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Last Word On Spurs

Paul Stewart - Special

Last Word On Spurs

Last Word On Spurs

Soccer, Sports

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Host Ricky Sacks and Jason McGovern had the pleasure of being joined by former Tottenham Hotspur player Paul Stewart on this week's Last Word On Spurs. As a young lad growing up on a Manchester council estate, all Paul Stewart dreamed of was making it as a professional footballer. It was a dream that would lead him into a nightmare of sexual and physical abuse from which he has still not recovered. Stewart was abused every day for four years by his junior football coach. He suffered in silence and embarked on a successful career that saw him play for Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and Sunderland, scoring in an FA Cup final and winning caps for England. Behind it all, he was a broken man many times he wished he could end his life. He turned to drink and drugs as a way of coping with his devastating secret. In 2016, Stewart was sitting at his office desk one morning when he read a Daily Mirror story about a footballer who had been abused. His world was about to change. Paul Stewart: Damaged is one of the most powerful and emotionally charged football life stories you will read: Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Damaged-My-Story-Paul-Stewart/dp/1910335738 Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/damaged/paul-stewart/9781910335734 #THFC #COYS #TOTTENHAM #HOTSPUR #TOTTENHAMHOTSPUR #SPURS #LWOS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This podcast is part of the Sports Social Podcast Network.

0:05.0

To be honest with you, I never really like the limelight even as a player know I was never one that wanted to be at the

0:14.7

forefront of newspaper articles. The This is not easy for me to do. You go and save one here once before.

0:55.0

He saves their one as well and steer the hair down. I'm going to The Paul Stewart in the business and Robin He's side of relief. I'm going to see. Take the button to putters, Stuart, Mitchell Thomas is in there, and Stuart again.

1:55.0

Paul Stuart, back in the room. I'm going to be here. The Paul Stewart scores and Spers are back in the cup

2:30.4

final. Hello welcome to the last word on spurs.

2:37.1

We hope you're keeping safe and well out there.

2:39.2

Thank you for downloading the last word on spurs.

2:41.8

Wherever you are listening from around the globe.

2:44.3

This is the first of free shows for us this week, busy, busy week for us on the last word on Spurs here.

2:49.5

Later in the week, of course, we're going to be looking into more detail ahead of that gaming in Sheffield United and also of course reviewing that game but first our very

2:56.8

first show the week we had the pleasure during the lockdown period of

3:00.1

interviewing many different spurs players across many different generations

3:04.5

covering the last 20 to 30 years and we had the absolute pleasure of

3:08.4

interviewing a former Spurs player in Paul Stewart of course Paul

3:12.2

one the if a cut of us a story in terms of his

3:14.9

background and we wanted to make sure we could give Paul that opportunity to tell

3:18.6

his story here on the last world spurs now coming out of retirement as you knew during that period we had

3:23.9

of the lockdown was Jason McGovern. So Jason joined me for this very special show

3:28.4

when we looked back on the career of Paul Stewart Tottenham and what was, as I say, an interesting listen into Paul's story.

3:36.7

Hope you enjoy the show and as always thank you for your continued support.

3:40.9

I started as a striker, was always a. I started as a striker at Blackpool.

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