Billy Kenny

to it.

yeah definitely I want to touch on something that I'm actually reading a book just now about a former Everton wonderkid called Billy Kenny don't know if you know the name he came through Everton in the mid 90s he was touted as the next Paul Gascoigne big expectations on him but he went into a dressing room that had a heavy drinking culture this was a boy who didn't drink alcohol and ultimately it ruined his career before he kicked the ball I don't feel at that point I know from conversations there was a big drinking culture within football in the 90s anyway but tell us a little bit about that at the time like how did it affect you in your playing?

It's a very interesting question because I sometimes look back and I said previously about Craig Robertson and my lifestyle was different from Craig Robertson's.

My lifestyle was different from a few players, Hamish, Ian Westwater, Colin Miller.

Can't see that.

They're forced to sell, they're not gonna be allowed to buy another Premier League club, are they? Floyd Beats Pace Easy said, "Baz, great interview with Billy Kenny.

I hope Reedhe's on soon." I am.

Chasing that up, don't worry.

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Whatever, right? But-

Who do you think you are, Billy Kenny?

But-

some

more tomorrow yeah right thank you very much everyone who's joined us brilliant loads of good questions as well make sure you hit the like button on the way out subscribe if you haven't and check out the billy kenny interview sounds like it's popular it is very popular it's bouncing but it was very honest so give that you have to say thank you to james thanks to james a lively job editing so take it easy see you all later bye

Fantastic.

But the reason that we're not live today is because we are recording, uh, around 12:00 PM on Monday, and that is the same time as that Chris' exclusive interview with a former Everton player, former teen star, Billy Kenny, uh, has gone out.

Chris, do you wanna, um, maybe just en- enlighten everyone on if you haven't watched it yet-

Yeah

And at the time, it was seen as a positive thing because, you know, as a dynamic midfielder.

But fortunately, you know, as I said, a lot of those off the field demons, uh, similar to the Italia '90 star.

But y- yeah, What Happened to Billy Kenny, it's called.

So he, he, he's telling his side of the story.

Hello, everybody, and welcome to a special edition of the Royal Blue Podcast.

Whatever happened to Billy Kenny? Well, he's here, isn't he? He's here with us at the Echo Studios.

The Goodison Gazza is Billy's new book.

It's coming out in October.

You've got thousands of them around you.

Yeah.

We've been waiting all this time to hear it, but Billy Kenny has told his story now, and it's coming out 7th of October, the Goodison Gazza.

So thank you so much for coming in, Billy, and telling your story.

And then tomorrow for Patreon, they'll get it a day early.

There's an interview with Billy Kenny going out, which will be on public YouTube on Sunday for everyone as well, which is actually a really good interview, even though he does swear a lot.

Me and John were talking lots before.

Go on, tell them.