The Football Interview Season 1 Episode 2

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00:00I'm Kelly Summers and this season I'll be asking some of the biggest names in football

00:05the questions they don't normally get asked, to find out more about the person behind the player.

00:11The first half will be on Football the Second, about their life away from the game.

00:16This isn't just any interview, this is the Football Interview.

00:20This week I'm joined by Mark Gahey.

00:30Mark, let's start with the reason that everyone knows who you are, because you're a footballer.

00:34Tell me what football means to you.

00:37Football is a big part of my life, it has been for a long time now.

00:42So yeah, it means a lot, it means the fact that I'm able to do something that I love every single day,

00:51able to provide for my family, able to meet friends, so yeah, it means a lot.

00:57What's your earliest memory of playing football?

01:00Because we know you came over to England when you were one,

01:04and obviously you can't remember back then I'm sure,

01:06but what are the first memories with the ball at your feet?

01:08Playing at the park with friends, used to do that as often as possible,

01:12and then through that my Sunday League team, Crow Wanderers,

01:16so the bright orange or yellow kit that we had stayed in my memory,

01:20so definitely those memories which were great, and I still hold them dear to my heart.

01:26Talk to me about some of the names of players and people that you remember playing with back then,

01:31because I'm sure you had little friends, people on your team that stand out.

01:33Yeah, Jaden, Marlon, Adam, James, McKenzie.

01:41We actually had a really good team to be honest.

01:43Has anyone else gone on to kind of have a career like yourself?

01:46From that team?

01:47Yeah.

01:47I don't think so.

01:49I'm the fortunate one.

01:52But that's not because I was better than anyone else.

01:54That was, no, no, no, I'll be honest, I was, Marlon was so good midfielder.

01:59He was at Arsenal's academy.

02:01Adam was at Chelsea's academy with me.

02:03So why are you here today then?

02:04How did you get to this point and not them?

02:06God's grace.

02:07Talent?

02:08Hard work?

02:09Hard work, I guess.

02:10Yeah, I wouldn't say there's anything in particular.

02:13Everyone's life goes different ways for whatever reason.

02:15You know, they could be doing amazing things right now.

02:19You know, who knows if football would have taken them down a different path.

02:22So, you know, I'm just fortunate that I'm in this position today.

02:25You have had an exceptional career today and you're only 25 years old.

02:29When you look back, is there a turning point or a point that you think really shaped your career?

02:33I'd say my time alone at Swansea was a big turning point, I guess.

02:39Coming from Chelsea's academy, going to such an amazing club that made me feel welcome from the beginning

02:44and not playing right away and having to sit on the bench and having not to travel to games

02:49and experience the difficult side of football definitely, I wouldn't say woke me up,

02:55but put me in my place, I guess.

02:59And that definitely helped me just understand the world of football a bit better.

03:03Was there any specific moment at Swansea or a conversation that you can think of that kind of made you go,

03:07OK, this is what I need to do or anything like that?

03:11I remember having a few conversations with Wayne Routledge and Nathan Dyer at the time,

03:16you know, two people that I look up to, two people who hurt me a lot,

03:19and they were just adamant that I should carry on being myself

03:23and just excelling in that area, because I think at the end of the day,

03:27if you're not yourself, then what's the point? Do you know what I mean?

03:30So, you know, having people like that helped me along the way definitely guided my path, I should say.

03:36Is there anyone in particular that you particularly owe your career to and the fact that you're here today?

03:42I'm thankful to God, obviously. He's helped me along the way, the whole way.

03:46But definitely my parents, for sure. They've sacrificed a lot, put food on the table when they probably couldn't.

03:57Dad driving me to training all the time, even though there wasn't a lot of petrol,

04:02and Mum making sure that I was OK, you know, so they've definitely helped me along the way from the beginning.

04:07The sacrifices that your dad must have made in particular, because he's a church minster as well, isn't he?

04:12So that must be tough for him to be able to balance being a footballer's dad, taking you to training and everything,

04:17and having set commitments with the church too.

04:19Yeah, I think for him, and I kind of mentioned it at the Euros last time, it's God first.

