Alan Smith: Wright, Wrongs & a European Cup
Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter
Graham Hunter
4.5 • 863 Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2018
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Hola Big Interview listeners!
In part two of my chat with Alan Smith, the Arsenal legend takes us to Copenhagen and Arsenal's famous victory over Parma in the final of the 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup. Alan will recall the famous names among that glittering Italian side - Zola, Asprilla and Brolin to name three - and, of course, his own wonderful, decisive goal.
That should have been the crowning moment of his career. But, as Alan will explain, he had by then lost his confidence and was no longer enjoying his football. We talk about why that was. It's an important message.
And we also discuss the arrival at Highbury of Ian Wright and why Alan was unable to click with his new team-mate on the pitch, as well as Alan's prominent role in the FIFA computer games.
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| 0:00.0 | Al-Aa-sothias, all-a-qipo. My name is Neil. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm Liam. This is John Narnberger from Kansas City, Missouri, USA. |
| 0:06.0 | Moray Field near Brisbane and Queensland. |
| 0:09.0 | Edinburgh, Barcelona, and I'm a socio. I'm a socio. |
| 0:12.0 | I'm a socio of the big interview. |
| 0:13.2 | Hi this is Taylor from Shenzhen China and I am a |
| 0:16.1 | sofio of the big interview. |
| 0:17.9 | My favorite episodes are the weekly insights from La Liga. |
| 0:21.4 | Living out in China I can't keep up with the League I Love because of the |
| 0:24.9 | kickoff times and the fact that it's just not covered out here it's not very popular which is |
| 0:28.8 | very very sad and Graham and his insight really helps me to stay in touch with the league I love and the football I love. I'm only to bet that you enjoyed part one on the big interview with Alan Smith. He's intelligent eloquent often very funny |
| 0:55.8 | he's a thoughtful man and I guess some of his self-confidence is based on the fact that |
| 0:59.6 | the majority of his career was very successful. Think about that lead title he talked about in |
| 1:04.2 | 89 and winning the double at Arsenal and scoring goals so regular he won two |
| 1:08.6 | golden boots in the top division in England but things weren't always smooth for him here Alan |
| 1:14.2 | reflects on one of the big surprises and one of the big disappointments in his |
| 1:18.7 | career which rests with him now as he explains as an embarrassment. Everything he anticipated his partnership with |
| 1:25.8 | the new cocky, dynamic, funny, characterful striker at Arsenal, Ian Wright, didn't come to fruition. He dealt with it badly. Vels |
| 1:42.0 | Ian Wright didn't come to fruition. He dealt with it badly. He hasn't spoken about it very much and here |
| 1:36.8 | he explains what went wrong, how he tried to understand that subsequently and what his relationship |
| 1:41.7 | with right he is now. |
| 1:43.0 | It's unusual to hear Alan Smith speaking in this way because again, |
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