David James | “I think Arsenal have taken away Ramsdale’s character”

Up Front

Folding Pocket

Sports, Soccer

4.6 • 778 Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

This is Up Front with Simon Jordan. A new show brought to you by William Hill that pulls no punches and tells it EXACTLY like it is. David James spent 25 years as an elite goalkeeper for the likes of Liverpool, Manchester City, Portsmouth and Aston Villa. Often criticised throughout his career he eventually went on to become England’s number one, winning 53 caps along the way. Often portrayed in the media as an ‘atypical’ footballer. David joins the show to discuss his up and down career, the so called golden generation and the future of English goalkeeping. All whilst giving an insight into the mind of one of the most unique characters British football has ever produced. Subscribe for future episodes and head to www.youtube.com/@UpFrontWithSimonJordan for full video episodes. 18+ please gamble responsibly. Warning: this episode contains language that some people may find offensive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	But I had low self-esteem.
0:01.5	Right.
0:01.8	Being asked if I was adopted by school classmates and then going home and not remembering
0:06.2	what the word was and asking my mum if I was divorced, things like that.
0:09.3	Right.
0:09.7	I mean, if we were the golden generation, then this current lot must be platinum, because they've achieved a lot more than we did.
0:14.9	Yeah.
0:15.3	Can you imagine Saul Campbell running up and down a field for 90 minutes?
0:18.8	Or salt could.
0:19.8	Because so can do everything, can't he?
0:21.6	Except getting a management job.
0:23.6	That's not nice, is it?
0:25.6	So when they're calling you, you're
0:26.6	addicted to Xbox, when they're saying you're addicted to Xbox,
0:28.6	and they're saying you're rubbish, couldn't catch cold and all that stuff,
0:30.6	it's kind of like, yeah, but I know I can, but why aren't I doing?
0:34.6	This is up front with me, Simon Jordan. I believe there are a lot of vacuous, uninformed, unchallenged opinions out there.
0:39.8	I want to get to the bottom line and cut through the nonsense.
0:42.6	So with this podcast with William Hill, I'm going to get people with strong views
0:46.0	who think they can stand them up to proper scrutiny.
0:48.7	There's a good chance I might learn something along the way.
0:51.0	And more importantly, so might you.
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