What's your dullest anecdote about meeting a footballer?

[LudlamBlade]

Saw Keith Gillespie in EMA when I was flying to Majorca with my mate for his 14th birthday.

His stepdad said to us, "look lads, that's Keith Gillespie".

We didn't know who he was.

 

[Groucho Blade]

Just before he got into his car, I asked Trevor Hockey to sign my autograph book. As he was signing I said, Is this your car? He said Yeah. I said Wow.

 

[Rudders]

A not so boring Blades related story.

My mate's Dad used to coach Travis Binion at cricket and he had input with the England team. He recognised that Binion had world class potential as he was head and shoulders above everyone else in skill levels. At the time Binion was playing football and cricket.

When Binion signed for the Blades academy my mate's Dad asked Sheffield United to release Binion for cricket training twice a week so that he could keep up his practise, that way if he didn't turn professional or it didn't work out, he could fall back on cricket and England would retain a future star player. United refused and told Binion it had to be football or cricket. He chose football. My mate's Dad still knows him, as does my mate, but he always sees him as the one who got away and England's biggest loss of talent and still stands by that he would have been a world class cricketer.

Same thing happened with P Neville. Unbelievable young cricketer, better than flintoff at the same age of the same era. Gave up the game he was better at. Ended up being a solid pro (and nothing more) who benefited from being at Man Utd.
I don't know the fella sadly.

 

[pleh_blade]

I was behind Keith Curle in the Aldi on Archer Road in first lockdown when it was dead strict and you had to keep 2 metres in those squares so ended up following him the whole way round the entire supermarket. He doesn’t eat very well.

I was running in Endcliffe Park last Sunday and saw Nigel Pearson as I ran past and he looked away. I was wearing my Austin 3:16 t shirt so he was probably saying to his wife who was with him “look there’s Stone Cold.”

 

[Tony_Kaufman]

Bet you'd struggle to sing Lionel Richie

I'm not sure where Dancing on the Ceiling comes into this...... oh, wait, I see what you did there!

 

[VwBlade]

I have reports from a source I'm not willing to name that Keith Curle likes being pegged

 

[HuddersfieldBlade]

I once saw Paul Ifill in a gym in town during the season I’m the prem, he was doing weights. Didn’t say anything to him

 

[Bladethebrian]

I was once dumped by a lass in that pub. Emlyn and his wife sat at the next table, clearly able to hear what was going on. I didn't look at him out of pure embarrassment.

I was also dumped in that pub. Left her there and went to the bus stop feeling shit. Five minutes later she walked up to me and the world was a brighter place. For a few seconds. Until she asked me for her car keys which were in my pocket. Didn’t see Emlyn.

 

[Stockport blade]

Paddy kenny asked us to look after his kid when he signed just before a friendly at Matlock

 

[metty]

Was with my lad at the Wolves play off final and we saw John Harley outside the ground. Lad says to John ' Have you got a light mate' John Harley says 'Sorry I don't smoke' To be fair we'd had one or two sneck lifters.

 

[Maurice Maurice]

Uri is good mates with my step-dad, met him a few times… really nice bloke.

He used to run Hillsborough Leisure Centre, First time i met him was there… while he was showering Awkward to say the least.

Uriah Rennie refereed a game I was playing in, threatened to book me after two minutes for a boisterous challenge then gave me man of the match at the end of the game.

Saw John Pearson with a load of his mates in an Indian Restaurant on West Street some years back. They were a bit shouty so I told him to shut the fuck up, Pig bastards and they did

Saw Stuart McCall at a petrol station in Harrogate. He saw the Blades sticker in my car and we had a bit of a man grunt at each other.

 

[stringjunior]

sneck lifter

Theres a phrase I've not heard for a while. Beautiful

 

[VolcanicAsh]

Uriah Rennie refereed a game I was playing in, threatened to book me after two minutes for a boisterous challenge then gave me man of the match at the end of the game.

Saw John Pearson with a load of his mates in an Indian Restaurant on West Street some years back. They were a bit shouty so I told him to shut the fuck up, Pig bastards and they did

Saw Stuart McCall at a petrol station in Harrogate. He saw the Blades sticker in my car and we had a bit of a man grunt at each other.

Did you get a look at his cards?

