Taken from the "Talking Sports Books Podcast" as we look back at some of the best moments from the first 50 shows and in this clip Mark Bright remembers the day he hit the big time after turning down Howard Wilkinson at Sheffield Wednesday he signed for Leicester City to link up with another hot shot Gary Lineker. Mark remembers the call to Howard to tell him he was going to Leicester and the moment he found out he would be on £300 a week £150 appearance money and a £10,000 signing-on fee and he became the first in his family to ever own a new car as he collected a brilliant white Opel Manta. The full version of this show is available on the website www.talkingsportsbooks.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-caple3/message

Pete May has supported West Ham all his life he was there for the FA Cup win over Arsenal when the Hammers were in Division 2 what he didn't think was that he would wait over 4 decades to celebrate another trophy win. In his book "Massive" he relives the journey that concluded with an epic night in Prague. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-caple3/message

Continuing our look at some of the best moments from the first 50 editions of "Talking Sports Books" Podcast in this selection Mark Bright joins me to look back at his very early days when he was looking to forge a career as a pro beginning at Port Vale the moments of self doubt and the joy of a contract that paid less than the factory job he had at the time. You can listen to the full version of this show on the website or any streaming provider www.talkingsportsbooks.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-caple3/message

Continuing our look back at some of the best stories from the first 50 editions of the podcast. In this clip we are talking with Fleet St veteran Rob Beasley who recounts the Saturday evening he was sat at home waiting for his big exclusive to break, Jose Mourinho was to be unveiled as the new England coach, until that is Rob's phone rang... You can listen to the full version of this story on the website or stream on any platform --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-caple3/message

Welcome back as we continue to look back at the best moments from the first 50 editions of "Talking Sports Books" the podcast, in this clip Fleet St veteran Rob Beasley talks about his book "Jose Mourinho Up Close and Personal" and the moment Jennifer Aniston left the entire Chelsea entourage speechless. To listen to the full edition head to the website www.talkingsportsbooks.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-caple3/message

A story for every football fan who had a dream that one day their team would be competing with the elite this is the story of how Elton John and Graham Taylor took a team on the brink of financial ruin turned it around and took it on a journey from Division 4 to Division 1 onward to a Cup Final and competing in Europe and all on a budget of under one million. Sounds like the stuff of fantasy only this is a real story of 2 men's obsession with Watford FC. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-caple3/message

More from the "Best of Talking Sports Books" as we look back at some of the best moments from the first 50 editions of the show. Remember the full editions of these podcasts are all available on the website www.talkingsportsbooks.com or on any streaming provider. In this extract some hilarious recollections from Rob Beasley who was with Jose from day 1 when he first arrived they went on to become great friends away from football as well.. Here he remembers his arrival at Chelsea and the incidents with the laundry basket, appearing in the stands in Munich the signing of Ashley Cole and borrowing a bible from "The Times" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-caple3/message

As we pass the 50th edition of "Talking Sports Books" we are going to look back at some of the best moments from the last 4 years picking some of the great stories that have been shared by the authors and personalities that have been on the show. In this edition former Tottenham Hotspur youth prodigy Anthony Potts looks back at some of the high jinks involving the legendary Paul Gascoigne, and being in a squad alongside Gary Lineker and coached by the late Terry Venables --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-caple3/message

Here is an extract from the new show with Carl Frampton who talks about his life from growing up in "Tigers Bay" and onward to becoming a World Champion. In this extract Carl remembers that very first night sat in the back of a blue Mondeo on his way to making his competitive debut aged 7. The full edition is online now --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-caple3/message

Extract from the new show with Gary Newbon talking about his book "Newbon Bloody Hell" and in this extract we look at the beginnings of one of Football's most loved shows "Saint and Greavsie" and it nearly didn't happen as when Greavsie was first called his response "to be honest i don't really fancy it" --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tim-caple3/message