had a leather football delivered to my house by Terry Allcock

when i was a kid. Had written a cheeky letter aged 8 saying my dad was too poor to buy me a leather football & did the club have any spare.

It worked & ever since have been city till i die.

Posted By: fareastcanary on November 7th 2005 at 15:55:45

Message Thread

dodgy claim to fames...................... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:13:40
- chanted 2-0 to the norwich boys at the top of my voice (General Chat) - fareastcanary, Nov 7, 16:03:06
- had a leather football delivered to my house by Terry Allcock (General Chat) - fareastcanary, Nov 7, 15:55:45
- Had a drink with John Lennon in Liverpool (n/m) (General Chat) - Kings Lynn Canary, Nov 7, 15:49:48
  - no sorry had a drink at the John lennon in Liverpool, Terminal 1 (n/m) (General Chat) - Kings Lynn Canary, Nov 7, 15:52:41
- Charlie from Casualty was arseholed in the hotel lobby on my watch as hotel porter. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Nov 7, 15:07:11
  - The Bloke Who Walks Backwards Facing The Queen At Opening Of Parliament (General Chat) - Martin Peters, Nov 7, 15:28:44
- i gave Carthorse Kuqi the MOTM award once............... (General Chat) - the ghost of Crouch, Nov 7, 14:58:15
  - I really think you should resign from the board now unless the excuse is a good un (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 7, 15:00:12
    - well................. (General Chat) - the ghost of Crouch, Nov 7, 15:03:12
- Remember some more (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 7, 14:53:31
  - and you live in the city where Baas B and Lange Frans peddle their trade (General Chat) - Stoopish, Nov 7, 15:00:14
    - No I don't live in Amsters... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 7, 15:04:54
      - lol i know (General Chat) - Stoopish, Nov 7, 15:09:29
- Ive met Chris Packham (General Chat) - Caecilius Carey, Nov 7, 14:51:33
  - Not KILLED (General Chat) - Caecilius Carey, Nov 7, 14:53:56
  - Anne Widdecombe sat on him and farted (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 7, 14:53:00
  - Nutkins is dead?? (n/m) (General Chat) - Mick_Jagger, Nov 7, 14:52:19
- Patricia Routledge (General Chat) - Martin Peters, Nov 7, 14:50:13
  - apparently she's tiny (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Nov 7, 14:50:44
    - Yes, Definitive "Little Old Lady"... (General Chat) - Martin Peters, Nov 7, 15:26:15
- Oh I did see Giggs, Van Der Houw and Roy Keane at York races once (General Chat) - pants, Nov 7, 14:44:32
  - was keane slagging the other two off?? (n/m) (General Chat) - the ghost of Crouch, Nov 7, 14:48:27
  - YR = York Races? (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 7, 14:47:52
- Here's a few.... (General Chat) - Mick_Jagger, Nov 7, 14:43:41
  - So none of "your" claims to fame then (General Chat) - Stoopish, Nov 7, 14:46:29
    - Yup your right, but still impressive don't you feel!? It's helps...... (General Chat) - Mick_Jagger, Nov 7, 14:47:58
      - not really (General Chat) - Stoopish, Nov 7, 14:49:57
        
        Git! Although i can say i have links with Bowie and Jagger :-P....also..... (General Chat) - Mick_Jagger, Nov 7, 14:51:03
        
        getting worried now PK (General Chat) - Stoopish, Nov 7, 14:52:57
        
        When i say how did you find him, how did you find her...... (General Chat) - Mick_Jagger, Nov 7, 14:54:03
        
        ah, pleasant enough (General Chat) - Stoopish, Nov 7, 14:57:21
        
        Sounds quality,fair play :-) (n/m) (General Chat) - Mick_Jagger, Nov 7, 15:35:00
  - Any that don't relate to the Stones? (n/m) (General Chat) - The Tudster, Nov 7, 14:46:26
    - Yes the david bowie one! (n/m) (General Chat) - Mick_Jagger, Nov 7, 14:48:13
- errrrr (General Chat) - Stoopish, Nov 7, 14:38:52
  - how about when you met Greeno? (General Chat) - Brandonio, Nov 7, 14:57:03
    - lol (General Chat) - Stoopish, Nov 7, 14:57:38
  - Oh, and I saw Bruce Forsyth walking past Harrods (General Chat) - Stoopish, Nov 7, 14:49:25
- Grossest dodgy claim to fame... (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 7, 14:38:35
  - Glad you took the time to assess his knob and make those observations. (n/m) (General Chat) - Squiggles, Nov 7, 14:42:50
    - You can't help but look. And anyway (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 7, 14:48:49
  - we have a winner! (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Nov 7, 14:39:38
- Had lunch last weekend with someone who is, err, about 5th to 10th in line to the throne (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 7, 14:37:55
- I saw Matthew Le Tissier asleep outside a shop I worked at. (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Nov 7, 14:34:42
- hmmmm (General Chat) - Brandonio, Nov 7, 14:34:07
  - We've all had an encounters like that... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 7, 14:38:56
    - Yeah the boring ones were (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 7, 14:40:54
  - whos........... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:36:13
    - a guy who likes to catch sparks flying from heels (General Chat) - Stoopish, Nov 7, 14:36:55
  - Umm ... I met Cliff Jones from Gay Dad once ... (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Nov 7, 14:35:47
    - That's more like it...I also met John Iman as he was free... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 7, 14:42:33
    - was reading about him the other day in an NME from Spring 2004... (General Chat) - Brandonio, Nov 7, 14:40:00
      - Cliff was a surprisingly pleasant bloke as it happens! (n/m) (General Chat) - Ottosson Foxtrot, Nov 7, 14:50:24
      - Tell him to fack orf the wanker (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 7, 14:46:28
  - your back is going to seriously ache (General Chat) - camcan, Nov 7, 14:35:10
    - haha (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Nov 7, 14:35:24
- Was once called an "asshole" by John Riggins (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Nov 7, 14:32:35
  - I remember shouting Tottenham reject quite loud at Darren Caskey as he (General Chat) - pants, Nov 7, 14:38:44
- Oh yeah, and as a small cub I saw David (Kid) Jensen's penis... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 7, 14:32:23
- I saw mikel beck getting a train to london the day of the boro cup final (General Chat) - pants, Nov 7, 14:31:56
  - Proud Mary? (n/m) (General Chat) - The Tudster, Nov 7, 14:32:45
    - giggle (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 7, 14:36:38
    - a really shit band Neol Gallacher signed (General Chat) - pants, Nov 7, 14:33:57
      - one good song though (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Nov 7, 14:34:44
        