04:26You know, I think there was times when there were games on Sunday that I wasn't able to go to,

04:32because I had to be in church and completely understand that.

04:36But he understood that it was something that I love to do, understood that it was, I guess, a calling in a way.

04:42So, you know, for him to have done that and have been there from the beginning was amazing.

04:46What's it like for your dad now? If you play on a Sunday, does that mean he's at church and can't watch you?

04:50No, they go to church first.

04:52Church first, yeah.

04:53Yeah, the family goes to church first. Usually, I don't know, if it's Super Sunday, so what time is it?

04:562pm kick-off, so church will start at 10.30.

05:00So, finish church, church done at 12.30, and then they rush home,

05:04or rush to the stadium wherever it is, and then they come and watch me.

05:07Wow, still now to that point?

05:09Yeah, yeah, yeah.

05:10But then they managed to come to most of the games too?

05:12Yeah, most of the home, no away games, but most of the home games, yeah.

05:20Let's talk about Mark Gahey, the person then.

05:23You've already mentioned your family.

05:25I wanted to go back to your earliest childhood memory and what you really remember being at home.

05:29What was a usual day in the Gahey family like?

05:32Everyone was working, to be honest.

05:34Well, that says a lot, doesn't it?

05:35Yeah, I was at school, family, mum and dad were doing whatever, cleaning jobs at the time,

05:40or whatever they were doing, sisters running around, you get back home, and it's just jokes, laughter.

05:47Were you the joker, or were one of your sisters the joker?

05:50I'm more of the joker now.

05:51Now that they're a bit older and they can understand my jokes.

05:55But yeah, my sisters are very funny, very, very funny, yeah.

05:58They've got a good sense of humour.

05:59Talk to me about that family dynamic then, because it's your mum and your dad,

06:02and then have you got two sisters, is that right?

06:04Three younger sisters.

06:05Three younger sisters.

06:06Yeah.

06:06So what are you like as an older brother?

06:07What would they say about you?

06:09Not necessarily their older brother, if that makes sense.

06:11I don't act like their older brother.

06:12I wouldn't say I put myself on their level, but we all see each other the same.

06:16There's no real, oh, he's the older brother, yeah, by age,

06:19but we all act very, very childish around each other, very silly.

06:22We don't take each other seriously, constant jokes and making fun of each other,

06:27so yeah, it's good.

06:28Is it right you still live at home with them?

06:29Mm-hmm, yeah.

06:30Wow, why is that so important to you now?

06:32Because, of course, you've gone on to have this amazing career you've played

06:36at the highest level, but you're still living at home.

06:38Why was that so important to you to stay there?

06:40What is it you love about it?

06:42It's, um, one of my sisters, everyone's just funny.

06:47Good sense of humour.

06:48I get to be myself in a way, if that makes sense.

06:50And I feel like, I don't know, I don't know if I'm the only one

06:55that feels like this in football, but sometimes, not all the time,

06:57you have to put on a show, if that makes sense.

07:00You have to, not necessarily be someone you're not,

07:04but be an extension of yourself to kind of make it in this environment,

07:08because it is such a tough environment.

07:10Cutthroat, really difficult, you know, a lot of, you know, bravado

07:14and ego, in a way, which is all positive, and it's a good thing,

07:19but at the same time, when I'm at home, I can chill, I can be myself.

07:24And they're my foundation, you know what I mean?

07:27So they've always been there from the beginning.

07:29So, yeah, I just love being around them.

07:30How would they describe you?

07:31Because I bet if I asked one of your teammates to describe you,

07:34it'd be quite different from how your family describe you.

07:36Yeah, they'd call me a troll.

07:38A troll?

07:39Yeah, as in, like, I'm always trolling.

07:41I'm not serious, yeah.

07:42I come across very, very serious, which is, I guess so,

07:45but not to them, yeah, not to them.

07:47Uncle Mark?

07:49Yeah, that might be, yeah.

07:50To be honest, it's good.

07:52It comes across serious, but not too serious.

07:54Yeah, the Uncle Mark, so yeah.

08:00What do you like to do to escape from football?

08:03Music. I love music, love listening to music,

08:05and definitely learning different things.

