A little game involving past players

[superdimitri]

The idea is to search online to find out two things about each ex player. The poster first to find the answers gets to nominate the next players name.

In the game, you have to find two facts about the nominated ex player.

1. What they are doing now, if retired or deceased what they last did beforehand. (Professionally)
2. The highlight of their sporting career, doesn't have to be at Burnley. Doesn't have to be as a player.

Each post needs to include a reference URL with proof showing their profession, or at least a believable story behind your answer. You can use Wikipedia to help, but since it's unreliable and often out of date you must instead find a recent source from elsewhere.

The highlight you can find yourself, or think of your own based on a personal memory.

I'll go first.

Nikos Michopoulos

Current profession: Fireman
Sporting highlight: Eliminating Arsenal in the 1st round of the UEFA cup 1997-98 with PAOK
https://sport-retro.gr/nikos-mixopoulos ... nentefksi/

My nomination: Andy Cooke

[BobHaidong]

Andy Cooke

1. Current profession: Works in / runs an air conditioning company in Market Drayton. https://www.robertsandcooke.co.uk/
2. Sporting highlight: Signing for Burnley https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/chadwick ... rview/amp/

I nominate Kevin Russell

[jdrobbo]

I thought Cooke had moved to Canada

[BobHaidong]

He did move there to work in group insurance according to Wikipedia, but according to the second link he moved back to the UK in 2011.

The link to the air conditioning company is from his Twitter profile.

[jdrobbo]

He did move there to work in group insurance according to Wikipedia, but according to the second link he moved back to the UK in 2011.

The link to the air conditioning company is from his Twitter profile.

Fab! Welcome home, Cookey.

I’d definitely vote for his two goals v Plymouth (with his winner at Derby in second).

[CharlieinNewMexico]

Kevin Rooster I believe works as a coach with Rory Delap.
Career highlight knocking West Ham out of the cup at Wrexham. And then playing another 100 games for Wrexham after that.

Jean Louis Valois

[claretburns]

Jean Louis Valois was in 2019 still playing football at 45, https://www.reddit.com/r/COYH/comments/ ... all_at_45/ cannot find anything since this though.

Career highlight possibly Scottish player of the month in September 2002, would have been tough then with the teams Celtic and Rangers had in the early 2000s.

Nominate: Gifton Noel Williams

[TheFamilyCat]

I don't know what Gifton is doing but I'm sure he's doing it very slowly.

[CharlieinNewMexico]

Jean Louis Valois was in 2019 still playing football at 45, https://www.reddit.com/r/COYH/comments/ ... all_at_45/ cannot find anything since this though.

Career highlight possibly Scottish player of the month in September 2002, would have been tough then with the teams Celtic and Rangers had in the early 2000s.

Nominate: Gifton Noel Williams

Career highlight selling someone an outrageous dummy near the JH in the Liverpool game (I think)

[Claret Till I Die]

Fab! Welcome home, Cooley.

I’d definitely vote for his two goals v Plymouth (with his winner at Derby in second).

Was this a deliberate attempt at humour ?

[jdrobbo]

No, why?

[jdrobbo]

Ah, the typo?

[ClaretTony]

Andy Cooke

1. Current profession: Works in / runs an air conditioning company in Market Drayton. https://www.robertsandcooke.co.uk/
2. Sporting highlight: Signing for Burnley https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/chadwick ... rview/amp/

I nominate Kevin Russell

Kevin Russell

Current profession: U23 coach at Stoke, he walked past me last night

[wilks_bfc]

Kevin Russell

Current profession: U23 coach at Stoke, he walked past me last night

Is that his sporting highlight?

[ClaretTony]

Is that his sporting highlight?

Possibly

[elwaclaret]

Gifton Noel Williams is striker coach at Portsmouth and works for PFA.

He left us for Brighton and played in Spain and the USA before coming out of retirement to end his career in the Southern League in 2015.

What happened to Roger Palmer?

[superdimitri]

Gifton Noel Williams is striker coach at Portsmouth and works for PFA.

He left us for Brighton and played in Spain and the USA before coming out of retirement to end his career in the Southern League in 2015.

What happened to Roger Palmer?

Do you have any links showing his player record with us?
I can only see a George Palmer in the list here:
https://www.uptheclarets.com/players/ap ... als-n-to-r

[elwaclaret]

Do you have any links showing his player record with us?
I can only see a George Palmer in the list here:
https://www.uptheclarets.com/players/ap ... als-n-to-r

Haha… my bloody mind at it again. Geoff Palmer I meant… Roger Palmer played for Oldham in the 1980’s… I’m getting old for sure now.

[elwaclaret]

Do you have any links showing his player record with us?
I can only see a George Palmer in the list here:
https://www.uptheclarets.com/players/ap ... als-n-to-r

Only his wiki page 51 apps 7 goals, I’m pretty sure Tony will have his full details on the player records section on here.

[Herts Clarets]

Les Thompson. Postman and iron man/marathon runner.

Highlight was getting a man sent off in the play off final and of course winning promotion.

[superdimitri]

Haha… my bloody mind at it again. Geoff Palmer I meant… Roger Palmer played for Oldham in the 1980’s… I’m getting old for sure now.

Retired now but worked for the Police until 2019
Highlight was winning two league cups with Wolves.
https://www.where-are-they-now.co.uk/fo ... Geoff/5418
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Mark Yates

[CharlieinNewMexico]

Retired now but worked for the Police until 2019

Back up to Stewart Copeland?