Cardiff Parks Football

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

Correct, Memory Lane Cakes had a team in the wednesday league.

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Memory Lane would have been a good title for this thread.:hehe:

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Memory Lane would have been a good title for this thread.:hehe:

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My mate used to play for a team called Roath Villa, he dragged me along once. I was more shocked at the drinking back at The Royal Oak. Game finished and there until closing. No way would blokes get away with that today :hehe:

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

There were decent individuals who could've played at a higher level, hut you can't say that the standard of play was good, it wasn't. I played a few games in the district Premier league or whatever it was called, and the senior league. It wasn't good in my opinion, just very physical at times.

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Opinions on standards can vary greatly, football has so many levels. Do we think the City at present play in a good standard of football? Some fans of Premier League clubs would say we’re shit, while, say, if one of us nipped up to watch the County play we may come back with the ‘shit’ verdict on their match. I wonder if old pros have the same opinion as you after retirement? Graham Kavanagh, say, having a chat with someone like David Unsworth who tells him that there were a few decent individuals at his club but the standard of the club’s play but wasn’t good. Then Unsworth having a chat with Paul Merson who tells him the same thing. The pecking order in football can no doubt be very condescending on times I’d imagine.

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Opinions on standards can vary greatly, football has so many levels. Do we think the City at present play in a good standard of football? Some fans of Premier League clubs would say we’re shit, while, say, if one of us nipped up to watch the County play we may come back with the ‘shit’ verdict on their match. I wonder if old pros have the same opinion as you after retirement? Graham Kavanagh, say, having a chat with someone like David Unsworth who tells him that there were a few decent individuals at his club but the standard of the club’s play but wasn’t good. Then Unsworth having a chat with Paul Merson who tells him the same thing. The pecking order in football can no doubt be very condescending on times I’d imagine.

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Ok, but Parks football is the lowest level of football, it is generally shit. That's fine, it's about enjoying the game and the social side of it. There are individuals who can play though, that's for sure.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

Ok, but Parks football is the lowest level of football, it is generally shit. That's fine, it's about enjoying the game and the social side of it. There are individuals who can play though, that's for sure.

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Even parks football had the pecking order snobbery as well, some players with higher division teams would sneer at the standard of the lower divisions. Football can be like the John Cleese/Ronnie Barker/ Ronnie Corbett sketch on times.

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Even parks football had the pecking order snobbery as well, some players with higher division teams would sneer at the standard of the lower divisions. Football can be like the John Cleese/Ronnie Barker/ Ronnie Corbett sketch on times.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

Correct, Memory Lane Cakes had a team in the wednesday league.

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Originally Posted by splott parker

Memory Lane would have been a good title for this thread.:hehe:

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I can remember playing a few games in midweek for GKN, at their club/pitches on Sloper Road. Memories hazy, not sure if they were league games or friendly’s (not very friendly, I might add) :hehe:

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Originally Posted by BLUETIT

I can remember playing a few games in midweek for GKN, at their club/pitches on Sloper Road. Memories hazy, not sure if they were league games or friendly’s (not very friendly, I might add) :hehe:

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Good pithe(s) that were quite level and well drained unlike many of those on offer on parks. Cardiff City used to train there. I recall, during a training break, speaking to Richie Morgan when he was manager with the team (and Morgan) sitting on the grass smoking.

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Originally Posted by Tuerto

I've never bragged about anything on here, i've got nothing to brag about. The question was 'Who was the best player you have ever played against' And i answered, that's all, i even said that i didn't get close to him, no bragging, that's something even you could have achieved.

I was with the club many years back, and i've only ever posted anecdotes that didn't show me or the club in a very good light. I got involved in a thread about young players and how they were treated during my time, i hope it was informal. I've told some stories about how amateur it all was, including myself, never once have i said that i was good enough, i wasn't. But seeing as this is a CCFC forum, i'm a City Fan (way before got with the club) i thought that it may be of some interest to those who were about at that time, that's all.

I'm pretty sure that people on hear don't want to see petty shit flying about, and you seem to want to have a bit of a pop at me or accuse me of acting in a way that's completely untrue. If you like, come and see me, anytime you like, we can have a chat about football or whatever. You can have my details over PM.

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Tough guy as well now, are you. Yawn!

Don’t tell me, you once sparred with Lennox Lewis and he couldn’t believe you hadn’t turned pro, as he had no doubt you’d have unified all the belts!

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Originally Posted by Vindec

Good pithe(s) that were quite level and well drained unlike many of those on offer on parks. Cardiff City used to train there. I recall, during a training break, speaking to Richie Morgan when he was manager with the team (and Morgan) sitting on the grass smoking.

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Good, level pitches were and still are a horses for courses thing. Watched Bridgend St against Cardiff Met two weeks on the trot, one game at The Willows (Bridgend St’s home ground) & the week after at Cyncoed Rd) a few seasons ago in the Welsh League ( before the Met shot up the league system). The pitch at Willows is pretty unpredictable and the students couldn’t cope whereas the Bridgend St lads kept their eye on the ball when it was on the deck and controlled it before their next move while the Met boys were miscontrolling or the ball was bobbling over their feet, Bridgend St ran out winners. What a different ball game the week after on the billiard table of a pitch at the Campus. The students were knocking it about, playing their next moves in their head confident in the fact that the incoming pass wouldn’t deviate, Bridgend St were chasing shadows and got done about 5-1.
It did used to be a pleasure all those years ago to sometimes escape Pontcanna, Splott Park etc and play on GKN or The Civil Service. Some of the better parks players who excelled on the mud heaps and hard rutted pitches of the public parks, had they possessed the bit of ambition and will power to move up a few notches may have achieved a bit more in the game.

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Originally Posted by Bluebird23

Tough guy as well now, are you. Yawn!

Don’t tell me, you once sparred with Lennox Lewis and he couldn’t believe you hadn’t turned pro, as he had no doubt you’d have unified all the belts!

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I'm no tough guy, just don't portray me as something that i'm not. I'm all for a laugh and a joke, but don't ridicule behind your keyboard, it's weak. As for Boxing, i trained as a kid, then met this gypsy lad in the ring who absolutely battered me, he was younger than me as well. It wasn't Tyson Fury though or even Lennox Lewis, i'm more super Welterweight.

which club did you used to box with tuerto ? i used to box down the ymca off newport road . used to enjoy the training side of it rather than the bouts

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Originally Posted by Bluebird23

Yes, around a dozen teams from Operation Sport, Post Office, Idem Papers, Bass Brewery, City Centre Cars, Cossacks, Nomads.

Run by Emlyn Morris from Llanrumney.

We played a London representative team home and away two years.

Won 1-0 up there, beat them 5-1 here down the Riviera in Llanrumney.

Our goal keeper Wayne Russell went on to play for Burnley.

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Played in the Wednesday league when I was younger (about 17) played for the National Rail team as my uncle worked for them. Loved it.

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Originally Posted by Bluebird23

Tough guy as well now, are you. Yawn!

Don’t tell me, you once sparred with Lennox Lewis and he couldn’t believe you hadn’t turned pro, as he had no doubt you’d have unified all the belts!

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You really come across as a bitter person in a lot of threads :shrug:

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Originally Posted by MOZZER2

which club did you used to box with tuerto ? i used to box down the ymca off newport road . used to enjoy the training side of it rather than the bouts

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oddly enough, Newport, St Josephs i think. My mate was going and i went along, his dad would take us over in his van. I went over for the training, started to enjoy it until i sparred this young gypsy lad who buzzed me. That was as far as it went, **** that. Out of all the sports i have complete respect for boxers, train and prepare poorly could mean the difference between life and death.