ex-Stoke City and Millwall star Peter Sweeney.The former midfielder enjoyed an impressive career, making over 346 appearances and being a part of the Millwall side that reached the 2004 FA Cup Final and lost to Manchester United.
However, Sweeney’s discipline and commitment to the footballing lifestyle, particularly when he fractured his back while playing for the Potters, was about as steady as a high-octane ride on a banana boat.And the former Scottish international was hilariously caught on a Magaluf banana boat by his own Stoke supporters, when he was supposed to be recovering from a nasty back injury, he suffered on pre-season.“I fractured my back playing in a friendly Stoke did every season against Newcastle Town,” Sweeney said to the Under the Cosh podcast. “They said ‘right, you have to shut down for three months, can’t do anything.“I said, ‘I’ve been homesick, I can’t come into training every day and do core exercises’, as that was all I could do.
They said ‘come in Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and have the rest of the week off and then come back on Monday.“I went back to London on the Wednesday and all of my mates were going Magaluf.
They were going the following Thursday until the Sunday – it was too perfect!"Someone said, ‘hang about, why don’t you come, you can come now’.
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