The time has finally come for me to hang my boots up for good.
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I would have loved to have finished playing on a high, rather than leaving the pitch and hopping into an ambulance, but this is the way of things in sunday league football I suppose. I am still having issues with my knee now and I can't see myself ever having the same determination on the pitch. Knowing that the cruciate tear could rip entirely at any moment is very unsettling, given the pain it caused me.
I've been playing football for the last twenty years as an amateur sunday league player, so I've had my share of Promotions, Relegations, League and Cup Match defeats and Victories, Cup Finals, Trophies and Medals, Injuries, Goals! But not a single booking or sending off.
I've got a few things to hand over to the team, one of them being the Captain's Armband. I'm sure that Milesy will make the right choice when he picks the next Captain.
There is training this Sunday (22nd June) at Blackshots at 10.30 am.
6 comments:
mmm Gary Lineker - never been booked!
A sad day indeed. Old jonny homebased is now old jonny pegleg!
it is a sad day and its been a privelage to be your manager and you have been an outstanding captain and player
I'll take the comparison with Gary Lineker as a compliment to my football playing ability, and not about my ears!
Well done Jonny! A great servant.
Can somebody mail me Milesy's email address? (Don't post it here). I'll add you to the blog so that you can add your own articles.
Homebase is now getting a job on the radio talking about grass roots football. It's called 'Homebase's Half Hour' where he talks for 5 minutes about sunday league soccer then the reast about gardening.
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