or Jenson Button; I haven’t got the talent to win a premier league title like Man United, Chelsea or Man City, but my job does allow me to be right there alongside these people in the garage, in the dressing room, and alongside the pitch doing interviews. I get to see what that life and that world is about, and that is an absolute privilege. You’ve been blessed with one super power. What would it be and why? Invisibility, without a doubt. Just to be able to go places where you’re not really allowed. I mean, part of the reason why I love my job is because I’m a nosey bugger. I just want to know about people; I want to know how you got there, how it happened, how you felt when it happened, and why it happened. Whereas I could actually just do that for myself - in fact, when I was younger, I used to dream about going into McDonalds completely invisible, and taking whatever I wanted. Now I think I might go somewhere slightly more exciting. I’d love unlimited invisibility; imagine the places you could go. You could walk into a cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street; you could wander into Man City dressing room 5 minutes before Pep Guardiola delivers a massive team talk; where could you not go? Nowhere! It’d be great. Can you pick out a single favourite moment from your career so far? I suppose it was presenting sports personality of the year for the first time. I was 28 and I was alongside Gary Lineker and Sue Barker who are proper legends of broadcasting. It was at the echo arena, in front of 6,000 people – my mum and dad were there, David Beckham was there, and the prime minister was there. When you walk out on the stage with those types, you think “Yep, I’ve made this. This is decent”.
Student Pocket Guide North West Spring/Summer 2018
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