08:09So whether it's, like, trying to learn DJing,

08:13I've tried to do that a little bit,

08:14or reading different books,

08:16or I love going to the movies, like to the cinema,

08:19because no one goes to the cinema,

08:20so it's nice to be in the cinema on your own, popcorn.

08:23No one talks to you.

08:24Yeah, it's just nice.

08:25So, yeah, just anything anybody else would do, I guess.

08:29Favourite film?

08:31Limitless. Bradley Cooper.

08:33I love that movie. I love Bradley Cooper.

08:35I love Limitless. What a great film.

08:37It would help at this point if I'd seen that film,

08:39to be able to know, but I haven't seen it.

08:40With the pill and, like, the NZT pill.

08:42I know the one you mean, but I haven't seen it.

08:43Yeah, you need to go and watch that.

08:44I love that film.

08:45So if that's what you would do on a day off from football now,

08:48are you a sociable person?

08:49Yeah, but I don't have many friends,

08:51so I know all my friends are either in different countries

08:54or live in Manchester, Liverpool,

08:57so it's hard to, like, connect and stuff like that.

09:00But, yeah, if people have time,

09:03then, yeah, I'll definitely be there.

09:04Let's go back to your music, then,

09:06because you mentioned there you've got a bit of DJing.

09:08Do you do that at home?

09:09I try to, yeah.

09:11So you've got decks at home, a little studio, is that right?

09:12I try to, yeah, I try to.

09:14I'm not saying I'm any, I'm not good.

09:15Are you trying to play it down?

09:15No, no, no, I'm trying, I'm trying.

09:17I'm not, before someone gets me, you know, DJing somewhere.

09:21And what about drumming?

09:22I'm told you were pretty good at drumming,

09:23and that's been something that's been in your life for a long time.

09:26Yeah, yeah, yeah, I drummed at church for a long time,

09:28drummed at school.

09:28I need to get a drum set.

09:31So you don't have one now?

09:31I don't have one, but I really want one.

09:32I think that's a really good way to just enjoy music and escape,

09:36and, yeah, really good.

09:37It sounds like escapism and escaping from football

09:40is something that's quite important to you in a good way.

09:43Yeah, and I think it's positive.

09:44You know, when you're in this environment 24-7, you know,

09:48wanting to win games, wanting to be the best,

09:50wanting to do everything for the fans,

09:52you need something that just takes your mind away from things

09:55just a little bit.

09:55And it always, in a way, it gives you a refresher,

09:59a way to, you know, restart and put yourself in the best position

10:04to go and, you know, get back into that, you know, mindset.

10:07Again, so it's really good, I think.

10:09I asked you about your family,

10:10but how would your best friends describe you?

10:13Oh, good question.

10:16Childish.

10:17Like, very, very childish.

10:18There's a theme there, isn't there?

10:19Yeah.

10:20You like to be Mr. Serious here,

10:22and then when you're away from the cameras,

10:25away from the football pitch.

10:26Away from the cameras, yeah.

10:28Away from the cameras, but, yeah, just childish, not serious.

10:32Yeah, I think that's what they'd say.

10:35Let me take you back to the books as well.

10:36Favourite book.

10:38What type of books do you like reading?

10:40Oh, any.

10:41Any non-fiction fiction.

10:43Favourite book, I'd say...

10:45Fahrenheit 451.

10:48Ray Bradbury.

10:49Top.

10:49What's that book about?

10:51It is about...

10:52I don't want to give it away too much,

10:54but it's in a future world

10:56where firefighters don't put out fires,

10:59they start fires.

11:00Wow, OK.

11:01And they're burning books, basically,

11:04burning all the knowledge in the world,

11:05and there's this one firefighter

11:07that is questioning that.

11:09Yeah, so I don't want to give too much away,

11:10but, yeah, a really good book.

11:11OK, recommend it if you're watching this.

11:15I also wanted to ask you,

11:16you've achieved so much in your career already

11:18in terms of winning with England,

11:20in terms of at youth levels,

11:21winning with Chelsea at youth levels.

11:22You're an FA Cup winner now as well.

11:24You've played at the highest level.

11:26Is there one match

11:27that particularly stands out from your career?

11:30Any game?

