John ‘Fenners’ Fendley
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764 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 8 May
John ‘Fenners’ Fendley’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And I was from the North, which in his mind meant that I wouldn't have any friends down in London, so I'd spend more time at work.
And that kind of worked.
So within, you know, you talk about doing your however many, 10,000 hours, whatever.
I probably didn't do that many, but I crammed a lot in over the next five years.
And then we started doing the sketches and then...
The show grew and it built and it became the thing that everyone talked about.
And probably when you talk about Hay Day, that was probably when people think about it.
But I never kind of had any ambitions to be a TV presenter.
It was never that.
I just wanted to be in football.
I wanted to work in football.
And so...
But because I had an understanding of the show, when I came back to produce it and I was asked to present it as well, I knew that I could do it because I knew what the show needed.
I knew the sensibilities that the show required because the show, in my mind, it was about having the right sort of attitude for it.
Anything, be it an album, be it a piece of clothing, be it whatever it is, there's an attitude and a sensibility and a tone for it.
And I understood that.
I think I did anyway.
So I was, and I wasn't about, I knew I wasn't going to go on and do, you know, Soccer Saturday.
I wasn't going to go and replace Jeff Selling.
Although I did apply for that job.
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