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by sam_ » 02 Apr 2014, 18:51

ferrarilover wrote: She's also captain of the women's side. Decent player. I imagine I see a very different person from the one you knew, but she really doesn't strike me as the teacher sort.

Matt.
Depends if she liked the class you were in, she liked ours and was a right laugh, always said I'd get down to one of the ladies games, feel bad for not tbh

Matt Hockley

by ferrarilover » 01 Apr 2014, 19:43

sam_ wrote:His wife taught me and gave me one of his shirts, and his Wembley 08' jacket, a real hero for me. I shall never forget his goal at home to Halifax. A true Torquay United Football Club legend.
She's also captain of the women's side. Decent player. I imagine I see a very different person from the one you knew, but she really doesn't strike me as the teacher sort.

Matt.

Matt Hockley

by SuperNickyWroe » 01 Apr 2014, 17:43

happytorq wrote: Yes, thank you for that brilliant piece of advice, SNW. Presumably you'd have the same pearl of wisdom for JFK.

I was right behind the boards on the touchline, and Hockley was about 4 yards on the pitch. So I was maybe 10 yards away, and he properly hoofed it. assuming a clearance velocity of 30mph (likely on the low side), that means I had 0.7 seconds (ish) to see, calculate incoming trajectory, and react. The average human reaction is about 215 milliseconds, but I'd had a couple of drinks so call it 0.3 seconds. That means I had 0.4 seconds to both understand I was about to be hit, and complete the ducking motion. Not likely.

you numbnuts. :)
god you are slow to react.

sounds to me that you deserved it dickwad. :rofl:

Matt Hockley

by SuperNickyWroe » 01 Apr 2014, 17:40

taxilady wrote:I got hit once just behind the goal, about halfway up in The Ministand...MIcky Cave had a shot, narrowly missed the goal & hit me instead. Absolutely no chance of ducking that one either ! You ever been hit SNW ????? ;-) :nod:
yes I have madam.

but what I do in the confines of my own home or my mistresses' dungeon are my business and no concern of yours........... :Oops: :rofl:

Matt Hockley

by taxilady » 01 Apr 2014, 13:46

I got hit once just behind the goal, about halfway up in The Ministand...MIcky Cave had a shot, narrowly missed the goal & hit me instead. Absolutely no chance of ducking that one either ! You ever been hit SNW ????? ;-) :nod:

Matt Hockley

by happytorq » 01 Apr 2014, 13:27

SuperNickyWroe wrote:you should have ducked.
Yes, thank you for that brilliant piece of advice, SNW. Presumably you'd have the same pearl of wisdom for JFK.

I was right behind the boards on the touchline, and Hockley was about 4 yards on the pitch. So I was maybe 10 yards away, and he properly hoofed it. assuming a clearance velocity of 30mph (likely on the low side), that means I had 0.7 seconds (ish) to see, calculate incoming trajectory, and react. The average human reaction is about 215 milliseconds, but I'd had a couple of drinks so call it 0.3 seconds. That means I had 0.4 seconds to both understand I was about to be hit, and complete the ducking motion. Not likely.

you numbnuts. :)

Matt Hockley

by SuperNickyWroe » 31 Mar 2014, 21:59

happytorq wrote:I shall never forget the 3-0 home win vs Northampton in 2003/2004, when a typically industrial Hockley clearance into touch hit me on the hooter and knocked me over. Got a nosebleed, and while I was being treated I missed the first goal.

Great days.
you should have ducked.

Matt Hockley

by DevonYellow » 31 Mar 2014, 20:51

You don't want to **** with Hockley.
Cos Hockley, will **** kill you.

Matt Hockley

by happytorq » 31 Mar 2014, 20:41

I shall never forget the 3-0 home win vs Northampton in 2003/2004, when a typically industrial Hockley clearance into touch hit me on the hooter and knocked me over. Got a nosebleed, and while I was being treated I missed the first goal.

Great days.

Matt Hockley

by sam_ » 31 Mar 2014, 17:13

His wife taught me and gave me one of his shirts, and his Wembley 08' jacket, a real hero for me. I shall never forget his goal at home to Halifax. A true Torquay United Football Club legend.

Matt Hockley

by chunkygull » 30 Mar 2014, 22:11

Back on topic - Will always remember Matt Hockley with fondness, a local lad, never the most gifted footballer but absolutely gave his all and was a proper grafter and 100%er. An integral part of the 2003/04 team.

I remember something written in the Herald about him once along the lines of - "Matt Hockley would run through a brick wall for Torquay United, whilst many of his team-mates in recent times wouldnt even run through a puddle".

Matt Hockley

by yeovilgull » 30 Mar 2014, 17:20

Just a shame that more often than not they fit elsewhere but not here!!

Matt Hockley

by cambgull » 30 Mar 2014, 17:16

The problem for Constantine was Akinfenwa. Fat boy would stand right in the middle and make Leon go out towards the right or left wing. He could never do anything up top when he's forced to play as a winger.

Matt Hockley

by Sunnysideup » 30 Mar 2014, 13:48

Bomber wrote:Comparing the 2013-14 Hawley to the 2005-06 one that played for Carlisle is a bit like comparing the 2003-04 David Graham to the Davey G that came back here on loan in the 2006-07 season.
Lol...Pretty apt Bomber...Sometimes players just dont work out. Given his goal ration was something like 1 in 3 last season (according to soccerbase) in a struggling team the league above, its probably understandable why he looked worth a punt.

Lets face it, Gav Tomlin was something like 4th or 5th choice striker and couldnt get in the team at a really poor Daggers side yet looked the biz when he came here.
The opposite is probably true of Leon Constantine. Looked out of his depth with us, yet before us was nigh on getting 1 in 2 for Southend and a couple of years later he was banging in near a goal every 2 1/2 games for Vale.

Sometimes players fit and sometimes they dont.

Matt Hockley

by Bomber » 30 Mar 2014, 13:35

Comparing the 2013-14 Hawley to the 2005-06 one that played for Carlisle is a bit like comparing the 2003-04 David Graham to the Davey G that came back here on loan in the 2006-07 season.

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