It’s over
The day has finally come. After an abortive attempt last year following a certain birthday, finally and irrevocably, QJ has quit the Thursday night fives. The end of his 35 year career was announced in an email to certain colleagues and confirmed by his subsequent withdrawal of his name from the Thursday Legends web page.
Speaking later at a specially convened media conference, QJ said, ‘It’s taken them a while, but at long last my team-mates have persuaded me that it’s time to hang up my day-glo Barcelona away strip, my Motherwell FC socks, and my truss. Their tactics of constantly changing the venue without telling me, or locking me in the changing rooms just before kick-off have finally paid off. Of course there will be tears: my wife will be deeply upset when she learns I will no longer be out of her hair every Thursday evening. But she’ll have to get over it, just as I will.’
Legends manager Bruce Millar, has refused to confirm or deny reports that Motherwell FC had been invited to face his side in a testimonial match for the now retired veteran, to be played in the car park of the Mallard Hotel, Gullane, or if that is unavailable, in a nearby bus shelter.
Poignantly, there appeared for sale on eBay this evening a pair of lightly raced Adidas Samba football shoes, size 10.
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Can I have your socks to tie to the posts to bring us luck?
Adios amigo
That could qualify as a fetish.
My socks must be kept as my granddaughter’s Christmas stockings. She could get a pony into one and its feed for a year into the other.
I’m fairly upset right now, just lost money on the horse racing at Cheltenham.
You talked about retirement but I kind of expected you to go on forever. I’m a little concerned about who is going to provide me with assists, Sy is ok but his range of passing is not quite at the same level. You will be missed QJ.
A true Thursday Legend!
Everybody loses money on the horses, long term, apart from the bookies. Think of a bet as buying a piece of thrill.
I expected me to go on for ever too. As I said to Nelly, you can blame Professor Brian ******* Cox for demonstrating on telly that nothing does.
Spoke with Stuart McCall earlier. No go on the testimonial. He’s concerned that the current Motherwell squad could never recover from the inevitable thrashing they would receive from our boys. Hey ho.
I’ve got Fergie’s number somewhere. I’ll see if the United boys are interested in testing their minerals.
All the best QJ!
How about the Jambos, or as they are often called ‘FC Kaunas B’?