The ”Turn it Round the Corner” Podcast

Episode 26 - Barry Galvin “Bring the Guitar” Barry is someone that I have got to know through us working together on the Orient Hour through Phoenix FM and what a great guy he is.   A fan of Leyton Orient that through a delayed order in the club shop got to know the Commercial Team, ended up sponsoring the club and eventually was offered the role of Stadium Announcer on match days.   Baz's musical...

Introduction to Episode 26. Barry Galvin “Bring the Guitar” 👊🏻⚽️ 

Episode 25 - Scott O’Donoghue “Both sides of the Game” “OD” is someone that I played with and against growing up and is someone that I still call a friend and talk regularly aboit the game we both love. A good youth career and after the academy journey came non league and all levels of football both as a player and then as a manager of his local side Hertford Town. After starting out in the city w...

Introduction to Episode 25. Scott O’Donoghue “Both sides of the game” 👊🏻⚽️ 

Episode 24 - Mark Nash.  “All things Soccer stateside”  “Nashy” is someone that I would kick about with at the local pitch growing up. He was part of our football group who would play doubles Wembley until it got dark and also attended the same senior school as me. He emigrated to the US well over 20 years ago, where his first love was always football or the dreaded soccer word but he worked in ot...

Introduction to Episode 24. Mark Nash “All things Soccer Stateside” 👊🏻⚽️ 

Episode 23 - Tom Connolly “Fair Game” Tom Connolly’s photographic collection reveals the beautiful truth behind grassroots football. For anyone who craves fairness in life and wants fairness in sport, modern elite football offers a confusing, love-hate relationship, one which sent Tom Connolly in search of the game he had fallen in love with as a boy.  Connolly’s journey into non-league football u...

Introduction to Episode 23. Tom Connolly “Fair Game” 👊🏻⚽️ 

Episode 22 - Harry Seaden “Earn your Stripes” A local lad whose dad played CH for Southend United under Bobby Moore. H was still turning out for Rayleigh Boys Club at u14s and following in his dad’s footsteps, playing at the back whilst dabbling with some time in goal.  An injury to the academy GK whilst he was training in goal for the foundation saw a suprise call up and he never looked back. Two...

Introduction to Episode 22. Harry Seaden “Earn your Stripes” 👊🏻⚽️

Episode 21 - Jon Benton. “Go Play Games” A lad that has lived every young boys dream joining his local professional club at the age of 9 and progressing through to a first team debut. He saw a lot at Southend and enjoyed some great highs and the lows but unfortunately due to the embargo had to leave the football club. He has played lots of games for his age at varying levels, ranging from academy,...

Introduction to Episode 21. Jon Benton. “Go Play Games” 👊🏻⚽️

Episode 20 - Steve Tongue. “Turf Wars” A sports journalist and broadcaster for 45 years, Steve was the voice of London football from day one of LBC and later the BBC radio football producer. He has worked for three national newspapers, covering nine World Cups and two Olympic Games. His first book was on David Beckham – Fifty Defining Fixtures, his current book released late last year is the lates...

Introduction to Episode 20.  Steve Tongue. “Turf Wars” 👊🏻⚽️ 

Episode 19 - Part Two. Darren Blewitt - “No Haribo’s Allowed” Strap yourselves in for this second part of our discussion and again as a *WARNING* this episode comes with an explicit language warning for all you mums and dads getting there kids to listen for their football education.  Part two with Darren focuses on his troubles away from the pitch and this is an episode centred around the serious...

Introduction to Episode 19. Part Two Darren Blewitt “No Haribo’s allowed” 👊🏻⚽️

Episode 19 - Part One. Darren Blewitt “Where’s your shin pads” Strap yourselves in as we haven’t had an episode like this one as yet and as a *WARNING* this episode comes with an explicit language warning for all you mums and dads getting there kids to listen for there football education.  I talk with my old teammate Blew about his current football school he has opened up and the work he is doing...

Introduction to Episode 19. Darren Blewitt “Where’s your shin pads” 👊🏻⚽️

Episode 18 -  Mick White “34 countries and counting”. Part Two As always I hope you enjoy the episode and if in doubt “Turn it round the corner”. 👊🏻⚽️ This Episode is sponsored by: Essex Supplies https://www.essexsupplies.co.uk   Essex Supplies has been established for over 30 years in a very competitive field. Their success has been down to a prompt service, reliability, good quality products...

Episode 18 -  Mick White “34 countries and counting” Part One. I talk to Mick about his life travelling the globe coaching the game that he loves. From starting grassroots coaching after finishing playing early he got his break with AC Milan as an International coach. He then used his holiday allowance to travel the world with them which again got him an opportunity with FC Valletta in Malta runni...

Introduction to Episode 18. Mick White “34 countries and counting” 👊🏻⚽️

Episode 17 - Mr Pat Walker “From Tigger to Old Trafford”. I talk to my old Drama teacher about how he started out his football journey by taking a school team in Waltham Abbey and stumbling on a year 7 powerhouse.  From his success at school football led to him being asked to run a Harlow and West Essex schoolboy district side. A district that he would end up leading, completely changing the cultu...

Introduction to Episode 17 Mr Pat Walker  “From Tigger to Old Trafford” 👊🏻⚽️

Episode 16 - Ross Embleton Part Two “His Club”. Ross had massive affiliation with Leyton Orient already, having played in the academy, leaving school and going to work in the community for the club, and running Ive Farm from the pitch to the supply of toilet roll!. From starting with the u9’s and working his way through the academy before his career taking him elsewhere. Part Two of this fascinati...

Introduction to Episode 16, Part Two. Ross Embleton His Club 👊🏻⚽️ He will hate me for using this image but after talking about it I had to find that scarf!. 😂💙