At Home: S1E12 - Luther Blissett

Midnight Meets With Colin Murray

BBC

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2017

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Watford and AC Milan legend Luther Blissett joins Colin to talk about his life on and off the pitch, including not being able to get Rice Krispies in Italy, the pain of missing out on Watford’s greatest ever game and the truth behind the infamous ‘Luther Blisett Project’.

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0:00.0	Once you've wrapped up this podcast, how about trying a very British cult?
0:06.0	What happens if the person you trust with your future isn't what you think they are?
0:10.0	I did feel the whole time he was watching me Yeti.
0:14.0	I saw a footprint and that really gave me goosebumps.
0:16.0	Or people who knew me.
0:18.0	Emmy, I remember every secret, every lie.
0:21.0	I'm the only one who knows the truth.
0:23.0	Discover more of our biggest podcast from 2003.
0:27.0	Listen on BBC Sounds. Welcome once again to my living room.
0:37.5	At home with Collin Murray welcomes a Watford legend today
0:41.3	but he's so so much more than that. Luther Blessed Story
0:45.6	takes him from Jamaica to London to Milan through good times and bad on and off
0:51.7	the pitch. The football we can talk about is amazing.
0:54.7	Going from the fourth division to second in the top flight with Watford in just five
0:59.4	seasons, being signed by AC Milan, his unique personal thoughts and Graham Taylor, so much, but off the pitch,
1:07.0	the story of the Luther Blessed Project is one of my favourite of all time,
1:12.0	and he's never really talked candidly about it.
1:15.6	What is it?
1:16.6	Well hopefully by the time this 50-55 minutes is up, you'll find out. One thing I do know is when that door knocks, Luther will be
1:26.2	smiling.
1:27.2	You better smile.
1:29.2	Leave the door in the hinges, mate. Come on then.
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