Now available from shop.brentfordfc.com, your Brentford v Liverpool match programme includes an in-depth interview with Ethan Pinnock.
Pinnock was 19 years old when he became a centre-back at non-League Dulwich Hamlet, which makes the defender’s rise to becoming a Premier League mainstay so impressive.
"I became a centre-back quite late on, probably when I was about 19,” he told club journalist Adam Goodwin.
“It was actually accidental! I had a pre-season game at Dulwich and one of the centre-backs was injured. For that game, I ended up playing as a centre-back, I did well there, and then I just carried on playing in that position.
“It was difficult to transition because, initially, you're not really sure where you're meant to be positioned on the pitch when the ball is in certain areas.
“But, luckily, one of my centre-back partners at Dulwich had played about 500 league games, they were older, experienced guys, and they would always help and talk me through games."
To celebrate the return of the castle crest on our 2022/24 second kit, we’ll be speaking with those who wore it best the first time around.
Next up is Jim McNichol, who arrived at Griffin Park in 1978 and went on to play more than 160 games for the club, and forged a formidable partnership with Pat Kruse during his time in west London.
“We always played with a back four and two centre-halves; Pat was the one who did most of the attacking and I picked up the pieces,” McNichol recalled during a conversation with Dan Long.
“I’d like to say I used my pace to cover him, but I didn’t – I was more of a reader of the game. The one with pace at the back was Danis Salman, who was as quick as anyone.
“Pat was superb and a great tackler. He wasn’t a giant, but he was spring-heeled and had great jumping and heading ability. He was brave as well; he’d stick his head in where I wouldn’t put my feet! But he was a good player as well.
“We just gelled and sometimes it’s like that. In my career, I had a couple of similar partnerships, but there were some where we just didn’t gel. If you can read each other, it does help and Pat and I just got on. We travelled in together as we lived in the same area, too.
“That’s not to say we didn’t give each other a b*******g if one of us did something wrong, but we’d discuss it after the game and we didn’t fall out about it. It helps in any walk of life if you get on with someone and if you know you work well together, it can help massively.”
Also included in issue ten
Thomas Frank’s thoughts
Big Ben Burgess’ Big Match Preview
Richard Morgan, Sky Sports journalist, provides the lowdown on Liverpool
The Nathan Caton column
An interview with B team defender Edon Pruti
The first team's training camp in Spain is the focus of content creator Talia Heggs’ latest gallery
Printed locally using sustainable materials, this 100-page issue is available online and around the Gtech Community Stadium for £4.
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