The COYGIG Pod Ep. 167 | "Always a dream for me to play in England" | KELLY BRADY
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What inspired Kelly Brady's move to Crystal Palace F.C. Women?
Right, we are here at Dublin Airport, about to set off because Arsenal are playing Brentford tonight in the Premier League. I'm joined by Mark Fagan, Arsenal superfan, who only had to go and get a tattoo to get himself on this trip. Yeah, that was all.
I spent all my rent money on it as well, so I'll give you a look at it if you ask. Yeah, let's have a look at this. Whatever the weather went. Whatever the weather, the anthem, yeah. I spent all my rent money, but didn't tell the missus that, so it's alright.
When did you get that?
Two years ago, I would say, yeah. I'll add more to it. There's loads of room there to add more.
Well, that's it. Given the way things are going this season, there might be plenty of opportunities. Yeah, I hope so.
A treble winning thing there, hopefully, yeah. If we can get that. No chance of getting tickets. Apart from winning the lotto, this is obviously the next best thing. It's unreal. Even when I got the text, I was in work. I was in the staff room. I wouldn't even eat my lunch. I couldn't eat my lunch. I was just, yeah, I love to do it. You're sick, you're sick. I was like, no, I can't believe it. I honestly couldn't believe I won it.
Two flight values, the top one, yeah, 108. Mark, is this a familiar walk?
How did Kelly Brady perform during her season with Athlone FC?
Yeah, a familiar walk, yeah. It's a familiar smell. It's a familiar smell, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like, it is like a real assault on the senses, especially when you're here early and you can just see all the food vendors just getting ready for the assault of people coming over the next couple of hours. Yeah, all the flags and scarves and pins and badges and stuff around here on the left as well, yeah. It's half past three. 7.30 kick-off, so we're four hours early for kick-off. I don't suppose you've ever been this early for the Emirates before. Not here, no.
If I go to my local club, I'm always this early, but not over here, no. Not this early. When was the first time you came to the Emirates? Oh, God. Emirates-wise, probably 15 years ago or so. Firebury, obviously, before that, but yeah, maybe 15 years or so ago, but the Emirates, yeah.
Do you think it's changed a lot around here, like in terms of the energy around the club, the atmosphere in the stadium?
Yeah, that was what I was going to say, the atmosphere 100% definitely has. I think since Arteta came in, I think it definitely has. I think they said that, there was a quote, someone, I don't know who said it, that Wenger built the Emirates and Arteta turned the lights on or something like that.
That's it, I think it was James McNicholas, I think.
Yeah, so it's a good quote when you think about it, that he made the atmosphere and stuff like that. So yeah, no, it definitely has 100%, yeah.
Do you remember the first game you came to at the Emirates?
I can't remember who it was against, to be honest. I don't want to jinx myself here, so we can put this out after the game, but I haven't seen Arsenal lose here. Have you not? No, actually, and they've all been wins, so I shouldn't have said that, to be honest with you, but I haven't seen them lose, or even draw, as I said, at the Emirates. Any time they've been here, they've won, so hopefully it's a good omen type thing. There's been a lot of work that we've done in the stadium over the last couple of years, so last time you were here. So it's just modernised quite a bit really, just to reflect the progress of the club and where we're at at the moment.
What challenges did Kelly face transitioning to a new league?
So when you go in you'll see some sort of new artwork and new imagery. And some Christmas trees because it's that time of year. Thank you. Good carp, innit? Not bad. Good carp.
Not bad, yeah. Unreal. David, as somebody who knows exactly what it's like to come over here as an Irishman and experience things on the pitch of Highbury, as it was, I'm almost saying it's almost a habitual thing to talk about this turf, given now that it feels that Arsenal have developed and cultivated a real relationship with the stadium and with the fans at this stage. Do you feel Highbury vibes at this stage?
Look, Highbury will be always, you know, Highbury and it's just there, you know?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What inspired Kelly Brady's move to Crystal Palace F.C. Women?
0:27–1:38
2
How did Kelly Brady perform during her season with Athlone FC?
1:38–3:36
3
What challenges did Kelly face transitioning to a new league?
3:36–6:10
4
What does Kelly Brady say about the atmosphere at the Emirates Stadium?
6:10–7:34
5
How has the energy around Arsenal changed under Arteta?
7:34–8:36
6
What memories does Kelly have from her first visit to the Emirates?
8:36–11:39
7
How does Kelly feel about the support for women's football in England?
11:39–13:07
8
What are Kelly Brady's future aspirations in her football career?
13:07–19:34
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