 Royal Mail Fleet Managing FA Vase winner Wrinkle has a word with Pitchside
30/11/06 by Andy Starmore
He played at Wembley in 1992 – his favourite player is Matt Le Tissier – he listens to Wave 105 – and the last holiday he had was in Hong Kong – so what else do we know about former Wimborne Town no nonsense full back Nicky Bridle?
Bridle has now hung his boots up but in his day he was without doubt one of the best full backs in the Wessex League and indeed played football at a higher level with both Bashley and Dorchester Town.
At a recent Wimborne match, where he can still be found these days, watching rather than playing, Pitchside caught up with the uncompromising 1992 FA Vase winning defender and decided to ask him a few questions, which went something like:
Full name? Nicholas Edward Bridle
Nickname? Wrinkle
Age? 35
Employment? Royal Mail Fleet Manager
Birthplace? Poole
What school did you go to? QE in Wimborne
How long have you known your oldest friend? Probably Bootsy (Martin Beardsley) or Dobs, who I’ve known since I was about three or four
Hobbies outside of football? Golf
Previous clubs? Wimborne, Poole, Bashley and Dorchester
Favourite pro team and why? Southampton. My old man was a supporter so I became one
Favourite pro player and why? Matt Le Tissier because he was just a great ball player
Best ground you’ve played on? Wembley in 1992 with Wimborne
Best player you’ve played with? Trevor Finnigan at Wimborne
Best manager you’ve played under? Billy Elliott when I was a kid at Wimborne
Manager you’d like to have played under? I would have to say Kevin Keegan. He was good when he was down at Saints
How many brothers and sisters do you have? Two brothers and two sisters
Does your wife like football or puts up with it? She likes it and supports Man United, so she knows nothing about it!
Name your two England strikers? Peter Crouch and Wayne Rooney
What radio station do you listen to? Wave 105
What was the last………..
Car you bought? Polo for the missus
CD you bought? Basement Jacks
DVD you bought? I’ve never bought one
Takeway you bought? Indian
Drink you bought? Lager
Article of clothing you bought? A suit in Hong Kong
Holiday you had? Hong Kong with Wimborne
TV programme you watched? Spooks
Book you read? Some boring book about strategic management I think
Newspaper you read? Daily Mail
Website you looked at? Royal Mail one, apart from Pitchside of course!
Song you sang and where? Please Release Me at a Wimborne Karaoke night
Last goal you scored? That’s an easy one – in Hong Kong!
Yellow card you received? In Hong Kong!
Red card you received? That would have been for Wimborne reserves a couple of years ago
Sport you played other than football? Golf
Film you watched? Pirates of the Caribbean
Concert you went to? It was a 70’s/80’s do in Romsey
Restaurant you went to? Ackbars, which is an Indian restaurant in Bradford where I’m working at the moment
Name four people you would never invite round to dinner? Well - Tom (Killick) and Taff (Richardson) would have to be two of them! I couldn’t trust them, they’d be sick everywhere! The other two would be George W Bush and Margaret Thatcher.
Name four people you would love to invite to dinner? Matt Le Tissier, Whitney Houston, Alan Sugar because I think he’s good entertainment and the Australian drag comedian Dame Edna Everidge.
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