Your playing career...

[lizard]

I was a football genius up until the age of 17, then women, alcohol and wacky Baccy destroyed my career. At 28 years old i still believe i could do a job for any team outside top 4 in the Prem

I hear your pain!

 

[sydney]

I was a football genius up until the age of 17, then women, alcohol and wacky Baccy destroyed my career. At 28 years old i still believe i could do a job for any team outside top 4 in the Prem

under 8-10 's worthing minors...average.
under 12's -16 's Manor 30 out of sompting.......our particular team ran
the league winning 3 out of four championships neck to neck with southdown utd culminating in a w sussex youth final at woodside road in which i bagged a cheeky hat-trick and was asked over to waterhall for a trial.

teams of the era were adur athletic ,durrington dynamos,kingfisher athletic,fishersgate flyers ,sullington dynamos , southdown utd, bognor maniacs.........oh and rustington otters and wick dynamos........some of the best days of my life ...........

when that all finished i played for dolphin utd (east worthing) and whitbread wanderers (the montague)........more about beer and punch-up s by then.

 

[NickBHAFC18]

No matter how awful a bloke is at football, there is always something inside them that still thinks "yeah, I could have made it"

 

[StillHateBellotti]

Jesus, here goes.

U9-U16, Hove Park Colts.
Youth Team, Mile Oak.
Reserve Team Mile Oak.
Reserve Team Burgess Hill.
Reserve Team Steyning Town.
Saturday league Footy with Racehill, Grenadier.
Reserve Team Newhaven Town.
Sunday footy with West Blatchington (Best Moment played against the Witch Inn in the Sussex Sunday Final) That was after a semi final near Pompey. Two coach loads of Brighton nut jobs against a team of Pompey lads, hasten to add it went nuts on the side lines after Gavin Geddes saved a penalty. Real Nevill.

Stupidly made a return after 5 years out with Sovereign Saints vets against Eastbourne United vets and did my Cruciates! 5 months later still off work.

Can't recall the years as they have gone so sodding fast.

 

[gripper stebson]

44th Cubs - 1985/6 - Triple Champs
Lewes Bridge View - 1987ish
Varndean School - 1990/1
BHASVIC 2nd XI - 1991/2 - captain

fast forward a few years to 2012....

Tuesday night not very Athletic FC 5 a side @ Moulsecomb Leisure Centre
Saltdean Utd U10's coach

Not exactly illustrious I have to admit....!

Bridgeview in 87 eh? If you had some tasty games with Denton & South Heighton during that time then we've met!!

 

[Fignon's Ponytail]

only played a few games for them to be honest...and have no recollection of who we played! Have a couple of games against DASH every year now as a coach with Saltdean Utd though which are always fun!

 

[Willy Dangle]

One of the lucky ones, or not so lucky.

Youth released by my beloved BHA.

Youth to 22 Reading (47 1st team appearances)

22-23 serious injury

23-25 Crawley Town

25 retired on doctors advice.

 

[gripper stebson]

only played a few games for them to be honest...and have no recollection of who we played! Have a couple of games against DASH every year now as a coach with Saltdean Utd though which are always fun!

It's funny how during all those years of playing for them (and making our own comedy match day programmes) it never dawned on us that it's spelt DASH!

 

[Hiney]

Blimey!

This is a tester.

14-16 - Bognor Martlets. Chiochester & District U16 League
16-18 - Elmer Sports. Chichester & District Sunday League
18-20 - Bognor Rugby Club (Made the 2nd Team)
18-23 - Hawthorn United. Chichester & District Sunday league
20-23 - Bracklesham FC. West Sussex League Divs, 5(S), 4(S), 3(S) & 2
23-25 - St Lawrence FC. Jersey Football League
23-25 - Midland Bank FC. Jersey Sunday Football League
26-30 - Andover FC. Mainly Hampshire League Div 2 for the Reserves, but 2 games for the first team in Southern League
30-32 - Merlin FC. Andover & District Football League
30-32 - ABC FC. Andover & District Sunday League
32-35 - Bracksham FC. West Sussex League Prem, Div 1 & Div 2

After that, 5 shoulder dislocations, a f***ed ankle and a f***ed knee

 

[Czechmate]

Blimey , can't remember ages but here we go :

Early age :

Boundstone School 'B' team
Adur atheltic

Older :

Saturday's

Grenadier
Storrington
L & E
Lancing Legion
Shoreham Utd

Sunday

Boundstone Old Boys
Brunswick (Hove)
Hollingbury Glass

Wednesday

Post Office Club (a few times)

Think it was a Tuesday night league at Shoreham's ground

Boundstone Old Boys

Think That's it !

