Boom we're on.

And today's guest of good footballer Paul Mersen.

Paul, how hard you, brother?

Yeah, I'm very good, Fanky.

Yeah, good.

Good to see you, man. Cheers.

Watch your documentary a couple of weeks ago, powerful stuff,

all about your gambling and drink, drugs.

Kind of everybody that somebody knows,

is either being involved in her, knows a family member or a friend.

It's an addict somewhere along the line.

But first and foremost, brother, I just want to say thanks for coming on the show.

Oh, pleasure. line but first and foremost brother I just want to say thanks for coming on the show oh pleasure it's been a long time isn't it it's been they can do it then they can do it

now so yeah I'm pleased I can do it good mate obviously we know about the addictions

and stuff which we'll touch on later on in the interview balls we like to go

like to go back to the start for my guests where you grew up how it all began

I grew up in a place called Halsden, which, uh, but north, northwest London.

Uh, yeah, dad was a Coleman.

Mum used to like sort of work from home sort of thing, making ribbons, things like that.

Yeah, I can remember we used to live in like this house, but an old lady used to live underneath

and our front door was the bottom of

the stairs that was our front door so then that was our front door and then we went up the stairs

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