A Sunday League footballer played for Man City at the Etihad Stadium but something tells us Pep Guardiola won't be calling.
There it was. My shirt, complete with my chosen name and number on the back, folded nicely in the away dressing room at Manchester City ’s Etihad StadiumFor the first time in my life I felt like a proper footballer. And yet this was also the day that I realised I am in fact not a proper footballer.
Me and my mate Matty were escorted to the away changing rooms to greet my teammates before I got changed into my all-white Puma strip and Sondico socks.We then headed out to the tunnel and walked onto arguably one of the best playing surfaces in world football. It’s no wonder we were instructed not to perform any knee-slide celebrations beforehand. It would be like messing up the Mona Lisa.
Thankfully the goalkeeper spared my blushes with a fine near post save but that didn’t stop a mate from inserting me into a Scooby Doo meme.I’ve never been particularly fast but normally you can get away with a bit more on a tight, bobbly pitch in Oldham. I had a stint at left-back in the second half and despite a bit more of a settled side, the game finished 7-5 to the home team and that was excluding a disallowed goal for mistakenly having extra player on the pitch.As an experience it was the stuff of dreams for a lifelong City fan and I’ll always be able to say I’ve played on the Etihad pitch – even if I was moving in slow motion.
Premier League Spotlight Kyle Walker
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