Salford’s Curtis Tilt goes from operating heavy equipment to face Erling Haaland Salford captain Curtis Tilt once thought he would spend his working life operating heavy equipment – now his next job is to stop Manchester City goal machine Erling Haaland.
Tilt’s career path changed when his friend Tom Tonks – who coincidentally will be playing against Tottenham with non-League Tamworth this weekend – took him along to a tournament he was playing in.
“Playing football and working was not really something that I wanted to do – and I needed to work weekends as well as in the week.
The 33-year-old defender will lead his team out for one of the biggest games of his career as the League Two outfit head to the nearby Etihad Stadium in the FA Cup third round on Saturday.
I enjoyed working on the diggers and it’s something that I’d probably do when I leave football because I just enjoyed it.
