Ben Haseley

[Seamus]

Tom Caughey certainly played at the end of the Dean Spink season, including being a sub on that never-to-be-forgotten day against Wellingborough 1st April 1989.
There was a Bromsgrove player who wouldn't play on certain days. I can't remember his name but he was a good midfielder.

The win last night at the debt ridden, council bailed out concrete jungle was ok, would have liked the Pears to have been tested a little more

Simon Burgher ??

[YeltzDoc]

Was he known as "Double Cheese" in the dressing room?

He'd have to be careful around Scouse.

[Wheels]

Was he known as "Double Cheese" in the dressing room?

He'd have to be careful around Scouse.

one could also ask did he suffer from BUNions

[andy]

Tom Caughey certainly played at the end of the Dean Spink season, including being a sub on that never-to-be-forgotten day against Wellingborough 1st April 1989.
There was a Bromsgrove player who wouldn't play on certain days. I can't remember his name but he was a good midfielder.

The win last night at the debt ridden, council bailed out concrete jungle was ok, would have liked the Pears to have been tested a little more

Simon Burgher ??

Seamus, you're a star! The very one!!

[andy]

Religious footballer who wouldn't altar for Villa.


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FOOTBALLER Simon Burgher could have been exchanging passes with Stan Collymore and Dwight Yorke in the Premiership.

He could be wining and dining in the second city's finest restaurants and driving round in an open top sports car on a mammoth salary.

But the 31-year-old turned his back on a superstar lifestyle at Villa Park to follow God.

The former Exeter City and Bromsgrove Rovers midfielder is a devout Seventh Day Adventist - which means Saturday is his day of rest.

He played for the Vauxhall Conference club for eight years without ever featuring in Saturday matches.

His midweek displays were so impressive that boyhood heroes Villa came knocking on his door wanting him to sign a professional contract.

But as that meant playing at weekends he turned them down flat and he now plies his trade for minnows Rover Sports in the Wolverhampton Sunday League.

And he may even have to quit them if a proposed take-over of Saturday club Wednesfield takes place later this year.

Now a PE and human biology teacher in Small Heath, Burgher spoke of his rejection of the dream move to Ron Atkinson's Villa.

"I am a lifelong Villa fan and it was a hard decision to have to make.

"They came in for me five years ago when I was at Bromsgrove and wanted me to sign professional forms. But that would have meant going against my beliefs and so I said no.

"But it wasn't easy to do. I had to think long and hard about it. I asked God for guidance and hopefully He made the right decision for me."

Burgher, who lives nearby the ground in Aston, does not smoke or drink and never misses church on a Saturday.

He said: "Everyone knows the Sabbath used to be on a Saturday and was changed just for convenience. I can never be paid for playing on that day."

Burgher lines up against former club Lodge Cottrell on May 10 in the final of the Birmingham County Premier Challenge Cup.

Looking ahead to the match Burgher said: "It's going to be a right old ding-dong! They are my mates and have been phoning me all week saying how they are going to chop me down!"

[YeltzDoc]

Has gone to Shepshed in the MFL!

http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/shepshedd ... 78337.html