Player Spotlight
Simon Padley
- Name:
- Simon Padley
- AKA:
- Padders
- Team:
- Men's First XI
- Position:
- Midfield/Forward
- Squad Number:
- 17
- Born:
- 23/08/1979
- Age:
- 28
- Comes from:
- Cheltenham
- Previous Clubs:
- UWIC
- Hockey Honours:
- Senior Gloucestershire County 05/06 06/07, Welsh plate winners, welsh shield winners
- Best Hockey Memory:
- Winning the Welsh Plate and scoring a hat trick on my first game back at Cheltenham, after university
- Claim to fame:
- Performed at the National Theatre London three times
- Known for saying:
- (too much normally) HELLO!
- Most enjoys:
- Mucking about with my son, running/training, playing guitar, any extreme sports, time with Wife
- Absolutely hates:
- Away trips to Swansea, carrots and slow drivers in the fast lane of motorways
- Super hero power:
- Extraordinary hearing (big ears) and stamina
- Worst hair cut:
- Hugh Grant Curtains
- Famous person met:
- Loads – Alan Rickman, Steve Backley, Darren Campbell…
- Worst subject at school:
- French
- Favorite teacher:
- Any of my PE staff
- Secret talent:
- Singer/Songwriter
- Favourite thing to do in Cheltenham:
- Nice cold beer in Montpellier
- Favourite night out in Cheltenham:
- Curry and Sub Tone piano bar
- Favourite film quote:
- He is like a piece of Iron (Ivan Drago Rocky 4)
