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Great story, @Malone. Mate of mine played 6-a-side against a team containing Peter Taylor (when he was manager of Wycombe) and said he was still sh*t hot and ultra competitive!

Bizarrely I played 6-a-side against a team containing Josh Parker (at John Hampden), pre his signing for us. He didn’t have to do much to stand out…as you say, the many, many levels above these guys operate at really quashes any dreams of “I could’ve been a contender.”

Like an old battling Wycombe performance under GA this. Great to watch

@Malone revealed as the ultimate ITK.

Morley still has himself down on instagram as a Wycombe player. Even though he’s added a video of his goal for Bolton against Exeter.

There’s still something in the air. And I will 100% admit I’m a Morley fanboy.

Utterly woeful defending giving that pen away.

And Marquis scaring us for a second before doing the right thing.

Don't think he finished quite on 350 odd goals so unlikely.

Brilliant anecdotes! Cheers for that!

That was a bit of a revelation to me. Did anyone know this before the interview?

I was "effective" - but that was down to a bit of pace, absolutely obsessive commitment levels and at the lowest level an incredible stamina level.

I remember we used to have a ludicrous 6pm astro hour with work then 10pm indoor session the same day. It'd be 9.55 and I'd still be smacking it against walls and running people off the pitch and smacking goals in. (At times having run to the 6pm session too)

But what I certainly wasn't, was technically strong. You only had to compare to the likes of Sam to see what a proper footballer is, rather than someone supremely fit who can adapt well to football at the lowest level where most have very low fitnesses.

We actually played a team Mike Keen put together once. He was 60+ by then, but it was still a buzz to come home saying i'd played against an ex top flight footballer - but in reality you can imagine can't you, still decent on the ball - but push it past them and run.

Other than that, the highlight was I did once score 4 or 5 goals in a game at the Wycombe training ground, watched by Terry Evans, Steve Hayes and John Gorman!!

While Terry would just say i was "f@@king different class" (what a phrase to keep shouting in front of all sorts), Gorman actually came over after the game and said "how old are you son?"

I said my actual age (mid 20s), he just walked off saying "Ok".

I sometimes chuckle thinking if i'd said "12" i might have been signed up ;-), but I jest of course. I knew my level, and the opposition were utter pony. I definitely got to the level my talent deserved...the lowest level - park footy :-)