It's the big interview of the euros and the gift of a big tournament is that we get to speak to an accidental footballer for the second time on the big interview. That accidental footballer author, broadcaster, wit, DJ is a great favourite great favorite, not just of ours, but of everybody who listened to the big interview,

and who listens to him and off the ball of the BBC,

but especially who witnessed him playing. Pat Nevin, you've earned this affection that I'm hinting at in my introduction to you

because you're a rather special man, but are you in fact an accidental footballer? It has to be said completely because I didn't think it was that weird because I was just living my life and and I love playing football and I loved it all my life and I loved

it as a kid and any opportunity to play football I played.

Did I want to be a professional football or did it cross my mind? Absolutely not and indeed when I had opportunities

I turned it down

You know and there's a particular piece where well I think nails it really and when I'm playing for Celtic and I end up you know

leaving them to kick me out fair enough I agree boom spent my time getting my

education and then what happens is Clyde want me to go to them and I'm totally

against the idea because you know I'm too busy playing with my mates at football doing my degree and then they told me they'll pay me 35 cut a week and I went where do we sign?

Because as a student you need the money and how many albums can not buy and then when I was

at Clyde Chelsea tried to buy me and I turned them down for a year now you don't

turn them down for a year if you know if you want to be a professional football

you turn them down because you think that's not what I want to do it's not that I want to do it's just I

think like the odds apart from anything else so few footballersers make a living out at the ones that start

really young and I was still young at the time and you know I wanted to finish that degree but you know as the

book tells you it gets very complicated and you know, but fun as well trying to be right on and do the right thing

But also enjoy myself and I found a way around it so yeah I have to say it was an

accident can I tell me a little story just before you go on here there's a guy that I

did there's a guy that had when I was with Clark, I was with Gark Kosh and I had a bet with this guy.

One of my mates, this guy got in really well with Brian Sweeney.

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