There is a very popular radio show in Ireland called off the ball, it's a sports show thats on daily from 7pm to 10 pm.
Last night they did a live show for the first 2 hours and it was a Liverpool special. I went to it and have to say it was great.
They had Robbie Fowler, Didi Hamman, Jason McAteer and Ronnie Whelan on as guests. The 4 lads were all brilliant and very funny. Fowler was giving McAteer an awful time for being stupid. McAteer also said he was one of the few players to have played for Liverpool for 4 years and not won any medels, Ronnie said he's so many he could lend him one!
Anyone been to something similar before? It's great to hear insight from the players, like Hamman was talking about the half time team talk in Istanbul, McAteer and Fowler had some great things to say about the whole "spice boy" image and them suits!
Also Fowler was very honest and said that they were a good side but just not good enough when it mattered and he said it was mainly down to personell not Roy Evans, he was also very praising of united during that era saying they were just too good for us.
Radio show Liverpool special
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Oh and one lucky fan who won the competition they were running got a great prize, tickets to the Newcastle game and they get to present the MOM award to the player who gets it after the game.
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Jason McAteer
The ex-Liverpool and Republic of Ireland midfielder was dubbed ‘Trigger’ during his career for his similarity to the numbskull character in Only Fools and Horses. We almost have enough material on McAteer to pen a book about his stupidity.
McAteer was once asked at a take-away if he wanted his pizza cut into eight slices or four. “Four,” he answered. “I’m not that hungry.”
On Soccer AM some years back Neil Ruddock regaled a story about Trigger while he was having a pint in a pub in Dublin after an international match. Jimmy White walked into the pub and was greeted by McAteer. “Oi Jimmy. . . one hundred and eighty!” McAteer shouted.
On another occasion, McAteer locked himself out of his Porsche. His mate told him to get a coat-hanger so he could pick the lock and he came back with a wooden one.
Trigger once applied for a credit card and on the application form there was a question: What is your position at the company? McAteer’s self-confirmed answer was: “Right full-back.”
He’s also on record as saying:
We seem to be a side that if we don’t score we get beat.
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