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Post by willett on Aug 25, 2019 20:29:44 GMT
Who still plays football?
Only play 6 a side now but thought it would be interesting to see who does still play any form of it.
The ref on the other pitch tonight was a Charlton fan.
He was too complimentary about RD but enough of that.
Who Plays?
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Post by jonkool on Aug 25, 2019 21:45:48 GMT
Not me - far too many aches and pains 😉
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2019 21:59:25 GMT
56 and still play against lads 30 years younger than me
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2019 22:00:18 GMT
56 and still play against lads 30 years younger than me 5 a side |
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Post by revilo on Aug 25, 2019 23:08:40 GMT
Not me, used to play at grass roots level against a certain Victor Moses. Not that I'm too old for it, just haven't thought about playing again.
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Post by canterburyaddick on Aug 25, 2019 23:26:58 GMT
63 and playing walking football twice a week. Not a lot of walking going on half the time though. Never thought I'd be hitting the back of the net again at my age.
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Post by hairyhotdog on Aug 26, 2019 7:50:01 GMT
Packed it up about 6 years ago , was playing at goals weekly....
Straw that broke the camels back was , myself and mates , all late 30’s early forties playing against a team of 18 year olds , it was the graveyard slot 9.30/45 kick off and the other team had an argument because a guy didn’t pass to another guy and they ended up having a punch up amongst themselves.....!! We all decided there and then that we were too old for all this hassle...
Came out of retirement 3 months ago for a one off friendly , I lasted 50 minutes , we were dropping like flies , walking football like Canterbury maybe the way forward....
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Post by grayzee1 on Aug 26, 2019 9:00:41 GMT
Play in essex league over 45's and often come across ex pros . Last season played against former charlton player steve jones , his kept himself fit and seemed a good bloke . Vets football is one of the biggest growing sports , come on get your boots back on !
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Post by divot on Aug 26, 2019 9:17:01 GMT
Gave up a year ago when I folded my team. I'd had a good run....from 1982 to 2018 at the same club, which I started by recruiting schoolmates.
I had many many happy times but some so bad you wouldn't believe it. By the end, it had become distinctly un-pleasurable. The divide between a 51yr old and the early 20 somethings was too great and I found their behaviour and neediness a bit too much. In fairness, they probably couldn't relate to my way of doing things either (basically, don't argue with referees, don't start fights with the opposition, turn up regularly on time, pay your subs, give 100% all of the time even if you are losing, play for your teammates, come for a pint afterwards win or lose).
I do miss playing. I had zero ability on the ball other than being able to kick it, but I could defend and organise. That game v Brentford on Saturday reminded SO much of many many games I've played in. I had one cup game 25 years ago against FAR superior opposition where I had to do about 4 times the usual amount of heading in a 90 minute siege. I came off at the end with a splitting headache, talking bollocks and with double vision! (concussion I guess). I would've loved to have played in that game v Brentford on Saturday!
PS: It's just occurred to me that I started adult football in the bottom division (9) in 1985 but ended up in the Premier Division in 2018! I have NO idea how that happened. Fuck me....
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Post by dartford36 on Aug 26, 2019 9:47:02 GMT
Not anymore, long since given up doing anything associated with the utilisation of balls!
Back in the day when I did kick a pig’s bladder about for pleasure places such as Blackheath, Danson Park, Dartford Heath and Plumstead Common were heaving with teams playing mainly on a Sunday. Is that still the case now? It seems to me that the number of pitches made available by local councils may have reduced significantly what with all the cuts that they have had to absorb over recent years.
Good days though, even if we did get stuffed quite often, but we did win the Albert Stammers Cup, the final played at Erith and Belvedere’s ground which is no longer there, now an ASDA superstore.
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Post by ExeterAddick on Aug 26, 2019 10:20:41 GMT
We had a 5-a-side team at Eltham Goals from about 2011 - 2014, but I haven’t played properly since then. One lad moved away, another qualified as a doctor and started doing night shifts, another had his first kid, so it became harder and harder to field a team each week.
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Post by observer on Aug 26, 2019 18:46:59 GMT
After 2 dislocated knees, a broken ankle and broken toe I retired on medical advice in 1987. Tried refereeing for a while but missed playing too much. I had a couple of games in goal here and there but never played seriously again.
My younger brother, now 63, still plays 5-a-side in goal in a competitive environment. Played in Birmingham in a national tournament of some description a year or two ago.
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