David O'Leary
speaker
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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And they didn't let me down, Gary, because, you know, I got put in at 17 at the Arsenal.
And I've seen other, you know, 18, 19 year olds who couldn't cope with that.
But I enjoyed it.
You know, I got put in to start the season.
My birthday, that season, it was 42 games.
My birthday was on the 2nd of May.
Thanks for your card on Saturday as well.
I appreciate it.
And my birthday card, thank you.
A few injuries and I played at Burnley and I think Bertie Meade thought I'd be staying in for a couple of games and I played the first 40 games that way.
At 17, yeah.
But I got a drum roll as well to show you how times have changed.
I was on 100 quid a week at the time but it was like 250 quid appearance money at the time and I was thinking,
I was in the team, each game was playing.
Bertie Meade said to me after the third game before, how are you feeling, you OK?
Yeah, I feel OK.
All these games, I was thinking, you know, this old banger of an Escort 1600L, you know, with dodgy tires, I think I could be getting a Capri now, the way this is going.
And it was, you know, then I played the 40 games and the secretary called me in at the end of the season and it was Alan Ball, you know, all there and he was saying,
you get a good rise here, you know?
So I go into... Remember Ken Fryer?
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