[Albion] He's 18

[Paulie Gualtieri]

Drunk and incapable in the Event 2 discotheque probably

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Finished dossing about at college and went to the French Alps to get drunk and go snowboarding. No regrets.

 

[5Ways Gull]

Getting chased down Lewes Road by 2 gentlemen from Sussex police who thought I'd robbed the Nat West bank

 

[Live by the sea]

Took a year off travelling in Europe although once I discovered the south of France , I ended up staying there for several weeks !

 

[lawros left foot]

Serving on HMS Yarmouth. I had my 18th birthday in Marseille. It took 20 years before I drank red wine again.

 

[Lethargic]

Joined the Airforce and did scientific research into how much alcohol the human body can take.

 

[Binney on acid]

My mates and I were busy drinking ourselves into oblivion every weekend. Playing football on a Sunday morning, and sometimes puking up the previous evening's drink whilst they were picking sides. No career prospects, and dreaming of getting laid. Any money left over was spent on concerts. Thank god I managed to turn things around, despite leaving school with what I started with. Nothing.

 

[Taybha]

Dunno, I spent a lot of time sticking magazine pages together at that age so it's all a bit of a blur.

 

[Swansman]

Partying, chilling, playing some football and working part-time as a football writer. Had a very hot girlfriend, actually too hot and I was a newbie boyfriend so she was gone before I knew it and oceans of friends (most later shattered all over the country). Good times. Evan will have to wait with those things until he is 38.

 

[knocky1]

Dunno, I spent a lot of time sticking magazine pages together at that age so it's all a bit of a blur.

Thought that was just me.

 

[Norman Potting]

Being boring and just starting work as a junior at a high street bank (remember them).

As an aside I hope he keeps his head and doesn't go down the Aaron Connolly route

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Living in a student house in Manchester with four other young Psychobilles.
Monday Student night at the Ritz
Tuesday Student night at Berlins
Wednesday local Irish pub in Rusholme or a gig
Thursday local Irish pub
Friday Gig somewhere in Manchester or wherever from Glasgow to London
Sat all of us were southerners so we would try and watch one of our teams was playing north of Birmingham, saw a lot of Pompey unfortunately, and then on to a gig.
Sunday local Irish pub.
Rinse and Repeat for about 4 years as we stayed on in the house after Uni.

Far too much alcohol and drugs, women were a plenty, I was somewhat handsome at that point and charming, both qualities I have lost as I have got older. Wasted so much money on drink, drugs, gigs and the bookies never really stopped until I was about 38.

I had a blast though, the only thing I would change is the day I walked into a bookies.

Would I swap it for playing for the Albion, damn right I wouldn't, I would have done an Aaron Connolly !

 

[Rodney Thomas]

Drunk and incapable in the Event 2 discotheque probably

Yup same here. Drunk in Zap/Event 2/Honey Club (delete as appropriate)

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Getting chased down Lewes Road by 2 gentlemen from Sussex police who thought I'd robbed the Nat West bank

Did you?

 

[Worried Man Blues]

Being a dick at Lewes Tech doing Business Studies and representing the college at Table football being the highlight! oh yes and finding the first Mrs.......

 

[Yes Chef]

I went backpacking in Africa when I was 18, which seems kind of mental now

 

[cjd]

I went backpacking in Africa when I was 18, which seems kind of mental now

Snap.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Like most of you, I was being a dick.

But let's give this thread a bounce if ..... and it may never happen .... Evan or any young player of ours, says something, or does something that they will be less than proud of in middle age.

Maybe it will act as a reminder we didn't become the people we are now as of the moment we were born, we learned from our mistakes.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Being a dick working in bars and hotels. A little fresh behind the ears but this was resolved when I worked in a particular Hove hotel that used to have a lot of Stag parties. Worked behind the bar and was allowed to drink on duty and almost every stag do had strippers - often the same two so I assume they were recommended by the hotel. As an 18 year old I could only have dreamt of watching strippers' strip, then have sex with each other and then have sex with the guests - and for me to be paid to watch it. I loved being 18 !

 

[5Ways Gull]

Getting chased down Lewes Road by 2 gentlemen from Sussex police who thought I'd robbed the Nat West bank

I should add that I was working there at the time and I had inadvertently taken one of the safe keys home which meant the manager couldn't get in to disable the alarm that went off automatically at 5.30. Had to go back but didn't quite get there in time