Paul Woolston - "My dreams have been taken away"
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🗓️ 14 June 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
We spoke to former Manchester United Reserve Team goalkeeper Paul Woolston at Old Trafford this week, as he reflects on his recent premature retirement from the game, due to injuries.
Paul was in good spirits as he looks ahead to his future in football, however he revealed his sadness at the time when the doctors told him he would need to retire from playing.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Manchester United podcast. I'm Helen Evans. |
| 0:06.5 | David May. Sam Holwood. How are we guys? It's been a while since we've been together. |
| 0:10.6 | Yeah, we did Zoom, didn't we the other day? Yeah, we did. |
| 0:15.8 | You were also missing, were you missing for Eric? He, well, I want you. |
| 0:19.5 | I mean, did Jim Zemba? He told us. No, I was there. What are you there? Zoom. |
| 0:23.7 | Great, yeah. So we weren't together, it's hard to remember. |
| 0:27.1 | Yeah, we haven't been together for a while. It's nice to be a little |
| 0:29.7 | traffored on the off-season, still cutting the grass. I'm sorry, they're glorious. |
| 0:34.0 | It's sunny Manchester. How's your off-season been so far? |
| 0:37.9 | Yes, it's been nice. It's been, it's not been that long and we've come straight into |
| 0:41.6 | the nation's leagues as more football than watch. It's been all right. |
| 0:44.4 | You've been watching, Johnny? I have, I went to Windsor Park last Sunday and I'll be going |
| 0:50.5 | again this Sunday. If you want to, do you prefer watching the national team or the club side? |
| 0:58.5 | That's a difficult one. The national team gets to your heart. |
| 1:01.6 | Yeah, I thought so. I thought so. I thought you were just saying your heart. |
| 1:03.6 | So your heart? Yeah. Today on the podcast, we have Paul Wilson, |
| 1:08.1 | who if you followed Manchester United, especially over the last few months, you'll have |
| 1:12.0 | seen lots of press coverage that he has had to retire early. Very unfortunately, |
| 1:18.5 | at just 23 years of age with a hip problem. I'm sure people have read or seen the stories about him. |
| 1:24.8 | Just heart-breaking, Maisie. You know yourself, Sam and I haven't been footballers, but |
| 1:29.6 | to have to retire at that age is really unthinkable for a footballer? |
| 1:34.1 | Yeah, particularly, 23-year-old, I mean, goalkeepers that can go until the fall too. |
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