PLAYER PROFILE - ROGER WILDE

• KNOWN AS: ROG
• BORN: MEXBOROUGH      YEAR: 1945
• POSITION PLAYED: MIDFIELD
• OTHER CLUBS PLAYED FOR:  MEXBOROUGH TOWN, DENABY UNITED, BRIDLINGTON TRINITY, SHEFFIELD UNITED JUNIORS, BRITISH ROPES, TOTLEY FC, GREAT LONGSTONE, RYBURN UNITED, BRADFORD PENNINE 

 LIFETIME SHEFFIELD UNITED SUPPORTER, ALL ROUND SPORTSMAN (EXCEPT AT GOLF, I'M RUBBISH!) LOVE FAST CARS, MY FAMILY AND YORKSHIRE. NOW TRYING TO COME TO TERMS WITH LIVING IN THE RED ROSE COUNTY (OR THE "FLATLANDS" AS CARINA CALLS IT), THE ONLY COMPENSATION BEING THAT WE LIVE A 5 MINUTES WALK FROM THE BEACH. 

• PARTNERS NAME : ELAINE WILDE
• CHILDREN'S NAME: CARINA WILDE (NOW BAYLIS)
• WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW : AINSDALE, SOUTHPORT (WRONG SIDE OF THE PENNINES) 

• FIRST: AFTER WE MOVED TO HALIFAX IN 1975, I PLAYED A PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY FOR THE 1ST TEAM AND SCORED 3 GOALS. WAS THEN RELEGATED TO THE 2ND TEAM THE FOLLOWING WEEK FOR THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON (1975/1976)
• BEST: THE SEASON I WAS 2ND TEAM PLAYER OF THE YEAR AND THE HONOUR OF BEING 2ND TEAM CAPTAIN FOR A NUMBER OF SEASONS.
• WORST: TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR BRADSHAW SCHOOL, THE GROUNDHOGS ARRANGED A PRAM-PUSH FROM THE TAVERN TO THE SCHOOL ALONG BRADSHAW LANE. WIVES OR GIRLFRIENDS PUSHING AND THE MEN DRESSED AS BABIES IN OLD FASHIONED PRAMS. BOB PRIESTLEY AND I ENDED UP IN "A&E" AFTER OUR PRAMS TIPPED OVER, BOTH SUFFERED QUITE BAD HAND INJURIES (I STILL HAVE THE SCAR!) BUT I WAS DRESSED AS A BABY AND BOB WAS DRESSED AS A WOMAN AS HE HAD BEEN PUSHING GRIFF, SO THAT CERTAINLY CAUSED SOME LAUGHS IN "A&E"!

• BEST FOOTBALL MEMORY: ENGLAND WINNING THE WORLD CUP IN 1966
• FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM: SHEFFIELD UNITED - THE BLADES
• FAVOURITE ALL TIME PLAYER: TONY CURRIE
• FAVOURITE CURRENT PLAYER: JACK GREALISH - MANCHESTER CITY

• FILM: DIE HARD
• TV SHOW: BLACK ADDER
• BAND / SINGER: DIRE STRAITS
• ALL TIME SONG: TUNNEL OF LOVE
• MEAL: CURRY, OR ANYTHING IN A PIE!
• HOLIDAY DESTINATION: MALTA

• TABLE FOR FOUR: LEONARDI DA VINCII (WAS HE A GENIUS, A TIME TRAVELLER OR AN ALIEN?), BILLY CONNELLY, MICHAEL PALIN
• I DRIVE A: MINI COOPER S JOHN COOPER WORKS
• BEST COMPANY WORKED FOR: BRADFORD PENNINE INSURANCE
• BEST COUNTRY VISITED: MALTA
• WORST COUNTRY VISITED: WALES
• HOBBIES: GYM, CYCLING (I THINK MY SON-IN-LAW IS TRYING TO FINISH ME OFF!), PUB QUIZZES AND WATCHING FOOTBALL

• OTHER LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS: (SPORTING OR OTHERWISE) MEXBOROUGH & DISTRICT TENNIS CLUB MEN'S SINGLES CHAMPION (AGED 20). SOUTH YORKSHIRE LEAGUE TENNIS CHAMPIONS SEVERAL TIMES, NUMEROUS FOOTBALL TROPHIES WITH MEXBOROUGH TOWN, DENABY UNITED AND TOTLEY FC
• ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU WISH TO BE KNOWN PUBLICALLY: WHEN WE MOVED TO HALIFAX FROM SHEFFIELD WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYONE AT ALL, BUT GOT TALKING TO THE COUPLE WHO LIVED NEXT DOOR BUT ONE WHICH HAPPENED TO BE BOB PRIESTLEY AND CHRISTINE SUTCLIFFE. BOB ASKED IF I PLAYED FOOTBALL AND INVITED ME TO COME UP TO THE TAVERN AND TRY OUT FOR THE GROUNDHOGS. THE REST, AS THEY SAY, IS HISTORY

THANK YOU CARINA FOR GETTING YOUR DAD TO COMPLETE THIS TASK AND FOR THE TIME AND EFFORT IN ANSWERING ALL THESE QUESTIONS CORRECTLY!! 

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