How the fuck did I end up hosting my radio show, do bits for MUTV and become a semi regular contributor on Fulltimedevils?
This story starts on the 19th March 2018 when I received a message on Skype from an account
called Premier League Fanzone asking me what team I supported. The only reason I saw
this was because I had the day off school because of the snow. Now you might think this
has DHOYTA written all over it but this is genuinely what happened.
Anyway, to cut a long story short I ended up on TV in 70 countries two hours later across Asia and Africa.
I’ve gone into more detail about this for the article I did for Fourfourtwo which you can find by searching
something like ‘James African TV’ into google.
called Premier League Fanzone asking me what team I supported. The only reason I saw
this was because I had the day off school because of the snow. Now you might think this
has DHOYTA written all over it but this is genuinely what happened.
Anyway, to cut a long story short I ended up on TV in 70 countries two hours later across Asia and Africa.
I’ve gone into more detail about this for the article I did for Fourfourtwo which you can find by searching
something like ‘James African TV’ into google.
The point of this though isn’t: ‘how I got lucky by having everything falling into place for me’. But rather that
without applying yourself and putting any hard work in, you won’t get anywhere if you want to succeed in
this industry. Sure, maybe it was fate that I had my phone near me when they sent me that message and
I was off school. However, I still had to research topics when I was going on that show and dedicated
loads of time to it and pretty much abandoned any sort of social life I had (which was quite little in
hindsight to be fair). I remember I had my GCSE results day and instead of going out and celebrating,
I was on that programme talking about Fred as he’d just signed.
without applying yourself and putting any hard work in, you won’t get anywhere if you want to succeed in
this industry. Sure, maybe it was fate that I had my phone near me when they sent me that message and
I was off school. However, I still had to research topics when I was going on that show and dedicated
loads of time to it and pretty much abandoned any sort of social life I had (which was quite little in
hindsight to be fair). I remember I had my GCSE results day and instead of going out and celebrating,
I was on that programme talking about Fred as he’d just signed.
It was still me that reached out to Fulltimedevils, Bro Radio, MUTV and all of the other opportunities that
I have been given over the course of the past year and a half. Sure, this helped and it was great
experience and I owe a lot to Michael who worked at PLP for sticking with me as a caller even though he
knew I wasn’t from Lagos.
I have been given over the course of the past year and a half. Sure, this helped and it was great
experience and I owe a lot to Michael who worked at PLP for sticking with me as a caller even though he
knew I wasn’t from Lagos.
All I’m saying is, although it looks like it. Nothing has fallen into my lap and I’ve still had to work hard to
get to the position I have now. I’ve still had to stand in the pissing rain at Barry Town and wait 20 minutes
for an interview that’ll probably only be listened to by a small amount of people, dedicate weeks of my
summer off to certain projects like the Homeless World Cup and I sent in at least 10-15 video reviews into
FullTimeDevils before I got asked to do a preview for them and nothing I’ve done yet has been paid, it’s
all been voluntary work.
get to the position I have now. I’ve still had to stand in the pissing rain at Barry Town and wait 20 minutes
for an interview that’ll probably only be listened to by a small amount of people, dedicate weeks of my
summer off to certain projects like the Homeless World Cup and I sent in at least 10-15 video reviews into
FullTimeDevils before I got asked to do a preview for them and nothing I’ve done yet has been paid, it’s
all been voluntary work.
Yeah, that’s all I wanted to say really. Off to Manchester in a couple of weeks to (ironically) talk about my
adventures on African TV and do Fulltimedevils’ podcast.
Also, if you haven’t seen me on MUTV for a bit, it’s because they’ve moved the show to when I do my
radio show. So, unless I’m not doing my radio show I can’t go on it.
adventures on African TV and do Fulltimedevils’ podcast.
Also, if you haven’t seen me on MUTV for a bit, it’s because they’ve moved the show to when I do my
radio show. So, unless I’m not doing my radio show I can’t go on it.
Anyway, Hopefully United stick with Solskjaer and don’t sack him and I’ve also got something hopefully
coming out soon (around December I think) for the Football Chronicle but can’t say much yet.
coming out soon (around December I think) for the Football Chronicle but can’t say much yet.
James.
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