This is pretty much what happened to me. Once you go below County level, the way in which football is played in this country is for the most part.... horrible. Everything is about "passion" and "effort", getting the ball towards the goal in the quickest time possible with no acknowledgement that...
Sheebo - who played with me in several REMF games is CONVINCED I am genuinely better than Agustin Battipiedi. Obviously this is bollocks, but its very flattering nonetheless.
NB Sheebo has slight eyesight problems.
Used to be very good in my mid 20s, playing County League etc. Still play Saturdays in the West Sussex League when I'm not at the Albion, but nowadays - at 31 - I'm bang average. Kinda like Gary Dicker - painfully slow but can pick out a pass.