Vince: Michael and Graeme had their own night for their own age group for 5-a-sides and playing a year up too on a different night. The boys club offered them a game of football two or three nights a week and a challenge with older lads. Plus they had an 11 a-side game on the Sunday as well. But I would honestly say that playing 5-a-side for those years is what brought them on.
Graeme and Michael would go to the boys club early, sometimes two hours early, to watch their mates play football. And they’d help each other. They made friends as well and that helped. They had friends from different schools and they’d make different teams up for different tournaments. So they’d make other friends.
He was just so happy when he went along. He loved it. Putting the strip on and just going along and playing football
Graeme: You used to play in the league your own age, you played the year above on a different day and even two years up as well.
Michael: It was the freedom really. I was guided, my dad would sort of give us guidance but it wouldn’t be dictated, it was just more like trying to give you little bits of tips and help really.
Graeme: I don’t think the competition was really driven by parents so much, I can’t remember that. It was more from school friends really.
Michael: We’d even go to the boys club I’m guessing like 3-4 times a week, there just to hang out amongst the other lads, to play.
Graeme: Dad didn’t have any direct involvement in it at all.
Michael: He just totally stepped away from it and just followed us through. He didn’t have anything to do with any teams or any refereeing or things like that. [With Dad] It wasn’t a case of how good you could be it was just go and enjoy yourself really.
There was no pressure at all from us. It’s what they wanted to do
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