I coulda been a contender.....

[martint235]

Man sues the church for ruining his chances of playing for Man Utd. See here.

I'm fairly sure that if it hadn't been for the likes of Carlsberg, Shepherd Neame, Thwaites to name but 3, I could have played top level rugby union for years. I could also sue my parents for giving me genes that prevented me getting out of bed to train when it was raining, cold etc.

 

[Beebo]

fantastic news,

My court papers are in the post to Shaun of CycleChat fame. Were it not for the time I waste on this forum I could have been winning the Tour de France!!

 

[ColinJ]

I'm fairly sure that if it hadn't been for the likes of Carlsberg, Shepherd Neame, Thwaites to name but 3, I could have played top level rugby union for years. I could also sue my parents for giving me genes that prevented me getting out of bed to train when it was raining, cold etc.

My court papers are in the post to Shaun of CycleChat fame. Were it not for the time I waste on this forum I could have been winning the Tour de France!!

Indeed! I split my excuses between 'They forced me to drink their beer' and 'He tempted me with a more-ish cycling forum'!

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Man sues the church for ruining his chances of playing for Man Utd. See here.

I'm fairly sure that if it hadn't been for the likes of Carlsberg, Shepherd Neame, Thwaites to name but 3, I could have played top level rugby union for years. I could also sue my parents for giving me genes that prevented me getting out of bed to train when it was raining, cold etc.

The 1st XV coach at Rosslyn Park spared me those sort of delusional dreams in my very early 20's; "You ain't big enough, quick enough, hard enough or mean enough. Stop wasting my time and your money."

I went on to play the role of big fish small pond. Probably more fun.

 

[Theseus]

I used to sail a Contender

 

[Aperitif]

Man sues the church for ruining his chances of playing for Man Utd. See here.

I'm fairly sure that if it hadn't been for the likes of Carlsberg, Shepherd Neame, Thwaites to name but 3, I could have played top level rugby union for years. I could also sue my parents for giving me genes that prevented me getting out of bed to train when it was raining, cold etc.

I thought by the look of your face and ears that you had been...my sympathies. In today's world, you're too skinny to be a forward and not tall enough to be a back!
I never played big fish in small pond stuff like 'Callmesir' above, although I knew my plaice.

 

[martint235]

I thought by the look of your face and ears that you had been...my sympathies. In today's world, you're too skinny to be a forward and not tall enough to be a back!

I know. When I was playing, I was considered fairly big as a lock for the league I was in (North London 3 or something). Now most wingers are taller and heavier than me.

 

[3narf]

I could've been an elite level sprinter.

'Join the RAF,' said my dad. 'If you're good at a sport, you'll really go places!'

I went to Marham, Norfolk.

Q) 'Where's the athletics track?'

A(also a Q)) 'What athletics track?'

Thus endeth my athletics career. 100m in 10.9s at age 17 came to nothing.

 

[perplexed]

Why would anybody want to be Contenderdor? He's banned at the moment...

 

[Archie_tect]

Man sues the church for ruining his chances of playing for Man Utd. See here.

Didn't hold Jonathan Edwards back... that lad should have used the publicity machine better at the time.