NSCers' Football Careers

[Rowdey]

Bevendean Barcelona - only now and again when I was sober enough on a Sunday morning.

What year was that ?


Personally:

The all conquering Bevendean Barcelona 79-83 (played opposite the real Chappers many times)
Melford FC 83-85/6
Peacehaven FC (trial only) 85/6
Southwick FC (2 x trial only) 85/6
NSC London Regents Park/Westbourne Pk 2003-2093

At 15 i got a job during school summer holiday at a chippy between the Belvedere and the Fortune of War (and susequently found beer and birds..) and that was the the end of regualr footie for me, until NSC London a few years ago - good to be back..!

 

[Brighton Breezy]

how old are you richie?

23

 

[Padders]

Stanford Road School
Brighton Grammer and Coombe Rovers
BHASVIC

Merlin - Brighton League

Manchester University 1sts

Ringway - Wythenshawe League
Old Chorltonians - Lancashire Amatuer League
Radbroke Hall - East Cheshire Sunday League
Radbroke Hall - Altrincham Saturday League
Old Chorltonians Lanc and Cheshire League
Radbroke Hall Veterans - Cheshire Vets League (still playing)

 

[Theatre of Trees]

Newhaven Imps u13s
Various work teams
Pitch INvasion: Play in goal for Brighton & Hove Council, so I'll be playing you on MOnday, Soul Finger.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Woodingdean Primary
Saltdean Primary
42nd Brighton Cubs
Longhill High (School)
The Volunteer
Wivelsfield Green
Lewes Spartans
Saltdean Utd
St George (Sun)
International Factors

makes me a bit of a journeyman I guess.
Diagnosed as diabetic at 34 buggered it all up.

 

[Eddie the Seagull]

Adur Athletic '77-'79 (One kick-arse footie team)
Ringmer '79-'81
Lewes boys '81-'84
Sussex Boys '82-'84
Brighton & HA Youth '82-'85

Captained every school team I've played in.

Scored 5 goals on my Primary school debut (aged 10 )

Retired 1985 - Burnt out.

Played for several Saturday/Sunday teams since - even in a semi-pro league until some fucker broke my ankle.

I just sit on my arse watching now.

 

[Knightsworld]

Mile Oak CP School
Mile Oak Dragons
Portslade Community College
Adur Athletic
Shoreham R.B.L

East Reach Wanderers (Taunton) Played for, managed, owned the team. All my own work.

Retired gracefully in 2002.

 

[Beach Hut]

Adur Athletic (Sussex Champions)
Fishersgate Flyers
Adur Athletic
Gatwick United

All under 16, now play on astroturf every week. AFC LIZARD being one of the teams

Next season joing a Sunday League team in Shoreham, first proper outing on grass for 10 years

Is that the Gatwick United from Shoreham, now ASC Strikers ?

 

[Chesney Christ]

Rustington Otters FC (Ages 7-16)

Inter-departmental football at University (18-20)

Littlehampton Town FC (21 - present)

Just 23 so still playing. Plenty of time to watch the Albion when I'm old and over the hill. Couple of years then....

 

[Braders]

Patcham Junior School B-Team (central defender) p20 s 0
Patcham High School B-Team (Central Defender/Striker) p10 s1 o.gs 1
City College Brighton (central defender) p1 s0

trials with - preston panthers & withdean 2000

 

[Tooting Gull]

Steyning Grammar, various teams over the years
Univ of East Anglia (mainly 2nds)
KPMG
Cuckfield (Sat)
Burrell Arms (Sun)

Now happily retired, apart from the odd 5-a-side.

And I once entered a team in that massive 6-a-side tournament in Hassocks that used to be held the first Sat in August, 80 teams in 16 groups of 5. The fulfilment of a dream after watching it for years, followed by a massive barbecue and piss-up. Lost in a penalty shoot-out (ahem..Pavilionaire?).

Is that still going?

 

[coach03]

Hove Dynamos (The Mighty 'Mos) 70/71,71/72
Alpine Rovers 72/73, 73/74
Southwick 73/74 (Briefly - 'til they sussed me out)
Hangleton 74 - 78
Alliance 79 - 93 (ish)
Hangleton (again) 93/94 then took up coaching
Packed in playing consistently in '95 but played my last competitive game in '97 when I played half an hour for Lewes reserves in goal 'cos our keeper was late getting to the game (we won 3 - 1 at Oakwood....and , yes, I let in the 1)

Spent most of 'career' playing Centre Half with the occasional sortie up front a la Virgo

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

I was also captain of Collyers 1st Team as well and obviously played for Forest Boys School as well.

Anyone else play for Collyers?

i didn't play for collyers but i did play for forest boys but some 16 years before you!

and i played for chesworth rovers and tigars.

also one game for horsham fc. a pre-season friendly-never asked back though!

incidently a lad called franco massimo was in the year below in the same house (tyler) remember him playing for the albion?

 

[Ernest]

I still turn out for ASC Strikers Under 10's every Sunday

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Primary School team.
Newport Primary Schools Representative XI.
Then pushed into playing rugby at secondary school.
Then moved to England and pushed into playing the version of rugby that was more interested in "character building" than winning that passes for the game in English secondary schools.
Football resumed at Under-15 level in a team that consistently ended up bottom of the league.
Took up drinking, watching Birmingham City and only the occasional friendly kickaround.

I could have been a great player, if it hadn't have been for ...

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Littlehampton Town FC (21 - present)

Were you in the team that got stuffed by Johnny Crumplin Football Genius and his mighty Blues last week?

 

[Hydro Driven]

Rottingdean
Whithawk
AFC Jelfish
Preston Panthers
AFC Ashmore
St Barts (school)
Cardinal Newman school

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

23

older than me ,we always played forest for downlands our "careers" could have crossed paths

 

[Goodfella]

Rottingdean
Whithawk
AFC Jelfish
Preston Panthers
AFC Ashmore
St Barts (school)
Cardinal Newman school

When did you play for AFC Ashmore? my son played in goal for them before going on to sign for lewes and then Crawley

 

[John Dorian]

name: david stappleton
age:17, 18 in 9 days !!
position:centre back/striker

career:

1995 - 1997 - Little Common U9's-U12's (Striker)

1997 - 1998 - Glenco U13's (Centre Back)

1998 - 1999 - Little Common U14's (Bench Warmer/ Striker)

1999- 2001 - Winchelsea Beach U14's- U16's (Striker)

2001- Passed Referees Examination

2002- Referee Of The Year - Rother Youth Football League

2003 - Joined SCFA referee academy and get nice tracksuit too !!

2003 - 2005 East Sussex Football League Official And Sussex County Football League Linesman - Currently On promotion Scheme to referee county Level.

There you have it .... I am now public enemy number 1 and have just got back from a game in which I had 3 sent off and 6 in the book. Its a tiring game !!!!