BridportOwl Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 When I was a kid Greg Fee did the trophy handouts at our end of year awards. Think this was 87 or 88 so I would have been 11. Pretty sure I have some old blurry photos of me and him somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Danny Cameron in the 70s, walking down Halifax Rd to the match and he was walking behind us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mystic Neg Posted March 20 Popular Post Share Posted March 20 These two happened within days of each other. David Hirst was one of the houses on my paper round and one morning he was putting the bins out, I kept my autograph book on me in case I saw him. I plucked up the courage to ask for his autograph. He went one better than that, took the book off me and told me to call back tomorrow. The next day I found he'd got every player at training that day to sign it for me. Couldn't believe it! Not long after that I was with my Mum and grandad in a curry house in Dore. I happened to be wearing my Wednesday shirt with Waddle 8 on the back. He only walked in to pick a takeaway up. Came over to me, patted me on the back and said in his geordie twang, "I'll slip yer your tenner later lad". Both made my year! 14 20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal M Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Didn’t meet any Owls as a kid. But Dem Blades trained at our school when they had some financial issues. 86 ish? Some top lad vandalized Porterfield’s car. I move a lot of concrete on the QVC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowry Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 JP McGovern. Class act Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinnssweetshop Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Living in Vere Rd we met them all the time. We used to play football in the old Lepping lane turnstile and use the turnstiles as the posts. The players would often have a kick about with us as they walked down from the training ground and cafe .... And Park Hotel. Three were all good with us. But a stand out was Jimmy Mullen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scilly owl Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Never met any but I did spend a lot of time with Charlie Wain, an esteemed Wednesday scout. He used to come to Scilly on holiday and I’d take him fishing. It was better than meeting a player as Charlie knew them all (70’s, 80’s era) and he had me enthralled with tales of my heroes shenanigans. You learn a lot when there’s just two of you in a boat for three or four hours. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prendo's boots Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 My Mum was a teacher at Wharncliffe Side School for a while in the 1970s and she took me to a couple of presentation events there - Len Badger was the guest at the first (boooo!) and Gerry Young at the second one I went to - I got both their autographs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcmigo Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Nigel Pearson what a wally. sat next to him and his Mrs at a match when he was out injured - we lost 3-2 at home to Middlesborough. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfsracing Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 David Sunley when i was a kid, he lived next door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screen Door Slams Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Eric Potts.......he lodged with a mate of my dads when he first came down to Shefffield and he used to go with us to the Northern Intermediate games.......lovely bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgradeowl Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I first met Tony Kay, early in 1961 when I was 7 yrs old. My parents ran The Bradway Hotel pub immediately behind which was the recreation ground , where Lowedges used to play in a Sunday league. It was a real shock to see Tony Kay actually playing for them in one Sunday morning match. After the game he was sitting with some mates on a stool round the bar enjoying a pint. My dad introduced me to him. He was much more interested in his mates and his beer than me but he did smile and say hello. Just shows how lax football was in those days. Imagine the furore today of a top pro footballer played in a Sunday game for a laugh and favour and then sat in the boozer quaffing pints!! But we all know that Kay was a very naughty boy!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longreach Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Redfern Froggate......used to live on Lenox Road, we lived just around the corner on Dixon Road. He introduced me to following the Owls by taking a "young me" to reserve matches. (with parents permission of course) 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andypandy Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 I worked at Meadowhall for 30 years ( for my sins ), so saw quite a few players and sometimes their partners and kids, I never spoke to any, just let them get on with their shopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponte_Owl85 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Di Canio. Carrying his daughter past the club shop after a game he'd been sent off. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Lawrie Madden when he came to open the school library at Wisewood in around 1991. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortlandOwl Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Lawrie Madden, before a football dinner at The Oval cricket ground. He was guest speaker and was very nervous. Nice bloke though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefdave Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Used to play football in the street with Vic Mobley on May Road Hillsborough. He lodged at my mate's house on Clarence Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wynyard Owl Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 1 hour ago, longreach said: Redfern Froggate......used to live on Lenox Road, we lived just around the corner on Dixon Road. He introduced me to following the Owls by taking a "young me" to reserve matches. (with parents permission of course) Our little gang were cheeky enough to knock on Redfern door to get his autograph which he gave Jackie Thompson lived in Wynyard Road and his lad was one of our young gang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wynyard Owl Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Charlie Wains lad was also part of our lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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