Tag Archives: Allianz Arena
FWA Q&A: THE SECRET FOOTBALL WRITER
THE SECRET FOOTBALL WRITER on ZZ tops...an offal meal in Bordeaux...and expensive Russian wives
Have you ever worked in a profession other than football?
Stacking shelves at Sainsbury's helped to pay my way through school and university - a remarkably unremarkable job only made bearable by the freely available freshly squeezed orange juice in the chillers out the back which got many of us through the 7am Saturday/Sunday starts. Ownership of the reduction labels for soon to be out of date produce also provided family and friends with some amazing bargains.
Tags: 1999 European Cup Final, Allianz Arena, Bordeaux, FWA Q&A, Jonathan Pearce, Leverkusen, Paul Hayward, Secret Footballer, Zidane
FWA Q&A: MARCEL VAN DER KRAAN
MARCEL van der KRAAN on watching Jesus in football boots...being mistaken for Lance Armstrong...and paying for toilet paper in BelarusHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
When I was 17 and still at college, I had my own little business in polishing cars. I was making more money than my dad. People would bring their car and pick it up at night. The boss of a major company asked if I could polish his wife’s car. He insisted that I would pick it up at his house in the country on a Saturday morning at 7 ...
Tags: Allianz Arena, Belarus, George Best, Holland v England, Jonathan Norcroft, Lance Armstrong, Marcel van der Kraan, Paul Smith, Ronald Koeman, tony adams, world cup
FWA Q&A: MICHAEL CHURCH
MICHAEL CHURCH on the silence of Melbourne...golden showers in Jakarta...and a Chinese fan who cycled 2,000 kms to meet “him”Have you ever worked in a profession other than football?
Yes, I worked as a lifeguard at my local swimming pool for much longer than I care to admit or remember during my teenage years back in my home town of Larne, in Northern Ireland. The sights seen back in those days still haunt me. Baywatch it most certainly was not.
Tags: Allianz Arena, Australia, Champions League Final, China, Diego Maradona, George Best, Iran, MCG, Michael Church, Northern Ireland, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Philippe Troussier, UAE, wifi
FWA Q&A: TIM RICH
TIM RICH of The Independent on heroin and incest...interviewing the wrong Kanoute...and a fabulous lunch in the occupied territoriesHave you ever worked in a profession other than football?
I once ran a campsite in France and once worked, very inefficiently, filling bottles of shampoo at a factory where all work stopped for 10 minutes to listen to Simon Bates’ Our Tune.
Tags: 2005 European Cup Final, AC Milan, Africa Cup of Nations, Allianz Arena, Andorra, Ashes, Bangkok, Brazil, Chelsea, Frank Keating, John Bercow, Kanoute, liverpool, Martin Blackburn, Neil Custis, Real Madrid, Rory Smith, sir bobby robson, St James' Park, Steven Gerrard, Sunderland Echo, The Independent, Zinedine Zidane
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