What's your dullest anecdote about meeting a footballer?

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SuperSonicBlade89 said:
I once stood behind a United player at Abbeydale Tesco. When he was being served, he turned to face my direction at the bottom of the checkout. I was staring at him with a "I recognise you but don't know who you are" kind of face. Made him a little uneasy.

Anyway, I got home and I glanced at the SUFC calendar I had and it was Carl Asaba on that particular month. I did a double take and I just shouted "Aaaaaah shit! It was him!!!".



I met Chris Morgan and shook his hand at an awards night at the lane. I was quite scared and I was taller than him. I thought he was going to squeeze my hand off with the size of his sausage fingers. But no! He was really gentle and so polite.
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Chris Morgan is the same size as me, 6' 1" and I was born with a week of Chris Morgan, he is a week older than me, they are my fun facts of the day. I bumped in to Morgs a while back at Wortley Mens Club. I'd got the train up to Penistone and walked back to Chapeltown on a hot sunny day, and stopped at Wortley Club for a pit stop on the way back. He exhanged a brief nod and 'oreyt pal'. I had a double bagger with the dull anecdotes on the same day as I also saw Louis Reed out for a run on the Trans Pennine Trail and he was going at a properly decent pace.
 
While there were Covid restrictions which meant you can attend a cafe with one family member or one other, Billy Sharp was across from me with a female I believe was his OH, and Jonathan Forte. This was Costa,
Archer rd.
My OH kept encouraging me to go over and say hello but I didn’t.
 
once went to the driving range near the Trafford Centre with my brother in law around 2008. Carlos Tevez and his huge entourage were there, and he posed for pic with my brother in law.

Someone asked if I wanted a pic with him, but I couldn’t, was still hurting a year after we got relegated. But the puzzled look on his face was priceless.
 
Chazzer said:
A couple of years ago Brian Deane was in our carriage on the Leeds to London train. He was on his phone the whole journey, though he was too far away to hear what he was saying.
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Get him in the tw*ts thread for that!
 
Saw Danny Wilson having Sunday lunch in a pub in Chesterfield, walked right past his table - my partner knew someone he was sat with who stopped her for a chat.
 
Blade56 said:
I feckin do, close call between a Latvian belly dancer wi big tits / bum and a Wateralls 6 incher.
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I can tell you that she liked a good six inches, shame she had to make do with around half of that with me!

Come on nobody would pick a bloody pork pie over a hot belly dancer?!
 
I was holiday in Nerja, one night went to a Restrauant, a very small place, and ended up on a table next to Alan Ball, he was with his wife and agent, and I listened in as they were negotiating with Man City to take over as manager. Sounded like most details had been agree, his agent was discussing with the man on the other end of the phone what type of car they wanted, and when they were going to announce it. Not very exciting really
 
Kelso said:
I was holiday in Nerja, one night went to a Restrauant, a very small place, and ended up on a table next to Alan Ball, he was with his wife and agent, and I listened in as they were negotiating with Man City to take over as manager. Sounded like most details had been agree, his agent was discussing with the man on the other end of the phone what type of car they wanted, and when they were going to announce it. Not very exciting really
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I met Alan Ball when he was manager of Pompey and ,y lad was mascot at Fratton Park. Nice feller who had great recollections of the 70s with the 0-5 and 5-0 games and TC.

I did resist the temptation to sing:

"Alan Ball, Alan Ball, Alan Ball
Alan Ball, Alan Ball, Alan Ba-all
Alan Ball, Alan Ball, Alan Ball
Alan Ba-all
Alan Ball"

in a castrato voice to the tune of Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa

pommpey
 
Was in the club shop with my then-missus back in the Blackwell years, when Kevin McCabe came striding in like an enormous polyester-clad hunting-bird.

He grabbed some assorted tat from the shelves and then went to speak to the girl on the till (no money seemed to change hands, so must get a hefty 100% owners discount).
He saw me gawping at him, and then came over and shook my hand so penetratively that I can only imagine that he was trying to impregnate my thumb-webbing.

