David Stockdale | "I Was Completely Ostracised By The Club"

David Stockdale is with us for this week's episode talking through his rise from non-league to the Premier League and the England squad. Including, Parky's bribes, Jimmy Bullard's late night phone-in, Felix Magath's smorgasbord therapy, being ostracised at Birmingham, and rediscovering the love with Gareth Ainsworth.
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[@dannymann88]

As a lifelong Birmingham City fan thats embarrassing to hear... But knowing what a circus the clubs been for the last decade not surprising. Sorry to hear Stocks went through that and no grudges or ill feeling held here.

[@onlyfacts9969]

Clubs done well to stay in the championship with that shambles

[@smurchison5765]

What minute does he talk about that please?

[@WebbyBrum-fg6lf]

Are you joking?? He couldn’t even stay in shape for £40k per week. He was absolutely embarrassing

[@Mr___X]

@@WebbyBrum-fg6lf you don't need to be a fitness model to play in goal

[@WebbyBrum-fg6lf]

@@Mr___X well he was shit regardless of his size so what’s your point??

[@paddywalsh247]

Could genuinely be the best episode i’ve seen, such a genuine man and that birmingham stint must have took a strong man to get through. Top man david 👍🏼

[@JM-nc9ck]

Great podcast. I’m a Wednesday fan and he’s class. I love how he just doesn’t care when the fans are going nuts and just carries on with his game. Glad we’ve got him

[@Rowdy.GK1]

Swfc 4ever

[@timrowson1307]

What a humble, honest guy. This is up there with some of the best episodes you guys have done over the years for sure!

[@daztomlinson7069]

Finally a player who’s talks about the actual contract and the numbers being offered 👍💯

[@LeftWinger9]

Who cares apart from you and Parkin, obsessed with money

[@ChrisSmith74627]

Interesting insight into how football clubs are managed from the inside. On another note; I think it could be great to get a foreign player on to talk about playing in the UK for some new perspectives

[@bigd1935]

Always remember him at darlo sounds a great lad at heart ...shafted at Birmingham wish him all the best in the future...Great listen this boys 😉👍

[@Tilton85]

As a blues fan I’m embarrassed the way he was treated always knew something wasn’t right

[@jordanmoore8096]

As a blues fan im gutted to hear what the club put stocks through most fans like myself actually wanted him to stay was a good keeper IMO glad we got rid of dong in the end and as stocks pointed out things are coming out in the wash at birmingham now as always stocks KRO 💙

[@ssimmo10]

One of the best ones yet guys, what a top man!

[@longman7717]

The whole Birmingham scenario is shocking but it seems to happen at every club sooner or later. Few years ago, Kieran Westwood (arguably best keeper in the Championship at the time) was dropped and made to train with Sheff Wed U23s. Guess who was manager? Yep, Gary Monk.

[@johnbobby1092]

Gary monk ...rhymes with cunt !

[@lukenewey1117]

Don’t think monk was the issue tbf. Was sacked by the same board when we was doing as good as blues could be.

[@michaeleaton5824]

As a wednesday fan stocky has been amazing this season

[@KevinSmith-wj1hd]

This is interesting because as an Albion fan the narrative of him leaving us was that he was after more money. But as a goalie, he is the best I have ever seen in one-on-one situations, he saved everyone...

[@WarwickRoadAndy]

OMG another fantastic interview, David you are one class act, keep your head held high, you deserve it. Keep going✊👍

[@andrewmccarthy4251]

What he doesn’t say is he used to park his Rolls Royce with his private plate in the main car park with the fans whilst playing for the kids.Without knowing all the facts it did rub the fans up the wrong way

[@MrChipz900]

…that’s just his car 🤣

[@lukefearnley6453]

This has been a great watch and a fantastic insight as well 👌🏼😊😀

[@Matthew-bu7fg]

I think this might be my favourite ever episode and I honestly did not expect to be saying that when I first clicked on Incredible range of topics uncovered which need more light shed from during this episode. edit: also I am getting the impression that Gareth Ainsworth's one of the biggest legends in football

[@Mr___X]

big fan of the low v neck are we matty?

[@adam160908]

I always wondered why David left Brighton after getting promoted and reaching the Premier league and being the established no 1 to then drop down a division with Birmingham,i thought it a very strange decision but it all makes sense now with him stating they were only offering a 1 year deal,glad hes back with a big club as saw him play recently at the Bolton match which Wednesday won 2-0.

[@johns8377]

Hes not at a big club hes at Wednesday.

[@John-u4t2n]

​@@johns8377type of fan who needs leaving in a mess

[@roryvandenberg3710]

What a top lad. Wish birmingham would have let him come to Leeds back then!

[@frankcairns6033]

What a fantastic guy, it shows how people can be perceived incorrectly based on the rumours and gossip in football. Incredibly down to earth and balanced bloke who wanted to succeed. The treatment at Birmingham was appalling but we know as fans things happen behind closed doors. Good luck at Wednesday and a good couple of years left in your career

[@jillianeames3723]

💯% Great Guy obviously a Stocky fan a pleasure to listen to.

[@kenneth2656]

Interview starts at 9:52

[@Robhalifax]

That was great. He even carried some extra timber as a young lad at my team York.

