Find An Excuse For Not Turning Up For Sunday League Football
Excuses For Not Turning Up
A List Of The Best Excuses
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Just For Fun: Can You Guess Which Player Used Which Excuse? Also chucked in are a few often used reasons for a below-par performance...
'Sombody's having a baby so I've got to go to work'
'There's a load of Hare Krishnas outside blocking my drive'
'I couldn't get going because I just ate my dinner'
'I can't play well in shin pads'
'I am late because I threaded a stud this morning'
'I woke up this morning with a really bad cold'
'I just strained my groin in the warm-up' (Tamworth dialect meaning 'I had too much beer last night and I'm gonna be sick'
'My car has a flat tyre'
'I am at a friend's house and don't feel very well'
'I seem to have lost my phone'
'I have to dash off straight after the game to find out what I did wrong last night'
'Is it Sunday already?'
'I slept through my alarm...'
'My girlfriends plane has been delayed'
'Everything / everybody hurts... sometimes' [power ballads R us dot com]
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If you're wondering what the last excuse was, it applies to those rare occasions when a player promises to be at a social event, training session or football match, but just doesn't arrive. Or in the case of one or two players, when they neither confirm or not whether they will be available for selection. However, most of our players are very reliable - this page is just for fun.