Steve Jones | West Ham | Sticker No. 505 | 1997

The search switches from Yorkshire to deepest East London where we’ve found one of the books hidden gems. Steve Jones was a non league striker with Billericay when West Ham took a punt on him in 1992. Within a week he’d gone from working part-time in a soap factory to being on the bench in the Premier League. He made 40 top-flight appearances, scoring three goals in those games, in a career that reads like the script of When Saturday Comes. We battled with technical issues during this episode, but have managed to salvage Steve’s best stories, and have added some bonus 1990s content in at the end. Keep it shiney, and enjoy the episode.Remember to follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @TheShineyPod. If you can connect us with a player from the 1997 book, please contact us via our website searchingforshineys.com.Thanks to our sponsor uk.Topps.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A podcast series in which two old uni friends, Matt Ketchell and Richie Wyatt, attempt to track down and interview as many footballers who featured in the 1997 Merlin Premier League sticker book as they can find. The pair ask players questions football fans have always wanted the answers to, take a nostalgic dribble through the playing career of their guest and stop to focus on the 1996/97 Premier League campaign, a period widely regarded as British football’s sweet spot.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.