Matt Le Tissier

[patrickcallaghan]

Not only a Proper Player, but a cult hero to boot. Neither a conventional striker nor midfielder Matthew Le Tissier was given license to roam about as he pleased, which suited him perfectly as he didn’t much like wasting energy on movement. Instead, he invested it in scoring stunning goals. His career is a one-man highlights reel as he proved to be just as deadly from 12-yards as 30, scoring 47 of the 48 spot kicks he took. Hero-worshipped at the Dell, it is an enduring shame that the claims of the man they called Le God on the red-and-white section of the South Coast were overlooked by a succession of England managers. It’s even said that a certain Michel Platini once went looking for French heritage. One of Guernsey’s most celebrated sons, a 44-year-old Le Tissier came out of retirement to help his hometown club, Guernsey FC, through an end of 2012/13 season fixture pile-up – and to promotion to division one south of the Ryman South. Still Proper after all these years.

 

http://properplayer.com/proper-players/mlt-web/

[Saint-Armstrong]

We know about Le Tissier, we don't need telling!

 

What is this about, it's just covering old ground...

[Colinjb]

Seems a quite tenuous reason for starting a website, all the same best of luck with it chap.

[SuperMikey]

Who?

[Turkish]

Just an employee doing the job he was paid to do. He retired over 10 years ago and we don't live in the past on this site. Come back when you've started a website for proper chairmen.

[Dan]

I was watching a league of their own on sky the other day featuring Tiss and he said he had a block of flats named after him, any idea where these are?

[benjii]

I was watching a league of their own on sky the other day featuring Tiss and he said he had a block of flats named after him, any idea where these are?

 

Yep.

 

The Dell.

[Miltonaggro]

I was watching a league of their own on sky the other day featuring Tiss and he said he had a block of flats named after him, any idea where these are?

 

Paulsgrove...

[sydneysaint]

What's his son doing?

[Cricketphilly]

He sounds a decent player, sign him up

[stu0x]

It’s even said that a certain Michel Platini once went looking for French heritage.

I'm pretty sure I read (in an interview/article about MLT, undurprisingly) that due to their rather unique status, under FIFA regs a channel islander could play for any of the Home Nations, or France.

[Ekelund24]

He sounds a decent player, sign him up

 

Too late he has signed for Baddesley Park in Southampton Saturday Vets League!!!!

 

http://full-time.thefa.com/DisplayFixture.do?id=12911923

[Cricketphilly]

Too late he has signed for Baddesley Park in Southampton Saturday Vets League!!!!

 

http://full-time.thefa.com/DisplayFixture.do?id=12911923

 

That's this club all over, always too slow to move! Where are you Alps?!

[hutch]

I'm sorry, but the phrase "always too slow to move" has no place in a thread about Matt Le Tissier

[Ekelund24]

That's this club all over, always too slow to move! Where are you Alps?!

 

All we had to do was catch him in the local pub, pass him a form and buy him a drink!!

 

Damn the committee

[Barry Sanchez]

The cultists will be all over this like a rash.

[Cricketphilly]

All we had to do was catch him in the local pub, pass him a form and buy him a drink!!

 

Damn the committee

 

I couldn't be more exasperated ! We are going down!

[Minsk]

This sort of thing ought to be discussed in the HDAJFU thread, if you ask me

[Wurzel]

Too late he has signed for Baddesley Park in Southampton Saturday Vets League!!!!

 

http://full-time.thefa.com/DisplayFixture.do?id=12911923

 

And to think, we even ditched the stripes so they wouldn't make him look fat and still he goes elsewhere. That's the trouble with football today - no loyalty.