe
Lester Piggot
Torvill or Dean (10 points for the pair - 5 points individually)
Chemmy Alcott (skiing totty)
James Hunt
Allan Wells
Charlie Magri
15 points
Mohammed Ali
Sir Alf Ramsey
Sir Roger Bannister
JPR Williams
Victoria Pendleton
Sir Viv Richards
Jocky Wilson
Alex Higgins
Frankie Dettori
Robin Cousins
Graham Gooch sat and had a chat with me and a mate at the Oval. Think it was the day Gower got a double century.
Kevin Campbell in a strip club in Manchester. Bought us drinks all night and was a top bloke.
Martina Navratilova
Geoff Hurst
Martin Peters
Peter Taylor
Vinnie Jones
Trevor Brooking
Terry Neill
Sam Bartram
Billy Wright
Tessa Sanderson
Merv Hughes - Aussie cricketer, miserable sod
Lots of Arsenal players 1993
Many Charlton players
Bobby Moore, lovely man too.
Frank Bruno, ditto.
Tessa Sanderson, lovely lady.
Sharon Davies...hubba, hubba even now.
Pulled Lawrence Delaglio out of a taxi once! He was big! As was Jonah Lomu when I saw him get off a bus in front of me!
Went clubbing with the South African rugby team when they were on tour in NZ in 1999.
Asked Matt Dawson to sign a rugby ball a couple years ago as he was playing in a charity match I was at, he handed it back and refused. I thought 'big headed tosser', he pointed out he had signed it before. I was embarrassed!
John Hollins