I’m assuming most people here have had a dreams of playing in cup final scoring the winner and such

So how far did you get to reaching such dreams

Did you reach academy levels l or high

I thought of this question because I’ve one of dad’s "oh I could played pro if it wasn’t for my shit knees

  • Jip_Jaap_Stam@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The Eccles Sunday pub league in Greater Manchester, England; I represented The Cock Hotel (real name, honest). On one sunny autumn morn, we arrived at our pitch for a home match versus The Drop Inn. We were just in time to see a burnt out car being towed off the pitch. It left behind a charred rectangle of grass that glittered with chunks of glass. As a result, the area near one of the corner flags was a no-man’s land.

    A centre-back by trade, I was brought off the bench with 10 minutes to play. For reasons known only to the co-managers of my team, they put me on the left wing. Which meant I needed to avoid the burnt, spiky patch like the plague. Luckily, I’m right-footed, so was mainly cutting inside in any case.

    Having missed a sitter moments earlier, I scored a last minute equaliser. It was a little like Michael Owen’s injury-time winner against City, struck with the outside of my boot from roughly the same distance. Afterwards, I had several drinks bought for me, but the following week I was on the bench again. Then I got shin-splints and missed the rest of the 1999/2000 season.

    Halcyon days.