When a young Mikey watched York City on the terraces of Bootham Crescent with his grandad, he would have dreamt of representing the club when he was older. That opportunity came when he was appointed assistant manager to David Webb in 2022 but took full charge of the side when Webb departed after only a few months. Trying to keep the club in the National League whilst off the field issues reared their head on a regular basis, Mikey’s time in the dugout was short but eventful. Here he reflects on his time leading the Minstermen as well as the coaching career in general.

Interview conducted by Dan Tait, edited and produced by James Charters.

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David Lloyd is without doubt a cricketing legend after a long and successful career that included captaining and winning trophies with Lancashire, scoring a test hundred for England, later coaching his county and country plus becoming everyone's favourite pundit during his 22 years with Sky sports. During those times it was well known that Bumble was a huge football fan, in particular, of his hometown club, Accrington Stanley but perhaps lesser known is that he is now (alongside wife Diana) a season ticket holder for York City. In this interview we discuss his career from those cricket highlights mentioned as well as his life as a south stander at the LNER community stadium.

This interview was conducted by Dan Tait, edited and produced by James Charters.

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When Jon Champion persuaded his parents to let him skip orchestra practice to go to Bootham Crescent, even he couldn’t have predicted the chain of events that followed this seminal moment. This interview discusses the long suffering support of his hometown club but also how this all coincided with forging his successful career in broadcasting, which started with a fluent but drunken match report.

This interview was conducted by Dan Tait, edited and produced by James Charters. The episode is sponsored by the Nearly Departed App.

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