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Post by htafcokay on Jan 24, 2024 11:58:37 GMT 1
Speaking to former Town player Adnan Ahmed in the near future, he played for Town between 2003 and 2007.
Any memories of him?
Anything you want to ask him?
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Post by boooothy on Jan 24, 2024 12:05:16 GMT 1
I remember a fan shouting racist abuse at him at Chelsea and getting a 2 year banning order.
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Post by Gag N Bone Man on Jan 24, 2024 12:10:38 GMT 1
Two questions - was there a degree of pressure in being an ex Man u youth player? And as one of very few ex-pro asian footballers why does he think there are so few?
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Post by Captainslapper on Jan 24, 2024 12:11:07 GMT 1
On the cowboys 'young guns' poster, does he think he should have been dressed as an indian?  |
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Post by Walton-on-the-Hill Terrier on Jan 24, 2024 12:11:57 GMT 1
My main memory is of him getting sent off at Doncaster Rovers in the first game at their new stadium on NYD 2007. Town obliged by losing 3-0. Abbott also got sent off.
I seem to remember him being a fairly tidy midfielder, showed some promise but never really progressed and his career just meandered about down into non-league. He was fairly small but wasn’t afraid to get stuck in.
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Post by jasrick on Jan 24, 2024 12:21:30 GMT 1
My main memory is of him getting sent off at Doncaster Rovers in the first game at their new stadium on NYD 2007. Town obliged by losing 3-0. Abbott also got sent off. I seem to remember him being a fairly tidy midfielder, showed some promise but never really progressed and his career just meandered about down into non-league. He was fairly small but wasn’t afraid to get stuck in. I was at this game and knew we had two men sent off but don't think I could have told you who they were. I seem to remember him scoring a good goal down at the Panasonic end in a victory towards the end of the 2004-05 season when we had that really good run and late charge for the playoffs. |
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Post by menstonterrier on Jan 24, 2024 12:22:43 GMT 1
Like a lot of Town midfielders, looked tidy but lightweight.
Didn’t he suffer a bad injury and was never the same afterwards.
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Post by Captainslapper on Jan 24, 2024 12:28:54 GMT 1
Like a lot of Town midfielders, looked tidy but lightweight. Didn’t he suffer a bad injury and was never the same afterwards. Thats how I remember him too. Decent on the ball but a bit lightweight for a central midfielder in League 1 or whatever it was called back then. |
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Post by royrace on Jan 24, 2024 13:18:40 GMT 1
I thought he looked a real prospect in his early appearances and surprised he didn't go on to have a decent career. Seem to remember an injury so maybe that did for him.
Maybe questions about how jacko and taff seemed to be able to get so much out of the young lads.
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Post by rockwall on Jan 24, 2024 13:24:00 GMT 1
It would be interesting to hear of how he feels the game and opportunities for his nationality have developed?
Did he ever feel that his nationality was a barrier in any way for being a professional/opportunites to further careers etc.
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Post by Porrohman on Jan 24, 2024 13:27:35 GMT 1
Can he still feel that tackle/assault from Alex Bruce, when he finally exploded after the stick we'd given him ?
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Post by Carlito Brigante on Jan 24, 2024 14:16:49 GMT 1
I remember a fan shouting racist abuse at him at Chelsea and getting a 2 year banning order. Not sure he will remember that There were some very dubious comments from a few in the Town end that day |
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Post by Metch on Jan 24, 2024 14:32:22 GMT 1
How was the dressing room and on pitch "banter", any parallels with Yorkshire cricket?
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Post by tepidterrier on Jan 24, 2024 16:37:25 GMT 1
Adnan is still one of a very small number of British South Asian pro footballers, so I'd be really interested to hear his thoughts on what changes he's seen since playing for Town.
From going to games I'd guess South Asians are probably a bit underrepresented in the makeup of a crowd at the John Smiths, compared to demographics of the Town supporting areas in general. And definitely underrepresented in the playing side. It'd be great to hear his perspective on why that is, and what's changed during & since his career.
Also would be interested to hear about his experiences playing for Pakistan internationally, and his clubs in Hungary and Iran.
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Post by Christ in Shades (art) on Jan 24, 2024 17:12:44 GMT 1
My main memory is of him getting sent off at Doncaster Rovers in the first game at their new stadium on NYD 2007. Town obliged by losing 3-0. Abbott also got sent off. I seem to remember him being a fairly tidy midfielder, showed some promise but never really progressed and his career just meandered about down into non-league. He was fairly small but wasn’t afraid to get stuck in. I was at this game and knew we had two men sent off but don't think I could have told you who they were. I seem to remember him scoring a good goal down at the Panasonic end in a victory towards the end of the 2004-05 season when we had that really good run and late charge for the playoffs. Against Stockport in a 5-3 win. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2024 17:23:33 GMT 1
It would be interesting to hear of how he feels the game and opportunities for his nationality have developed? Did he ever feel that his nationality was a barrier in any way for being a professional/opportunites to further careers etc. Wasn't his nationality British ? |
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Post by htafcokay on Jan 24, 2024 17:34:13 GMT 1
It would be interesting to hear of how he feels the game and opportunities for his nationality have developed? Did he ever feel that his nationality was a barrier in any way for being a professional/opportunites to further careers etc. Wasn't his nationality British ? He is of Pakistani heritage and played 27 games for their national team. He remains the only player of Pakistani heritage to have played for Huddersfield Town. |
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Post by sabailand on Jan 24, 2024 17:42:01 GMT 1
Played for Tranmere rovers too at some point, might have been before his stints in Hungary and Iran.
