Claim to Fame Thread

mrgnu1958 · Post by **mrgnu1958** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:16 pm

when i was about 6 i was on the 5 oclock club with walley wighton.

oh yeah..ive also been on killroy

12thGooner · Post by **12thGooner** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:16 pm

Kenny Hibbit, start striker for wolves. I punched his fat racist son in the face once. You should have seen him bawling his eyes like a girl...hee...hee..

Considering what Kenny does now (review FA referees performance) looks like someone else could do with one

mrgnu1958 · Post by **mrgnu1958** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:17 pm

you dont look the violent type 12th"y

12thGooner · Post by **12thGooner** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:20 pm

mrgnu1958 wrote: you dont look the violent type 12th"y

I was 6 , maybe 5 at the time.... in the que for school dinner

Number 5 · Post by **Number 5** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:32 pm

As I worked at Highbury for 3 years I saw loads of the players. I shared a lift with Vieira, shook hands with Ray Parlour, an all time favourite of mine. A bunch of us woke up Overmars new born baby who was sleeping in the pram. I think I saw Ron Atkinson but the gleam coming of the bling and the orange glow could also have been apparition from heaven wandering around the ground.

David O'leary used to hand out the trophies at awards night for my youth team. The year I won player of the year he was under the IRA threat so couldn't hand me my award.

And just last week I saw Gareth Southgate and Gordon McQueen getting out of a cab in Kings Cross on my way home from work.

Goose · Post by **Goose** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:39 pm

Had two nights out with Ray Parlour (one of which TA6 was in attendance) and a mutual friend.

The second one finally finished at 5:45am Monday morning

Eboue-Why? · Post by **Eboue-Why?** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 1:41 pm

When Brian Marwood was at Hull in the early 80s I played against him for the Uni team. For those of you who remember that far back they had a No 9 called Billy Whitehurst, huge beast. Marwood kept crossing for the big man to score with headers. Then I tackled Marwood....I can still hear the ironic cheers now!!!

Goose · Post by **Goose** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:03 pm

franksav63 wrote:Played football (school) against Dean Coney (think he went to Robert Clack)

Bob McNab came to our school to give training in the late 70's...

Franksav, you must be from the Dagenham area. What school did you play for?

paperclip · Post by **paperclip** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:44 pm

I played at a 5 a side tournament once and there were a heap of the actors from Dream Team doing promo there. We got a match going with them and won!

Then I tried to chat up the bird that played the chairman's wife (Linda?) at the bar and got jogged on pretty quickly

Boomer · Post by **Boomer** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:00 pm

clockendal wrote:I went on a soccer school at the old JVC sports centre in the clockend..Jimmy Carter was the Arsenal "Star" who came along to joing in the 5-a-side game..I tried to be clever and do some sort of a cruyff turn on him and ended up tripping over the ball and landing on my arse right in front of him..."Nice one, You'll have to teach me that one" said Jimmy...mugged off by Jimmy Carter..never felt so embarassed !

That was slightly before my time but I was one of the Coach's on the Soccer Schools.
Often had to introduce the 'stars'

Gave a massive round of appluse for......Vince Bartrum!

Also remember the fire to the old training ground

Whilst the other teams got relocated to alternative grounds the youth team trained in the JVC for a week.
The YTS Coaches gave a game against the YTS youth team which we one!

Liam Brady was fuming with his players. I swear that Cashly would have been playing.

...I'm sticking to that!

JJ1980 · Post by **JJ1980** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:03 pm

scored one out of three penalty's against david seaman at merse's charity funday in uxbridge (in a five a side goal)

I know merse, and played for his dad's sunday league team in 96/97.

been in the players lounge for arsenal wimbledon the one where we lost at highbury and dean holdsworth played, met wrighty and shaun wright phillips when he was a kid with his fisher price camera, also met dean holdsworths bint linsey dawn mckenzie :the_doris_2:

oh yeah

but thats it really

SamiS · Post by **SamiS** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:52 pm

brazilianGOONER wrote:
hahaha, well, those are long stories.... but i can assure you, none of them make you think anderson has a good character. he is a selfish and unprofessional bastard.

but a very good player. i'm impressed that he hasn't really settled yet. he has incredible technique.

have you guys ever heard about the battle of the aflitos? the most incredible football match ever? (anderson and lucas leiva were both in it)

we've got time to hear the stories!!!!

about both Anderson AND the battle of aflitos

SamiS · Post by **SamiS** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:57 pm

SamiS wrote:
brazilianGOONER wrote:
hahaha, well, those are long stories.... but i can assure you, none of them make you think anderson has a good character. he is a selfish and unprofessional bastard.

but a very good player. i'm impressed that he hasn't really settled yet. he has incredible technique.

have you guys ever heard about the battle of the aflitos? the most incredible football match ever? (anderson and lucas leiva were both in it)
we've got time to hear the stories!!!!

about both Anderson AND the battle of aflitos

On November 26, 2005, NÃ¡utico was very close to returning to the Brazilian top division. Playing against GrÃªmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense at home, in Recife, they needed a win to secure a spot in the Brazilian first division. Having already missed a penalty shot in the first half, the team were awarded another penalty kick in the second half, following a personal foul that resulted in the sending off of 4 players on GrÃªmio's side. That penalty kick was also missed. NÃ¡utico then had a player sent off. Despite being outnumbered 7 to 10 players, Anderson scored to GrÃªmio and secured a spot in the 2006 First Division league. This game came to be known as "A Batalha dos Aflitos" (The Battle of the Afflicted), a literal play on the stadiums name. Two DVDs and a book were released about this match.

whats so special about this?
and tell us some anderson stories!!!

Post by **g88ner** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 4:02 pm

SamiS wrote:
On November 26, 2005, NÃ¡utico was very close to returning to the Brazilian top division. Playing against GrÃªmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense at home, in Recife, they needed a win to secure a spot in the Brazilian first division. Having already missed a penalty shot in the first half, the team were awarded another penalty kick in the second half, following a personal foul that resulted in the sending off of 4 players on GrÃªmio's side. That penalty kick was also missed. NÃ¡utico then had a player sent off. Despite being outnumbered 7 to 10 players, Anderson scored to GrÃªmio and secured a spot in the 2006 First Division league. This game came to be known as "A Batalha dos Aflitos" (The Battle of the Afflicted), a literal play on the stadiums name. Two DVDs and a book were released about this match
whats so special about this?

Not easily impressed, are you Samis!

Sounds like a cracking game, Brazilian!

Percy Dalton · Post by **Percy Dalton** » Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:22 pm

Goose wrote:
franksav63 wrote:Played football (school) against Dean Coney (think he went to Robert Clack)

Bob McNab came to our school to give training in the late 70's...
Franksav, you must be from the Dagenham area. What school did you play for?

Yeah like Frank went to school!