His yellow had “This is your last chance” wrote on it while the red had “I told you so”

 

[Maurice Maurice]

Didn't see that but he did a cracking job refereeing that game

 

[knowsnowt]

Kyle Walker and Aaron Lennon came into HiFi in Leeds when I was working there, tried to buy a full bottle of JD and got upset when they were told they had to get individual drinks like everyone else.

It was a student night.

I hope you reported them to the local knifers.

 

[knowsnowt]

Not me but my dad. Delivered a new race clock to Gary Madine at his pigeon coit near the Emley Moor TV mast. He has some awsome prospects he's sending on the channel races next year apparently. Been buying in some top stock for when he retires to breed on too.

 

[pommpey]

Just before he got into his car, I asked Trevor Hockey to sign my autograph book. As he was signing I said, Is this your car? He said Yeah. I said Wow.

I went to watch a training match at the Ball Inn, back in the day. It wasn't on there so me and my mates walked down to BDTBL where they were training on the small pitch by the Pavilion. They all went to get cleaned up and Alan Hodgkinson came out singing, "There are two men, in my life, to one I am a mother, to the other I'm a wife ... ' in Scottish, from the Shredded Wheat advert. We waited outside John Street players entrance where I got some autographs. TC was in a car with John Hope, who signed my book and I asked if he'd pass it to TC.

TC said 'Oh', and signed it.

pommpey

 

[Hodgesleftpeg]

Esso/Tesco at brecks nr wickersley, parked my car up, walked around the corner, contemplating what to buy, beers or veg. Bumped into Tony Agana, he smiled and said ‘hi’, I blushed like a love struck teenager and whimpered at him. I was 45 at the time.

 

[Goodpinchofclough]

Saw Ben Osborn walking his dog yesterday after leaving some gates of what was obviously where he lived.

Tiny little girly thing (the dog) it was

 

[JimW1889]

I once saw Paul Ifill in a gym in town during the season I’m the prem, he was doing weights. Didn’t say anything to him

Saw Brayford before the Adkins or possibly first Wilder pre season in Ponds Forge gym, didn't say anything to him.

Also saw O'Connell there after one of the first few games where he got a knock on the head and had to get it bandaged from memory. Also didn't say anything

 

[raul]

Saw Gareth Taylor sat outside a hairdressers in Meadowhall. He was offside.

 

[1973Blade]

BREAKING NEWS: Whilst at Endcliffe Park enjoying a post match celebration fish finger sandwich at the cafe, Conor Hourihane, his partner and child walked past us. We didn't say hello.

 

[Le Cynique]

Saw Gareth Taylor sat outside a hairdressers in Meadowhall. He was offside.

I was in Aberystwyth wearing a Blades shirt, and some Welsh bloke with a voice like Harry Secombe’s boomed out “WELL BLESS MY SOUL, IT’S GARETH TAYLOR”. I was delighted.

 

[KiwiBlade]

I saw Gareth Taylor leave his sleeping baby alone in his car while he nipped into Tesco's for milk. I also called Petr Kachouro a stupid c*nt for nearly running me over in his BMW on Shoreham St one morning, when I realised who was driving I said 'Hi Petr' and I'm pretty sure he said hello back in Belarusian

 

[corner_flag]

I saw Gareth Taylor leave his sleeping baby alone in his car while he nipped into Tesco's for milk. I also called Petr Kachouro a stupid c*nt for nearly running me over in his BMW on Shoreham St one morning, when I realised who was driving I said 'Hi Petr' and I'm pretty sure he said hello back in Belarusian

Did it sound like this?
"На хуй"

 

[Millhousesblade1889]

When I was 18 I went to Crystal and was chatting up a girl. Lee Hendrie was sat on the bar, I went to the toilet came back and she seemed to favour Lee Hendrie more than me never to be seen again. To be fair I was a student so I definitely couldn’t afford to buyher a drink

 

[LudlamBlade]

Saw Jordan Amissah on Bramall Lane as I was walking towards John St and he was walking towards Cherry St, about 20mins before kick off.

I said, "yes Jordan"...

He said' "yeah yeah alreyt"...

We exchanged a fist bump.

 

[LudlamBlade]

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[Terry Starlight]

Just met Ili in Millhouses tesco. Said hello and told him he's my favourite player and that I think he's great and he said thank you, then I let him get on with his shopping.

 

[CarlMcBlade]

Obviously not a footballer, but I saw Kevin McCabe queuing up for candy floss on Scarborough seafront. I had my Blades coat on and he gave me a nod…Only realised it was him when I’d walked 10 yards passed him.