Playin football after a nights boozin

Cutch

Anyone any tips for how you can make the experience as painless as possible?

Have a work xmas party tonight followed by a cup quarter final tomorrow afternoon. Wanna have as much alcohol tonight as i can get away with, havn't been out in weeks and its the first staff do in 3 years.

Better to drink beer or spirits? What about the hangover food in the mornin?

The Black Pearl

Drink a can of heineken or something right before kick-off and another at half time.

Cutch

I like your style

Mr Anderson

I played a match after my girlfriends 21st, and had a field of beer tht night and well into the morning.....I have never shined so many balls in my life. the ball bobbled all over the place, and I couldnt get my body to react in time, I was hauled off at HT.

Cup QF though, jaysus that is some game to be hungover as fuck at. What time is KO? Fuck the food, it will only come back up. Get loads of fluid into ya, drink shitloads of water and if possible go for a jog early to sweat it out of you.

Cutch

Its a 1.30 kickoff which is early enough. Thinkin of maybe stickin just to pints tonight, maybe 7-8 or so. Probably have to try to get to bed earlyish and up early in the mornin to tackle it. Have warned the management that i may be lookin a place on bench, but with competition for places would like to hold on to the starts. Not sure if spirits would have more/less effect on running capabilities the next day than the beer

Mr Anderson

Spirits are dodgey as boys being boys, you'll end up knocking them back quicker that a pint. I find if I stick to pints and have a bit of finger food during a party or whatever I'd be ok the next day, if I went on spirts I'd be a write-off.

Cutch

Aye thats what i'm thinkin although you'd think you'd be less sluggish after a few spirits than a few pints. I'd love to know the science behind it all, a lot of it might be just psychological

BD94

Nah, go for spirits. Beer just make you bloaty as fuck, and makes you feel shite the next day. Spirits are easier to drink too, which is a good because they don't leave you feeling like shit, but also a very, very bad thing because if you get to a certain level of drunkness, you'll be knocking them back. If you keep thinking that you have a match the next day, you should be grand.

This may or may not work.

Jonno

Stick to one type of spirit, have the odd pint of water in between every 3 or 4 drinks just to help you out the next day, make sure you have at least a pint of water before sleep, and take another one with you. Then have as much water as possible the next morning, if you're a member of a gym go and sit in the steam room for half an hour, make sure you eat something light for energy and off you go. Sometimes I worry so much about being hung over that I actually end up playing better. Good luck.

17Larsson

Basically what Jonno said but also try and get as much sleep as possible. Leave yourself just enough time to do whatever you need to do before the match. Eat some energy bars or something as well, there's no point playing on an empty stomach

Jaap

Some friends I know actually play better when they have been out the night before. I was as well two weeks ago - only drank beer - went to bed at 4AM and the game was at 3PM. Still felt it when we met up for the pre-match talk but it went fine, played well and we won 4-0.

If you're planning on drinking vodka and whatnot, then perhaps have a glass of water every hour (but who actually does that during a piss-up?) or, better actually, drink a 1.5 ltr bottle of water in the morning and have a walk outside before you meet up. Chocolate is a good way to lighten your hangover in the morning, so I've heard.

Utd heap

Uh oh looks like we've got a bit of a lad on our hands here.

Beer o'clock lol!

Carl

I did this regularly for years. Out with the lads every Sat night and up for Sunday Leage the next morning. I used to be able to just shake it off with a brew, banana and some fresh air up until I was about 25. It all went down hill from there. A hangover takes me out for a whole day now.

Bill.s.preston

I played whilst still a bit merry once and scored a goal. I also played hung over once and kept having to run to the sideline to puke up. It's a dangerous tightrope, but experience tells me that you should try and stay slightly tipsy.

Mr Anderson

Well, we get drunk from the ethanol in all drinks. That is what fucks us up. Alot of it is psychological, especially with ladies who say "na dont like that brand of vodka" or "I dont drink vodka as I end up crying"...that is the shit that doesnt make sense.

Beers is a different story alright though bloating wise from the barley, malt or whatever it is made with.

McGrathsipan

you will not be able to do both mate!

Irwynwastheking

I got goal of the season for my club two seasons back while absolutely smashed.

I was threw on with 10mins to go in a local derby and put up front in a desperate effort to grab the winner.

KingEric7

Spirits. The hangover will set in properly towards the end of the game as opposed to you just feeling rough throughout.

Ballache

i once played whilst i was drunk, i had just handed in my dissertation and went for a few drinks afterwards completely forgot i had a match until my friend called. wasn't the greatest performance ever, but it wasn't that bad either.

Excal

How about "I know I've got a match tomorrow, so I just won't drink all that much?"

Cutch

Good advice lads. Cheers. I notice its mostly the irish lads haha. Men of experience of such situations.

Right, as heap says, it is now beer o clock. Time to get outta here.

Will let you know how tomorrow pans out!

Cutch

Bout 7 pints and 3 vodkas took. Gonna set the alarm for half 11, u'd like to think 10hrs or so sleep would b adequate

jakec

Someones a mad one!

RK

I've played semi-drunk before after a long night out. It was decent and generally I was amazing, except the hangover kicked in by the penalty shootout and things went a bit downhill. Also I accidentally dislocated a bloke's shoulder and tried to claim he dived... Spent a lot of the match shouting in an unusually high-pitched voice.

Anyway, drink water when you get in.

F-Red

Eat a banana first thing, it does wonders for any hangover.

FortBoyard

I've forgotten what it feels like to play without a hangover.

Dave89

Surely the prospect of a) acting like a dick in front of colleagues and b) playing like a dick in front of teammates would make you ease off the drink?

Cutch

Glad that's over! Won 2-1 with a last minute winner, defo wouldn't hav been fit for the extra time!

McGrathsipan

any puke?

Cutch

Nah no puke, have never been sick the next day after a session, only at the time.

No plans to go through that again anytime soon, bit of a one off with havin the work party. It's not worth it at all. Can't enjoy a night out when you're holdin back and can't enjoy the football when you're hungover