Hypothetical game. You are a professional footballer. Not only have you realised your dream but you also get to pick which era you appear in. What's YOUR dream era? Here are the pros and cons:
Pre Premier League
- Training by running up and down the terraces
- Proper tackles
- Defenders allowed to "get rid of it" and "break legs" on command form the stand behind the goal
- Skins / casuals fighting in the background with a decent chance of a mass pitch invasion
- Hot baths with the lads after games
- No squad players and only one or two subs
- Steak, chips and lager whenever you want including pre game
- A modest semi with your wife Debbie and your kids Mark and Kevin
- A post game career running a pub or as an IFA
Modern Day
- Kenyan Hills sessions in your modern gym
- Getting booked for farting
- Defenders that must be able to pass, dribble and score (tackling optional esp if you are a loan left back from Aston Villa)
- Kids with side partings and beards singing songs to the "Sloop John B"
- Ice baths on your own
- The chance to play out an entire three year contract on the bench or watching FIFA. Good chance of getting subbed for a rest
- Wholemeal pasta, grilled chicken and salad. Alcopops once a week.
- A f***ing great mansion with every toy known to man, three super cars, a wife called Chardonnay and a Nanny for Paris and Jayden plus a bit on the side called Katie
- A post game career as a pundit or on reality television
Prehistoric
- Brylcream and combovers
- Fans in proper bowler hats
- A rock for a ball
- A post career statue
Pre Premier League
- Training by running up and down the terraces
- Proper tackles
- Defenders allowed to "get rid of it" and "break legs" on command form the stand behind the goal
- Skins / casuals fighting in the background with a decent chance of a mass pitch invasion
- Hot baths with the lads after games
- No squad players and only one or two subs
- Steak, chips and lager whenever you want including pre game
- A modest semi with your wife Debbie and your kids Mark and Kevin
- A post game career running a pub or as an IFA
Modern Day
- Kenyan Hills sessions in your modern gym
- Getting booked for farting
- Defenders that must be able to pass, dribble and score (tackling optional esp if you are a loan left back from Aston Villa)
- Kids with side partings and beards singing songs to the "Sloop John B"
- Ice baths on your own
- The chance to play out an entire three year contract on the bench or watching FIFA. Good chance of getting subbed for a rest
- Wholemeal pasta, grilled chicken and salad. Alcopops once a week.
- A f***ing great mansion with every toy known to man, three super cars, a wife called Chardonnay and a Nanny for Paris and Jayden plus a bit on the side called Katie
- A post game career as a pundit or on reality television
Prehistoric
- Brylcream and combovers
- Fans in proper bowler hats
- A rock for a ball
- A post career statue