Experience Quote by James Maddison

When I was 11, I was invited to be a ballboy at Stamford Bridge when Chelsea played Liverpool. I was a Liverpool fan, so…

— Theo Walcott

I was playing first-team football at Cardiff at 16.

— Aaron Ramsey

My first-ever game was at the 1966 World Cup. The old man was a bricklayer's labourer, on a job in the north-east of England.…

— Jim Kerr

I remember playing against the great Manchester United teams when I was a player.

— Graham Potter

I played for the first time when I was three. My neighbour was six, and I went to train with him. But I don't…

— Christian Eriksen

Before Bolton I played for Real Madrid and I was getting involved in the first-team training since I was 16 and then I played…

— Marcos Alonso

I would have been about seven years old when the formative years of my competitive football education began. I was playing in the local…

— Gary Neville

I was very young in the past at Arsenal, at Real Madrid as well.

— Nicolas Anelka

At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came…

— Willie Mays

I played for England at cricket and football. Playing at Wembley in front of 60,000 people seemed better than playing at Cirencester in front…

— Phil Neville

I've played a lot of games in my career - against Fulham was my 400th.

— Kyle Walker

Physically I was not strong enough to play at Celtic and I know myself it was not my best time as a football player,…

— Teemu Pukki