Gazza Cartwright was one of Kevin Webster and Mark Casey's friends from the banger racing crowd. In November 1989, he paid a visit to Casey's Garage to get a dipstick off an Escort van. At that moment, Kevin, Mark and Martin Platt were trying to find a fifth player to play on the Rovers side against Maurice Jones's builders, and the sight of the buff giant, dubbed by Mark as "King Kong with a driving licence", convinced them that their search may be over. Kevin then recalled that he was an experienced footballer - he'd tried out for Weatherfield County FC, and was suspended from the Lancashire League when he was shown a red card and thumped a linesman on the way off.