 McCall played football for Upper Wortley Primary School and Thornhill Middle School , even scoring a winning goal for the latter in a cup final when he came on as a substitute with his arm in a sling . McCall also played table tennis as a schoolboy but excelled at football , captaining the Leeds under @-@ 11 boys team and playing for other Leeds representative sides . McCall 's parents split and he made up for his size when he moved to one of Leeds ' toughest estates and played for pub sides by the age of 14 . He moved schools to Harrington High and also played for local young sides Pudsey Juniors , Holbeck and later Farsley Celtic . McCall thought he had missed his chance of playing professionally after a string of other players were signed by professional clubs , until Farsley played Bradford City 's junior side in a friendly and he impressed coach Bryan Edwards enough to be asked for a trial . 
 McCall played football for Upper Wortley Primary School and Thornhill Middle School , even scoring a winning goal for the latter in a cup final when he came on as a substitute with his arm in a sling . McCall also played table tennis as a schoolboy but excelled at football , captaining the Leeds under @-@ 11 boys team and playing for other Leeds representative sides . McCall <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>parents split and he made up for his size when he moved to one of Leeds <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'</mark></a>toughest estates and played for pub sides by the age of 14 . He moved schools to Harrington High and also played for local young sides Pudsey Juniors , Holbeck and later Farsley Celtic . McCall thought he <a href='been_done' title='3'><mark>had</mark></a> missed his chance of playing professionally after a string of other players <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> signed by professional clubs , until Farsley played Bradford City <a href='null_genetive' title='5'><mark>'s</mark></a>junior side in a friendly and he impressed coach Bryan Edwards enough to be asked for a trial . 
McCall played football for Upper Wortley Primary schoo and Thornhill Middle Sskool, even scoring a winnin goal for the latter in a cup final when he came on as a substitute with his arm in a sling . McCall also played table tennis as a schoolboy but excelled at football , captaining the Leeds under @-@ 11 boyz team and playing for other Leeds representative sides . McCall  parents split and he made up fir his size when he moved to one of Leeds  toughest estates and played fir pub sides by da age of 14 . He moved schools to Harrington High and also played fir local young sides Pudsey Juniors , Holbeck and later Farsley Celtic . McCall thought he done missed his chance of playing professionally after a string of other players was signed by professional clubs , until Farsley played Bradford City  junior side in a friendly and he impressed coach Bryan Edwards enough to be asked for a trial .