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Hehe, great stuff. Gotta keep the yunguns right.Doubt it, keeps it all low key.
He's 78 now and last summer a few of the lads in a team we run (u18s now) asked him how many keep ups he could do.
"As many as you want but I would get bored. Tell you what I will do a hundred"
Nailed it first attempt, the boys just applauded. Great moment
What do you class as a good level mate?
People often underestimate how good a player you need to be to play Northern League regularly!Northern League marra
People often underestimate how good a player you need to be to play Northern League regularly!
There are still £100 plus a game players in the 2nd Div, plenty of quality aroundthe standard has gone massively backwards to only 10 year ago though - the top teams in Div 1 are still veryt good though but the 2nd division is poor these days.
There are still £100 plus a game players in the 2nd Div, plenty of quality around
Don't understand how people can give up playing at such a young age unless its for injuries or work, these are the same people I have no time for when they shout their daft opinions at the match, they give up football at a young age or have never played it at any decent level yet think they know everything about the game and more often than not are wrong, not always but mostly. Hopefully I last as long as you have although at 24 I've had my fair share of serious injuries, broken jaws and snapped ligaments among them. I'm currently playing at a good level and will look to drop down the leagues and carry on for as long as possible before moving onto over 35's or 40's. Fair play to you, nothing beats the feeling of winning a competitive game of football but good luck with your training
just cos they get paid doesn't mean they are top quality manstill some top players about mind who could definitely play at a higher level - just the oevrall standard isn't as good as it used to be
tbf the likes of Spennymoor, Consett, Whitley Bay etc have always paid top dollar and there's always other teams thrown money at players to try and get to the top.
Some of the second division teams might surprise you with their quality, seahad red star had an excellent squad last season and were unlucky not to get promoted to division 1. Jarrow roofing went up last season and have quite a few players released from premier league academy's. One of them is a striker who actually played in a premier league game for us (against west brom I think but not sure on this) anyways my point is around half the teams in the second division are of a good standard, the bottom half, however, I agree aren't great shakes. I'd recommend anyone to take in a northern league game, especially midweek when we aren't playing. Some cracking games for only a fiver
I agree that for about a fiver you get some entertainment at Northern League games. When I'm home I take in a few.
Red Stat had a budget of £1200 a week according to those in the know. Which is staggering really. Although dwarfed by the first division big payers like Celtic Nation and Spennymoor.
Then you've got like of Birtley, Brandon and Darlo RA that play for nowt. Strange old league. But the quality has dropped from years ago. But still honest.