Zeus (his own), Mick Shambles, Parker (the driver out of
Thunderbirds), and Jean Reno (?) the guy in the film Leon.
DEBUT:
1996 (one of the originals)
LAST GAME:
On our Friday night scene this was Spring 2000, when Hendry
accidentally (uh-huh) did oor Jamsies ankle. Many thought he would never
play again, but did make a brief re-appearance, at a Rangers v Celtic
7's
game at Ibrox last year, and was recently spotted playing at the Pitz
for,
gulp, another bunch of lads - traitorous scumbag!
PLAYING STYLE:
(letting out deep sigh) sublime! Although James didn't
exactly have explosive pace, he always made himself space by reading the
game and timing his runs to perfection. Totally unselfish, he could
pick
the right pass to any teammate in space, and if the pass wasn't on, he'd
swerve the ball into the corners of the net, with either foot and with
pinpoint accuracy. Arguably the best player ever to grace the Friday
5's.
To conclude, if he was a woman I'd shag him.
In all the games either playing with or against
James on
Friday's, he once pointed out to me that he only lost 4 or 5 times -
this is
probably correct, which just about measures his contribution towards the
teams - some Friday's he'd be picked with 4 other (ahem) "ability
impaired"
players, and he'd still be in the winning side.
In my first ever game at the Pitz, playing in my team, he strolled
through
the game without breaking sweat (that's why he never had a shower
afterwards
- didn't need one), and after having several lagers (with Gordon Price
in
tow) in a bar on Sauchiehall Street, we nearly ended up getting killed
in a
bar room brawl with the locals. Dangerous guy to drink with, but no
bad
player all the same.
WHERE IS HE NOW?
Played the multi-role lifestyle of fitba player, IT
bod in
RSA, and mobster-style barman in what used to be the Dow Jones in
Buchanan
Street - for health reasons clearly this couldn't continue, so James
did
the sensible thing and settled down to become a full-time mobster, or
Head
Barman, in the Dow Jones - now called The Gallery, where he apparently
still
works.
