ETHAN ERHAHON has already packed plenty into his career.
Only 23, the midfielder has played at three levels and been capped by Scotland in four age groups – up to Under-21s.
But the former St Mirren star might play another decade and never encounter a wackier episode than the prank his Lincoln City team-mates pulled on the club physio.
That was a mischievous jape worthy of City’s nickname – The Imps.
In contrast, one experience with an opposition fan, who threatened more than just banter, could have turned out far nastier.
Here are some of the trials and tribulations of League One life seen by Erhahon – in his own words
Best opponent?
Ronnie Edwards. Peterborough last season. He was really good.
We played against Peterborough and they liked to play it from the back, but we liked to get after them and he kept breaking and pressing stuff.
(Defender Edwards, 21, was named in the L1 team of the year – winning a £3million summer move to Southampton.)
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Most difficult EFL fans?
I got a bit from Blackpool this season. Especially after the game, some fella offered me a scrap or something, so I’d probably say Blackpool, yeah.
I don’t know what he was doing, he was gesturing to me anyway, that he wanted me to come over to the barrier and give him a scrap or something.
Best away fans?
I’d say Portsmouth, for sure, they backed the team the whole way.
Last season, missing out in the play-offs, coming down to the final day, and we obviously missed out by two points in the final day, Portsmouth beat us, that still kind of haunts me.
Maddest dressing room tale?
Last season’s end-of-season do was pretty crazy.
Ended up with some players till like five or six in the morning, all the boys had the ties round their head and the tops open and stuff, so, you know, might do the same again this year, hopefully, after we get promoted.
(Team-mates) took the physio’s car last year and drove it up the side of the pitch.
There’s fields around here, so if you know the training ground, it looks like fields… drove it up the side of the pitch… took the keys and… didn’t have a clue where his car went!
So that’s probably one of the funniest moments I’ve ever had at a training ground, for sure.
Craziest transfer tale?
Don’t want to name players or agents, but I’ve heard a few stories!
One guy getting a haircut in the city he was going to play for – the team he was going to play for – and he ended up changing his mind after the haircut, coming out and saying to his agent he doesn’t want to go.
I think it was Blackpool, maybe. Not a good barber, maybe, around there!
Dressing-room antics?
Probably something to do with the darts, maybe. The kit man plays, he always gets beat, so it’s always a funny moment when he’s in there getting beat, we’re all laughing at him and stuff.
Owner Harvey [Jabara] put a lot into the club, and they brought us all baseball gloves, signed, and with little Lincoln imps on them, so I’ve still got that up in my room.
It’s a nice gesture. I don’t play baseball, but it was certainly a nice gesture, and one that I’ll keep forever.
Away-day dressing-room grumble!
I have to say probably in the [Bristol Street Motors] Trophy last week, Grimsby, away. The changing room’s a bit old-school, shall we say!
A bit small and stuff, so, I’d have to say Grimsby’s changing room.
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