Pre-match meals

So those of you jokers that actually play football for a team..what ìs your routine for eating on match day?

my kick off's are usually 3 o clock so i religiously have a bowl of cereal when i get up. Then i'd make myself a small plate of pasta and have it bout 2 hours before ko and then a banana, yogurt and a couple of jaffa cakes washed down with a bottle of lucozade sport..

always buzzin around with energy before my match then..

usually play in the afternoon Gaz so would have a few bananas and jaffas myself. Another one I heard is sponge cake, Ruud Van Nistlerooy does this and tried it out myself, gives great energy, would defo recommend! (a good slice not a full cake!)

stay away from stuff like Orange juice as its sits in the stomach.


Edited by The Count - 25 Oct 2008 at 5:28am

For an afternoon KO, have a good kip. Then a Bowl of museli, grapes, orange, mars bar while sipping the Luco and banana before the warm up.

Should try and limit the dairy products, especially yogurts Gazsh - they can bring on cramps in the legs

At the level we play at i honestly dont think what you eat makes a difference!!

most important meal is the night before though!