David O'Leary
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967 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 14 May
David O'Leary’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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After three years.
So then I had to tell, I had to tell, I had to kind of tell Arsenal.
And George was at an attitude of, I think in the roundabout, go and tell him to take a hike, but I thought George was doing it more for Arsenal's interest than mine.
And I said, no, I'm going to go up, I'm not going to give him the... How old was you then?
How old was I then?
I must have been...
maybe 30 odd then in that way.
So I got the stuff, got up to Manchester, no sign of Jack, seen the lads, lads kept saying, thanks for turning up after, you know, the way the usual lads say to Mick, thanks for turning up.
Got up the following morning, we're flying the charter out of Manchester and Jack didn't say anything to me.
We trained, he said to me then,
He said to me on the training ground coming off, he said, can you play left side centre half?
I said, yeah, that way.
And didn't say anything else.
He picked the team the following day, said the lad from Arsenal, you're playing.
That's your play.
And then, as I say, just before the game, he said to me, you pass to Mick McCarty, you won't play for Ireland again.
Meaning, I don't like my centre-half's passing.
I want it nailed up there.
And that was...
I withdrew from a squad.
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