        I was thinking that when I was typing (General Chat) - pants, Nov 7, 14:37:22
- I met Davy Jones from The Monkees and he walked under... (General Chat) - Nigel Gurgingon, Nov 7, 14:31:06
- roy waller is my godfather (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Nov 7, 14:31:03
  - You jest... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 7, 14:34:22
    - nope my old man worked with him at the AA (General Chat) - lurd, Nov 7, 14:35:21
      - Tell him to retire, would you? (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 7, 14:38:43
        
        havent spoken to him for years (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Nov 7, 14:39:53
- Steve Walsh................ (General Chat) - the ghost of Crouch, Nov 7, 14:28:28
- another of my all time fave irrelevent claim to fames......... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:27:56
- I once met Geoff Capes in a kebab shop in Lewisham. (n/m) (General Chat) - The Tudster, Nov 7, 14:26:18
  - good shout! (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:28:15
- watching a decidedly pissed and wobbly Mike Milligan telling EoM he had a victorian (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 7, 14:25:32
- my uncle played for Plymouth against Norwich in 1957 (ish) (n/m) (General Chat) - the ghost of Crouch, Nov 7, 14:22:21
- I'll raise your Roger De Courcy... (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Nov 7, 14:17:20
  - I'll see your Matthew Kelly & I'll raise you.... (General Chat) - Squirrel, Nov 7, 14:19:57
    - I'll take you Patrick Anthony and raise you... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 7, 14:22:33
      - frank carson............ (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:24:27
        
        was it the way he told them, or were they genuinely funny? (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 7, 14:27:14
        
        cant remember, but seemed............ (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:29:20
        
        And I bumped into Maxwell from BB6 with the cub on Sat afternoon... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 7, 14:26:45
        
        And you're not going to believe this.... (General Chat) - Squirrel, Nov 7, 14:26:24
        
        excellent!!! do you know........... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:31:02
        
        It was my first visit to Blackers.. & didn't see Richy anywhere!.. (General Chat) - Squirrel, Nov 7, 14:34:09
        
        realllllllllllly? (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:37:52
        
        Pop in for coffee!... (General Chat) - Squirrel, Nov 7, 14:43:31
        
        cool, will do! (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:48:23
        
        But I do believe it... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 7, 14:28:11
        
        You're just jealous cos you haven't got a 'Big One'... (General Chat) - Squirrel, Nov 7, 14:31:48
        
        The London Eye is jolly big... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 7, 14:35:11
        
        ah, the london eye.............. (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:39:19
        
        I bet they were big fuckers too (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 7, 14:49:00
        
        I went on it on Friday - small smart (n/m) (General Chat) - malkybarkid, Nov 7, 14:38:03
        
        Small big too... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 7, 14:44:08
    - ahhhhhhhhhhh....................... (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:21:55
      - Bird with the big nose identified... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Nov 7, 14:24:55
      - BC you mean? (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Nov 7, 14:24:11
        
        At least I humoured him... :o) (n/m) (General Chat) - Squirrel, Nov 7, 14:25:22
        
        Understandable in the circumstances... (General Chat) - Jim Nasium, Nov 7, 14:29:36
        
        Oi!!!............ (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:31:45
        
        yep!!! and (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:25:06
      - Wow! Highly impressive........ (General Chat) - Squirrel, Nov 7, 14:24:06
        
        of course, should have read BC!! (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:25:40
  - good shout - nice and camp too! (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:18:18
- Myra Hindley...made me my last hot drink of the 1990's!! (n/m) (General Chat) - the ghost of Crouch, Nov 7, 14:15:37
  - explain!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:16:09
    - somthing to do with work-----------nuff said! (n/m) (General Chat) - the ghost of Crouch, Nov 7, 14:16:55
      - ahhhhhh............. (n/m) (General Chat) - Cheltenham_Canary, Nov 7, 14:18:37

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