Back To The Early Days

Welcome to the first ever episode of Back On The Ball.

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Ex-professional footballers Dean Edwards and Colin Lee, join broadcasting great David FitzGerald to reflect on their careers and the world of football and broadcasting.

In the first episode we look back at the early days to see where it all started for the team before football academies existed and even before motorways!

Dean started his footballing career with Shrewsbury Town in 1980, even though he was training for Wolves at the time – there’s an interesting story, listen to find out more.

Colin had to choose between playing football or rugby, deciding on football he started his playing career at Bristol City in 1974.

David started his broadcasting career in 1980 in local radio, moving to various radio stations then to Television South West (TSW).

We talk about the early days, career debuts, wages, sponsorships and discipline.

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