Playing football

I'm out to play 5-a-side tonight. Havn't played for 5 years. Obviously I used to be a very fine player. I represented Manchester schoolboys, played sunday league for years and had a season semi-pro. This was however 15-20 years ago. I'm sure the magic remains...you cant be as good as I was and lose it...Dario Gradi said I was like a cross between Sheringham and a young Vialli...but I doubt my fitness levels are where they once were as my lifestyle is not that of a sportsman.
Have any Fredtsers taken up the game after such a long lay-off? Will I die?

I still play twice a week

if I can still do it, you`ll be like a young ralph milne

Originally Posted by suedeshoes

I'm out to play 5-a-side tonight. Havn't played for 5 years. Obviously I used to be a very fine player. I represented Manchester schoolboys, played sunday league for years and had a season semi-pro. This was however 15-20 years ago. I'm sure the magic remains...you cant be as good as I was and lose it...Dario Gradi said I was like a cross between Sheringham and a young Vialli...but I doubt my fitness levels are where they once were as my lifestyle is not that of a sportsman.
Have any Fredtsers taken up the game after such a long lay-off? Will I die?

aren't you older than both of them?

Originally Posted by florentino ariza

aren't you older than both of them?

Cheeky @#%&!. (Although tbf to Dario I think he may have meant I was slow and bald)

Originally Posted by florentino ariza

aren't you older than both of them?

put together was my understanding.

i'd love to play every week

Originally Posted by suedeshoes

I'm out to play 5-a-side tonight. Havn't played for 5 years. Obviously I used to be a very fine player. I represented Manchester schoolboys, played sunday league for years and had a season semi-pro. This was however 15-20 years ago. I'm sure the magic remains...you cant be as good as I was and lose it...Dario Gradi said I was like a cross between Sheringham and a young Vialli...but I doubt my fitness levels are where they once were as my lifestyle is not that of a sportsman.
Have any Fredtsers taken up the game after such a long lay-off? Will I die?

Ooooooh look at me, Dario Grady once chatted me up! :bi:


You'll be right, just shout at your team to mark up a lot and they will be less likely to nitice you being too knackered to do owt. Always used to work for me.

The only astro-turf boots I can find in me wardrobe are Nike ones.

Have got Jerome Wright's shirt and Dave Chadwick's old training top to wear though.

Originally Posted by suedeshoes

The only astro-turf boots I can find in me wardrobe are Nike ones.

Have got Jerome Wright's shirt and Dave Chadwick's old training top to wear though.

its not a fashion show you tart


"ooh Im not passing to you, umbro shorts are so 1990"

I gave up playing regularly at 35. 5 years later and not a ball kicked in anger (plus about another 3 stones in weight) I turned out as keeper for a team in the Wednesday league. A bit of diving around and the odd goal kick should not kill a human being.

hadn't played for a solid 2 years, played 3 times in the last week & I ache like an absolute £#%&!ing bastard. Did score a step over nutmeg on the 'keeper yesterday though. Which was nice. Just a shame I can't run, thinking it's going to take about 6 weeks to get used to running around like £#%&! again.

Originally Posted by HarkNowHear

I gave up playing regularly at 35. 5 years later and not a ball kicked in anger (plus about another 3 stones in weight) I turned out as keeper for a team in the Wednesday league. A bit of diving around and the odd goal kick should not kill a human being.

I'm the resident goalkeeper for my team now, see myself as more of a sweeper though, at least 2 assists per game.

Originally Posted by waynes ear's

i'd love to play every week

Start hanging about Albert Park astroturft for a kick about.

Originally Posted by suedeshoes

Have any Fredtsers taken up the game after such a long lay-off? Will I die?

took it up again after doing £#%&! all for about 18 month...first time out, i thought i was gonna die.....seriously

and was stiff for about a week afterwards...but now, 5 or 6 games in, the magic is coming back and the recovery time is getting shorter and shorter

take it easy first time out though

USed to play park football every summer and the first game back was always the killer - the aches and pains for the following 3 or 4 days - you knew you were alive.

Now we've a decent 7 aside league once or twice a week. THough we're one of the oldest teams there - 33-38 or so - our craft still gets us through against the speedier 20 somethings. And the aches are only from knocks now.

Hoping to carry on for a few more years yet but the oldest of us is 38 and he talks about retirement every year.

I took it up again after 12 years. You'll be rusty, obviously, but it'll come back to whatever degree your fitness allows it.

Originally Posted by Grimson

I took it up again after 12 years. You'll be rusty, obviously, but it'll come back to whatever degree your fitness allows it.

this is not the news he was looking for

having a burn at half time is apparently frowned upon these days, suedes

Originally Posted by florentino ariza

this is not the news he was looking for

having a burn at half time is apparently frowned upon these days, suedes

Half-time! I'm putting me cigs pitch-side for the break I anticpate taking 10 mins in.

I've had the push-bike out for the last month or so so my fitness is the best it's been for years tbf. Cycled two miles already this week.

n.b: Found some Lotto astro-turf boots in the garage so the Nike debacle will be avoided.

Originally Posted by suedeshoes

Half-time! I'm putting me cigs pitch-side for the break I anticpate taking 10 mins in.

I've had the push-bike out for the last month or so so my fitness is the best it's been for years tbf. Cycled two miles already this week.

n.b: Found some Lotto astro-turf boots in the garage so the Nike debacle will be avoided.

hahaha, thats about 4 minutes worth of exercise

i've given up smoking cigarettes. big difference already, just in going up the stairs

just about to order a beautiful new road bike for the summer

in white here http://www.comtat.co.uk/image-gallery.asp

Originally Posted by florentino ariza

hahaha, thats about 4 minutes worth of exercise

Took me about 20 mins tbh (Had to stop a couple of times for a cig).