Comments on: River go top

By: murt

murt — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:07:30 +0000

yes locos para futbol is absolute pants but theres no good pubs in BA to wtach the footie in my opinion. ok im going to finish this argument right now. one of the chuckle brothers gave me his sweat soaked handkerchief after i met them on the hull to rotterdam ferry. end of

By: Seba

Seba — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:44:52 +0000

hahahaha! You beat it! You beat it! But I still have some good 50 years to catch up! hahahaha!

I’ve been in the same room with Roger Federer in Wimbledon a couple of seasons ago but J-Lo beats me hands down!

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:52:39 +0000

Ok big Seba !! I shook hands with Muhammed Ali in 1972. Larger than life !! But, yes not a futbol personality ! (I also beat Ed Pinckney in a game of pool and lost to Johnny Knoxville). :) I once had a shouting contest with Lester Maddox and flipped him off. :) I discussed the Velvet Underground with Lou Reed in a men’s john. I was once flipped off by Russell Crowe for making fun of his attire ! Ah, and I told Jennifer Lopez she had a nice ass !

By: Seba

Seba — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:33:57 +0000

I’ve been with Maradona twice!

Back in 93 when he was getting ready to play in USA 94. I was with my brother and some friends at the opening of a car retail shop owned by Claudio García (former Racing Club and Argentina player -he scored in a 2-2 tie with England at Wembley-). I went because all of the Racing squad were going and then all of a sudden Diego showed up! I’ve got a picture -not digital- with him, Claudio García and my brother.

Then in 2000 I was one of the producers of a TV show (SportsCenter – ESPN) and we went to cover the press conference of his 40th birthday.

Since we were only testing our operations we had no rush to get back to the office and so we stayed there after the long conference was over and we got to eat Maradona’s birthday cake!

BEAT THAT, PEOPLE!

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:33:03 +0000

I hope I didn’t create a monster here. Meeting Maradona’s brother is ok, but since it happened at gawdawful Locos Para Futbol, only half credit.:) Let me know when you meet Peter Green.

By: murt

murt — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:50:40 +0000

i got drunk with paul weller, peter kay and shelly from coronation street in the westbury hotel in dublin last year. wellers sound. i met maradonnas brother in locos para futbol in buenos aires in 06. Does that count??

By: hastaelgolsiempre

hastaelgolsiempre — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:25:57 +0000

Fantastic anecdotes both of you. If any of our regular readers find themselves in close proximity to an Argentine footballer for any length of time (not Paul Weller, though), do feel free to conduct your own interview. I’ll be happy to give it an audience here on HEGS…

By: Seba

Seba — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:18:09 +0000

Very funny, Johnny!

Really off topic here, but a similar thing happened to me in London.

I went to watch Ray Davies (The Kinks) and as I was queuing waiting for the doors to open, one guy wanted to go through the line and move to the other side of the room. He said: “Excuse me, mate” and so I moved.

He walked 5 metres and started signing autographs. I asked one guy behind me: “Who is he?”

“Paul Weller” he said.

First time I heard of him in my life, but he is a big star in the UK.

By: Johnny

Johnny — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:09:40 +0000

I realized tonight while watching Futbol de Primera that the kid that was sitting next to me on a flight from Santiago to BA a little over a month ago was Alexis Sanchez. For what it’s worth.:)