On today’s episode, we are joined by a Premier League great who started off in non-league football and went on to become PFA Player of the Year.
Les Ferdinand enjoyed a successful and varied career playing for clubs such as QPR, Tottenham Hotspur as well as being part of the ‘great entertainers’ under Kevin Keegan at Newcastle United. After retirement he returned to West London and took up the role as Director of Football at QPR, becoming the first British black person to hold that position.
After stepping down last year ‘Sir Les’ as he is affectionately known joins the show to discuss his unconventional route to superstardom, opening up on his time at Tottenham and Newcastle, his turbulent tenure at QPR and the issues black former players are facing to find jobs in football.
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Sam Allardyce | “I’ll never recover from losing the England job"
Sir Ian Botham | "Cricket is NOT racist, misogynistic or elitist!"
Victoria Azarenka | “You were banned from Wimbledon, simply because of your passport…”
Barry McGuigan | “If you are caught DOPING, you should be BANNED for LIFE!”
David James | “I think Arsenal have taken away Ramsdale’s character”
Carl Froch | “Tyson Fury is using money as an excuse to avoid Usyk!”
James Wade | “I was diagnosed with bipolar after knocking my house down!”
Matt Le Tissier | "After COVID, my family were worried about my mental health"
Tim Sherwood | "I find it difficult to blame Levy for Spurs' problems"
Johnny Nelson | "We would go to prisons and spar with murderers!"
John Barnes | "Society would not accept a black Simon Jordan!"
Sir AP McCoy | “I broke my back and rode again 8 weeks later”
Graeme Souness | “I wouldn’t have walked out on Match of the Day”
Tony Bellew | “Don’t come on here and be a PR for Eddie Hearn & AJ!”
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