Golden oldies

[langpark]

I wanna dedicate a thread to all the players in the twilight of their careers, players who many of us were watching when we were rugrats.

So, the players I want to mention this week are Del Piero who is 36 and still playing as good as ever, he scored two on the weekend in the first half for Juve (shame they blew the 2-0 lead though and drew). And then there's Seedorf (35), who scored two in the last few weeks.

Feel free to throw in some other name...

 

[Twizzle]

Pippa Inzagi, although I think he's past his twilight, he just keeps going

 

[CC_Eagle]

Jens Lehmann!

 

[CliffyIsGod]

Can still put a through ball in as well as anyone.

 

[Tommy Smith]

The evolution of a genius. Made his debut in the 1990-1991 season!!! I was 4 when he made his debut and turn 25 next month.

Amazing.

 

[Tonearm Terrorwrist]

 

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[CC_Eagle]

Can still put a through ball in as well as anyone.

This.

 

[pennywisealfie]

shit yeah Del Piero.

 

[pennywisealfie]

 

[pennywisealfie]

 

[pennywisealfie]

2 amazing players sticking to the same club through thick and thin. awesome.

 

[pennywisealfie]

 

[weasel]

Holy shit, I always thought Tommy Smith was an old guy.

 

[langpark]

The evolution of a genius. Made his debut in the 1990-1991 season!!! I was 4 when he made his debut and turn 25 next month.

Amazing.

Arguably the best of the veteran outfield players still playing.

I guess not many here watch Serie A, but those who do will know Crespo (who's pushing 36) is still playing decent football for Parma and has found the net quite a few times recently.

 

[aqua_duck]

Can't believe no ones mentioned Edwin Van Der Sar

 

[langpark]

it would be stating the obvious. it's not unusual for a goalkeeper to play til late 30's or even 40. Even Neville Southall back in the day was playing for Everton until age 40. While we're on it, David James is another...

 

[aqua_duck]

Thing is with VDS, he's still world class at 40

 

[Jason Maher]

Paul Scholes... so long as he doesn't have to make a tackle.

 

[nibbs]

I wanna dedicate a thread to all the players in the twilight of their careers, players who many of us were watching when we were rugrats.

touching, buddy. touching of the penis, that is