The multi-talented Marcus Bignot - QPR player, Birmingham City Ladies coach and TheFA.com columnist - continues our series looking back at the highs and lows of 2004.
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Having served his apprenticeship with hometown club Birmingham City, Marcus Bignot had spells in the defences of Kidderminster, Crewe, Bristol Rovers and Rushden and Diamonds, before joining QPR for the second time in 2003. An avid Birmingham City fan, Marcus manages the club's women's side, who play their football in the Women's Premier League. He also has a weekly column here on TheFA.com. |
On The Field
Finest individual performance: The legend that is Paul Furlong, all season
Finest team performance: QPR's comeback against Leicester in September.
One thing you'd change: Some of my dodgy barnets. The one where I had dyed bits of it blond and brown comes to mind.
Best football quote of the year: Ian Holloway's 'Bird in a taxi' quote. Come to think of it, anything he says!
Funniest thing you've seen in football this year: Millwall fans at Loftus Road letting Marc Bircham know he's got bird poo in his hair!
If you could change one rule, what would it be: No midweek games. They mess up your weekly routine. I'm all for looking forward to the big game on Saturday.
Professional ambition for coming year: Finish a good season with QPR, and being rewarded with a new contract.
Off The Field
How will you be spending Christmas/New Year this year? I'll be stuck in a hotel room in Plymouth on Christmas night, and with no disrespect to my room-mate, he's the last person I'd like to celebrate Christmas night with!
As for New Year, I might try and have a sneaky one in Birmingham.
Best Christmas memory: When I was a youth team player with Birmingham, and inexperience caught up with me. I didn't get so bad that I don't remember it but...
Favourite Christmas song: Band Aid - even the new one. I don't care what other people say about the new one, it's the sentiment behind it that counts.
New Year's resolution: None - I'm faultless. All right... to keep my car clean.
Where would you most like to visit in the coming year: A town near Dublin - the name has slipped my mind - but it's supposed to be a good party town.
If a film was to come out about your life, who would you like to play you? Norman Wisdom. He's the only person who's made my father laugh. And if he can make him laugh, then it'd be a cracking film.
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