Bearing in mind Mendonca done his dough from football, I always thought we should have played a friendly up there and had all the proceeds go to him. He is loved there as much as in SE7.
A bit off topic, but here goes. I went to a testimonial for Scott Young in 2003, this was against Cardiff on a Friday night. I stayed in Cardiff that night and got the train back to London then went straight upto Grimsby as Notts were playing Yorkshire on the Sunday in a 40/50 over game. I went up there on my jack as my mate had other plans on the Saturday so met him the next day. This was all good and spent the night doing a one man pub crawl in some hovels. However, whilst waiting for my mate on the Sunday I discovered that the previous night Midge Ure was doing a gig up there. I was absolutely gutted as he is THE man. I was a massive Ultravox fan. I could not help but think whilst I was f****** around the previous night I could have been watching him.
Back in the day when we used to have them, we did have a testimonial for him. He still had his hip problem so only came on for the last 10 minutes, but his movement near goal was still there and he had a good shout for a penalty. The fans were gutted the ref didn't give it.
For the benefit of @Ponders Revisited In Joao Pessoa, Botafogo PB(plus their training ground for a pre-season game) In Campina Grande, Treze In Natal, ABC and America In Recife, Santa Cruz, Nautico and Sport In Cuiaba, Mixto, Cuiaba and Operario MT In Santos, Santos In Rio, Vasco da Gama, Botafogo RJ and Brazil In Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Portuguesa, Corinthians and Palmeiras Not too many, but Campina Grande, Natal and Recife are between 80 and 120 miles from me. Rio and Sao Paulo are 3 hours away by plane. Santos I went to whilst we were away there, Santos is around 3 hours by coach from Sao Paulo. Cuiaba, I lived there for the first five months so got to go to a few games, Cuiaba play in the ground built for the World Cup used in 2014.
