Dean Emerson played Sunday football for one of the Cov pubs, possibly the Rose as mentioned above, but I'm not exactly sure. I was playing for the Cherry Tree at the time (very early 2000's) and came up against him in the middle. Bugger me, his first touch was amazing and you could tell he was class. Unfortunately he scythed me down after I went past him a few times (more due to youthful pace than any kind of ability) and he was sent off, and if I recall he was later sent from the touchline in the same match.
My dad once played pool in Foleshill against a CCFC legend of the late 80's who I won't name, apparently the player was "pissed out of his skull" and could barely stand!
I had a friend and work colleague who bumped into Laurent Delorge in Jumpin Jaks and proceeded to give him an extremely drunken lecture on "getting stuck in" and various other shortcomings in his game, complete with exaggerated kicking actions, at about 2am one weekend. Delorge left us within weeks...
Bennett still pops in the Devon from time to time and Mickey Gynn and a couple of others were in there last year and my mate got a picture with them.
Hartson and Palmer in Jumping Jacks just before Hartson went to Celtic. That night was eventful shall we say.
To be fair it feels like most of our first team aren't legally old enough to be in a boozer yet......
drunken pool player had to be Speedie!
Snape ran the Old Crown pub on Windmill Road. Heard he was a character so it was probably true.We used to have a player before my time called Snape, can't remember his first name.
I was talking to his son who said his dad would have 5 or 6 pints and go to the game on the bus.
He said it wouldn't be unusual for him to feign injury so he could lie on the pitch, pull his shorts to one side and have a piss on the pitch,
No idea if true but it gave me a laugh.
What was Venison doing in there ? He never played for Cov ?Micky Quinn gave me a pint of Lager in the Pippin one sunday night when I'd been on an all dayer. Used to see a fair few players in the Rose and Crown after saturday games. The one who sticks out the most is Barry Venison in his slip on's, White socks and Shiney suit and long flowing mullet. It was a thing of true beauty.
Used to see Benno in Fatty Arbuckles quite a bit too.
Woah woah woah (that's English for stop a horse)Bennett still pops in the Devon from time to time and Mickey Gynn and a couple of others were in there last year and my mate got a picture with them.
Hartson and Palmer in Jumping Jacks just before Hartson went to Celtic. That night was eventful shall we say.
To be fair it feels like most of our first team aren't legally old enough to be in a boozer yet......
What was Venison doing in there ? He never played for Cov ?
Alright mate you going to pick up all these big names you're dropping?I met Aron Gunnarsson in the Colly when he was here a few years back. Saw Jodi Jones in Scholars a month or so ago too.
Bumped into James Maddison at the City Arms this summer I think it was too.
Alright mate you going to pick up all these big names you're dropping?
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