Which non-Albion footballer's have you met?

[elwheelio]

Freddie Kanoute & Daniel Alves (Sevilla) in Dixons at Gatwick in August, Freddie was buying an iPod

Neville Southall outside Anfield about 10 years ago, I asked for his atuograph and he said 'no'

Darren Anderton at Earls Court

Andre Kancelskis and Earl Barratt (yes, THE Earl Barrett) outside Goodison Park

 

[DannyBhoy]

Zola
Merson
Ruddock

 

[Emily's Mum]

My son is at that age when he has to standoutside the players entrance at every game. I have therefore met lots of Barnsley players & managers over the years. Andy Ritchie was very nice about us when I last saw him.

Aarjan de Zeuwe used to live in our village & was really nice. I've met Mick McCarthy whilst visiting someone in hospital and I always used to bump into the referee Steve Lodge in Marks & Spencers!

 

[Turkey]

Entire Southampton squad of last two seasons (had lunch with theo walcott, met niemi etc)

 

[Buzzer]

Mate at Uni used to live next door to Jan Molby so met quite a few of the Liverpool stars of the late 80s at a barbecue.

Why the f*** didn't I take an autograph book?

Molby is a top bloke, really nice chap.

 

[bhanutz]

was there any food left after that fat fucker had tucked in?

 

[Alby]

On way back from Rotherham season before last sat talking to Alex Bailey the Chesterfield full back (ex Arsenal trainee). Very interesting and pleasant and no arrogance at all. He stated he was lucky to have the talent to play professionally and just loved playing the game.

Also many moons ago met Micky Kennedy just after he had moved to Pompey he on the other hand was an arrogant prick who thought every one should know who he was.

 

[Horses Arse]

John Terry

Handing out trophies to my sons team for winning the league in his age group. Really good guy (not anything like I expected) but did park in a disabled bay!!

 

[The Large One]

Garry Stanley. Not many people seem to remember him but he played full-back for Chelsea and Everton in the late 70s to mid 80s. V. nice bloke.

 

[Ernest]

Kenny Sansom

 

[Gully]

Malcolm MacDonald lived in Storrington in the mid 80's, he used to come into the pub I worked in at the time and I made his lunchtime sandwiches.

Also met the Stockport players at a summer training camp, it was at the time when they had that big bloke, Kevin something or other...remember he once got Paul McCarthy sent off, also Alun Armstrong...a man who never quite made it and I think may be on the books at Darlo.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

garry mabbut. david beckham. swp. ian wright. lee trundle

 

[El Presidente]

I have taught Nedum Onouha, the Manchester City defender.

Met Alan Smith (Man United), Paul Merson on holiday, both were very nice lads, not a pair of Billy Bigbollocks. Carl Griffiths, who some of you will remember from the 4-4 draw against Orien in 1997, was also there, and always wanted to play 5 a side.

Have played cricket against Paul Scholes and Steve Bruce, both without airs and graces.

 

[junior]

Chris Kirkland at Gatwick recently (he's boody tall).

Mark Bright also at Gatwick (waiting for a flight to belfast).

Ruddock (at Withdean last season,not sure what he was doing there,but he was stood on the slope outside the ground before a match).

Scott McGliesh outside Layer road a few seasons ago.Encounter ended with Police splitting up him and his dad from our posse

Nigel Quasie in the Shell Garage at Hickstead a few years ago.

Dwight yorke a good few years ago walking through the lanes with Katie Price and child.

 

[Eddie the Seagull]

Mark Lawrensen got me on the Liverpool coach one evening in 1981. I got my footie signed by legends such as Bob Paisley, Dalglish, Souness, Rush etc. etc.

My mate played footie in Mile Oak park 2 weeks later in the rain with my footie & all the bastard ink got rubbed off.


I met Ian Wright in an M25 petrol station - what a short-arsed miserable **** he was. I only asked him how was it going at Spur's for a laugh.

 

[Mackenzie]

A gentleman walked into our pub and asked if he could book a table for a meal, he gave the name Cusack. As he was leaving I asked if he was related to Nicky Cusack (the former fulham and Swansea forward), and yes it was him. I think he was a bit pissed off that I didn't recognise him.

Dewi Morris comes in occasionally (England rugby scrum half in the 1990's).

 

[Bakesy]

RICHARD NASH........Could have been an Albion LEGEND if he hadn't decided to move on .A bit INJURY prone though.

 

[ManxSeagull]

I had been over to see a mate at UMIST, was in the departure lounge at Manchester airport ordering a coffee whilst waiting for my flight back to the Island, when a guy stood next to me who looked like Ruud Guillet, thought nah it can't be.

Then in walked Vialli, Wise, the Romanian (whose name I cannot remember let alone spell) and the rest of the team, followed by Hoddle and assistant Goram. Then the agent Eric Hall.

I hadn't heard any results and didn't really know why the players were pissed off. They had lost 4-0 to Liverpool.

Vialli was hanging around having a smoke after all the players had left and the management were not happy with him.

ahh yes, Petrescu (sp) was the Romanian.


Also went to Butlins at Ayr in 1980 and went on the football training course which was attended by Roy Aitken. I am pretty sure he was playing for Celtic at the time and also a Scotland international.

Don't think you would ever see a top flight player/international at Butlins during the summer break now.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I was part of the production team for the Swedish version of 'Superstars' in 1996. I spent three weeks on a sunny Swedish beach working with loads of Swedish girls and various Swedish sports types. The footballers were Anders Limpar, who was a top bloke, Thomas Brolin, who was very fat and Martin Dahlin who was an utter prick.

Dahlin swanned about like he was something really special, but Ingimar Stenmark was in it and to the Swedes he is actually a demi-god, so Dahlin didn't get a look in attention wise.

He eventually broke his thumb when he crashed his mini-hovercraft filming a race, and flounced out of the competition because everyone laughed about it.

 

[Pigsy]

Bryan Roy, Pat Jennings, Bobby Moore, Martin Peters, Paul Hart, Gary Shaw, Bob Hazell, Gordon Strachan, Ian Storey-Moore, Gary Charles, Nigel Clough, Bryan Rice, Robert Rosario, Les Bradd, Tommy Wright. Others too, but these spring to mind straight away, for being pleasant (with exception of Hart and Charles. Pair of ****s).