Taking le Tiss by Matt Le Tissier

Author:Matt Le Tissier
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Non-Fiction, Soccer, Football
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

HE WAS ABOUT

THE ONLY BLOKE

I KNEW WHO

SHARED MY LOVE

OF MALIBU AND

COKE.

A prime example was John Beresford, who was a big name when he joined in January 1998 for £1.5m, which was a lot of money for us. He was a great character in the dressing room, chirpy and great for a laugh. I got on really well with him, to the extent that a couple of years ago I took him to see Shania Twain in concert. I know how it sounds but I had been a big fan long before she became famous. I was given a ticket to see her at Wembley Arena but I was right near the back. So I bought a couple of tickets to see her at Sheffield but couldn’t find anyone to go with me. Bez lived up there so I asked if he fancied going. He was always up for a night out so I went up and stayed with him. We got to the arena a bit early so we stopped off in a bar. He was about the only bloke I knew who shared my love of Malibu and Coke, which isn’t exactly a manly drink. The look on the barmaid’s face was priceless as two guys walked in and ordered this girly drink—and when we told her we were going to see Shania Twain you could see ‘What a pair of gays’ stamped across her forehead.

Bez made his debut for us in a 3-2 win at Liverpool, the only time in my career that we won at Anfield, and I wasn’t playing. We even got a penalty there, which was quite a rarity, but even the most biased of refs couldn’t have failed to give that one. In fact David James was lucky not to be done for GBH as he raced from his goal and cynically took out Matthew Oakley who was clean through. It was the most blatant penalty you’ll ever see and it could have seriously injured Matt who was stretchered off. But, of course, as it was a Liverpool player at Anfield he only got a yellow. David Hirst grabbed a couple of goals in a well-deserved victory and it followed hard on the heels of our now annual home win against Manchester United who were beaten 1-0 by a goal from Kevin Davies, who was carving out a big reputation for himself. He was on a terrific goal-scoring run but his season was ended by an injury in that game.

We were looking a decent team and stayed up comfortably, finishing twelfth. I ended up with 11 goals from 25 games, which was OK considering the amount of matches I missed through injury. Seven of them came in my last nine appearances and it seemed as though I was hitting top form just at the right time for the World Cup…For France 98. But we know why I wasn’t in that.

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