Paul Hopgood
speaker
118 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 10 Jun
Paul Hopgood’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Younger or less experienced players or teams sat in the front and had to earn their way back to the back.
You did not get handed your place, you earn it with Neil.
Neil loved the 2021 MFC Premiership success, publicly praising the team for making its way to the backseat of the bus.
That story was from over 25 years ago.
And it's because of hearing stories like this that the boys who played for Neil were not surprised in the way that he took on his fight with MND.
Despite the challenges dished up to Nilo, he didn't just lay down.
He chose to fight with the spirit of the wildebeest.
He said he would, he did, and we're in awe of not only what he's done, but how he's done it.
Or Jeff Farmer, the wizard.
In a Queen's birthday game, Neil dragged him after a poor first half, ripping his magnet off the board and throwing it out of the coach's box.
He wouldn't be coming back on the ground for the rest of the day.
Ben Beams broke his arm five minutes into the third quarter.
Neil had no choice but to put the whiz back on the ground.
The whiz ends up kicking nine goals in the second half.
The wizard remembers the post-game review with the coach.
He walked into Neil's office the next day with a bit of a strut.
Perhaps an apology for the brutal half-time spray was coming his way.
Maybe Neil would actually admit he got this one wrong.
Sure enough, Neil was ready, and he had the highlight reel ready to go for the review.
But not for the nine second-half goals he kicked, but it was the nine things he did wrong in the first half.
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