Heroes & Villains, the Aston Villa fanzine
Heroes & Villains => Heroes Discussion => Topic started by: Irish villain on April 20, 2012, 11:15:25 PM
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Paul McGrath is on the Late Late Show. Will let you guys know if he says anything about the villa.
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Yeah, just watched it. Interesting that it was a pre-record, possibly because he didn't want to chat about intimate details of his life in front of a studio audience.
Looking well, sounded nervous as you'd expect but genuine and humble to a fault. A general chat show like the Late Late is only ever going to talk about his association with ManUre and his Irish career but Paul did mention how Southgate, Ehiogu and Teale in particular would cover for him if he'd been out the previous night. He was asked whether he had ever played while drunk, he admitted he had and rather charmingly to the question ''Were you ever man of the match while drunk?'' he replied ''I'm afraid I was.'' He also spoke briefly about letting Graham Taylor down on one ocassion and feeling bad about it.
Basically a lot of the stuff from his book was discussed. More recent news is that he's sober 18 months...I thought it was longer than that but he said he still has relapses so I guess it's hard to give an accurate time in such a situation. He became a Grandfather a year and a half ago and that obviously means a lot to him and he does some great work with a couple of different charities. Keeping occupied is, you'd imagine, quite crucial to his well being. I thought he might have been asked about his music career, unfortunately not! Check the rte player from tomorrow and it should be up there.
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He was asked about his music career the other day and said it was over.
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Yeah, just watched it. Interesting that it was a pre-record, possibly because he didn't want to chat about intimate details of his life in front of a studio audience.
Looking well, sounded nervous as you'd expect but genuine and humble to a fault. A general chat show like the Late Late is only ever going to talk about his association with ManUre and his Irish career but Paul did mention how Southgate, Ehiogu and Teale in particular would cover for him if he'd been out the previous night. He was asked whether he had ever played while drunk, he admitted he had and rather charmingly to the question ''Were you ever man of the match while drunk?'' he replied ''I'm afraid I was.'' He also spoke briefly about letting Graham Taylor down on one ocassion and feeling bad about it.
Basically a lot of the stuff from his book was discussed. More recent news is that he's sober 18 months...I thought it was longer than that but he said he still has relapses so I guess it's hard to give an accurate time in such a situation. He became a Grandfather a year and a half ago and that obviously means a lot to him and he does some great work with a couple of different charities. Keeping occupied is, you'd imagine, quite crucial to his well being. I thought he might have been asked about his music career, unfortunately not! Check the rte player from tomorrow and it should be up there.
Yep, there were no questions asked about Paul's move to Villa or his Villa career which I found a little disappointing (not surprising though as the Irish media are only really interested in Man Utd/Liverpool/top four). Fair play to Paul, though, for bringing Villa into the discussion.
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I've noticed (on Twitter) that McGrath's son is a big Villa fan.
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Good to hear the great man is doing well.
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The host (Ryan Tubridy) didn't really cover himself in glory. He has a habit of not really coaxing people out of themselves and to me didn't seem at all informed.
Always good to see the great man on tv though especially looking so fit and healthy.
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I'm really conflicted about him doing interviews and the like. It's obvious he doesn't like the attention (and has said as much in the past if I remember rightly). Now I can't claim to understand what triggers his alcoholism, but I wouldn't be surprised if this sort of thing didn't help.
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Here it is.
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Thanks mate :-)
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I've noticed (on Twitter) that McGrath's son is a big Villa fan.
he's idolised at Villa, the best we have had for 20 years or more, where as at Man Utd he would hardly get a mention with the likes of Cantona, Scholes, Ronanldo, Robson etc
so if i was his Son i know who i'd be following,
we sing a song about him as well you know :)
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Thanks for the link gervilla.
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I've noticed (on Twitter) that McGrath's son is a big Villa fan.
Is that the lad who was on the books at Liverpool?
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Tubridy obviously knows nothing about football. There was nothing from that interview that hasn't been covered in his book.
Was McGrath serious when he said he was a Chelsea fan, or was he just saying it because he doesn't want Liverpool to win the FA cup.
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Top man, thanks for posting
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Tubridy obviously knows nothing about football. There was nothing from that interview that hasn't been covered in his book.
Was McGrath serious when he said he was a Chelsea fan, or was he just saying it because he doesn't want Liverpool to win the FA cup.
That's what I thought. he really is a hopeless interviewer. He doesn't have the ability to get his guests to relax and chat. I#m not sure about the Chelsea thing, it came as a surprise to me.
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The great man was on Talksport this morning. Brazil spoke to him about Manu and Villa. On Manu he said he was hoping they will win from 4-2 but disappointed that they didn't. When they switched to Villa he straight away started saying "we this" and "we that"...he did not use the term "we" at all when talking about manu...Fantastic!
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I thought his son was also a Chelsea fan
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The great man was on Talksport this morning. Brazil spoke to him about Manu and Villa. On Manu he said he was hoping they will win from 4-2 but disappointed that they didn't. When they switched to Villa he straight away started saying "we this" and "we that"...he did not use the term "we" at all when talking about manu...Fantastic!
I heard that. Cheered me up no end on a rainy Monday morning.
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I think he had a fondness for Chelsea when a kid but would doubt very much that he is a die hard Chelsea supporter per se now! He was probably just airing his "anyone but Liverpool" feelings that a lot of us share.
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He was born in Ealing. Not sure if that has anything at all to do with it.
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The great man was on Talksport this morning. Brazil spoke to him about Manu and Villa. On Manu he said he was hoping they will win from 4-2 but disappointed that they didn't. When they switched to Villa he straight away started saying "we this" and "we that"...he did not use the term "we" at all when talking about manu...Fantastic!
Put a big smile on my face!