What's your dullest anecdote about meeting a footballer?

[Demon Blade]

Can anyone remember the name of the aussie player who got smashed in the face with the ball at valley parade? He was in Josephines the same night. Like an idiot asked him if it hurt, he said the obvious that it hurt like f**k. Gave me a tenner to get a round that came to £18.

 

[GodricBlade]

Funny what gets the old corpuscles coursing through your semi. Deborah Meaden does it for me. Yes really. (I'll get me coat....)

It’s OK pal - there’s at least 2 of us.
There’s just something about her…..

 

[I'll tell me dad.]

In the late 1980s I once stood in a queue for a cash machine on Oxford Road behind Blue Peter's Janet Ellis.

Away you go Pommpey...

Finally, one I've heard of and don't have to Google.

 

[Deaneandagana]

In the days of match tickets & turnstile operators, I bought a ticket over the phone from the ticket office, duly collected it & went round to the Kop turnstiles on Shoreham St, when I produced my ticket the turnstile operator refused my entry saying it was a juvenile ticket - I was 45 at the time.

I proceeded to protest my innocence but he was having non of it, at this point the guy behind me offered his adult ticket in exchange for my juvenile ticket - it was no other than David Frain & his lad.

Top man David cheers mate.

 

[mattbianco1]

Saw Gerry and Kate McCann in East Midlands Airport, they looked sheepish.

Were they outbound, or inbound at this point

 

[Pottedmeattoes]

Not long after TC testimonial got a job card with Mr Curry Dronfield address,rings door bell,my hero TC opens door,come in pal want a brew football italia just started sit here.Carlsberg dont do jobs like this me thinks,that saying never meet your hero"s ,moaned none stop about his knees,life ,money and women glad to escape and get back to real world.

 

[Greasy Chap Butty]

Oh and a few years ago, I helped Tony Agana retrieve his trampoline when some really strong winds had blown it into a farmers field near his house.

Well, I say helped… I was walking my dog and saw a trampoline in the field. As I was nearing Tony’s house he came out and said ‘have you seen a trampoline?’

Resisting the urge for a swift, sarcastic response - which would have been thrown back at a lesser mortal, I replied ‘yeah it’s in the field there Tony’
He said ‘cheers mate’ and jogged off to get it’
My daughter was with me at the time and is convinced that me and Tony are best pals.

I feel I must also clarify that it was a bungalow not a house.

I see him fairly regularly knocking about and I’m delighted to report that he seems a a right nice bloke and always says ‘hello’.

I doubt very much he shares such fond memories of our encounter. I doubt he even remembers it / me. Although there is a small part of me wonders if he remembers me as ‘smart arse dog walker who pointed out where my trampoline was, then fucked off without offering to actually help me’

Anyway, nice guy and looks about 30 still.

I'm glad you clarified it was a bungalow. Makes the tale better

 

[Hull Blade]

Dean Windass...every other word started with a F or a B...Nice bloke though..

I once followed Mark Bright up an escalator in T5 in Heathrow Airport. Lovely bum.

 

[Champagneblade]

Not player related, but quite a few years ago I was queuing at the checkout at a supermarket in Sheffield. In front of me was an angelic little boy, probably aged about 5 or 6, with his dad. The problem was the boy was wearing a Sheffield Wednesday shirt. I thought I should engage in some gentle banter so I commented that he would be better off wearing red and white stripes. At this point his father said to the little boy: "What do we call Sheffield United's players". I was expecting him to trot out a few names... Brian Deane, Dane Whitehouse... etc. Instead the little boy smiled sweetly, looked me in the eye, and said "Nancy boys".

Kids today.....

Hope you have them both a kidney punch before you left. Rude not to

 

[BigBed]

Apparently I met Dean Hammond, but nobody saw it.

 

[BiggerBladeThanThou]

Worked in McDonalds when I was 17.

Dion Dublin walked in and I shouted “Dionnnnn Dionnnnnnn”.

He said: “cheers, Big Mac Meal with an orange juice please”

I said: “Large?”

He said: “Yes”

And off he went.

 

[William Large]

I'm glad you clarified it was a bungalow. Makes the tale better

Devil in the detail etc…

 

[Greasy Chap Butty]

Devil in the detail etc…

Does he still play saxophone?

 

[Greenwich Blade]

Does he still play saxophone?

Whilst jumping on a trampoline...?

 

[Greenwich Blade]

Oh and a few years ago, I helped Tony Agana retrieve his trampoline when some really strong winds had blown it into a farmers field near his house.

Well, I say helped… I was walking my dog and saw a trampoline in the field. As I was nearing Tony’s house he came out and said ‘have you seen a trampoline?’

Resisting the urge for a swift, sarcastic response - which would have been thrown back at a lesser mortal, I replied ‘yeah it’s in the field there Tony’
He said ‘cheers mate’ and jogged off to get it’
My daughter was with me at the time and is convinced that me and Tony are best pals.

I feel I must also clarify that it was a bungalow not a house.

I see him fairly regularly knocking about and I’m delighted to report that he seems a a right nice bloke and always says ‘hello’.

