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Stadio: A Football Podcast

Rocky | Wrighty's House

Stadio: A Football Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.71.4K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this special episode, Ian is joined by Amy Lawrence and Ryan Hunn to remember the wonderful David Rocastle, who died 20 years ago this week. They share memories of Rocky as a player, a person, a close friend and an Arsenal legend, including childhood tales, Anfield, welcoming players to the club, and much more. Thanks to Tony Adams, Michael Thomas, Lee Dixon, Alan Smith, and Steve Bould for sending their thoughts for the audio montage. And thank you to XVARR, who kindly allowed us to use ‘She Healed Him in Her Sleep’ as the music. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:11.0

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0:20.0

Hi, everyone. Hope you're well today is a special episode about my different David Roe Castle. So we're going to start the show a little differently.

0:30.0

What can I say about my friend, David Roe Castle, my teammate, my brother?

0:58.0

Rocky, number seven legend.

1:01.0

What a talent. He had the skill of a Brazilian, the heart of a lion. He could do it all.

1:06.0

Photovas, goals, crosses, the lot, so good to play with.

1:12.0

Oh, this is completely by way of the Roe Castle, a central figure again, and he looks to trick Michael.

1:21.0

What is it? A goal for Arsenal. David Roe Castle fired the bar, and I think the back of the Manchester United goalkeeper.

1:30.0

He was an outstanding player, technically very gifted, could tackle, could run, could pass.

1:37.0

Rocky was quite easily the best all-round wide player I ever witnessed.

1:44.0

Thomas playing into Roe Castle.

1:47.0

It struck all fabulous goal by Roe Castle, and there indeed is the equalizer.

1:54.0

What a fabulous strike by David Roe Castle.

1:59.0

Spotted by Michael Thomas, a ball sprayed some birdie by hand.

2:04.0

So little space, but hit with such venom, and I'll still remember.

2:09.0

We used to walk up the park with a few friends of mine.

2:13.0

We used to come and play on the swings, because we were younger players, younger late, so we didn't want to join him with the big boys.

2:18.0

It's a serious, and they never used to have a goalkeeper, because they always used to be parlayed as a marathon on the pitch.

2:24.0

So we used to be walking past and used to be one of them.

2:27.0

We'd get over it, get in goal, and obviously we were only little kids at the time.

2:31.0

That was the early days of the memory of Ian.

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