When I played for Springvale city I was probably similar to a Benayoun type, playing inside right and had good dribbling skills. Once it was written in the local paper that I beat 4 players in the penalty box and calmly slotted the ball home. I think my mum kept that article all her life and it became a family joke. She was fairly proud about it.
In later times I joined a weak club (Sth Dandenong) and I would have to collect the ball in my own penalty box, take it all the way up the other end and score. Put bluntly, there was noone adequate enough to pass it to, and in that weaker league there was noone who could get it off me. It was all quite a laugh when I think back on it. Because of the size of the club we had only an under 14's team, with a couple of 10 year old, 11 year old etc kids playing in it. Only a few of us were the right age.
On the other hand we had a Ukraine kid of about 20 in the team, who had a dodgie passport. He played as a goalkeeper and he used to pull off Ray Clemence like saves, then the next minute let one go through his legs for a goal. The club was run by an old woman who used to insist everyone got a game, so we didnt win too often.
I was the only English kid in a team that had half serbs and half croats, so the parents used to turn up with wheel braces and all sorts on standby as weapons. Once when I was denied a penalty after being hacked down in the area, one of these parents chased the referee with some intent I can tell ya. It was a right laugh when I look back on it.
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