72+: Martin Allen's Christmas Crackers!

Football Daily

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4.3 • 4.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In this festive special of 72+, Aaron Paul is joined by the former Barnet, Brentford and Gillingham manager Martin Allen to discuss his career in football. Barnet chairman and owner Tony Kleanthous explains why Martin has been hired and left the club on five separate occasions. Current Shrewsbury assistant manager Aaron Wilbraham tells us about some memorable incidents from Martin's time at MK Dons. And we hear about Martin's early days as a coach at Reading from former Royals player Ady Williams. Martin also tells us about open-water swimming in the River Tees and what he'll be doing this Christmas. 02:00 - Tony Kleanthous on Martin at Barnet; 12:00 - Aaron Wilbraham on Christmas parties at MK Dons; 27:00 - Open-water swimming at Hartlepool; 33:00 - Ady Williams on Martin's early coaching career at Reading.

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0:00.0	BBC sounds, music, radio podcasts.
0:04.6	72 plus on the football daily podcast.
0:08.4	Hello and welcome to the 72 plus Christmas special here
0:13.1	on BBC Radio 5 Live with me, Aaron Paul.
0:16.2	Now we like to mix things up this time of year on 72 plus
0:20.0	and bring a little treat as you tuck into your mince pies
0:23.0	and see the at Christmas lunch go down nicely.
0:26.4	We're going to hear some special festive stories
0:28.4	from one of the EFL's great characters.
0:31.2	The former QPR West Ham midfielder and Brentford Gillingham
0:35.4	and five time Barnett Boss Martin Allen is with us.
0:38.9	Martin, happy Christmas. How are you?
0:41.2	Yeah, I'm very well. Happy Christmas to you, Aaron
0:43.7	and to all the listeners.
0:45.3	Happy Christmas to you all.
0:47.2	Great to have you with us this year.
0:48.8	Thank you for being part of this show.
0:51.4	It is called Martin's Christmas Cracker.
0:53.6	We've really delighted that you're going to be
0:56.4	sharing some of your festive wisdom with us.
0:59.8	What does a Christmas look like in the Allen household though?
1:03.1	Well, my two children, George and Charlie, 33 and 30.
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