A CHAT WITH: Phil 'Percy' Purnell
GasCast - Bristol Rovers Podcast
English - October 12, 2020 08:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsSoccer Sports bristol rovers football league football soccer gascast gas league one Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Caz is joined by Bristol Rovers legend Phil 'Percy' Purnell in a special throwback 'A Chat With' episode.
From supporting Rovers at a young age on the Eastville terraces, to scoring - not one - but TWO of the most important goals in Bristol Rovers' history.
Phil touches on the moment he kept us up by scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win over Newport, beating Bristol City 3-0 to secure promotion AND that all important goal in the 3-0 win over Blackpool to beat our rivals to the title. Phil discusses the 5,000+ Gasheads who travelled with them to Bloomfield Road and the role they played in the promotion season.
We also discuss his relationship with his team-mates, The Tote End, the move from Eastville and what it was like to be a professional footballer in the 80s & 90s compared to present day.
Finally, we talk about the career-ending leg break and what that then meant for Phil's life going forward.