Premier League Press Box

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An appreciation of those crafting and grafting with stories you won't hear anywhere else.

Episodes

  1. Episode Two: Burnley's greatest ever player - Jimmy McIllroy.

    10/24/2018

    Episode Two: Burnley's greatest ever player - Jimmy McIllroy.

    Two radio reporters journey through the press box in season 2018-2019 bringing you stories you won't hear anywhere else. In this episode we look back at the life of Jimmy McIllroy. His partnership with Danny Blanchflower was instrumental in Northern Ireland reaching the quarter finals of the 1958 World Cup. Two years later he inspired Burnley as they won the First Division title in 1960. With Jimmy's pal, the broadcaster Jackie Fullerton.

    19 min

  2. 10/24/2018

    Episode One: Premier League Press Box

    Two radio reporters on a journey through the press box in season 2018-2019 bringing you stories you won't hear anywhere else. In this episode we are at Wembley talking Son Heung-Min and Tottenham with South Korean football journalist Gun Lee and going behind the scenes at the Olympic Stadium with the former Charlton and Wimbledon centre forward turned matchday media co-ordinator Carl Leaburn.

    24 min
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