Stiliyan Petrov: Nights in Newcastle, and the beauty of The Old Firm

Season 3, Episode 5,   Dec 15, 2020, 05:00 AM

In player special number four, we sit down with the inspirational Stiliyan Petrov.

RUNNING ORDER:

Pre-Interview chat about Stan 1m 13s
Martin O’Neill’s thoughts on lateness 3m 25s
Stan’s memories of the 00’s, and how it all began for him 4m
Nights out in Newcastle and moving to Glasgow 5m 20s
His struggles at start at Celtic 13m 50s
How the tough times shaped him & massive phone bills 16m 40s
The friendship with a Celtic security guard that helped him 19m 18s
The Burger Van story and learning the language 20m 31s
What it’s like playing at Celtic Park 23m 54s
Martin O’Neill & getting fit 25m 47s
O’Neill improving Stan’s contract without being asked to 29m 21s
The Old Firm 30m
Deciding to move to the Premier League 33m 27s
Almost signing for Portsmouth 36m 42s
Knowing O’Neill when others didn’t 39m 21s
The Premier League players that stood out 41m 50s
- Gerrard
- Lampard
- Scholes
The Premier League playing who might stand on him 44m 16s
- Danny Murphy
- Savage
THAT long range goal 45m 55s
Positional change from O’Neill 47m 52s
Favourite moment of Unity 50m
Villa’s demise 51m 38s
Illness, and how Player 4 Player can help players after retirement 53m 22s
Outro

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