What's your dullest anecdote about meeting a footballer?

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Met Bash at Vertu motorbike dealers in Rotherham. Genuinely nice guy to chat with. I said that I thought he would
not be allowed a motorbike due to the possibility of an injury. Said that he, JOC and Enda had bikes and went out riding together, but CW didn’t know about their bikes!
 



Got a few , i was about 13 and.saw Vinny Jones in the lane car park ," oreyt Vinny " he replied " awite son " with a strong shovel like hand rubbing my head .
Ended up in the players lounge at Portman road after beating Ipswich on away goals for a place at Wembley in the play off final when we lost to Palace , Nick henry got sent off that night so his season was over he was gutted, he was getting bladdered at the bar whilst in tears .
Gareth Taylor spoke really posh and Mitch Ward was buzzing cos he scored along with Katchuro, Ward also saying he wasn't offside for his ruled out goal .
Around the same era shared a mini bus with Mitch Ward ,Carl Tiler , Don Hutchinson on our way to the fa cup semi final at old Trafford against Newcastle , Don was a Geordie , and a pest when drunk later that night , Carl Tiler was buying all the Blades in this bar in Manchester a drink after we had lost to a Shearer goal , they all paid for our taxi back home to Sheffield about 2am me and two mates one thats a well known figure
Met Warnock on a open night ,I had done some work for , he sat with me and my mate for a good half hour was a gent also the same season we went up .
Only a couple of years ago saw Keith Edwards in the urinal , he was blindo I was too , only realised it was him when I had my nob out and said to him Keith you was one of my first ever Blades hero , I never knew that i'd ever meet you face to face with my nob out , both cracked up laughing then had a normal conversation about old times
whilst having a piss.
Billy Sharp blanked me in the hotel before a night game , "Good luck tonight Billy I hope you notch " Just ignored me with a slight huff under his breath , was only a couple of hours before kick off , he was on the bench that night so I assumed he had only just been told he wasn't starting , after thinking the mardy bastard ..
Played with Cliff Powel, and against Big Billy Whitehurst .

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When we were in the Premier League under Warnock, Brian Deane often sat directly behind me for the first half of the season then David Holdsworth sat there for the second half. We left them alone and didn't speak to them. We figured they probably get pestered by fans all the time and they've come to enjoy the game, so leave them be.
 
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Ended up in the players lounge at Portman road after beating Ipswich on away goals for a place at Wembley in the play off final when we lost to Palace , Nick henry got sent off that night so his season was over he was gutted, he was getting bladdered at the bar whilst in tears .
Gareth Taylor spoke really posh and Mitch Ward was buzzing cos he scored along with Katchuro, Ward also saying he wasn't offside for his ruled out goal .
Andy Walker, not Mitch Ward scored
 
Way back in 2022 I appeared in an advert with Kevin de Bruyne. Advert was for Credit Karma, premise of the ad was that we were a struggling bunch of misfits, Kevin comes off the bench and saves the day - quite why one of the best midfielders in the world would be on the bench for a Sunday league side is anyone’s guess - point of the ad was something to do with credit karma being able to save your credit rating or something…

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That’s me, or rather that’s the back of me…

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And there’s Kevin.

For some reason I can only find the ad on Facebook…


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Nice guy actually, had a lot of time for us and seemed pretty down to earth.

Argument could be made that this isn’t a dull anecdote and it definitely doesn’t feature a United player but hey ho.
 
You can't just suddenly drop that bomb and end it there! Surely that's the best story of the lot?!
Ahah ,not much here at all he was at the other end of the pitch and I made sure I was stayed away from the beast , think I shook his hand after but it was a nothing game a pre season friendly after his professional career, I daren't say anything to him . utb
 
In the early 80s I had an aqaintance whose only significant interest was smoking weed. He was hitching back from London and got picked up by a man who asked "do you know who I am?". To that he replied "no". The next day, with the aid if the sports pages of the Star, we established that he had spent 3 silent hours with Emlyn Hughes.
 
I met Martin Peters at Memorabilia at the NEC. Paid for 2 autographs. The first was a photo of him scoring in the 66 World Cup Final and he smiled at that. The second was the Denis Clarebrough book. When he saw Sheffield United it wiped the smile off his face! I thought he was going to refuse to sign it. He did sign it but was not happy.
 
I was stuck in traffic a few years ago on the parkway going home after work.

Approximately 5:34 pm

I glanced over and there was a nice Mercedes AMG SUV next to me and in the drivers seat was John Fleck. It was a 53 rather than full fat 63 option for the more cost conscious footballer

It was at the time his United career was coming to an end.

