Boyhood Heroes

[Worthy4England]

When we were playing football and all arguing over which player we were being, the names glen hoddle, Trevor Francis, Trevor brooking and platini would come up.

When it was rugby, everyone wanted to be Des Drummond.

Jarzinho for me.

Oh and Tony Neary for the rugger. Until the bastard concussed me.

That should be a claim to fame.

Aye, most people don't know I used to be Jarzinho.

[bobo the clown]

Captain Hurricane and his batman who was called "Batman". One week fighting 'the Jerrafter arriving latethe next "the Nips". How that worked no-one ever bothered to explain.

... oh, & Alf Tupper. Tough of the track. He ran in clogs and work clothes and often after arriving late due to some misadventure and missing the starting pistol. After winning he celebrated with fish & chips. Proper hero.

[TANGODANCER]

Captain Hurricane and his batman who was called "Batman". One week fighting 'the Jerrafter arriving latethe next "the Nips". How that worked no-one ever bothered to explain.

... oh, & Alf Tupper. Tough of the track. He ran in clogs and work clothes and often after arriving late due to some misadventure and missing the starting pistol. After winning he celebrated with fish & chips. Proper hero.

You'll be bringing up the Wolf of Kabul, Chungy and Clicky-ba next. OH, and don't forget Strang the Terrible and Morgyn the Mighty..

[Lord Kangana]

I used to love Alf Tupper too.

On balance, I suspect stories like that are at the root of why we're so shit at many an international sport, what with an entire generation thinking that running in your jeans with a packet of Rothmans and a pint of heavy was adequate preperation for competing against the cream of johnny foreigner.

[Always hopeful]

Captain Hurricane and his batman who was called "Batman". One week fighting 'the Jerrafter arriving latethe next "the Nips". How that worked no-one ever bothered to explain.

... oh, & Alf Tupper. Tough of the track. He ran in clogs and work clothes and often after arriving late due to some misadventure and missing the starting pistol. After winning he celebrated with fish & chips. Proper hero.

You'll be bringing up the Wolf of Kabul, Chungy and Clicky-ba next. OH, and don't forget Strang the Terrible and Morgyn the Mighty..

Were you 2 born in the late 19th Century?

[bobo the clown]

Wolf of Kabul was ace. (& autocheck just called that Wolf of Kenilworth btw ... which won have been rubbish). For years my duelling weapon of choice was a clicky-ba. Now is a JCB back-hoe, which is quite another story)

[TANGODANCER]

Were you 2 born in the late 19th Century?

Of course. As Rudolf Rassendyll, I fought a duel with Rupert of Hentzau in 1894, and as Alan Quartermain discovered King Solomon's Mines the following year.

[jaffka]

Kevin Ward was a later hero as well.

As for brazilians, zico was class.

[malcd1]

Kevin Ward was a later hero as well.

As for brazilians, zico was class.

Good should for Zico. I think a lot of kids were Zico when playing football.

[jaffka]

Kevin Ward was a later hero as well.

As for brazilians, zico was class.

Good should for Zico. I think a lot of kids were Zico when playing football.

Socrates and Falcao

The grey matter has just turned working again

[Little Green Man]

Derek Randall - I thought he was the bees-knees. The England selectors didn't. They binned him for that fat fecker Mike 'Two Pies' Gatting.

[malcd1]

Derek Randall - I thought he was the bees-knees. The England selectors didn't. They binned him for that fat fecker Mike 'Two Pies' Gatting.

Were you being polite or did you spell ten wrong?

[TANGODANCER]

Derek Randall - I thought he was the bees-knees. The England selectors didn't. They binned him for that fat fecker Mike 'Two Pies' Gatting.

Were you being polite or did you spell ten wrong?

Ten pies? You haven't seen him lately then? Ten trays is more like it.

[Little Green Man]

Derek Randall - I thought he was the bees-knees. The England selectors didn't. They binned him for that fat fecker Mike 'Two Pies' Gatting.

Were you being polite or did you spell ten wrong?

I meant two proper feed-a-family-of-eight pies not some pissy little pasty.

[Zulus Thousand of em]

I saw Mike Gatting recently. He looked like he had eaten Derek Randall.

[Little Green Man]

I saw Mike Gatting recently. He looked like he had eaten Derek Randall.

And I bet he was just an amuse bouche.

[Worthy4England]

Derek Randall - I thought he was the bees-knees. The England selectors didn't. They binned him for that fat fecker Mike 'Two Pies' Gatting.

I used to try and field like Randall, jogging in from cover every ball etc. One if my heroes too. Until I tried to get his autograph after an Old Trafford test. He was just heading towards his car.

"Please could you sign this for me, Mr Randall?"

"feck-off I'm in a rush"