Browny is a real down to earth person, no airs and graces about him....used to see him in the old GM bus club at the Bolton depot playing snooker and cards.
These podcasts are so raw and unscripted but mostly they're that educational that you learn football in the deepest dimensions. Very interesting and incredibly intriguing
Remember going to Moor Farm and having a cup of tea and toast with Phil Brown. His love of football, his stories absolutely shone through. He’s one of the best managers in terms of having a chat with that Derby had, him and Jim Smith had stories to tell and would tell them. Lovely bloke, couldn’t of come to Derby at a worst time. Run and owned by criminals who like Phil said 3 of them ended up in prison. fit and proper person test anyone!
Great interview - really interesting, enjoyable and Phil's a great character. Can't quite agree with the suggestion that Arsene Wenger doesn't get enough credit for his transformative acts, given that he's basically the narrative on changing standards when analysts describe the Premier League's rise to power!
I saw Rioch play for Villa. He tackled Roy Greaves, and the studs started just below the testicle and scrat he'd inside of his leg down to the knee, he was an animal.
Maddren never played for England because people in Middlesbrough always say how didnt he get a game for them. He may of went to a sqaud but never got a cap.
@@shaneclarke1514 Yes it was certainly on the TV, possibly a Friday evening. Two Championship clubs had to play in the first two rounds. WBA and ourselves. Bolton were probably a draw for the TV cameras. WBA had been knocked out by Halifax in the first round if I remember rightly.
Enjoyed the video but can't help thinking I'm glad British football is finally abandoning the architects of 'thump and hare' to the history documentaries where young talented players are safe from being contaminated by their ideas. Charles Hughes clearly indoctrinated Jack Charlton, Tony Pulis, Sam Allardyce, Phil Brown, Howard Wilkinson, Graham Taylor, Joe Kinnear, Bobby Gould, John Beck, Sean Dyche, Thomas Frank and even Norway's coach Egil Olsen (the list goes on)
