Wayne Quinn pod

[Four Blades in the Pub]

New Pod. Four Blades at Home with Wayne Quinn . Fantastic couple of hours reminiscing with a Lane favourite and thoroughly nice bloke.
Massive thanks to Wayne for his time. He talks about coming to SUFC at 12, being one of 3 Cornish PL footballers, cup nights, international recognition, playing under Sir Bobby #nufc , injuries leading to an early end to his career. Fascinating, level headed. His 1-11 of teammates is

Four Blades in the Pub

Sport Podcast · As the title says...….Four Blades in the Pub talking all things Sheffield United. Contact us at [email protected] or Twitter https://twitter.com/4BladesInThePub Parental Guidance: Podcasts are …

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[Roygbiv]

This deserves a bump. A great listen

 

[Antonb]

Just how good was that! What a great man. Thankyou guys for a brilliant podcast .

 

[Harry's Game]

Just listened to it, I didn’t think it would be that good but it was a great listen, a much more interesting character than I expected, the stuff about how young lads were left alone to travel the country shows how much society has changed.

It also shows how easy it must have been for scum like that Barry Bennell to prey on them.

 

[Deadbat]

Great podcast...really enjoyed it. As others have said was not sure he would be that interesting, candid or indeed remember everything so well

We (@Tufty_Club) are hoping to chat to Nick Montgomery in a few weeks - we are reviewing the Warnock documentary next week - so hope he is half as good!

 

[oohaah]

Have to agree with the comments, this was really interesting to listen to. Wayne Seems like a really good character with plenty of anecdotes I’d not heard before. Thank You for putting this together.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

Enjoyable listen. Interesting to hear how he was still travelling up from Penzance early on into his development, by himself.

A serial offender for saying “Sheffield” rather than Sheffield United though. Not Dave Bassett levels, but noticeably high.

He was noticeably poorer in that second season for us, and I think even at that stage injuries had started to affect his ability. By the time Heath came in he was a defensively limited left-back, at a time when our defence was performing woefully. One of the best pieces of business Warnock did in that first season was to cash in on Quinn (the fee still amazes me) when he wasn’t performing well, and loan in (and eventually sign) Rob Ullathorne. While Ullathorne was probably more limited going forward, he was defensively a much better fit for that back four at the time – we’d got a better fit for the team, and a million quid, with that business.

I hadn’t realised he’d been coached to be a centre-midfielder, but explains perhaps why he was much better as a wingback while looking exposed as a fullback.

 

[Blade1961]

Great Podcast guys. Well done.
Loved it, Wayne was a natural, you guys could have nipped out to the pub and pizza hut & come back to Wayne's anecdotes 1 hour later.
Loved every minute.
Now you have to get Val Borbokis on!
If he'll speak or smile?
Do you fancy a trip to Greece to interview him?

 

[KiwiBlabe]

Great podcast. Loved it, a footballer who can be modest and say "I just wasnt good enough" Didnt blame anyone else and grateful for what he had.

Great listen and really nice to hear his affection for the club.

 

[I should coco]

Just finished that and thanks very much for doing this.

He's a real honest and open individual and no Billy Big-Bollocks there, if anything he beats himself up a bit much. He's played with some cracking players as evidenced by his star team, and it was a really good listen.

Thanks again lads.

 

[LoughboroBlade]

Loved it, a footballer who can be modest and say "I just wasnt good enough" Didnt blame anyone else and grateful for what he had.

Agreed, that was probably the most refreshing part of what he had to say, and not something you often hear from players not that long out of the game.

Given how he speaks of the help Whitehouse was to the likes of him and Woodhouse, it reminded me that I was always surprised Whitehouse never ended up at the Academy in some role – or at the club in some sort of other role. I know there had been talk of him doing his coaching badges during his unsuccessful recovery from injury, and I’ve a feeling someone mentioned before on here why it never materialised, but still seems a shame. May of course have been that a coaching role, or Gage esque club role, didn’t appeal.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

Excellent.

Well worth a listen.

 

[JohnDenver]

Not many awkward silences when talking with Wayne are there?

Seems like a top bloke. Happy with his career and hardly a bad word about anyone. Plus his accent reminds me of being on holiday.

Think he’s about my age, but I’ll always remember him as the kid who appeared from nowhere with a dream of a left foot. And although I used to think he never fulfilled his potential (and he didn’t), in truth he still had a career 99% of people would absolutely kill for.

 

[Zipwire]

I listened to it a couple of days ago and it was a great listen.

One thing stood out from someone who has lived in Cornwall, is his mentioning of going 'up country', it is a very Cornish term and literally mean anyway east of Plymouth.

 

[Beans]

Late to the party on this but it's fully deserving of this bump now that I've finished listening - what a great interview Quinn is, top work by you guys in getting him on and getting so much detail out of him. It's especially interesting to me given that his career was comparatively short but yet he has so much to show for it: playing in the Premier League, the Champions League, with/for Warnock, Bobby Robson, Brooking, Shearer, Le Tiss, Beckham... also his honest appraisal of his own ability was really refreshing and good to hear he's comfortable with how it worked out.

Finally, his anecdotes about McGrath's legendary pre-match "routine", as well as Saunders and Stuart collaring him ahead of his Coventry penalty, were fantastic.