...just remembered...I arranged to meet Brian O'Neill once and he had to drive up a narrow track to the meeting (don't ask) but as a trick I put some battens across the track as a barrier. Unfortunately he decided to reverse up the track and drove through the barrier...absolute gent he didn't even mention it when we met...I was ready to run and as his kness had gone by then was confident that he wouldn't catch me.. I accept thats not as surreal as riding an elephant through Arundel with David Jameson but best I can do....Brian was a top man, reckoned that he used to let his todger hang out of his shorts in the team photo's!
Yes I heard that story about the todger too.....and many more like them...he used to live opposite me, until he moved back up north 2/3 years ago
Several, but don't really see them as 'celebrities', they're just people. The only person i've be in awe of was Zidane, met him after training in La Manga, can't remember the year but it was the year of the whole rebecca loos episode.
Used to work in Banana bookshop in whiteley village. David James lived nearby and came in a few times, he's a big lad! When Delap played for us, he used to live down the road from me. Used to see Linvoy Primus around a lot too. I worked at goodwood festival of speed this summer in the aerodrome where all the people with too much money get flown in in their helicopters. Met Chris Evans (who flew in, purchased another Ferrari to add to his collection, and then flew off again), Jenson Button, Mark Webber, Rowan Atkinson, Liz Hurley, Dizzee Rascal and Cee Lo Green. However the best bit, by a country mile...midday I had several hours off (nobody flying in or out), so got chauffeured down to the festival had a look around and then back again, tickets are normally £55ish for one day at the festival of speed so was pretty pleased!
Football wise i spoke to Dan Harding in Asda,nice bloke! Rickie Lambert last week in town! again nice bloke but he was in a rush so just told him to bang a couple of goals in at west ham and he said hopefully mate,he didn't oblige of course! grrrr! haha.Oh i was passed by Stuart Pearce in his BMW X5 on the M4 on the way to the Cardiff game this season and also passed by Neil Danns on the way out from the Leicester game. Other famous people - saw Mike Read (Frank Butcher) in a texaco garage when i was young down southampton road eastleigh.Was standing in front of Richard Bacon and Connie Huq on an escalator in Las Vegas,got a bit of them on film! Other than that nothing.
When I was 6 I met Keith Chegwin at a charity fund raising day in Southampton. My Dad had just won a bum wiggling contest judged by Cheggers himself, so I went up on stage to collect the prize with my Dad; it's a proud moment in my life!!
Matt Le Tiss, Neil Ruddock and Jason Dodd at a Junior Saints raffle in the town centre Burger King. I won a watch, handed out by God himself. Also Zara Philips a number of times. The last time, she knew my name. please log in to view this image And Victoria Coren a few weeks ago. And Lawrie Mac at an AFC Totton funtion.
Lorne Greene, aka Pa in Bonanza. He said to me "where you from, and don`t give me any of that London England Bullsh*t"
I flew from Los Angeles to heathrow on Virgin in business many years ago just as the the first Star trek next generation movie came out (the one with jean Luc Picard). I sat next to Worf, and travelling in the seats behind me were Data and le Forge. I was too cool to mention I recognised them, but during the flight the captain announced that if we looked out the window we could see the "northern Lights" Worf opened the blind, and admired the view, I said " I bet you see better when you explore the galaxies" However, they are all liars as Data is not an android, LeForge didn't wear electronic glasses, and worf is not a klingon, but a bloody human!
