Secret Footballer - "If I were a youngster, I’d look at Brighton as an ideal club..."

[knocky1]

Absolutely. It's a Guardian journalist living in Brighton, as most of them do.

They often have trouble with fantasy and reality. I remember photos of a hove school pupil being an 11 year old inner city London Gang boy in the Weekend magazine section.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Is the Secret Footballer also The Stig?

 

[Brovion]

Anyone else find it a tad patronising?

 

[Stato]

Its Kitson. He was outed a couple of years ago after a Danish TV crew tricked him into confirming that he holidayed there as a child, something the Secret Footballer had written about. I read his Guardian columns and have read the second book. That makes for particularly good reading when you know its Kitson as he talks about his time at a club that is obviously Portsmouth. He doesn't seem to have a lot of time for Michael Appleton.

 

[albionant]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_0DQAfNzEk

 

[skipper734]

Comments aren't moderated very swiftly..

 

[8ace]

He doesn't like Ray Bloom does he!

RB has always seemed an affable enough chap when ever I've met him.

 

[Diego Napier]

I personally believe its Dave Kitson.

However some people have muted it could be Danny Murphy. Which is a good shout - did he ever play at Withdean? With Fulham possibly?

Mooted (spelling police )

 

[Hungry Joe]

He's an interesting chap Kitson. An absolute tool on the pitch but quite a likable and intelligent gent off it.

 

[Albion Robster]

He's an interesting chap Kitson. An absolute tool on the pitch but quite a likable and intelligent gent off it.

He's not that intelligent. One of his stories was mooring his Yacht outside a Marina restaurant, sat down for lunch, then came out of the restaurant hours later to see the tide had gone out.
What a tit?!

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Two or three make sense to me too.

There's also the Sh*te Football Journalist.
My money is on [MENTION=12805]Hove[/MENTION] Born and Bred for that.

Corrected for you

 

[jimbob5]

all day long I'd biddy biddy bum, if I were a youngster now. I wouldn't have to work hard etc

 

[Hungry Joe]

He's not that intelligent. One of his stories was mooring his Yacht outside a Marina restaurant, sat down for lunch, then came out of the restaurant hours later to see the tide had gone out.
What an tit?!

I've done similar. Make of that what you will.