Big Interview Archives - Blowing Bubbles

Tony Carr: ‘I look back on my time with immense pride – I loved every day’

May 15, 2022 Julian Shea 0

If former West Ham academy boss Tony Carr was on a percentage of the money paid for the players he nurtured and developed in his time at the club, he would probably be rich enough

Sandy Clark: ‘It was my choice to leave West Ham, but I wish I’d stayed longer’

April 10, 2022 Julian Shea 0

In the late 70 and early 1980s, English club sides had a secret key to success; the Scots. Liverpool were kings of Europe, powered by the trio of Alan Hansen, Kenny Dalglish and Graeme Souness.

Geoff Pike: ‘John Lyall was a second father to me during my time with West Ham’

March 7, 2022 Julian Shea 0

If you judge a man by the company he keeps, then Geoff Pike is not just West Ham class, but world class. Not only was he part of the 1980 FA Cup winning team, the

Stuart Slater: ‘Leaving West Ham was one of the biggest mistakes in my career’

February 8, 2022 Julian Shea 0

For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, ‘It might have been’. The words of American poet John Greenleaf Whittier are rarely applied to football, but when talking about the career

Jimmy Walker: ‘I didn’t have to buy a drink in Essex after my Lampard penalty save’

September 12, 2021 Julian Shea 0

Life may supposedly begin at 40 but in the case of former West Ham goalkeeper Jimmy Walker, one of the most remarkable periods of his life began a decade earlier. Signed on a free transfer