At what age did you hang up your boots?

[Gruger]

I'm 45 years young and played 90 mins plus extra time today. My joints are killing me but i just can't give up the beautiful game.

 

[RWL12]

Age 11.

It became apparent I couldn't see without glasses and the school football coach didn't let anyone wear glasses on pitch.

Didnt get contacts until I was 22.

 

[turks]

still playing 5s at the min but thinking of hanging them up anyway now, legs can’t keep up

 

[ibrox40]

use to play 5's till I was in my late 30's, in a wheelchair now or I still would

 

[RoyalBurghGer72]

About 13, wasnt very good anyway so no loss to the footballing world

 

[55degreesnorth]

Still play (very these days) sporadically and always will as long as I'm physically capable. Still for the most part shite.

 

[Myc74]

16. Something i regret everyday but i was a drunken wee (unt with zero application

 

[Henderson55]

14 , reaalised I wasn’t very good and seemed to fight somebody every game

started boxing and still wind my dad up wondering how he didn’t suggest it

 

[Thomas Vallance]

I'm 45 years young and played 90 mins plus extra time today. My joints are killing me but i just can't give up the beautiful game.

18 regrettably, when I went into full time employment. Was a big mistake. The money to spend and lack of exercise saw me put on about a stone a year for the next 4 years

 

[SammyCoco]

14. Got injured, never returned regret it big time

 

[BlackfordLoyal]

30 for me, gave up when 16 year olds started flying past me.

 

[Eddie Doc]

33 or 34. Roughly when my heart trouble began.

 

[Dougoi7]

I've only had 1 pair of boots at about 8 or 9 years old,I was that pish I never needed another pair

 

[BigBuff]

16, still fancy playing 5s but to many lazy mates means I have no chance

 

[napierblue]

I stopped playing about 22 when I’d played a couple of season at amateur. Football was brutal at that level and wasn’t enjoyable for me. Got into coaching then and love it

 

[Rosscoger]

Still playing 5s and 7s at 41. Gets harder every year

 

[Peekaboo]

13 - old story of booze and wimmen. Plus I was shite.

 

[blueboab]

11s chucked it about 18 when I got fed up playing with a hangover and fives at around 30ish because as much as I loved playing hobbling around for 2 days after is no fun at all

 

[Chapman Billy]

Retired from amateur at 40 as I was starting to get too many bookings for hacking down young flying machines running past me. However, I’m still playing seven a sides three times a week and I’m into my 50’s now. Once you retire from playing football for good there’s no going back so I intend to keep going for as long as possible.

 

[Raffles]

15 as I was pish

 

[Dingmeister]

38, hardly kicked a ball since. Little did I know that I had played with a form ACL for 10 years. Knee kept giving way, rested for a few weeks but played on. No wonder I wasn’t that good! Got Op done on ACL 2 years later aged 40, just never bothered playing again. Do Triathlon now.. Running in straight lines!!

 

[Robert Marshall]

36, horrendous back injury, Still need to go to physios to this day

 

[iMac]

Still play 5s every Friday after work.

 

[Coopers left foot.]

35 for me Army fucked my knees, plus the boozing post games was taking its toll

 

[kiwibear]

I stopped serious football where I was still getting paid when I was 41 but played socially till I was 54.

 

[Doogse]

About 15. Realised I was shit and there was no point

 

[BigBuff]

I stopped serious football where I was still getting paid when I was 41 but played socially till I was 54.

Who did you play for mate ?

 

[Goity]

Last game of competitive(ish) football I played at 38, sevens in a league down south, broke a finger then didn't play again for years, now at 48 (my current job) workmates convinced me to come to some fives, dislocated my shoulder in the first game. That's me done.

 

[AZBlue]

Sixty three now and still join the youngsters for 2 games on grass each week. Obviously the pace and strength have gone but it's a good workout in the fresh air. I'll keep plugging away until it's physically impossible.

 

[AvochBlue]

Im 44 and just bought a nee pair of boots. Didnt think that would be happening.
Just for outdoor 5’s.
But i have to have a ice bath after every game or i cant move for 2 days!!
Still love to play.

 

[steveski]

About 18 and then immediately into coaching. Still played fives until early 40's. Too old and past it now!!

 

[Davidw72]

Mid twenties, had to work every weekend to support the mrs and kids.

 

[Hexham Blue]

Still playing fives but my knee is hanging by it’s remaining sinew. This year could see the end but determined not to be retired before Kenny Miller.

 

[steveski]

Just gave up coaching after over 40 years after taking 2 heart attacks!! Yikes !

 

[NorthSection]

17. Lots of boys clubs in Dundee folded at that age so lots of boys came to my team and competition for places was fierce. I never got signed and gave it up after that.

I never had the confidence to try and play elsewhere especially against men as I was a skinny wee lad.

 

[blueloyal]

Officialy 31 playing 11s for the TA last game (army reserves) but still playing 5s at 42.

 

[Bathgate Bear]

stopped playing amateur when I was 30 still played 5's up until I was 40 but knees were done by 26

 

[El Toro]

16 although funnily enough I did a coaching badge today at the age of 44.

 

[Born a Barras Hick]

My boots hung me up. BDSM they called it.

 

[Grsmith]

Last game of 11s I played was when I was 35. Stopped enjoying it when injuries started lasting longer. Loved playing from the age of 15 ... 20 years and some great memories. Got loads of other stuff to do now . 43 and still feel fit enough to play but I will leave it to the youngsters

 

[Drewball]

Around 14-15 when I discovered bevvy and burds.

Had a kick about a good few years ago in my late twenties and was fucking gubbed lol!

 

[PMB1872]

26 and hadn’t played regularly since 18. Two dodgy knees and I had started to have two full days of sore knees after an hour of fives. Not worth it any more.

 

[esson_rfc]

Properly was about academy days. Still have the odd kick about but not often

 

[Jackhammer]

i was shite at football so dedicated the rest of my football career to following the Gers

 

[SpikeRFC]

I stopped playing in the top local league a couple of years ago when I was 36. I got an injury that I had to rest for 8 months and I piled on 2 stone! I feel that my decision making and composure is the best it's ever been, but I just can't move quick enough. I'm sure these 18 year olds are getting faster every year!
I still play 11s at a lower level and 5s.
I love playing 11s, but playing in the top local league took up so much of my time, so I'm really enjoying having that time back.

 

[Scotstounbluenose]

I'm still in my twenties and only play 7 a side but when my legs go and I can no longer run I will take up walking football

 

[CoplandRoad]

In my 50s and still going.
I'll play till I can't walk.

 

[Scarface]

Called it a day after 21. Unfortunately a boozer sponsored us.

Hair of the dog when we met up on a Saturday before the game.

Did 5s but was so unfit i was breathing out of my erse. Didn't enjoy it.

 

[Saudiger]

Gave up playing with Moorpark AFC at 47 , never kicked a ball since , 54 now and need a effin hip replacement

 

[Brother Crockett]

45, not through choice, through illness.