#156. The Guvnor's 1000 Gypsy Fights - Norman Buckland
Eventful Lives Podcast
Dodge Woodall
5 • 857 Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2023
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
Norman Buckland has worked the doors since he was just 10 years old.
A notorious gentleman hard-man, he’s had over 1,000 street fights, and crossed paths with the likes Roy Shaw, Dave Courtney, and Lenny McLean.
The Guv'nor talks us through his life of unlicensed fights & encounters with dangerous criminals.
Norman also highlights the lessons he’s learned from a life on the edge.
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| 0:00.0 | Would you have backed down to Lenny McLean? |
| 0:04.0 | I wouldn't back down for no man, that's the honest truth. |
| 0:07.0 | So how many fights do you reckon you've had in the streets? |
| 0:10.0 | I don't know. |
| 0:11.0 | I've heard in the thousands. |
| 0:12.0 | The belt, Roy Shaw gave me like, bless it so well. |
| 0:15.0 | That was the governor belt, wouldn't it? |
| 0:16.0 | Yeah, I loved Roy's Shaw. |
| 0:17.0 | And what was your career like in the unlicensed fighting? |
| 0:20.0 | Billy McPhee, disillated his neck. |
| 0:21.6 | He dislocated his neck in a fight. |
| 0:23.6 | He was terrible, horrible, tried to kill me. |
| 0:26.6 | How did steroids make your mind feel? |
| 0:29.6 | I started hurting people, you know, it wasn't me at all like, you know what I mean? |
| 0:32.6 | All the death threats mixed up and people being killed and shot and suicides. |
| 0:37.8 | Even my best friends were killing themselves. |
| 0:40.0 | It got too bad like and I really needed. |
| 0:43.2 | I needed to be put away. |
| 0:49.1 | Welcome to the Eventful Lives podcast. |
| 0:51.8 | I'm your host Dodge and I'm the founder of Bournemouth Sevens, |
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