00:00running home from school every lunchtime
00:02because we knew that these letters were due.
00:06And there was another lad called Stephen Kiddy
00:08who got an apprenticeship who ended up becoming
00:10the groundsman at Sheffield Wednesday for a long time.
00:15And Steve Kiddy lived nearby school
00:18and I lived a bit further away.
00:20And I remember one day he turned up at school and said,
00:23oh, I've got my letters arrived in the post.
00:25And I left for school before post arrived.
00:28So I legged it home that day and my mum was at home
00:32and she said, it's there.
00:33And so I opened it up and I'd got the offer of an apprenticeship.
00:37I had it all the way through growing up.
00:39Ian Mellor's son, will he be as good as his dad?
00:42The thing for me was, which maybe helped,
00:44the fact that my older brother didn't quite make it.
00:46He was a good player, but he wasn't quite at the level
00:49to make it as a professional.
00:50And so I think he had a lot of that burden, that pressure
00:53because he was the first sort of son.
00:55Whereas for me, it was a case of quite naturally
00:58scoring a lot of goals from a very young age.
01:01I think Derby games are so special.
01:04And this is the only time where table position doesn't matter,
01:10league doesn't matter which league you are.
01:15And local Derbys are all special.
01:19It was a great move for me in the end.
01:21But yeah, on the fifth time, I thought, well,
01:24the club obviously wanted to accept the transfer fee.
01:27And I went to talks with Howard Wilmson.
01:30And I'm trying to think of the old chairman.
01:32I can't think of his name.
01:35Can you remember?
01:36No, not at that time.
01:37Right, OK then, memory.
01:38It's a bit before my time, mate.
01:39It's a bit before your time.
01:41So I had talks with Howard and listened to what plans he had
01:46and then decided to sign for Sheffield Wednesday.
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