Boozing, Betting & Brawling, The Autobiography of Mel Sterland (Autobiography/Personalities)

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It’s easy to say ‘move on and get on with it’ and I’ve been down the road and it’s difficult.” Boozing Melvyn Sterland (born 1 October 1961 in Sheffield) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United and in the Scottish Football League Premier Division for Rangers, and was capped once for England. [1] [2] Club career [ edit ]

Boozing, Betting & Brawling: The autobiography of Mel Sterland". Goodreads . Retrieved 28 December 2020. In a testosterone-fuelled dressing room containing the likes of Vinnie Jones, David Batty, Chris Kamara and Ian Baird, the high pursuit of good times had a ringleader in Mel Sterland. Like the coolest gang at school they prowled the outlands of the Second Division, where nothing was out of bounds and nothing was serious, until the whistle blew and it was time to go to work. As the book is called 'Boozing, Betting and Brawling' Andy couldn't let him go without asking him about two of his weaknesses...Despite being played out of position, Sterland hit the ground running with a goal on his debut against Hamilton Accies although he jokes he never quite nailed his celebration. They were very difficult times for me and I just thought – that’s it I’m going to do something stupid. I nearly did it. It got to me. I was depressed and I went out somewhere and set myself up to kill myself. In 1988 Sterland won his only England cap in a friendly against Saudi Arabia. [ citation needed] Earlier in his career he had helped England win the 1984 UEFA Under-21 Championship, in which he scored a goal in the final against Spain. [ citation needed] At the time of his England cap in 1988, he was the first Sheffield Wednesday player to be capped by England since the 1960s. [ citation needed] After retirement [ edit ] United’s presumed injury crisis is such that Jimmy’s straight on to the bench for the FA Cup quarter-final at home to Arsenal, and then again for a league game against Leeds (who should be a division above, but those daft Americans won’t care about that, etc), but he’s still waiting for his chance to shine.

I like films about football. It’s notoriously hard to shoot and a lot of directors won’t touch it, they just think that you can’t capture it. But I think we did to an extent, because we didn’t concentrate on any fancy moves. We just got the spirit of the game. You know, the thuds and the lugs and the like.” FBref is the most complete sources for women's football data on the internet. This includes the entire history of the FIFA Women's World Cup as well as recent domestic league seasons from nine countries, including advanced stats like xG for most of those nine. We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.

I’ve got somethings off my chest writing this book... It’s not just about football this and football that but it's about me.” Manchester United cruise into the lead, the Blades’ No.9 “Dave” does his ankle ligaments, and Dad from Hollyoaks is, predictably, furious at half-time. In this game they showed streetwise maturity to see off the tournament’s top scorers. They were as adept at the dark arts as the Spaniards who are deep-rooted in clever game management. When it mattered, they had the skill level that Trafford showed to finish off the job.

BBC Radio Sheffield’s Rob Staton will be on hosting duty for the evening, which takes place in the Charlton Suite at Hillsborough from 7:00pm. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Wilkinson needed warriors and he got one in Sterland, who took to the task at Leeds United with an emotional and a professional commitment. He revelled in the Elland Road atmosphere and played with the sense that every day was the best of his life.An elbow in the face from one rather ancient-looking defender is enough to convince Jimmy’s No.1 fan Mel Sterland that this heavily concussed Sunday League footballer should take the crucial penalty to put them into the FA Cup final. Someone’s had a word – maybe the director. Twelve pints, eight whisky chasers and one stripper later, Jimmy is making a fool of himself on the Bramall Lane pitch in front of that long-suffering dad from Hollyoaks, who is handed the No-Nonsense Scottish Manager role that football films seem to think is absolutely mandatory. As already explained, the FA Cup Semi-Final should be played at a neutral venue and not at the home ground of Sheffield United – as in the film. However, there is also the alarming fact that the April semi-final takes place in mid-winter. This is due to the footage from the ‘real game’ actually being an FA Cup 3rd tie in January, 1995.”

There is a cameo role in the training session for a permanently fuming Mel Sterland, whose near-400 appearances for Sheffield Wednesday qualified him perfectly as a convincing captain for their cross-city rivals. To be honest I had been asked about 20 years ago to write a book but the time just wasn’t right. I didn’t think I had done enough in football to write about it. I got a letter, I’ve still got it. It’s superb. In the letter you also get a list of players who were in the squad with you.

Former Huddersfield Town and Barnsley loanee turned Premier League champion officially announces retirement after failing to build on glory years Now in football, I just don’t think there are enough characters in the game, I don’t know why though. If you ever said a wrong word to any of them you’d get a clip round the ear and you appreciated that. My early years at the club were a learning curve and I was the apprentice and you knew that.” The demise Sterland was a key player in Leeds United's title triumph of the 1991–92 season – the last of the First Division before the creation of the FA Premier League as the top division of English football – as he scored six goals in 31 league games. Sterland played three games in the new Premier League before suffering an ankle injury in the autumn of 1992. [4]