or on the street who were you?

I was always Leighton James or Paul Fletcher.

Lineker, Comstive, Eyres.

I made up a whole team's worth of imaginary players so I could play in any position. My captain was called Peter Jackson (no, not the ex Bradford City player or the film director, just a figment of my own imagination).

Last to be picked I was sh*t at Footie

Billy Rodaway

Joe Corrigan....but I was better than him.

Dobson.

Jimmy Phillips...legend

Bobby Charlton.

Dobson..... Unless I was in goal

I was booting a balloon around the front room earlier, I was Ashley Barnes. I elbowed the table, fell over when the Mrs walked by me and then I was Scott Twine bending the balloon into the top corner at Ewood Park from the resulting free kick !

Coppell, Keegan, Hoddle, Dalgish.

Thomas Hassler, Roberto Mancini, Gianluca Pagliuca, Mark Hughes and of course, David Eyres.

Keegan

I didn't know it the time or care - but beans on toast, egg on toast, cheese on toast etc became almost daily teatime.
Couple of days before birthday went shopping with Mum, took a diversion to Sport shop - one I always liked looking in, one I spent my saved earned pocket money in on Subbuteo stuff - the odd team (a big buy) sticky numbers, a winter ball, spring goalkeeper etc...

That Day I came out with my 1st New (not handed down from cousons) football boots.
I got to pick them.
Patrick.

Those two stripes made me Keegan,
The leather boots were my pride, polished after use back to new for months. Naturally they were bought "a size or two bigger so I would get longer use from them". Actually wore double socks and packed some of the toe end with loo roll. Sort of a Keegan Penguin.

On my Birthday, Pork Chop, Mash and Peas + Patrick boots.

Next purchase from the shop a few months later... Studs

I've Still got the shoe box.
Inside it, Test MatchCricket pieces - Remember that? String on a Hoover Bat etc.

Back then, With two strpe boots Keegan I now was.

Marlon Beresford, then Paul Crichton as I got a bit older.

Chris Pearce

'Charlton today. Dennis Law's in the wash this week'

gawthorpe_view wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 27, 2022 10:44 pm

Bobby Charlton.

We used to play slam against the mill gate....i was always Bobby Charlton.

I was always Jimmy Greaves (what a superb finisher he was) ah memories

Tommy Smith, Chopper Harris...it gave me licence to cripple my mates.

John Angus - hero of mine when I was at Marsden County Primary School in the 1960s.

Colin Waldron I was playing on the school team and after I took a shot that rebounded off the bar the referee that was from their school called me Colin Bell, I corrected him, Colin Waldron I said.

gawthorpe_view wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 27, 2022 10:44 pm

Bobby Charlton.

Were you in “Kes”?

Always Andy Payton, occasionally Dennis Wise or Michael Owen

I’m 33 now and the lads at footy still claim to be a certain player before we start our 6aside league games

Robbie Fowler (I was a Liverpool fan until I went to my first Burnley game at the age of 10 or 11!).

Quicknick, playing for Burnley.

Quicknick wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:25 am

Quicknick, playing for Burnley.

I was always just myself who had made it.

Alan Ball. I was small and fast, never stopped running.
I had the yellow and blue away kit which I loved but never managed to buy the white boots.

gawthorpe_view wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 27, 2022 10:44 pm

Bobby Charlton.

In 1962 or thereabouts, we were first let out on the grass pitches at junior school during our sports period. We just played on our own - no teacher. The ball came to me in my own half and I just whacked it as hard as I could towards the opponents goal. It bounced about four times, the goalie who was useless fell over and the ball bounced over him and into the goal - no nets of course. When we got back to the classroom to change the teacher came up to me and said 'I hear you scored a Bobby Charlton'. I'd no idea what that was, some technical term I assumed!

Nonayforever wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:43 am

Alan Ball. I was small and fast, never stopped running.
I had the yellow and blue away kit which I loved but never managed to buy the white boots.

Nowadays its more of a mission to buy black football boots.....

Herts Clarets wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:46 am

Nowadays its more of a mission to buy black football boots.....

I still play walking football 2/3 times a week. I managed to get a pair of all black astroturf boots. When I used them the first time the rest of the lads were gobsmacked and intrigued as to where I got them.

Depends, if i smashed one in it was Yeboooooooooaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

Johan Cruyff
Kevin Keegan
Kenny Dalglish
Martin Dobson
Paul Fletcher
Leighton James........all depended on the day

Willie Morgan.

Chipping em over for my mate Lochhead to head in.

Nonayforever wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:43 am

Alan Ball. I was small and fast, never stopped running.
I had the yellow and blue away kit which I loved but never managed to buy the white boots.

White Hummel boots. I got a pair for Christmas. My first with screw in studs too. One of the presents I’ve never forgot.

Zico

He was cool as well as very good

Trevor Steven or Billy Hamilton

Jimmy Mac. Too young to have seen him play but my dad and uncles made him sound like god in a footie shirt

Flixtonclaret1 wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 27, 2022 10:38 pm

Billy Rodaway

SHP you'll have to tell Bill the next time you see him. He'll love this.

I always said I was Ray Pointer then Andy Lochhead but the other players always said I was too dirty to be anyone but Chopper Harris or Brian O'Neil.

Cryuff - Neeskins. Jonny rep.. I loved the Dutch side circa 74

Remco Van Der Schaaf - always had my excuses ready upfront

Goalposts wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 28, 2022 4:55 pm

Cryuff - Neeskins. Jonny rep.. I loved the Dutch side circa 74

Agree. They were a breath of fresh air and ultimately lost the final to West Germany because of their arrogance and in at least one case, hatred of the opposition that came from midfielder Wim van Hanegem.

Willy Morgan.
Then Ralphy after he'd been sold.
Thnik I'd have been Dobo after Ralph was sold, but by then i was leaving school.

. . . Us young 'uns under Lord Bob probably had to change our playground personas more than most . . . .

Ray Deakin. Whhhooooooooooooosssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Ralphy voo!!

Willie Irvine.
Yes - I am that old…

Silkyskills1 wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 28, 2022 2:05 pm

SHP you'll have to tell Bill the next time you see him. He'll love this.

Slightly O/T but how is Billy doing nowadays? He got my dad in as fitness coach at Halifax Town when he was assistant manager there circa 1997.

Last time I saw Billy was my dad's funeral, some 16 years ago.

ChrisG wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 28, 2022 7:06 pm

Slightly O/T but how is Billy doing nowadays? He got my dad in as fitness coach at Halifax Town when he was assistant manager there circa 1997.

Last time I saw Billy was my dad's funeral, some 16 years ago.

He’s doing well and visits this way for family and to catch up with his old teammates! He always manages a few home games on the Turf each season.

Steve-Harpers-perm wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 28, 2022 10:38 pm

He’s doing well and visits this way for family and to catch up with his old teammates! He always manages a few home games on the Turf each season.

Brilliant stuff, if you see him, tell him Tommy Gildert's lads (my brother Anthony posts on here occasionally) were asking about him