Best player you have played with (or against)

[Paladin]

The highest achieving player I played against was Sammy McIlroy. Well after he retired, he used to play with a group of guys in Lymm, and my own team would challenge them to a game every so often. He was still the outstanding player when in his fifties, against all us casual footballers.

In the eighties, I worked for United Utilities, and we would play against councils and other utility companies in the NALGO cup. Some ex-pros would turn up in that, especially for the Liverpool based teams. I can't remember any names though.

Anyone else been humiliated by being on the same pitch as someone literally from a different league?

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Played with/against @ChicagoBlue at school ...it was like I'd won a competition to be on the same pitch :(

 

[DRINKLEVEDRY]

Peter coyne,in my younger days another mate who was shit hot Mick shuff, and the best of the lot by a mile howsie from leve.

 

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Welbeck, purely on the basis of being the only person i've played against that went on to become a professional.

 

[mscenterh750]

Simon Davies during our primary school days and would’ve said the same but playing with, during our high school days, but at the time united wouldn’t let him.

 

[Ant]

John Sheridan and a few of his brothers .. played with them at school and in various sunday league teams

 

[bluesking]

Scored against David James while playing for my secondary school against his in the mid 80's.

 

[mscenterh750]

Eric Nixon saved a penalty of mine, during a charity shoot out at high school, he had been invited to. He was our number 1 at the time.

 

[dickie davies]

Played in a few charity matches where former city pros would be involved

Andy hinchcliffe
Paul Simpson
Eric Nixon
Andy May
Richard Edgehill (who was a ****)
Ian Brightwell

 

[1.618034]

Played against Paul Stewart as a schoolboy. I think it was in a final at Xaverian...?

Also, Neil Lennon played for The Moor Top team (Heaton Villa) at least once, he used to go in there when he was a trainee at City.