Alan Brazil has revealed he did not know where Ipswich Town was before joining them as a teenager.
The talkSPORT host impressed a scout and was offered a trial at the now League One club.
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But the former Scotland striker would have needed help getting there!
He told Thursday’s Sports Breakfast: “I was 15 and I always remember the wee scout, a lovely guy called George Finlay, standing in the pouring rain with his duffle coat.
“He said, ‘son, I’ve been watching you for plenty of games and I think you’ve got a chance, would you like to come down to Ipswich on trial?’ I went, ‘yep, where’s Ipswich?’
“I had no idea where it was!”
Brazil won a UEFA Cup and an FA Cup during a successful seven-year spell at Ipswich.
He scored 70 goals in 154 league matches for the Tractor Boys, before joining Tottenham in 1983.
Brazil went on to have spells with Manchester United, Coventry and Queens Park Rangers, along with stints abroad in Australia and Switzerland.
Alan Brazil has a book out. Packed full of never-before-told stories, sporting controversy, refreshing appraisals of his career and a cast of larger-than-life characters, ‘Only Here For A Visit’ is a brutally honest and wickedly funny insight into an extraordinary life. You can buy a copy now from Amazon here and in all good book stores.
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