He totally blanked the ex, possibly due to her lack of gawping.
 

United Aren't Back. said:
I know someone who has dealt with him in Currie's role with the youth etc.
Says he's a proper, arrogant, twat. That's years ago like.
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I used to have a warehouse in Dronfield. Was unloading a container one day and the police decided to hide behind it with a speed gun. The first person they caught speeding was TC. Didn't look very happy. Don't know if that counts 'cos he never said owt to me.
 
Mrs Eels used to work with Tony Agana. I offered him a lift home one day - he said he liked to walk.
 
Tongeincheek said:
Was in the club shop with my then-missus back in the Blackwell years, when Kevin McCabe came striding in like an enormous polyester-clad hunting-bird.

He grabbed some assorted tat from the shelves and then went to speak to the girl on the till (no money seemed to change hands, so must get a hefty 100% owners discount).
He saw me gawping at him, and then came over and shook my hand so penetratively that I can only imagine that he was trying to impregnate my thumb-webbing.

He totally blanked the ex, possibly due to her lack of gawping.
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I have witnessed something similar in 2007. Not long after the Superstore extended anyway. But it was Sean Bean who was looking through a sunglasses rack. He picked a pair up, popped them on and said to the person he was with "Yeah I'll av these". He took the sunglasses off then raised his voice to the woman working at the till "I'm having these, ok ta love" popped on the sunglasses and left.

When I got outside he seemed to be loitering. Managed to get a picture with him and had to show my mum who loves Bean. She was very jealous.

P.s. Does he count being a fictional United player ;)
 
SuperSonicBlade89 said:
I have witnessed something similar in 2007. Not long after the Superstore extended anyway. But it was Sean Bean who was looking through a sunglasses rack. He picked a pair up, popped them on and said to the person he was with "Yeah I'll av these". He took the sunglasses off then raised his voice to the woman working at the till "I'm having these, ok ta love" popped on the sunglasses and left.

When I got outside he seemed to be loitering. Managed to get a picture with him and had to show my mum who loves Bean. She was very jealous.

P.s. Does he count being a fictional United player ;)
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Maybe thats always been an acceptable practice?

And its just that those of us without Bean/McCabe level clout have never had the cojones to try it?
 
Sportbilly said:
I can tell you that she liked a good six inches, shame she had to make do with around half of that with me!

Come on nobody would pick a bloody pork pie over a hot belly dancer?!
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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.

As for anecdotes, I saw Warnock in the club shop the day before the Wigan relegation game, piling stuff up. He saw the wife looking and said 'I suppose you want a picture taking'. The Mrs. had one out of courtesy, I said not for me squire, I can't fucking stand you.
 
I saw jack o connel buying euros at aintree asda a couple of years ago

Ran past richarlison once who was surprisingly wearing shorts and t shirt in the fucking freezing cold
 
Gimli said:
Walked past Tony Currie at Meadowhall yesterday morning, but he was talking to somebody else so I don’t say owt to him.
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I saw him the other day, said, “alright Tony”…he looked at me as he hurried along and said “yeah, yeah”.
 
Frank the tank said:
I saw jack o connel buying euros at aintree asda a couple of years ago

Ran past richarlison once who was surprisingly wearing shorts and t shirt in the fucking freezing cold
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Was that near the training ground? My wife’s family are from that area…
 

SuperSonicBlade89 said:
I have witnessed something similar in 2007. Not long after the Superstore extended anyway. But it was Sean Bean who was looking through a sunglasses rack. He picked a pair up, popped them on and said to the person he was with "Yeah I'll av these". He took the sunglasses off then raised his voice to the woman working at the till "I'm having these, ok ta love" popped on the sunglasses and left.

When I got outside he seemed to be loitering. Managed to get a picture with him and had to show my mum who loves Bean. She was very jealous.

P.s. Does he count being a fictional United player ;)
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