I got my Club Edition for £25 off Ebay. Perfectly serviceable, just a worn box. Which was kind of cute really. Just like old times. I bought my Villa team off Ebay for about eight quid.
I had the 74 version. The version I was promoted from Division 2 with in 1978.
I was playing kids two years above me and was hated by the 4th year. I came down faster than I went up- much to the joy of the older boys. My biggest achievement being to keep the reigning champion down to 0-2. Some...
I was under so much pressure to win and went 1-0 up early in the first match, but lost 3-2 in a replay after a 1-1 draw. My opponent was carried aloft Class 9 shoulders back to their lair. Bastards, I hate them all.
No, it hasn't affected me much.
There's a story there.
The World Cup tournament took place in July. But there was a rule you had to play in the same colours as your chosen team. To get round this, and use my Aston Villa team, I randomly chose El Salvador assuming no-one would know what colours they played in. During the...
I think I've only told you all about ten times that I was St Luke's School Division One champion in June 1981. So I'll tell you again.
I played as Aston Villa