who were you in the playground ?

I bagsed this guy. Helped that there were far more City fans, but it was really never up for debate.

Top haircut aswell ( for the time ).




More competition when it came to internationals or exotic european games..

I wanted to be Cruyff..



but would take Johnny Rep at a push.

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Originally Posted by Switching Off

This. My playing style was very much sparky in his pomp.

Cracking thigh control and scored several bicycle kicks and volleys
Those were the days

Originally Posted by Fountz

I bagsed this guy. Helped that there were far more City fans, but it was really never up for debate.

Top haircut aswell ( for the time ).

I was Gordon Hill too, left footedness wasn't an issue at that point. a few years later, for some bizarre reason. I was...

Me and my mate weren't allowed to be on the same team because people said we were like Yorke and Cole (football wise)

Depending on what I was doing i would shout out different names as i did it
tough tackle "keane!" ... freekick "beckham" (said fast in clive tyldsley voice) mazy run ending in a shot "giiiiiiggs!"

Originally Posted by barca99

Me and my mate weren't allowed to be on the same team because people said we were like Yorke and Cole (football wise)

Depending on what I was doing i would shout out different names as i did it
tough tackle "keane!" ... freekick "beckham" (said fast in clive tyldsley voice) mazy run ending in a shot "giiiiiiggs!"

Did you wear a full kit?

ossie ardilles.

Originally Posted by 92ToBury

Did you wear a full kit?

Yeah when playing for the school team. Break time, no

Originally Posted by Fountz

I bagsed this guy. Helped that there were far more City fans, but it was really never up for debate.

Top haircut aswell ( for the time ).




More competition when it came to internationals or exotic european games..

I wanted to be Cruyff..



but would take Johnny Rep at a push.

.

scarily exactly the same

I was always Cruyff after I got one of them cards out of shredded wheat that moves when you wiggle it - the cruyff turn iirc

other than that it was Hill all the way, although I'd sometimes pass to Coppell and Daly when we were playing in the hockey nets

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Originally Posted by dodger

I was Gordon Hill too, left footedness wasn't an issue at that point. a few years later, for some bizarre reason. I was...

..ahh the crab. You were Wilkins if you passed sideways.

Gutted when Hill left. As a result I never had any time for Sexton.

Went to see a United Old Boys match V Greater Manchester Police back in the early 90s (?) United were awful, rammed full with some right ageing plodders like Alan Gowling.. but Hill was still superb. I think he was officially in central midfield but he was all over the pitch hoovering up mistakes and making things happen. They were resoundly beaten by a younger faster team, but Big Gordonerers was the best player on the pitch..

A cross between



and

Pally.

Originally Posted by Tumescent Throb

I was always Cruyff after I got one of them cards out of shredded wheat that moves when you wiggle it - the cruyff turn iirc

£#%&!in' ell ....YES YES and thrice YES !!

Remember that in addition to the cards there was instructions on how to do his moves on the back of the packets. Illustrated with the use of arrows.. I'd sit there and study it whilst having my breakfast !!


EDIT: so already in the Fred XI there's 3 Gordon Hills !!

Originally Posted by Fountz

£#%&!in' ell ....YES YES and thrice YES !!

Remember that in addition to the cards there was instructions on how to do his moves on the back of the packets. Illustrated with the use of arrows.. I'd sit there and study it whilst having my breakfast !!


EDIT: so already in the Fred XI there's 3 Gordon Hills !!

can you remember any of the others in the series? seem to think there beckenbauer but I only kept the cruyff one

I remember celebrating a goal like Shearer when it looked like he was signing for us (the 2nd time!).

I still have nightmares about it.

Originally Posted by forwardirektion

Our kid's a nurse, she has a colleague who won't hear a bad word said about him. Daft cow's only gone and ordered a set of saville mugs for their psych ward.

Coppell or Pearson for me.