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A bonus correspondence episode of Quickly Kevin Will He Score featuring Chris Gold, Josh Widdicombe, and Michael Marden. The hosts dive into listener emails covering Strange Hill stories of childhood football misunderstandings, 90s footballers' pasta obsession, bizarre stadium features, trophy presentation protocols, and various amusing anecdotes from listeners about their football experiences and memories.
Strange Hill: Childhood Football Misunderstandings
The hosts explore their popular Strange Hill feature with multiple listener stories about childhood confusion regarding football rules and terminology. From tennis rackets in goal to misunderstanding referee signals, these tales reveal the creative ways young minds interpret the game before fully understanding it. One particularly memorable story involves a child thinking defenders must have been heading the ball 70 yards because they believed players were confined to specific pitch sections.
- Goalkeepers using Tim Henman branded Slazenger rackets during playground football with tennis balls, leading to injuries and chaos
- A child believed referees playing advantage were actually ordering defensive teams to adopt more attacking tactics
- Stuart Moffat thought defenders scoring must have headed the ball 70 yards because he believed players were limited to specific sections of the pitch
- Chris admits he didn't know what a professional foul was and repeated the term in the playground without understanding it
" I thought your position meant that you were limited to that part of the pitch, and therefore, if you left your section of the pitch, you were offside. In my head, when Steve Bruce and Gary Pallister scored a header, they must have been heading it around 70 yards every time. "
" This led to more injuries than normal shins were regularly bruised when the goalkeeper went to claim a loose ball racket first balls would fly at head height at great speed as keepers smashed the ball out rather than kicking it. "
90s Footballers and Their Pasta Obsession
A former hotel worker confirms what the hosts had long suspected: 90s footballers were absolutely obsessed with pasta, viewing it as the ultimate health food. The revelation includes the shocking detail that teams, including the 1993-94 Manchester United double winners, would eat plain spaghetti on brown toast before matches. This double-carb nightmare was apparently standard pre-match nutrition at the height of the Premier League era.
- Ben Bright worked at a hotel that hosted Cambridge United's opposition from 1992-1996 and served many first division teams
- Teams were completely obsessed with pasta as a health food in the early 90s
- Plain spaghetti on brown toast was commonly served, with no sauce
- Manchester United's 1993-94 double winners ate spaghetti on toast before their pre-season friendly
" We often served them plain spaghetti on brown toast. "
" This was the best team in the country, and they had spaghetti on toast. "
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