My Time In Football Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Evening everyone, Not posted on here for a while I don't think but I interviewed my 7th former Oldham player at the weekend after meeting Mike Lester in Manchester's Northern Quarter for a couple of drinks. Mike joined Oldham as a schoolboy and went right the way through before making his debut on Boxing Day 1972. Scored 2 goals in 29 appearances during his time at Boundary Park before moving to Man City. Mike spoke about being extremely happy as a kid at Oldham, his full first team debut at Brentford and smashing his knee playing for the reserves. If you've not had a look at the website before, if you click on our Oldham section you'll also find interviews with ex-players Bruce Grobbelaar, David Cross, Paul Jones, Andy Holt, Asa Hartford and Mike Flynn. http://mytimeinfootball.com/Mike_Lester Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorvik_latic Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Evening everyone, Not posted on here for a while I don't think but I interviewed my 7th former Oldham player at the weekend after meeting Mike Lester in Manchester's Northern Quarter for a couple of drinks. Mike joined Oldham as a schoolboy and went right the way through before making his debut on Boxing Day 1972. Scored 2 goals in 29 appearances during his time at Boundary Park before moving to Man City. Mike spoke about being extremely happy as a kid at Oldham, his full first team debut at Brentford and smashing his knee playing for the reserves. If you've not had a look at the website before, if you click on our Oldham section you'll also find interviews with ex-players Bruce Grobbelaar, David Cross, Paul Jones, Andy Holt, Asa Hartford and Mike Flynn. http://mytimeinfootball.com/Mike_Lester Some great stuff there. Thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_b_100 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 That was an excellemnt read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersstandandy Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Yeah, enjoyed that.... and looking at the other Latics interviewees.... an interesting answer from Mike Flynn..... Do you have any regrets? .....I wouldn't have signed for Barnsley. The fans were horrible. Strange people. Funny town. I wouldn't have gone there. Everything else I wouldn't change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Enjoyed that. If pushed I'd have thought Mike played many more games for us than he did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Enjoyed that. If pushed I'd have thought Mike played many more games for us than he did It did seem to me that he played more games than he did for us, I remember speaking to him at Maine road on a Tuesday night at half time when he was playing for City. I was a ballboy (before you ask if I was a City fan, the answer is no, my uncle was tasked with providing youngsters to ballboy for City games and I got to do it), but Mike seemed pleased to talk to a Latics fan, and it made my evening extra special. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 my uncle was tasked with providing youngsters to ballboy for City games Still sounds a bit too much like what Sir Jimmy did for Edward Heath and Lord Mountbatten. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUMAX Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Mike Lesters son Jack Lester has scored a fair few goals past us,only found out a month or two back he was Mikes son Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owdumer Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 I remember seeing Mike Lester clatter Bristol Rovers goalie at Eastville, we were 2-0 down heading for injury time and he was instrumental in us getting a point that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagger Lee Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 good interview - as always Anybody remember how much Lester was sold to city for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disjointed Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 45K rings a bell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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