Name:
Chris Walker Esq.
Age: 27
Club: Kings Park Rangers (formerly Prudden Hire,
formerly Mettis)
Position at club:
Manager, Secretary, Treasurer, Physio, Coach, Sports
Psychologist, Kit Man, Part Time Centre Forward/Left
Back/Goalkeeper
Where will your team finish in the league and why:
First year in the top Division we would take 8th
anything above that has to be classed as a good season
of consolidation. Plus as long as we beat the Nailers I
am happy!
Who is your clubs joker:
We
have quite a few who would fancy this honour, top
prize has to go to
Luke Pedwell ably assisted by Martin Rush, any
shorts get pulled down, clothes go missing it’s usually
one of them. Special mention also goes to Vinny for his
fantastic one liners from the side lines.
Biggest success in football:
Pre management, coming off
the bench and scoring the equaliser followed by the
winning penalty in a cup semi final at college. With
this current lot, taking us from bottom of the third up
to the first winning the league and cup double last year
on the way.
Biggest disappointment in football:
Well if you exclude Leeds
United for the past five years (on our way back now
though!) and England’s bi-annual penalty exits, then it
has to be losing on pens to Waseley in the cup final a
couple of years ago in somewhat controversial
circumstances! (On the plus side we still got royally
drunk)
Ever been sent off:
Only sin-binned in 5 a
side, however I have had players sent off for snapping
the ref’s pencil, calling another player fat and falling
over on the goal line, tipping the ball round the post
and trying to claim it was his head! Until last season I
was on close terms with the princes down at the WFA!
Who do you support:
Leeds United MOT!!
What's the worst piece of advice you've ever been
given in life:
We go on an annual football tour at the end of each
season, a tradition started by Rik our last manager and
club Life President. Organising this is generally a
nightmare which is handled by Jim Brooks who sorts out
90% of our social activities Band Nights, End of Season
Awards etc.
Pre one tour to Newquay he advised I should go down with
Matt Hardeman, now I love the kid but anyone who has
been in a car with him will know his driving is similar
to a misfiring rollercoaster. Four hours later down the
M5 and I was not in a good beer drinking frame of mind!
Bad times...
Describe yourself in three words:
Living Legend (I only need
two)
Tell us something about yourself that only you know:
Can’t think of
anything that only I know?? However not many people know
I have played at Elland Road a couple of times in
charity games.
What type of music do you like: Whatever
is in my car CD player, could be anything from Oasis,
Stereophonics, Feeder or Killers to Sinatra, Kenny
Rogers or an 80’s megamix!
Favourite Restaurant:
Well I worked in the
Harvester at Bromsgrove for nearly ten years and enjoyed
that as well as getting paid so I’m going to go for
that.
Favourite hobby apart from football:
I play golf badly, but
have a bit more luck at Poker where I have won a few
quid. Looking forward to going Vegas next year to lose a
lot!!
What's your mobile phone ringtone:
Kings of Leon (Use
Somebody)
Give us a good website to log onto:
This question is asking
for trouble...
www.waccoe.com
What's the most daring thing you've ever done:
Well having spent
three years at Uni I have done plenty of stupid if not
so much daring things. Having a tequila drinking contest
and daring each other to swim round a fountain in the
middle of the town is up there (particularly as it was
5pm and the fountain was in a busy shopping area)... In
football terms telling Jim he is subbed is pretty
daring!
Why do you like the Bromsgrove League:
Because they seem like
they want to be the best and are happy to work hard to
make sure they are. Plus we always get refs, which is a
massive plus point!
Worst pitch you've ever seen in Sunday morning
football:
Excluding the Abbey Stadium mud bath we are currently
training on, worst pitch has to be the Stoke Prior one
with the big slope or the one in Rubery which has a
gradient most trains would struggle with.
What would you do to improve Sunday morning football:
Sort out the
ridiculous small mindedness of the FA, clubs take a lot
of effort and a lot of red tape to run however the
supporting body seems geared to squeezing as much
revenue as possible however they can. Also sort out
‘real’ football, players and managers show a total lack
of respect and get away with it yet at our level a
nothing red card can mean lengthy bans.
What's the funniest thing you've seen on a football
field: Other
than some of our players.... Couple of Own Goals spring
to mind, one where a lad controlled it and steadied
himself before firing into the roof of his own net and a
Rubery Sunday player overhead volleying one home this
season. Also had a player tackled by a dog and the usual
missed sitters.
One of the funniest
moments however was a game down south (Worcester way in
the cup) their lino was abusing Ped (our striker)
calling him a turnip eating farmer (because he was from
Bromsgrove) bearing in mind this kid was from Worcester.
He then progressed to asking him to come over for a
fight. Ped proceeded to score a goal just seconds later
and went back to the kid with... “I’m just putting the
game to bed mate, will be over in a minute” he never
said another word...
Who should be England's Number 1 keeper:
There all pretty awful,
might be worth seeing if Shilton fancies it, if not
probably Calamity James at the moment.
Capello or Sven:
Capello for Manager, Sven
for the women he got involved with!
Wenger or Ferguson:
I hate the Scottish red
nosed man so easy vote for the Professor
Hanson or Lawrenson:
Hansen
Stubbs or Keys:
Keys, massively hairy
hands but a Sky legend
Facebook or Twitter:
Facebook
X Factor or Strictly Come Dancing:
X-Factor liked them sh**
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