C'MON YOU HOOPS!
Adams, Richard (player-manager)
Born: Before 1980, Brighton beach
Position: Central midfield
Debut: 2003, no idea, we probably won!
Style: headless chicken
Claim to fame: I once ate 5 curries (plus side dishes and drinks) in 12 hours
Adriansson, Adrian
Position: C***
Angood, Crispin
Position: Forward
Bartlett, Craig (player-plumber)
Born: 09.04.76, Swindon (of course)
Position: Centre Half
Debut: So humbled I can't remember, but we lost
Style: The john smiths advert
Claim to fame: Once played (badly) less than 12 hours after being released from police custody.
Beaumont, Ben
Born: Swindon, 21.8.77
Position: Central midfield, central defence (or: On the deck, fouling Alex)
Debut: February 2002, we lost 3-0, as we seemed to a lot that year
Style: None at all
Claim to fame: Getting booked for calling the referee ‘surreal’
Birnie, Keith (player-chairman)
Born Lennox Castle Hospital, the Campsie Fells, just outside Glasgow, 23.11.58
Position: Anywhere the Street will have me
Debut: September 2000, Blackbird Leys Reserves, 1-6 to the B-boys
Style: Quiet, like a small, timid mammal - a vole or something, only much faster
Claim to fame: A bloke from Saudi Arabia gave me some Saudi Arabian money on a flight to the USA. Coincidence?
Brown, Jason
Born: Oxford, 18.9.82 (I’m 22, honest)
Position: so far this season: upfront, left wing, central midfield, holding midfield (when I got knackered), warming the bench
Debut: Bullnose Morris Reserves, 4.9.04. We lost 3-0
Style: Some say I’m skilful, most say I’m unfit and lazy
Claim to fame: I once tripped Derek Redmond (GB 400 metre runner) over in ciro citterio. I also got beaten by a German bloke and a French girl in a ‘gamesmaster’ type show on Sky TV (I did beat the Swedish girl, she was crap)
Burn, James (player-weatherman)
Born: Up North, 23.8.73
Position: Full back, gazing at the clouds wondering if its going to rain.
Debut: Street's second (I think) ever game in 2000. Was that the one we lost 11-0?
Style: Run around and around and around, try and kick the ball.
Street claim to fame: With just 2 hands, carried 10 pints of beer back from the bar to team mates whilst drunk in Germany
Clarke, Chris
Born: Barking, 14.01.79
Position: Forward, left midfield
Debut: 10.01.04 v. Bullnose Morris Reserves
Style: Like Paul Merson after a heavy night in Soho
Claim to fame: Having played for M.P.E. U16, Egerton FC, Oxford Brookes FC, Supporters and The A's I now realize my dream by playing for Union Street FC.
Cobham, Alex (captain)
Born: Manchester, 8.6.75
Position: On the deck, claiming a foul
Debut: No idea. Ask Stu?
Style: Adagio
Claim to fame: Most consistent display of facial hair
Davies, Andy
Born: Caerphilly, 24.07.79
Position: Midfield
Debut: Tetsworth, September 2003, lost 2-1
Style: Chav. I'm a big fan of Burberry
Claim to fame: I play football for Union Street
de Silva, Gemunu (player-treasurer)
Born: Colombo, 15.10.64
Postion: Anywhere
Debut: 2/9/00. Blackbird Leys Reserves. Lost 6-1. (Poached Street's first ever goal from a metre out - sorry Stu!)
Style: Organic and free range
Claim to fame: I can pogo for hours on end/avoided full time work until I was 33. These two are connected.
Fernie, Scott
Position: Forward
Fry, Matt
Position: Full back
Ginsburg, Mark
Position: Full back
Griffiths, Jim
Position: Full back
Harrington, Paul
Position: Left midfield
Holloway, Jan
Position: Midfield
Kavanagh, Danny (Danny Boy)
Born: 28.08.80, UK
Position: try to play in goal
Debut: first game of 2nd season, started playing on the left as left back
Style: in nice terms, a unique and confident style
Claim to fame: used to be fat boy of 18 stone and known for powerful kicks!
Mozley, Stuart (player-secretary)
Born: Middlesbrough, 4.12.66.
Position: Defender
Debut: Street's first league match. 2/9/2000 v. Blackbird Leys Reserves. 1-6. Street's first goal (and from the halfway line too) should have been mine, but Gem poached it as the ball crossed the line.
Style: No style. Just boot/head it away.
Claim to fame: Chasing the night bus through Rome.
Murphy, Neil
Position: Midfield
Sale, Richard
Position: Forward
Scarfe, Martin
Position: Attacking midfield
Steele, Lee
Position: Forward
Wardlaw, John
Position: Defence
Williams, Andy
Born: Oxford, 28.8.76
Position: Midfielder, central defender/sweeper
Debut: Bullnose Morris Reserves, 4.9.04. Lost 3-0
Style: Very vocal, like a caged bear being poked by a Russian with a big stick!
Claim to fame: I have marked Jermaine MacSporan out of the game as a youngster so many times it became boring. Though he managed to make it as a professional player - is there any justice!? |
