Great question/op: my distinguished career began in the late 60’s in the famous & internationally recognised yellow & green of Norbreck juniors (Plus Timpsons ‘Shooting Stars’ sidelace boots, as my parents refused to fork out for genuine George Best Stylo Matchmakers), including a career highlight of one subsitute appearance for Blackpool schoolboys.
Following an unwelcome familial move to Leeds, a less-distinguished & enforced rugby-based Grammar School education led to a hiatus of several years, afore the shrewd eyes of Horsforth Town FC (QPR-style blue/white hoops) rekindled my dreams via the Leeds Combination Sunday League.
It’s safe to say a glittering few years ensued, resulting in successive promotions to Div 2 of aforementioned league (As well as a change of kit to blue shirts with white sleeves - altho’ they quickly became blue shirts with pale blue sleeves, after one of the lads missus gave the kit a boil-wash). I still have the wooden shields/plaques to show for it (The promotions, not the boil-wash). By now, the boots had become a respectable, if a little fancy-dan, Adidas ‘World Cup ‘82’’ as befitting my hard-earned status.
Nothing great, of course, lasts forever & in due course the lure of ladies, lager & Sunday morning lie-ins was to sadly prove enough to rob the beautiful game of one of yet another maverick talents that could’ve been (But actually never was….)