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I learnt to drive when I was an apprentice at Portsmouth FC. I was 17 years old and only earning 12 a week in wages, but I was in the first team so there was a 120 bonus for winning a game. Unfortunately, we didn"t win many that season. I was still able to squirrel away some money for driving lessons though, and after I passed my test I bought a 1962 Morris 1100. I used to get slaughtered by the lads at training because it was an old man"s car, but it never gave me any trouble. It was actually my pride and joy. We"re talking 1975 so it wasn"t even that old. You"d drive cars into the ground and go around the clock two or three times back then. When I got my first professional contract from Ian St John the Portsmouth manager at the time my wages went up to 75 and the big bonuses stayed the same. Naturally, I went straight to a garage and bought a bright-yellow Chrysler Alpine hatchback.
Date written: 12 May 2019
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I learnt to drive when I was an apprentice at Portsmouth FC. I was 17 years old and only earning 12 a week in wages, but I was in the first team so there was a 120 bonus for winning a game. Unfortunately, we didn"t win many that season. I was still able to squirrel away some money for driving lessons though, and after I passed my test I bought a 1962 Morris 1100. I used to get slaughtered by the lads at training because it was an old man"s car, but it never gave me any trouble. It was actually my pride and joy. We"re talking 1975 so it wasn"t even that old. You"d drive cars into the ground and go around the clock two or three times back then. When I got my first professional contract from Ian St John the Portsmouth manager at the time my wages went up to 75 and the big bonuses stayed the same. Naturally, I went straight to a garage and bought a bright-yellow Chrysler Alpine hatchback.
Date written: 12 May 2019
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 15684
