From playing on potholed pitches to terrible tackles, we chart the highs and lows of the humble Sunday footie player
If you're a wannabe Wayne Rooney, then chances are you've experienced the humiliation of a 58-0 drubbing on a freezing cold November morning . . .
BONE-crunching tackles and 58-0 drubbings are all part of amateur footie.
The wannabe Wayne Rooneys are celebrated in Sunday Football, by Chris Baker.
Here, GRAEME CULLIFORD and BEN GRIFFITHS bring you the highs and lows of the grassroots game . . .
WORST KIT
Bar 62 FC’s unsightly pink, brown and lime green combo was designed by the players and featured on Soccer AM after Sky reporter Geoff Shreeves spotted them playing in a park in St Albans, Herts.
FUNNIEST TEAM
Heybridge Gardens FC was given the title after their hilarious tweets. One post, accompanying the picture above, said: “Feels amazing to have our beautiful pitch back again!”
BIGGEST DEFEAT
Wheel Power FC inflicted a record 58-0 defeat on Devon rivals Nova 2010 FC in 2012. Nova, who could only scrape together nine players, were 20-0 down at half-time. The game saw eight hat-tricks.
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MOST OTT CELEBRATION
London Box Sash FC in Wimbledon hired an open-top bus to celebrate winning their league in 2014. They drank champagne on the five-mile victory parade in front of all 30 of their fans.
WORST TACKLE
A sickening challenge on Terry Johnson broke his leg in two places in 2009. Terry said: “Everyone thought it was shin-pads snapping but it was my leg.”
His opponent in Warwickshire’s Rugby & District league was jailed.
WORST PITCH
It is not hard to see why this one in Munich, Germany, has earned this title. Aside from the dodgy lines, it rolls up a steep hill, gets battered by wind and has a cluster of trees growing in one half.
FASTEST SENDING OFF
Cross Farm Park Celtic’s Lee Todd was sent off TWO SECONDS into a game in Somerset in 2000.
His offence? Saying, “F*** me, that was loud” after the ref blew his whistle for kick-off.