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Post by rockwall on Jan 24, 2024 19:24:40 GMT 1
It would be interesting to hear of how he feels the game and opportunities for his nationality have developed? Did he ever feel that his nationality was a barrier in any way for being a professional/opportunites to further careers etc. Wasn't his nationality British ? He represented Pakistan on numerous occasions. Born in Burnley, but you know what I mean. I really hope that question was not hinting at 'stereotyping'? If it is a mix up of technical words, I apologise. But the questions I have offered are fair. |
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Post by space hardware on Jan 24, 2024 20:00:35 GMT 1
I remember a fan shouting racist abuse at him at Chelsea and getting a 2 year banning order. Not sure he will remember that There were some very dubious comments from a few in the Town end that day Was that the 2006 game, when we lost 2-1? Ahmed played that day and I've never seen anyone look so lost on a football pitch. I don't think he even touched the ball once. |
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Post by hoggy1975 on Jan 24, 2024 20:02:25 GMT 1
Wasn't his nationality British ? He represented Pakistan on numerous occasions. Born in Burnley, but you know what I mean. I really hope that question was not hinting at 'stereotyping'? If it is a mix up of technical words, I apologise. But the questions I have offered are fair. No need to apologise, you did not say anything wrong. |
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Post by htafcokay on Jan 24, 2024 20:05:28 GMT 1
Not sure he will remember that There were some very dubious comments from a few in the Town end that day Was that the 2006 game, when we lost 2-1? Ahmed played that day and I've never seen anyone look so lost on a football pitch. I don't think he even touched the ball once. He'd been out all season with a knee injury, to be fair. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2024 20:48:45 GMT 1
Wasn't his nationality British ? He represented Pakistan on numerous occasions. Born in Burnley, but you know what I mean. I really hope that question was not hinting at 'stereotyping'? If it is a mix up of technical words, I apologise. But the questions I have offered are fair. No mate 👍 |
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Post by space hardware on Jan 24, 2024 22:07:22 GMT 1
Was that the 2006 game, when we lost 2-1? Ahmed played that day and I've never seen anyone look so lost on a football pitch. I don't think he even touched the ball once. He'd been out all season with a knee injury, to be fair. Fair enough. I just remember him looking to be completely overawed by the occasion. He wasn't the only one in that first half though. |
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Post by htafcokay on Jan 24, 2024 22:32:50 GMT 1
He'd been out all season with a knee injury, to be fair. Fair enough. I just remember him looking to be completely overawed by the occasion. He wasn't the only one in that first half though. The first half was terrible, we showed them far too much respect until Danny Adams wiped out Shaun Wright-Phillips before half-time. After that, we gave a very good account of ourselves and deserved a replay. Jose Mourinho came and clapped the Town fans after that game, which was a class act. |
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Post by space hardware on Jan 24, 2024 22:40:25 GMT 1
Fair enough. I just remember him looking to be completely overawed by the occasion. He wasn't the only one in that first half though. The first half was terrible, we showed them far too much respect until Danny Adams wiped out Shaun Wright-Phillips before half-time. After that, we gave a very good account of ourselves and deserved a replay. Jose Mourinho came and clapped the Town fans after that game, which was a class act. I'd be surprised if we had 15% possession in the first half. It was Darren Moore levels of timidity, apart from the fact we were playing the current PL champions on their home ground rather than a bog standard club from the same league on our own patch 😁 |
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Post by mosher on Jan 25, 2024 13:48:59 GMT 1
Speaking to former Town player Adnan Ahmed in the near future, he played for Town between 2003 and 2007. Any memories of him? Anything you want to ask him? Did he ever have pressure from his parents to pursue a "proper career"? Every Asian lad I know who was good at football was told in no uncertain terms by parents that they HAD to go into medicine or law, there's no future in sports, etc. I think that's the main reason South Asian and SE Asian are so under-represented. Personally thought he was a tidy footballer, but didn't seem to have the physical presence for the midfield role he occupied. |
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Post by malcolmbrown on Jan 25, 2024 17:11:17 GMT 1
If I remember rightly he was pretty good at dead ball situations.
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Post by Captainslapper on Jan 25, 2024 17:26:23 GMT 1
Speaking to former Town player Adnan Ahmed in the near future, he played for Town between 2003 and 2007. Any memories of him? Anything you want to ask him? Did he ever have pressure from his parents to pursue a "proper career"? Every Asian lad I know who was good at football was told in no uncertain terms by parents that they HAD to go into medicine or law, there's no future in sports, etc.I think that's the main reason South Asian and SE Asian are so under-represented. Personally thought he was a tidy footballer, but didn't seem to have the physical presence for the midfield role he occupied. Must be 20 years since he was playing and this was the reason that was brought up back then when the subject came up. Obviously cant have changed much since! Weird really as so many asian lads play football. The PL and EFL is about as diverse as anything there is in terms of different nationalities, religions and races, even more so now than it was back in Adnan's days. Yet you've got two hugely populated countries like India and Pakistan who have barely produced a player between them, despite also having such huge immigrant populations all around the world. It is odd. |
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Post by mosher on Jan 25, 2024 17:27:38 GMT 1
Did he ever have pressure from his parents to pursue a "proper career"? Every Asian lad I know who was good at football was told in no uncertain terms by parents that they HAD to go into medicine or law, there's no future in sports, etc.I think that's the main reason South Asian and SE Asian are so under-represented. Personally thought he was a tidy footballer, but didn't seem to have the physical presence for the midfield role he occupied. Must be 20 years since he was playing and this was the reason that was brought up back then when the subject came up. Obviously cant have changed much since! Weird really as so many asian lads play football. The PL and EFL is about as diverse as anything there is in terms of different nationalities, religions and races, even more so now than it was back in Adnan's days. Yet you've got two hugely populated countries like India and Pakistan who have barely produced a player between them, despite also having such huge immigrant populations all around the world. It is odd. Cricket explains part of it too. |
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