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The Legends of Kartiers FC ... Part 2

Name : Mick Giles

Age : 36

Position Played : Centre Forward

Kartiers FC : 1990 - 2006

Q What is your full name and date and place of birth?

Michael Vaspasian Carnivale Giles - 04.07.1971 - I was born with Jupiter rising (but Luke rose higher and headed away)

Q What is your marital Status? Legally married, I was married to KFC for 10 years before then

Q Do you have children? I have two boys, why?

Q Where do you live now? My summer residence is the Basilica of the phial of the Holy Blood Church in Bruges

Q What is your occupation now? KFC's Ghanaian Youth Academy Director 

Q Occupation during your time with Kartiers? Gutter frequenter, chancer, slap base protagonist

Q Can you remember when you signed for Kartiers FC and how it all came about?

I played Rugby for a year for Selby and was scared of that so I came to play with the KFC Boys... the rest is Pee story

Q How difficult was it going to a new club and did you know anyone at Kartiers before you signed?

I had been on the Rugby club side of a mass brawl with the KFC team about 3 months before, Stevie Watts had given me a black eye with the luckiest punch Id ever seen, so I new a few of the lads

Q Did you have a nickname during your career / time at Kartiers? Droopy, Mick

Q Who did you play for before and after Kartiers? KFC was my first club and I daren't play for any other club after

Q What do you remember about your Kartiers debut?

I scored in a reserve game against Stamford Bridge away, and who could forget Dave Winspear, Like Singhy he mysteriously never showered.

Q Any games in particular stand out from your time at the club?

Scoring so many hat-tricks at the highest level its difficult. But Duncombe Park in the cup was a great comeback. Riding 40 miles home in the rain and Boggys sun roof falling out was another fond memory of the day

Q Best moment? Feeling important, winding Luke up. Listening to Luke's laugh

Q Worst moment? Listening to Luke's laugh, it got annoying after a while. And not being good enough

Q Did you ever go on the legendary tour of Scarborough and if so what are your memories of those tours?

It was my responsibility to wash the kit on one tour and I washed it the night before and it was still wet through on Saturday morning, so we dangled it all out of the bus. On the way we overtook a caravan and startled the driver so much that his caravan careered out of control and slam dunked itself on its side. I remember staying in on the Saturday night. I watched the Mike Tyson story on BBC2 and sauntered out at about 9pm for a pizza and then back up to my room. I remember jizzing on Dave Bramleys pillow that night. Next day, we met doctor death and bruce's wig got caught in the overhead fan and nearly killed him

Q Who was the best player you played with and against during your time with Kartiers?

Russell Seagraves was the best crosser of a ball. I respected Willys courage and general dirty bastarditus, Luke was the best header of a ball although he squealed like a pig when he did head it. Mark Rowden for me.

Q Who was the best player you played with during your whole career? see above

Q Who was the best player you played against during your whole career? Opposition tended to annoy me, hate everyone

Q What were the highlights of your Kartiers career? Any of my 38 hat-tricks for the club

Q Who was / were your best friend(s) during your time with Kartiers? I wasn't liked - envy you see

Q Do you still keep in contact with any of your old Kartiers team-mates? Nope

Q What was the best ground you played in during your entire career? Hog Moor

Q What ground(s) did you most enjoy playing at during your time at Kartiers? L N E Builders

Q And which ground(s) did you least like? Full Sutton

Q Who was the best manager you played under (and at which club)?

Its got to be Kendo - a giant amongst men (well amongst Emmo and Tottie)

Q Who was the biggest influence on your football career? the commmentary of John Motson "Look at that! oh look at that"

Q What was the best goal you scored for Kartiers?

Rufforth away - a shimmy and a shammy, so I pushed shammy away and tucked it into the corner
Or any that Lukey complained about cos I got my head on it first

Q What was the best goal you saw another Kartiers player score?

Probably Woody against Garforth from the half way line (off his shin like)

Q What honours did you win during your career? Div 3 & 2 medals, rear of the year, shower loitering, stinkiest

Q You never really left Kartiers more simply drifted away from the club, can you recall your last game and why you stopped playing?

I wasn't contributing any more, think it might have been Copmanthorpe away, it was an emotional day - both teams gave me a guard of honour and clapped me off the pitch

Q Any regrets? Working shifts mucked my career up

Q Do you keep an eye on Kartiers progress / results and if so what do you think? 

Great to see them doing well, showing those Yorkies who is boss

Q Do you ever watch Kartiers now or if not, when was the last time you saw them?

I have a lifetime touchline ban that I am fighting against although legally I am bound to silence

Q Who were the real characters at Kartiers during your time with the club?

Willy, Boggy, Kendo, Lukey was a real .... but I loved him

Q Do you have any regrets about your football career?

Never got chance to perm my hair, never seeing Singhy naked or being able to reach any of the 653 crosses he delivered my way

Q What do you think about being featured on a website?

I thnk the feeling is best summed up by these words Kendo spoke away at Malton Bacon Factory in 1993

And say 'These wounds I had on this day.'
Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember, with advantages,
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words-
Boggy, Willy and Stan,
Gilesy and Shammy, Lawler and Luke-
Be in their flowing cups freshly remembered.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Kartiers victory shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered-
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Kartiers day!

"Bravo - long live the king" (we cried)

Many thanks for taking the time out to talk to us, you can contact Mick via : Gilesy@kartiersfc.co.uk