Been looking for this thread for a bit, always some interesting stories to read about.
Had a few brushes with Liverpool/ex Liverpool players over the past few years.
1. About 7 years ago I was competing in a 6 a side football tournament (in Liverpool) for my high school (based in Manchester) and I remember my P.E. teacher telling me on the journey there that I was going to enjoy the day even if it is just for the surprise. It had me intrigued throughout most of the day until about 1:30 when a mass crowd started to form near the facility's entrance and outstepped Xabi Alonso from a flash Range and casually walked onto the pitches for a group photo. Later on me and a few mates managed to catch him walking into the main entrance so we decided to run over and see if we could somehow introduce ourselves. I was hoping my Alonso, 14 shirt (which I strangely was wearing that day) would catch his eye and it did. He sat with us for 15 minutes having a general conversation about what he thinks about English football etc. All my mates had photographs and things taken but I wasn't one for asking for those kind of things.
2. I was in a club called One Central in Manchester last year and all of a sudden a big group of girls walked past me and sat on one of the tables right behind me and as I looked round it was obvious why they were there - I was stood next to Danny Simpson and Nathan Eccleston. I've honestly never seen two more arrogant tw*ts in my entire life. They were stood there with their arms aloft swinging a few bottles of Champagne around trying to show off. This by the way was the night before Danny Simpson got dragged out of a taxi and beaten up.
3. I was in the Trafford Centre (on this occasion it was sometime during 2012) and I was in the amusements with my younger cousin and I saw Maxi Rodriguez with who I assumed to be his partner and also his baby. He seemed busy so I just gave a thumbs up and said hello and he smiled and said hello back with a huge beaming smile on his face.
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