 

[Bognor Bystander]

Blimey!

This is a tester.

14-16 - Bognor Martlets. Chiochester & District U16 League
16-18 - Elmer Sports. Chichester & District Sunday League
18-20 - Bognor Rugby Club (Made the 2nd Team)
18-23 - Hawthorn United. Chichester & District Sunday league
20-23 - Bracklesham FC. West Sussex League Divs, 5(S), 4(S), 3(S) & 2
23-25 - St Lawrence FC. Jersey Football League
23-25 - Midland Bank FC. Jersey Sunday Football League
26-30 - Andover FC. Mainly Hampshire League Div 2 for the Reserves, but 2 games for the first team in Southern League
30-32 - Merlin FC. Andover & District Football League
30-32 - ABC FC. Andover & District Sunday League
32-35 - Bracksham FC. West Sussex League Prem, Div 1 & Div 2

After that, 5 shoulder dislocations, a f***ed ankle and a f***ed knee

14-16 Stone Ajax in Staffordshire
16-18 Birdham Blues
18-41 Bracklesham FC West Sussex League (from Div5s to Prem) and I enjoyed both of Hiney's 'stints' ... oh and Sundays played for East Wittering Raiders and Cyanamid in Gosport

Followed by two Broken Noses and a broken ankle = Retirement, which was really my wife saying 'aren't you getting too old for this' ? and yes I was. Could still Do a job though ... lol

 

[Birdie Boy]

Elm Grove School
Queens Park Jaguars (under 12s??)

East Hill (became Cricketers (Southwick)) Sunday Div 7 - 12 (Cup runners Up - a few league promotions worked up from div 12 to 7 or maybe 5 can't remember)
Shoreham United - Saturdays Div 1 & 2 - Cup Final runners up (I got sent off in it for punching my own team mate!)
Ricardo's - Saturdays Intermediate / Div 1

Retired 32ish to watch my son play plus foot injury and golf.

 

[Marshy]

Cant believe you all had so many clubs.....

 

[LukeOwen]

Under 9s: Gibraltar United and Gibraltar Select

Stopped playing (moved somewhere with no football teams!)

Under 14s - Under 16s: Andover Youth (current)

 

[Hiney]

14-16 Stone Ajax in Staffordshire
16-18 Birdham Blues
18-41 Bracklesham FC West Sussex League (from Div5s to Prem) and I enjoyed both of Hiney's 'stints' ... oh and Sundays played for East Wittering Raiders and Cyanamid in Gosport

Followed by two Broken Noses and a broken ankle = Retirement, which was really my wife saying 'aren't you getting too old for this' ? and yes I was. Could still Do a job though ... lol

Happy days!!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNEEYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!

 

[Gullys Cats]

Played in goal for some pub team and let 9 goals on my debut

Scored a quality goal in five a side

That's it

 

[element]

7-10 Cubs football & junior school team

23-25 Sussex Sunday League (mainly due to my then g/f not being keen on Sunday morning lurve action )

32-35 Captain of Sussex Sunday League team

48 Came out of retirement for a kick-about, which wasn't a good idea, as herniated myself after an hour

*Would of made it as a pro, if it hadn't have been for the lack of skill

 

[ForestRowSeagull]

Under 4's-Under 16's Ashurst Wood Albion. Won 7 div 1 titles including double in final year. Amongst this I played for Charlton Southampton and The Mighty Seagulls but was always too small !
Last year played for Forest Row 1sts in Mid Sussex league and got kicked up in the air every week, just signed for Under 18 team in East Grinstead

 

[Mendoza]

8-15: Hove Park Colts
16-17: Coral Greys, best team I played for. Then got injured out for over a year (knee)
24-Present: Hove Lawns FC. Started in Sunday Div 7, now we're about to start in Div 1

Also The REMF team from 2004.

 

[WhingForPresident]

Under 7's to Under 16's- Wickham Wanderers in Berkshire at GK, CB, CM, LM, RM and CF
Under 17's and Under 18's- AFC Newbury at LM
In goal for University of Buckingham FC for one season before retiring due to er, dodgy knees (definitely not because I wasn't good enough)