Thread: Your memorable sporting life (the early years) - football

Quote: Originally Posted by copliker Listening to Irish radio legend Philip Greene's commentary on league of Ireland matches. Mostly I was playing rather than watching. You were playing in LOI games as a nipper? Better that than watching the radio though!

Marking Gary Breen, then a ranging high scoring centre-forward for Camden Catholics under-10s

Quote: Originally Posted by badlands the Cruyff turn shit, yeah I remember that too and Gullits Dreadlocks

Quote: Originally Posted by badlands the Cruyff turn shit, yeah I remember that too and Gullits Dreadlocks

Swansea top of the league (the old Division 1 as well not the lower leagues) in 1981/1982, aged 6 - what a team - Alan Curtis, Robbie James, Leighton James, Bob Latchford, 'Jimmy' Hadziabdic and Tosh as the manager!

2 amazing, wild post-goal celebrations from World Cup 82 - Falcao (who looked about 45) for Brazil and Tardelli for Italy in the final.

My little Arsenal kit. Playing with literally anything, tennis balls, rolled up tinfoil, rock hard cheapo plastic balls, as we usually couldn't afford proper footballs. World Cup '82, particularly Brazil's side, Zico, Eder and the like. Spending hours learning how to use both feet. Listening to Irish radio legend Philip Greene's commentary on league of Ireland matches. Mostly I was playing rather than watching.

Quote: Originally Posted by Yelkcub You were playing in LOI games as a nipper? Ehh no, I got nowhere near a decent level, and gave up when I got into rock good and proper at about 15.

My mother telling me about my great uncle when I was a nipper. Inter Milan's record-breaking Serie A Championship-winning season under Giovanni Trappatoni. Listening on the radio to the famous 4-4 Merseyside derby. Blackburn Rovers winning the Premier League. Doing some research into my great uncle and finding out jusy how good he really was: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WHpuddefoot.htm

Rome 1977. Roger Osborne, 1-0 v Arsenal. Argentina 1978. Nottingham Forest side - David Needham scoring from a header. Pissing on the terraces and accidently pissing on someone's leg. Finding myself in the middle of a fight and a copper standing on my foot! Nearly getting crushed at half time. Liverpool losing 1-0 and missing a penalty (that gave me recurring nightmares for about 3 years). Walking up the steps to see a lush green pitch on...