I doubt very much he shares such fond memories of our encounter. I doubt he even remembers it / me. Although there is a small part of me wonders if he remembers me as ‘smart arse dog walker who pointed out where my trampoline was, then fucked off without offering to actually help me’

Anyway, nice guy and looks about 30 still.

"Was there a child in it?"

 

[1066blade]

I got on the tube after a Millwall game and realised i was stood next to Simmonson. A Blade said to him "you were shit today - as usual". I felt embarrassed and sorry him. (Simmo not the blade twat).

 

[Greasy Chap Butty]

Hope you have them both a kidney punch before you left. Rude not to

Yeah. Just for the homophobia if nothing else

 

[William Large]

"Was there a child in it?"

"Was there a child in it?"

"Was there a child in it?"

Love the detectorists. One of the best things I've ever watched.

 

[William Large]

Does he still play saxophone?

The trampoline incident didn’t seem the right circumstance to ask but it has crossed my mind since.
Next time I see him knocking around, I will make sure I ask as it njggles me.

 

[Zipwire]

A few weeks ago, I was walking into David Lloyd in Newbury and there was a bloke sat in the little cafe bit having some food, who looked exactly like Sol Campbell. Problem being, I didn't have my glasses on so positive ID was not an option.

After finishing my gym session, I was in the changing rooms and a few lads next to me were excitedly talking about seeing Sol Campbell.

I guess it was him. I wasn't sure at the time. Wish I had my glasses on now. We could have had a chat.

Oh well. Wonder what he was doing here?

You did ask for dull didn't you?

Only yesterday I was working out in the same gymnasium as a certain Uriah Rennie. In fact come to think of it I’ve worked out in the same gym as Uriah Rennie and have even sat and talked to him in the Steam Room and Sauna of the same gym.

I’m probably also quite sure that anyone who uses the same gym as me will have seen Uriah Rennie there on multiple occasions

 

[Billyblade]

Never really met one. That's dull innit?
I once saw Brian Gayle in Makro.
I also saw Paddy Kenny in a kids play arena.
My Missus used to cut Tom Cowans hair
I told Dave Bassett I loved him on the pitch at Leicester. I don't think he heard me
Steve Conroy lived across the road from me when I was a nipper, sort of. Well actually it was the house next to the drive leading to a garage my Dad rented off a woman who lived across the road from us but her drive led onto a different road.
This gets duller by the minute. I'll stop now

 

[Edwards of Nazareth]

I stood next to mgw’s girlfriend at the match yesterday. That was probably the highlight of the 90 mins. Hal (York blade) was sat a couple or rows behind me. No offence, but she got more admiring glances than Hal did

 

[Trigger Blade]

I stood next to mgw’s girlfriend at the match yesterday. That was probably the highlight of the 90 mins. Hal (York blade) was sat a couple or rows behind me. No offence, but she got more admiring glances than Hal did

As we were stood outside, enjoying the sunshine, Trig Jnr (TY) spotted Hal and his mate. By the time I’d worked out who he was referring to, they were some distance away and out of autograph requesting distance.

Outside the original brief, but a pretty dull almost encounter with the thread originator

 

[Nearly Jimmy Hagan]

Had a quick chat with Michael Brown at the Etihad last week.
He commented it’s very tight for the play-offs & he’s doing our game at QPR for Sky TV this Friday. Nice guy.

 

[sitwell]

I went on Shoutbox and called out the shoutbox mafia as the usual faces mobbed up. Now the sadsacks have jumped on that without a hint of irony.

 

[biggiesablade]

I went on Shoutbox and called out the shoutbox mafia as the usual faces mobbed up. Now the sadsacks have jumped on that without a hint of irony.

I have no idea what shoutbox is can you tell me please

 

[Tickhill Blade]

I sometimes stand near Andy Butler when picking my daughter up from after-school club. I'm dying to ask him what he said to Clough resulting in him only making one appearance

 

[YorkBlade]

I sometimes stand near Andy Butler when picking my daughter up from after-school club. I'm dying to ask him what he said to Clough resulting in him only making one appearance

Can you ask him to tell me...on YouTube

 

[ShockingBadBuy]

Was clean bowled by Simon Stainrod on Oaks Park cricket pitch in 1977. 'Howzat!' he shouted. 'Out' said the umpire. I never got chance to join in the conversation.

You must've had a bad day at the office cos Stainrod wasn't much of a bowler

10-11 years ago, I was clean bowled by that centre-half who played for Bradford, the one who did the dwarf-throwing of Stefan Scougall. Only after I’d cut him hard through point a couple of times, mind you, and whacked him over mid-off.

He was playing league cricket in the off season (possibly not with his football club’s knowledge—he may still have been at Aberdeen at that point), and he was quite nippy. For my level anyway.

Those were about the only runs I scored all that season. And every single one of them was VERY dull .

EDIT: Rory McArdle (ex porker).

 

[coaxingstar71]

Not a footballer but related...

I met Fiona Firth in Trippets wine bar in the late 90's, who in the 90's was chief football writer for Chesterfield in the Star and Green Un. I was single then and took her back to my flat and shagged her.