Saturday February 12th 2003 Stoke V Chelsea F.A Cup 5th RoundPRE-MATCH
View attachment 259144View attachment 259145Finally, it was happening... the moment I had been waiting for, today was the day I would finally don the the famous red and white stripes of my home town club filled me with nervousness,excitement,dread and anticipation all in one burst,to think the likes of Banks,Matthews,Hurst,Shilton, and Greenhoff had worn these stripes with pride... 'Pezz Oi Pezz snap out of it' It was our boss Pulis tough as nails, but still a great mentor and admirable coach, 'Pezz are you listening focus on the game not the occasion this is your time to shine don't screw it up'. I immediately took note he was right it was my time to shine, it was my time to show the footballing world I meant business, that I would one day be adored by football mad kids, that I would one day be mentioned in the same breath as Pele,Maradona,Cruyff,Matthews,Di-Stefano. The bell rang shouts of 'Come on City' rang in my ears as we left the changing room we walked out into the tunnel, as I looked out onto the pitch I saw the Boothen end up on their feet roaring along to the words of 'We'll Be With You' our pre match song, and here I was in the thick of it about to make my way into football... THE GAMEIn truth I hadn't been having my best game but neither had the rest of the team the continental flair of Zola and the speed and trickery of Gronkjaer(scorer of both goals) on the wing simply bettered us in every way. That was when I saw it a pass from O'Connor had bobbled loose I went for it so did Morris there's no way he'll get there before me I thought but then almost from know where he stuck out a leg '****' I thought I tried to pull out it was to late his studs smacked into the side of my leg I felt it break then the pain of the break caused my foot to buckle I slipped and then slowly began to fall, fall into oblivion my career over in the blink of an eye...
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