Ramble Meets... Paul Watson
Football Ramble
Stak Production
4.6 • 9.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2019
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
This time around on Ramble Meets, Luke spends an hour with Paul Watson, author, traveller and football coach whose experiences have seen him set up a football league on the tiny Pacific island of Pohnpei, run a professional club in Mongolia, and also take responsibility for organising the CONIFA World Football Cup, a tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unrecognised by FIFA.
In this revealing interview, Paul recounts tales of a life less ordinary travelling around the world on his footballing mission, the characters he's met along the way, and what the future holds for his many projects.
To purchase Paul's book about his time in Micronesia (and we heartily recommend you do!), search for Up Pohnpei! in all good bookshops.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of the football ramble is sponsored by Betfair. |
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| 0:34.0 | This episode of ramble meets is sponsored by Betfair 365. |
| 0:37.6 | I'm Paul Watson, Football Traveller and author. |
| 0:41.3 | Paul, a very warm welcome to the Football Ramble studio. |
| 0:48.4 | I've been looking forward to chat and see you for quite a long time. |
| 0:51.6 | That's nice to hear. |
| 0:52.6 | I don't hear that often. |
| 0:54.0 | I'm sure that's not true. |
| 0:55.6 | I'd like to set the scene for our listeners if I may. |
| 0:58.7 | Just in case there are some people out there who aren't entirely sure about what you've |
| 1:02.8 | done so far in your career. |
| 1:06.3 | About 10 years ago, you were a freelance journalist and you decided that you would quite like |
| 1:11.0 | to become an internationally-capped football player. |
| 1:15.5 | So you started doing some research and one thing led to another and you found out that |
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