FOOTBALLING
CV

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 20th August 1966.
Religion: Nottingham Forest.
Height: 199cm (6'6").
Weight: 91 kg (14st 3).

QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred Playing Position: Left Midfield.
Playing Strengths: Have been known to kick the ball with both feet; the 'drag back'.
Playing Weaknesses: Heading; running long distances; height and flappy arms mean I end up in goal a bit too often.

EXPERIENCE

Date Joined Logica: July 1988.
Logica FC Debut: I remember my first training session was in the summer of 89 at Kennington, and I started playing on Sundays the following season, when Logica won the West End League Division Two Championship. My first game was in the 1989 summer league at Hackney, no idea against whom or exactly when. My main memory is that it was f***ing miles away from Streatham (where I lived at the time).
Previous Teams: Whitemoor Primary School, Ellis Guildford, Aspley Villa, Nottingham Academicals (4th, 3rd and odd game for 2nd and one sub appearance for 1sts), IBM, Old Parmiterians, Crystal Palace (but it was their Basketball U23 team).
Greatest Footballing Moment: Watching: Being at the European Cup final when Forest won is an experience not many people have had, but, for sheer joy and losing it, it was Roy Keane's headed winner in extra time vs Spurs in the 92 League Cup semi-final. We all went potty and I remember hugging a lot of people. Playing: Winning some 6-a-side tournament at school which meant we got to play against real professional footballers like Emlyn Hughse, Graham Rix, Chris Houghton, Paul Miller and some other journeymen.
Worst Footballing Moment: As I was at Hillsborough, which is the only time in my life I have actually seen dead bodies, it would be churlish to mention anything else.

INTEREST

Model Pro (Models His Game on You): Chris Waddle or John Sheridan. They are extremely talented (and I would like to think I was) and they look as though they are complete lazy arses wandering round in midfield (which I am).
Favourite All-Time Player: Trevor Francis. Without a question my boyhood hero at Forest, extremely talented but never quite did it for England.
Pre-Match Superstition: Always count the number of boots I have in the bag before I leave the house. If it comes to two or more I'm ok to leave. I usually have a half hearted attempt to get the number 11 shirt ... but I play equally badly with or without it.
Interesting Trivia: I was once a ball boy in an FA Cup quarter final between Forest and Ipswich. Due to some cock up (that I won't bore you to death with here) I actually ran on the pitch and picked the ball up when it was still in play ... DOH!!! This was in the days of match highlights and it was never shown on telly or mentioned in the papers. It got featured once in Clive Thomas's 'You are the Ref' in Shoot because he was the Ref in question. I'm not sure if it was ever used in 'What happened next ... '.

REFERENCES

Supporting Material: Cast in Reservoir Lags Taking Fives

VITAL STATISTICS