Football became my life at five or six. The earliest memory I have is of playing in my first boots, a pair of black and white Alan Balls. It was 1970, four years after the World Cup, and I scored three goals at school.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local leagues around Manchester, playing against lads from tough areas who had been taught they had to fight for everything.
Football has been my life for as long as I can remember.
I've played soccer since I was five.
I have been playing football since I was 7.
I played for 30 years, 20 with England and I did it by setting goals.
I grew up in Europe, and soccer was the first organized game I played. When we moved back to the U.S. in the middle of 4th grade, I switched to American football and stopped playing competitively until college, when I played intramurals.
I started playing football young, and my career was on the pitch.
At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very quickly in all sports.
Football has been my life.
I only started concentrating on football as a career when I left school at 18. I played golf for the Scottish and British boys' teams.