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Here's the first part of this month's Q & A - questions as ever from our socios.

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Hola!

As a kid, Alex Bruce travelled to Wembley to see his father, Manchester United legend Steve, lift the FA Cup. The experience sparked a dream, and one day he too would grace the Wembley turf, although his final with Hull City – a five-goal thriller against Arsenal – ended in defeat.

I caught up with defensive stalwart Alex at his current club Kilmarnock, where he described what it’s like being treated as the boss’ son, how the Championship is the most physically demanding league in the world, and exactly why he has so much admiration for Rooney, Ronaldo and Giggs.

Alex is great talking about how his youth career faltered at Man U – and was then resurrected at Blackburn Rovers, and the sheer joy of achieving promotion to the Premier League with Hull; an especially sweet experience because his beloved dad was the manager.

Enjoy

Graham

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Here’s another chance to hear my interview with Thomas Hitzlsperger from season two.

Thomas is one of football’s deep thinkers, now a considered and astute media analyst, but when he was a player he wasn’t averse to taking a gamble – not least giving up on the Bayern Munich academy for a go at the English top division. For Aston Villa and for this elegant midfielder with a wicked left foot, it was a move that paid off in spades. Thomas vividly recalls his stunning volley which helped Stuttgart win the title on the final nerve-wracking day of the 2007 Bundesliga. You’ll also hear about his time with the German national team, and how ‘Das Reboot’ finally knocked Spain off their perch.

I don’t need to exhort you to enjoy this Big Interview – I just know you will.

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In part two, Emile talks more about life at Leicester and how Martin O’Neill was the supreme man manager. He gives a fascinating insight into what it was like to make the move to Liverpool, where expectations were sky-high but where the Kop loved him. There's also England’s incredible World Cup qualifier in Germany in 2001, when the Golden Generation smashed their arch-rivals 5-1; and yes, even Heskey scored.

Enjoy

Graham

Check out Emile's brilliant book, out now

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The title of Emile Heskey’s autobiography is ‘Even Heskey Scored’, a sardonic nod to the misperception that he was anything other than a highly talented player, a prolific goal scorer and, most of all, a winner. In part one, Emile describes his ‘strange’ personality – painfully shy in the dressing room, super-confident on the field of play. He explains how he helped his beloved Leicester City escape financial meltdown and paints us a vivid behind-the-scenes picture of life at the Foxes training ground under Martin O’Neill, when being forced to wear the dreaded, smelly, yellow jersey was every player’s worst nightmare.

Enjoy

Graham

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Here’s another chance to hear part two of my interview with Ramon Calderon from season two.

Ramon tells the story of how he became Real president, and how promoting Zinedine Zidane from the position of reserve team coach to the biggest role in club football management was a risk that paid off. Ramon also tells how David Beckham was the ultimate professional, giving everything to help Real win the 2007 La Liga in dramatic style before he left for LA, how crucial Ruud van Nistelrooy and Sergio Ramos were to Los Blancos, and how signing the latter cheesed off Manchester United no end.

Enjoy.

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Here’s another chance to hear part one of my interview with Ramon Calderon from season two.

As president, Ramon helped usher in a new golden era for Real Madrid, not long after the club had flirted with bankruptcy. We delve back in time to hear about how Santiago Bernabeu made Real into the world’s premier football club after the trauma of the Spanish Civil War. Ramon relates how he chatted with the legendary Alfredo Di Stefano about his kidnapping, and how Paco Gento – the only man with six European Cup medals – was a winger who flew so fast that his team-mates couldn’t keep up with him. You’ll also hear how the underrated Vicente del Bosque was sheer class in midfield, and could change a match in a single moment.

Enjoy.

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Hola!

I recently had the pleasure of visiting Turin to speak with Eni Aluko, an elite player with Juventus and an elite analyst who spent the World Cup summer covering the tournament for Fox Sports. We talked about adjusting to life at one of the world's biggest clubs; what it was like watching the women's game crack mainstream football culture from a distance and how she feels now about the fight she took on against a culture of bullying inside the England camp - a fight that cost her a place at the finals in France.

Eni's autobiography, They Don't Teach This, is out now - it's a football story like no other.

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We're back with the second half of our season preview from Spain - which young players will make their name? Who will make the top four? How much credit does Valverde have in the bank at Barca?

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