Straight From The Off - With Jamie Fahey

Published: July 1, 2021, 6:01 a.m.

b'Straight From The Off welcomes Jamie Fahey to the podcast. Jamie is the production editor for The Guardian newspaper and also a published author who has recently released \\u2018Futsal: The Story Of An Indoor Football Revolution\\u2019 but before all that he was an amateur and semi pro footballer in the city playing for teams that include Bourne FC, East Villa, Maghull, Prescot Cables, St Helens, Horwich RMI (who became Leigh RMI) and Vauxhall Motors amongst others. He even had a trial at Watford marking the legendary Luther Blisset. He tells us tales of how he fell in love with Football and later on Futsal and why it is important that it\\u2019s available for everyone to take part. He tells us how he got his big break in journalism interviewing the likes of Tony Kelly and Alan Stubbs. He shares with us his favourite games, goals and tells us all the players he played with and against and throughout those times. \\n\\nEpisode 47: is brought to you by The Warbreck Pub, Orrell Park.'