COVENTRY UNITED PLAYER PROFILES: 8. BEN VALLANCE...

BEN VALLANCE: LEFT-BACK/CENTRE-DEFENCEMAN…

Previous teams played for?

Coundon Cockerels… 

Nickname?

(None given…)

Favourite pro-team?

Manchester United… 

Favourite all-time player? 

Ryan Giggs… 

Favourite current player?

Leighton Baines… 

Favourite bird?

Eagle…

Which animal would you like to have as a pet?

Wolf… 

Best & worst moments so far in your sporting life?

John Terry’s penalty miss v Manchester United, Champions’ League Final, as best sporting moment and worst moment for me would be scoring an own goal in a cup final…

Any other gossip to divulge?

None…

The highly-rated Ben Vallance...

THE MOWDOG COMMENTS…

Coundon Cockerels is a classic name… 

A team of Birmingham plumbers could be called the Brummie Ballcocks, though…

No nickname? Ben hasn’t lived! How about Jordi? Or Alba?

Manchester United? Hmm, possibly acceptable as he lives around 90-100 miles away. Most Reds fans seem to…

Ryan Giggs? OK. Decent winger in his day and a thoughtful midfielder latterly…

Leighton Baines… Hmm. Take away his free-kicks and Leighton Baines’ left-back spot in the England team would await Ben, I reckon…

Eagle? Good choice.

Wolf for a pet… Like that one as well… 

Some of my best sporting moments involve John Terry’s errors, misdemeanours, or punishments… So, I agree with Ben.

Ben’s own-goal was well taken though and if he hadn’t scored that, Knowle would have struggled to score themselves. Hence Ben is a caring, sharing footballer…

Cheers, Wolf-man…