The Gaffer
Hold on, I'm thinking...
← His worldIssue No.0 · Origin
The making of
The Gaffer
Origin
go on, hear where it started
Sound on. The Gaffer, deadpan, on his own legend.
Where he came from
Dagenham, 1988
87goals in non-league. The best years of my life.
29 years old
Then the hamstring went. That was that.
1997
Match reporter, the East London Gazette. Learned to watch.
Late nights, 2002
Football phone-in radio. Ten years of telling them why they were wrong.
February 2007
Called it.United's title. In February. Nobody else dared.
Now
Issue #0He calls every game. Now he calls yours.
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The Gaffer
Dagenham & Redbridge
Striker
1988–1997
87
Goals
The playing days
A signed card of the striker he was, before he was the gob in your ear. One for the collection.
Trust the Gaffer.