Those are some fine updates Mitchell
I have something of a Premiership story u might enjoy
When i was in my teens i was quite a promising striker, being touted on tv as one of Canada’s rising young stars, my strike partner on my team here was Tomasz Radzinski, who went on to play with Everton with some success, my father was a very popular midfielder who played in the Bundesliga, won the UEFA Cup, and played with legends Pele, Beckenbauer, and others during his career, i remember watching him play in a charity all star game in his later days, England vs the rest of Europe, it was a big event here with some famous names, Lato, the Golden Boot winner from Poland drew much attention, the game was 0-0 late into the 2nd half when my dad scored the only goal of the game from a free kick on English legend Peter Shilton.
While i was playing soccer i was also boxing, my friend and neighbor here was the Canadian Heavyweight Boxing Champ Mark Simmons, who represented Canada at the Olympic Games, and later played Art Lasky in the movie Cinderella Man, one of Russel Crowe’s opponents, as it turned out, his family was well connected to Huddesrsfield Town, English 1st division club, i had some offers for my services but agreed to go there with the hopes that i would spend some time there and get propped up to a Premiership club, i was the big off season signing, there was a full page article in the local newspaper, the Huddersfield Daily Examiner, i remember reading it, they were very excited about having me and i was looking forward to the move.
Just a few weeks before i was supposed to leave for training camp i was playing here trying to get as fit as i could when i got scissored from behind by 2 players going in on a breakaway and broke my ankle badly, and that was the end of my Premiership aspirations, and i never made it out there.
Sad story isn’t it, it’s too bad, i would have enjoyed performing for people who have such passion for the game, if i could go back in time and correct one regret that would be it.
Now i’m relegated to playing Fantasy Football online lol