What is/was your position as a footballer?

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Re: What is/was your position as a footballer?

Post by piston broke » Fri Oct 27, 2017 3:46 pm

Goal scoring winger. When the ball was with the opposite winger I'd get to be last man in the box and in amateur football it's amazing how many crosses sail over everybody.
A bit like watching Matt Lowton cross really.

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Re: What is/was your position as a footballer?

Post by ClaretTony » Fri Oct 27, 2017 4:14 pm

dermotdermot wrote:Unused sub? What was a sub?
I might be old but I played in the days of subs - albeit only one allowed then.

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Re: What is/was your position as a footballer?

Post by edison » Fri Oct 27, 2017 4:19 pm

I was a centre forward but after scoring one goal in an entire season - in our last match - was moved to left side of midfield, where I was more prolific

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Re: What is/was your position as a footballer?

Post by hoskinsgoalatswansea » Fri Oct 27, 2017 4:22 pm

Left wing, naturally left footed. My right was for standing on. Played in the East lancs league for Accrington amateurs for 15 years.

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Re: What is/was your position as a footballer?

Post by levraiclaret » Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:11 pm

Junior School (Back Lane) there were 12 boys in the final year, I didn't make the school team.
BGS house team Brun, right back
Duke Bar, goalkeeper
Brunshaw United, centre half
Pike Hill Bombers, centre forward, centre half
BGSOB thirds, right back
DWS (Mauritius) Works Team, centre forward
Admiralty Social Club, Mauritius, right back
TNT Express office , right back
Coat of Arms Bridge Road Coventry , right back
Peugeot Talbot Social Club , right back

So you could say a jack of all trades, master of none but I enjoyed every minute and was never booked, sent off or dived.

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Re: What is/was your position as a footballer?

Post by ClaretMoffitt » Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:17 pm

I was never very technical but Ive always had pace, strength and the ability to score goals. I'm sort of like a much shitter, white, less racist Andre Gray.

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Re: What is/was your position as a footballer?

Post by bfcjg » Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:45 pm

More of a wing back. I was playing total football when Pep was a pip.

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Re: What is/was your position as a footballer?

Post by Holmeclaret » Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:46 pm

Goalie until I fractured my fingers on a goal post.

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Re: What is/was your position as a footballer?

Post by Hipper » Fri Oct 27, 2017 7:51 pm

I was a central defender in park football. I didn't score many goals but in one game I'd scored two and we got a corner. The ball came over and bobbled about. It was on the end of my foot and I was about to poke it home when one of our forwards took it off my toe and kicked it home. The b.....d! That was the one and only time I got near to scoring a hat trick.
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Re: What is/was your position as a footballer?

Post by dermotdermot » Fri Oct 27, 2017 8:23 pm

ClaretTony wrote:I might be old but I played in the days of subs - albeit only one allowed then.
I think that you're the same age as me Tony, but I don't remember there being any subs at all.

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Re: What is/was your position as a footballer?

Post by ClaretTony » Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:51 pm

Subs introduced into English football in 1965 when I was 13 - when I played local football there was always a sub.

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Re: What is/was your position as a footballer?

Post by ElectroClaret » Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:53 pm

Keith Peacock the first sub.

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Re: What is/was your position as a footballer?

Post by ClaretTony » Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:55 pm

ElectroClaret wrote:Keith Peacock the first sub.
He certain was - and our first was Ian Towers coming on for Willie Irvine in the second match of the season.

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Re: What is/was your position as a footballer?

Post by Herts Clarets » Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:58 pm

Goalkeeper. Heavily influenced by the likes of Hansbury, Neenan, O'Rourke and Woodworth :lol:
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Re: What is/was your position as a footballer?

Post by Dazzler » Fri Oct 27, 2017 10:03 pm

Here,there,every f*****g where...apart from goalie

Midfield in the main.

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