i have dined out for years on my story .
i told danny higginbottom "to go home your not playing for the bowdon hotel your not good enough", home was about three houses away . on urban road.
you may say that was bad judgment but he was about 7 years old
his brother higgy was our centre forward and he was only 12/13 and went on to play for alty and loads of sh*t welsh clubs. i am sure loads of the teaser age group know them both well.
happy happy days
When Danny was about 9-11 I used to play football with him on Stanny Park in the shadows of Moss Lane.
He was so good that he used to put himself in nets to make a game of things and he was still unbeatable then. He would go round everyone for fun, then do it again and you couldn't even kick him.
It was always a case of "right, we've got first pick, Danny!"
If this comes off it will be one of football great stories.
The last bloke to do it, Colin someone didn't make a bad job of ending his career at Alty.