I was adecent footballer as a youngster. I'm so glad in hindsight I didn't make it further in the game. I would have been a Best / Adams / Gazza figure. </p> Just thought I'd share that.</p>
I wouldn't be that melodramatic, but... ...if I'd have been good enough to be a professional footballer, I reckon I'd have behaved like a right tw@. The syphilis/gonorrhea would be more likely to have killed me than the drink though.
RE: I wouldn't be that melodramatic, but... You never know - I might have found a mentor who steered me away from the evils of booze. I'll never know. Agree though, I'd have gone through some reet diseases too ! </p>
RE: I wouldn't be that melodramatic, but... Both have done for me and I never got past local fotball.
Interesting thought I was an excellent tennis player when I was young. Took to booze instead of training. Saved me from turning out like Andy Murray!
Mate, your'e not ...... ...... one of those thousands of people I've heard say "I used to beat Henman for fun" are you ? </p> If I had a quid for the number of times I've heard that. Poor Tiger Tim must have never won a match as a kid.</p>
RE: Mate, your'e not ...... No, but I did play a set against Buster Mottram just after he'd lost to Bjorn Borg in the Wimbledon Boys final. (I took one point - a double fault!)