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Tim Sherwood: How I made Emmanuel Petit cry

04 Feb 2020

Tim Sherwood is a true football man. An accomplished, intelligent midfielder and a natural leader, he captained Blackburn Rovers to their famous Premier League title win in season 1994-95.

In part one of our chat, he describes how a coach at Norwich changed his attitude; he gave up on showboating and grew up, into a team player. The transformed Tim was hot property, and he explains how Kenny Dalglish recruited him for his Blackburn project from under the noses of Derby County. Glory beckoned.

Rovers had hard, winning players like David Speedie and Gordon Cowans. Tim himself could be tough – he once pulled out Arsenal legend Emmanuel Petit’s hair band and made him cry. Seriously, that actually happened.

Enjoy

Graham

Micah Richards: Mancini, Mario and Me

29 Jan 2020

Having witnessed Micah Richards’ incisive football analysis on television, I just knew I had to grab him for a Big Interview. I was not to be disappointed.

As a talented, hardworking defender, he didn’t have his troubles to seek – injuries interrupted and shortened his career. But Micah will always be remembered as a winner, having lifted the FA Cup and the Premier League trophy with Manchester City.

He was such good pals with Mario Balotelli at City that they both sported the same eccentric haircut, and while Micah is frank about his friend’s flaws, he also speaks about the often-unfair treatment he, and footballers in general, receive. He is similarly open about his transformative relationship with his Sky Blues boss Roberto Mancini, a man who players either loved or hated.

Micah’s descriptions of the remarkable 2011-12 league winning campaign which went down to the last seconds of the last day, are captivating, and the reason we do these Big Interviews.

Enjoy

Graham

James Milner: Anfield Nights

22 Jan 2019

James Milner is my guest on this, the first of a two-part interview we recorded in Liverpool at the end of last year.

Here are the things he learned as a ball boy watching Leeds United storm through the Champions League; how the journey to Anfield can give his team a goal of a start; and the things he will and won’t tell us about his strategy from the spot.

Thanks to everyone at Liverpool for helping us to make this podcast happen. Thanks for listening, and please let me know what you think.

 

Graham

Camp Nou competition: Your final chance

03 Nov 2016

It’s the final week of our Camp Nou competition. Enter the Graham Hunter Podcast Challenge at FanDuel, using our promo code, and you could be on the way to Barcelona, with a pal, to watch Barca play Malaga on November 19.

The bar is high. Last weekend there was some huge scoring, and FanDuel player and podcast listener BaconPolse leapt into pole position with a massive 344.

How did he do it? Well, he had Phillipe Coutinho and Sergio Aguero in his team, but then again more than half of all players in the Podcast Challenge did, too.

The single most important pick old Bacon made was İlkay Gündoğan – only 10% of our players went for the German and he was the top scoring player last Saturday with a whopping 64.25 points. That’s behind two goals, one assist and a pass-tackle-intercept game that racked up points like a pinball machine.

You can still beat Mr Bacon to this great prize – flights, hotel and match tickets for you and a friend to Barca v Malaga – by following these steps:

•       Sign up at fanduel using promo code BIGINTERVIEW. If you have already signed up using this or any of our promo codes, you can ignore this part. But only players based in the UK and who use one of our codes are eligible to win.

•       Play in the Graham Hunter Podcast Challenge on Saturday. The usual cash prizes are up for grabs every week, as well as this special prize.

•       Even if you missed weeks one and two, a winning score on Saturday could be enough to win this prize. If the winner has a score above BaconPolse’s 340 points, that listener is flying to Barcelona. Win with a lower score, and you’ll have to make do with the usual cash prize and a lot of kudos.

FanDuel sponsor us, and keep the podcast free for you. Why not play with them – it might take you all the way to Barcelona. Vamos.

 

Camp Nou competition – week two. Your target is set.

28 Oct 2016

After week one of our FanDuel Camp Nou competition, the leading score is 296.75. That was achieved by player and podcast listener DonnellyC on FanDuel, but remember – it’s a brand new game every matchday. Win this week (October 29th) or in our final gameday, on November 5th, and if your score is the highest of our three winners, you’re going to Barcelona, baby.

The prize is awesome. Flights, hotel and matchday tickets for you and a friend to watch Barcelona v Malaga on November 19. I’ll be your host at Camp Nou. All thanks to FanDuel.

How to win? Well, last week’s winner combined very popular high-scoring players like Dimitri Payet, with value picks like Ryan Shawcross – only 6.4% of players in the Podcast Challenge had the Stoke defender in their line-up last Saturday, but he weighed in with 25.75 points.

Here’s how you can join in and win this amazing prize.

  • Sign up at fanduel using promo code BIGINTERVIEW. If you have already signed up using this or any of our promo codes, you can ignore this part. But only players based in the UK and who use one of our codes are eligible to win.
  • Play in the Graham Hunter Podcast Challenge on Saturday. The usual cash prizes are up for grabs every week, as well as this special prize.
  • The podcast listener with the highest single matchday score across the next three matchdays wins this very special prize. If you don’t do well in week one, or you don’t play until week three, you can still win the prize.

With FanDuel it’s a brand new game every matchday, so you don’t have to play every week to win this prize. The single highest score will do it.

You can keep track of who’s in pole position, and what the score to beat is, here at grahamhunter.tv.

Vamos!

Graham

FanDuel is next-gen fantasy football, with brand new competitions every matchday. And they sponsor The Big Interview, keeping it free for you. Why not check them out, play against me and win!