11:31Any game.

11:33You've surprised me already

11:34because I thought you'd say one in May.

11:36It was quite a big one.

11:37The FA Cup one?

11:37Yeah.

11:38No, no, no.

11:39Maybe not because of...

11:40Not for me, not for me.

11:40I was going to say, actually...

11:41Not for me.

11:42No, it was great,

11:42but, I mean, that's more for...

11:44I see that more for the football club

11:46and the fans.

11:47I'm just really happy for them,

11:49as opposed...

11:50But for me,

11:51I don't think I have one.

11:52If I'm being honest.

11:54Just because I think that's...

11:54There's none that stand out?

11:55No, I think that's to come.

11:57I don't see that.

11:58Okay.

11:59There will be one to come

12:00at some point in my career,

12:01but not now.

12:02What are you most proud of

12:03from your career so far?

12:05It doesn't have to be football related to it.

12:06Yeah, just the fact that I've kept going.

12:09I'd say I'm very hard on myself

12:11and I like it that way.

12:13It keeps me on my toes,

12:14keeps me grounded,

12:15keeps me focused

12:16and wanting to improve.

12:17But just the fact that I've kept going.

12:19Not from any outside noise or anything,

12:22but just the pressure that I put on myself.

12:24I'm quite demanding.

12:25So the fact that I've

12:26almost, in a way,

12:28battling out with myself

12:30and I've kept going

12:31is a good thing.

12:32I've asked you how your family

12:33would describe you.

12:34I've asked you how your best friend

12:35would describe you.

12:36How do you describe yourself?

12:39Don't say a troll.

12:40No, not a troll.

12:42Not a troll.

12:43I'd say,

12:45I don't know,

12:47work to do.

12:49Always looking forward, aren't you?

12:51I have to.

12:52I don't,

12:52I can't sit still, basically.

12:55Okay, tell me one thing about yourself

12:58that would surprise me

13:00or anyone watching this.

13:01Maybe that we don't know about you.

13:02Do you know what?

13:03I feel like most of,

13:04most of my business

13:05is out in the world anyway.

13:07At this point.

13:08Do you know what?

13:08I would love to be like

13:10a WWE wrestler

13:11or something like that, you know?

13:12That was not what I was expecting.

13:14Why?

13:14What is it about that

13:15that appears to you?

13:15Oh, I don't know.

13:16Just growing up,

13:17watching WWE.

13:18Just want to live out

13:18your childhood dream.

13:19It's actually on Netflix now.

13:20Do you watch it?

13:22I've seen some like

13:23pay-per-views and stuff there.

13:24Well, the ones on Netflix,

13:25yeah, some of them.

13:26Okay.

13:26I would love to be like

13:27a WWE wrestler.

13:28It can be dangerous.

13:29It's obviously,

13:29it is scripted,

13:31but it's like really...

13:32I was going to say,

13:32the performance side of it.

13:32Yeah, the performance side of it.

13:34Being able to just waffle.

13:35I feel like I'm a good waffler

13:36on the mic

13:37and making people believe

13:39that you're the bad guy

13:40or the good guy.

13:41And finally,

13:41trying to bring it back

13:41to something serious now.

13:43If you could achieve

13:44one more thing in your career,

13:45what would you want it to be?

13:47Play till I'm 40.

13:49Wow.

13:49Hmm.

13:50Just longevity then?

13:51Yeah.

13:51Obviously, winning trophies is great,

13:53playing in different competitions,

13:54but I think that's the real testament

13:55to how professional someone is.

13:59Obviously,

14:00there's going to be injuries

14:01and that's always unfortunate,

14:02but, you know,

14:04God winning,

14:04I can play for that long,

14:06in a sport that is,

14:08you know,

14:08so like fleeting.

14:09No wonder you want to be

14:10described as childish

14:11and describing you

14:12trying to stay young,

14:12aren't you?

14:13Always.

14:13You have to.

14:14That's what we're all trying to do.

14:15Very true.

14:16That's what we're all trying to do.

14:17Mark, thank you so much

14:18for your time.

14:19I look forward to seeing your career

14:20post-40 as a WWE wrestler.

14:25Thank you very much.

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