I nodded. He nodded back.
 



I was stuck in traffic a few years ago on the parkway going home after work.

Approximately 5:34 pm

I glanced over and there was a nice Mercedes AMG SUV next to me and in the drivers seat was John Fleck. It was a 53 rather than full fat 63 option for the more cost conscious footballer

It was at the time his United career was coming to an end.

I nodded. He nodded back.
Love the "approximate " time 👍
 
I can't remember if I haven't already posted my dullest anecdote on this very thread, but seeing as how it's come up again.

Brian Robson once ran over my toes in his car.

I'd add that it's not worth asking any questions about this.

It's not an interesting story, and the headline is a little misleading.

I feel like the star.
 
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On the walk to school, I'd walk past the home of former Scunthorpe United and Port Vale goalkeeper Paul Musselwhite.

Saw him numerous times and said "Hey Paul" and he'd say "Hey" back, absolutely fascinating right?
I was going to use my Graham Gooch anecdote but you’ve just blown me out of the water.

Bastard…
 
Once cut a piece of stove glass for Gary Megson's wood burner. He said "Thank you".

My dad took me to an open day at BDTBL, we met Simon Tracey in the John Street stand. My dad passed him my football to autograph and said "don't drop it".
He replied "fuck off"

Saw Steve Nicol walking through Hillsborough park. I shouted "hey it's Pete Nicol!".
He replied "Nice one, thanks"

Roland Nilsson once parked outside my house. I asked him for an autograph but could only find a bookies pen and a bus ticket. He smiled and said "no problem"

Got in a late night drunken snowball fight with some guys in Hillsborough Park. Speared a long range icy slush ball into some poor fuckers ear. Turns out it was Ruel Fox looking for geese.
He wasn't happy and cursed my family.
3 weeks later one of my cats died.

One of these stories is a lie.
 
I’ve seen a couple of players over the years but I believe I’m a full weight jinx. Chris Morgan presented trophies at my lads team back in the day. We had a picture and I enquired are you ready for the coming season. He replied hopefully. He never played again.
Saw Ched Evans in Meadowhell and got an autograph for my lad who was a big fan. Following week rape enquiry.
Last year me and a mate had finished a round at Abbeydale and was driving down the access road to leave and we saw Keifer Moore walking his dog. He looked our way and we gave it a giddy cheer and he laughed and walked on. Next week he sets up the Sunderland winner.
Needless to say I will now avoid any contact with individual players.
 
Once cut a piece of stove glass for Gary Megson's wood burner. He said "Thank you".

My dad took me to an open day at BDTBL, we met Simon Tracey in the John Street stand. My dad passed him my football to autograph and said "don't drop it".
He replied "fuck off"

Saw Steve Nicol walking through Hillsborough park. I shouted "hey it's Pete Nicol!".
He replied "Nice one, thanks"

Roland Nilsson once parked outside my house. I asked him for an autograph but could only find a bookies pen and a bus ticket. He smiled and said "no problem"

Got in a late night drunken snowball fight with some guys in Hillsborough Park. Speared a long range icy slush ball into some poor fuckers ear. Turns out it was Ruel Fox looking for geese.
He wasn't happy and cursed my family.
3 weeks later one of my cats died.

One of these stories is a lie.

I hope it is it the one where it says one of these stories is a lie
 
Back in the 90’s I had a summer job at Cash Converters in Worksop and ‘Ninja’ Tuttle came in to sell a games console of some sort.

I also rented a car out to Sir Bobby Charlton whilst working in Manchester.

The other slight claim is that my dad and I carried Jock Bryson’s son (in his pushchair) down the steps between Bramall Lane and the Blades car park when we saw his wife struggling on her own. She had recently featured on the United documentary of the promotion season.
 
Used to play 5 a side on the U-mix pitches. The ones behind the mosque just up from the lane.

Lovey hot Tuesday evening after work, needed to get some cash out to pay my share so stopped at the petrol station on BL

Went to the ATM and got a tenner out. As the machine shat my card back out I looked behind me and Leon Clarke was there waiting patiently behind me. He was still playing for United at the time and due to the lovely warm weather he wasn’t wearing his trademark gloves.

We said nothing to eachother but I bet he was getting out more than the tenner I did.

He looked small. I’m 6’3 and he is supposedly 6’2 but he seemed shorter than that. He always looked quite big for a footballer but he was so slim in real life. I hover around 15 stone and felt like I could eat him.
 



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