Best footballer you have played with or against

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Ray Wilkins story-When i was an apprentice it was my job to clean the away changing rooms. We played qpr in a pre season friendly at NP-Wilkins played. I would have to wait outside with my bin, mop and bucket, most teams would be showered, dressed and out in 45 minutes, some would open a few cans and take their time, QPR took the f ucking piss, i had to get back to llanedeyrn, that's a walk to central and then the 57 bus. I waited for over an hour then popped my head around the door asking them to hurry up, i was told to **** off by Andy Sinton (i'm sure it was him) so i told him to ****off back and had a row with him, telling him i had to get the bus home, i the end i just got on with it and mopped and swept around their feet. Ray Wilkins was chuckling and said to me ' I like your character son' He gave me £10 and said toget some chips on the way home Cheers Butch...

Love this, and the jimmyscoular one - "we made two mistakes that game, the first was agreeing to play" it made me laugh out loud

[the other bob wilson]

Your comment on Gareth Edwards reminded me that I played football with Gerald Davies, who was my form teacher in the late 60's. He also played rugby in a teachers v school rugby team match and it was a privilege to watch the man in action. Comical too because he run rings around the boys, who had a decent team at the time.

Cricket wise I played against Tony Cordle in the mid 70's. We both scored in the same match but my team lost 3-2. He was a decent centre forward.

Gerald Davies is my favourite rugby player ever - couldn't find any videos of him on You Tube though - yet more proof of how old I'm getting!

[Cleve van Leef]

Played in same school team as David Summerhayes, David Yorath and Richie Morgan

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Your comment on Gareth Edwards reminded me that I played football with Gerald Davies, who was my form teacher in the late 60's. He also played rugby in a teachers v school rugby team match and it was a privilege to watch the man in action. Comical too because he run rings around the boys, who had a decent team at the time.

Cricket wise I played against Tony Cordle in the mid 70's. We both scored in the same match but my team lost 3-2. He was a decent centre forward.

Played against Tony Cordle around the same time - he was playing for Grange Quins if I recall. What I do remember is how quick and strong he was. I remember the game because we were outplayed 0-1 for 85 mins and then they made a couple of mistakes and I scored two sitters !

[Hot Shot Hamish.]

I've told the story on here before about my experience with Tony Cordle. I was in with an outside chance of getting the opportunity to spend the summer on the Lords groundstaff. The MCC had sent someone down to have a look at a couple of us in the indoor nets at the National Sports Centre. I was batting reasonably well, when they brought Tony Cordle into bowl at me. I was 15 and in awe of Cordle but was confident I could do ok. The first ball he bowled at me was wide outside off stump and I did him the courtesy of shouldering arms and not play at it. A split second later I was rolling around in agony on the floor clutching my bollocks and almost in tears. I'd never seen a cricket ball seam so much in my life. Needless to say I never got the Lords groundstaff contract!

While I've been fortunate to play cricket against quite a few test players and plenty of the county boys, my football list is much shorter. Five a side against Ian Benbow who I think scored the winner in the Welsh Cup Final for Hereford Utd is probably the lowest high spot I've attained!!

[Tuerto]

By all accounts a very nice man.

I was coached by Stan Montgomery for a couple of years, what a bloke! Apparently, he was a really good cricketer. He used to warm up by doing bowling actions with his arms, it was very amusing. Was the soccer school you attended through Bristol Rovers? I know that Stan was heavily involved with them during the seventies and eighties, that's why they had a spate of young welsh talent at the club-Neil Slatter and a few others come to mind.