The Game Live in Newcastle with Rafa Benitez
The Game
The Times
3.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 February 2018
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Alyson Rudd hosts a special Times Plus event in Newcastle in the company of George Caulkin, Oliver Kay and Newcastle United manager Rafa Benitez.
In front of a live audience, Rafa reveals all about his relationship with the city of Newcastle, the wide-open relegation battle, the miracle of Istanbul and phone-calls with his mother.
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| 0:00.0 | And the |
| 0:13.0 | Well, thank you very much. That solves my dilemma of wondering what to do while it was completely silent while we walked on to stage. |
| 0:30.0 | So thank you. It's lovely to be back in Newcastle for this Times Plus Game Podcast event, |
| 0:36.8 | an event we put on just for subscribers to the Times and the Sunday Times. So thank you for being here. Thank you for subscribing. |
| 0:47.0 | I'm Allison. I'm a Times Sports writer and podcaster and with me this evening I have Oliver Kay on my far left. |
| 0:58.1 | He is the chief football correspondent for the Times next to him, George Colkin, who's our Northern Sports |
| 1:05.3 | Correspondent and I'm delighted that to my immediate left I have a man I don't need to |
| 1:11.7 | explain who he is but he has managed |
| 1:13.8 | rail Madrid he brought silverware to Chelsea at great pace he was the architect of the |
| 1:21.0 | miracle of Istanbul and the Rappapenites is now. |
| 1:25.0 | Thank you. That is more difficult to be on the bench in front of. |
| 1:39.0 | And he is now the Newcastle United manager. |
| 1:43.0 | Let me explain the evening. |
| 1:45.4 | It's very simple. |
| 1:47.0 | Anyone here to see three billboards outside Epping, sorry, |
| 1:52.1 | you're in the wrong cinema. |
| 1:53.8 | Otherwise, stay put, we're going to talk football, |
| 1:57.0 | and then after a chat about Newcastle, football, |
| 2:01.3 | everything we all love, we will open it up to you so you can ask questions. |
| 2:07.0 | Is it a question please? |
| 2:09.0 | Nice questions. |
| 2:11.0 | But we will start with Newcastle and this isn't about me at all. So I'm getting in early with the fact that yesterday I interviewed Alexander Mitrovich, who's a Newcastle player, he's gone on loan to Fulham. |
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