What's your dullest anecdote about meeting a footballer?

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Zipwire said:
A couple more this year. Both golf related.

The first one came this summer. I was on a Golf Society day up at Hallamshire on what was one of the hottest days of the year. I hit a drive that I didn't hit well, its sliced off at a 45 degree angle at a very low trajectory towards a couple of golfers on the next fairway. I shouted Fore, and they both ducked out of the way. A bit later on we was in the club house and the two golfers approached the 18th green and it was none other than ex-pig David Hirst. In the clubhouse he ended up coming over and having a beer with us, and as much as it pains me to say it, he was a great fella, no airs and graces and really down to earth, and I told him that I was a Blade and I'll try harder to hit him next time.

The other one came at Morley Hayes, we was having a bacon buttie before heading out for 18 holes and bumped in to Nigel Clough. I had a 5 minute chat with him. Chatted about the two semi-finals and he said he would rather have success in the league rather than the cups.
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Should have told him to stop holding out for fucking 0-0 then. Negative Nige.
 
WorkingtonBlade said:
Sat on the London train after the game against Huddersfield, several United players including Basham, Clark and Bogle got on.

Turned out they were in the wrong carriage.

They got off again.
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Be looking for the Newcastle train I bet.
Has Basham a double, or a twin brother? I ask cos in July a replica of him got on my train to Newcastle, zaw me looking and spun round to aim an enquiring look in my direction.
Was it him or a brother?
 
United Aren't Back. said:
Be looking for the Newcastle train I bet.
Has Basham a double, or a twin brother? I ask cos in July a replica of him got on my train to Newcastle, zaw me looking and spun round to aim an enquiring look in my direction.
Was it him or a brother?
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No, they were looking for the London train, just not that bit of it. Apparently they had reservations in another carriage. Why so many of the United team were going to London straight after the Huddersfield game, I don’t know. There were about 10 in the group (not all of them first team players).

I saw them again as they got off as St Pancras. At that time it was into injury time in the England game. I’d checked the latest score - 2-1 France - just before alighting. As I walked past the United group one of them, who was looking at his phone, shouted out ”2-2!”

I took the tube to Liverpool St - no phone signal on the tube - looking forward to finding out when I arrived who’d scored the equaliser…
 

Maurice Maurice said:
When you've lived abroad for a number of years, you'd be surprised what you'd do for a good pork pie. I made a 200 mile round trip to Canada for one, a catering size one mind, and I'd do it again at the drop of a hat.
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I’m fortunate that in my part of the US there are some good options for pork pie around. You know what I miss? Lamb. Never see it available anywhere.
 
WalthamstowBlade said:
I’m fortunate that in my part of the US there are some good options for pork pie around. You know what I miss? Lamb. Never see it available anywhere.
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I can get lamb here, expensive but I can get it. Only issue I've had lately is buying a pack of two lamb shanks from New Zealand, and when I opened them they were rancid, made the house stink. Fast forward about six months and the same, pre packed in NZ and they were off again so I let the store know and lesson learned, not buying them again.
 
1973Blade said:
I dont ever see anyone saying that they have bumped into Oli Norwood. Is he the Greta Garbo of Sheffield United?
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I have. With his Mrs and kid at the Grind café at Kelham Island having brekkie, morning after a home game. I held the door open for them, he said thanks.
 
Another one for you which was really surreal at the time.

I had some time to kill and was near Shirecliffe so thought I’d see if I could watch training (pre-season I think, sun was out). David Weir had just taken over.

So I parked up, walked over to where the first team were training and asked one of the staff if it was ok to watch. No problem he said. So I sat on the grass and watched the last part of the training session.

Next thing Lee Carsley I think it was, came over to me and asked if I fancied a brew. He took me into the canteen in the academy building and got me a cuppa, then took me in to an office with him and Weir, where they asked some questions about the club, fans, area, that sort of thing. Both nice fellas.

After a few minutes we went out and sat in the canteen area on some tables with the players and they offered me some breakfast. All the players were having their scrambled eggs and whatever. So I got stuck in, sat watching Sky Sports News while the management team and players had a team meeting.

Weird story I know, but true.
 
Went out for breakfast, saw RND sat with his family also having breakfast. End of story

One Sunday as a teenager was having a kick about in the park with some mate, Lilian Nalis was walking past and kicked us the ball back. Best pass I saw him make in his United career
 
Spent a few Sunday afternoons chatting to Hecky on various touchlines when our daughters played for the same team.
 
Birdwell Blade said:
Another one for you which was really surreal at the time.

I had some time to kill and was near Shirecliffe so thought I’d see if I could watch training (pre-season I think, sun was out). David Weir had just taken over.

So I parked up, walked over to where the first team were training and asked one of the staff if it was ok to watch. No problem he said. So I sat on the grass and watched the last part of the training session.

Next thing Lee Carsley I think it was, came over to me and asked if I fancied a brew. He took me into the canteen in the academy building and got me a cuppa, then took me in to an office with him and Weir, where they asked some questions about the club, fans, area, that sort of thing. Both nice fellas.

After a few minutes we went out and sat in the canteen area on some tables with the players and they offered me some breakfast. All the players were having their scrambled eggs and whatever. So I got stuck in, sat watching Sky Sports News while the management team and players had a team meeting.

Weird story I know, but true.
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I was waiting for the fucking to start. It didn’t.
 
Birdwell Blade said:
Another one for you which was really surreal at the time.

I had some time to kill and was near Shirecliffe so thought I’d see if I could watch training (pre-season I think, sun was out). David Weir had just taken over.

So I parked up, walked over to where the first team were training and asked one of the staff if it was ok to watch. No problem he said. So I sat on the grass and watched the last part of the training session.

Next thing Lee Carsley I think it was, came over to me and asked if I fancied a brew. He took me into the canteen in the academy building and got me a cuppa, then took me in to an office with him and Weir, where they asked some questions about the club, fans, area, that sort of thing. Both nice fellas.

After a few minutes we went out and sat in the canteen area on some tables with the players and they offered me some breakfast. All the players were having their scrambled eggs and whatever. So I got stuck in, sat watching Sky Sports News while the management team and players had a team meeting.

Weird story I know, but true.
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They should have asked you some tips on football management too then!
 

January 2007,in Manchester airport.
Burnley squad milling about on a Friday afternoon in departures. I only twigged as Ade Akinbiyi was berating colleagues about, "so you're not interested in the facking manney then..?"
 
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