[@matttodd8074]

Wouldn't Rob a bank with stockdale ...that lad can sing 🤣🤣

[@johnmorgan4110]

Goalkeepers are always my fave to listen to . Cheers lads. Even Kirklands was top notch. In order are my fave episodes....Weaver, Grobbelar, Kenny, Jimmy Walker, Crossley and Woody!

[@kevinsnowdon9797]

He's a lovely chap. Supported Darlo with a bit of cash and also an injured Darlo lad with a brain injury.

[@thomasbryan6796]

What a top man Stockdale!! Really enjoyed this interview...Under the cosh is fucking brilliant!! Well done lads again another great show 👍 look forward to the next one 👍💚👏👏👏

[@AvisEdits]

Disappointed that you edited the babestation clip, the request Jimmy makes had me in tears 😂😂

[@shelton21gaming16]

One of best keepers i seen in my life in championship always love you stock

[@adamswfc8666]

I’m delighted to have stocko at Wednesday this year he’s been a great signing and the young keepers up and coming at wednesday could learn a thing or 2 love the bloke keep at it stocko let’s get promoted this season 🦉

[@richard7289]

Brilliant interview that, top man stocky, wawaw

[@owenhumphreys1496]

Class boys loved this one

[@seanb3204]

Lovely fella, great one lads

[@liamsanderson8603]

Good like stocks glad he’s happy he’s finally at a big club!

[@Jaaskelainen1993]

Enjoyed this one again fellas. You get good lads on every week. Shame how dave was treated, no wonder Birmingham was mess around that time.

[@mrbluesky2051]

It’s a shame it has taken this long to hear the other side of the story. Not a good story for Birmingham but these stories must happen at every club.

[@leewilliams7052]

As a Birmingham fan, gutted to hear the shit you went through, not surprised one bit, as our owners have virtually killed the club. Good luck at Wednesday going forward.. Kro

[@JLawls91]

Great interview, comes across as very down to earth. He might not tempt fate, but ‘who’s bottling it now?’ 😂

[@davidmanion6525]

Great lad feel for him going through that at birmingham. Some people have no idea some of the shit tht goes off behind scenes

[@richardhanna5243]

Quality interview

[@TheLunistice]

Great pod!

[@simonnewbound6225]

As a Wednesday fan I'm so glad we are no longer at the end off his time wasting 😂😂

[@muz7891]

What a lovely guy 👏🏼

[@kevinbeck6785]

Stocky great guy and top keeper, as a liverpool fan, great listening to leeds fans singing , Football in a Library at Anfield

[@jamest91]

Top man Stocky, our keeper 🦉

[@neilmiller6214]

Love these pods, keep them going lads. Quick q. The patreon ones do they come on here and if so how long does it take ? If not no bother it’s worth a couple of quid. Please try to get kevin keegan!

[@Hortoninho]

The 2 patreon episodes a month only get posted to the patreon app. You get early access to the general release KZbin episodes aswell as entry to the monthly tombola. For the amount of episodes they churn out its well worth a fiver a month 👍

[@Aidan-yl9eo]

That was a great episode 👍

[@michaelohalloran2800]

I know you probably hate getting suggested Quests.But any chance getting Mickey Thomas.?. Thanks lads. Great pod.

[@jackmurphy7664]

Great podcast lads , top guest

[@awaydaysbeercompany3359]

Top episode...Erik Nevland a proper throwback!!!

[@pauldavid5728]

John is well chuffed with getting one over you both on the Robbie tickets 😁 that was an hilarious start lads. I never skip forward. You're banter is top class 👌👌🤟🤟

[@seagull8415]

Always wondered why Stocky left Albion just as we made it to the epl.

[@bernadettemaddocks8804]

I remember Stockdale to go above and beyond with the Geoff Horsefield Foundation. Embarrassed we treated you so badly x

[@fezzabluenose]

All the stuff about Dong mistreating him is interesting to learn But the fact is he still gained 2 stone whilst being paid 40k a week to be a professional athlete (whilst the club was in a relegation battle) Monk was right to bomb him out of the squad

[@adamalwill5902]

Quality podcast as always. Can't believe how poorly he was treated!! Disgusting from the CEO!!

[@adammcvey8903]

Nightmare when an undr the cosh episode gets in the way of the all the adverts

[@CurlySam92]

9:49 but you should watch the intro

[@1984aok]

Brilliant keeper for Wycombe

[@joshuacullen3217]

Enjoyed that and it's a shame Leeds didn't get him at the time. Bet York are proud of that decision 😂🙈 Birmingham - wow. That explains a lot.

[@jakehope6811]

Hope you enjoyed Robbie parky my son you deserve all the perks of being the host of the world's best football podcast big man 👌😉

[@shondellsb604]

Shout out the A217! Love it Stocks :)

[@Classicvilllas]

Someone tell me what minute they bring up his website.

[@mikemerriman4109]

Website ?

[@Mr___X]

@@mikemerriman4109 it's like michael owen's cv from back in the day

[@benneave4921]

Under the cosh is the best football podcast on KZbin

[@sonny22]

A very honest and real lovely guy.

[@dannynaylor5366]

Fucking hated it as a Wednesday fan when we played him but he's been unreal for us this season

[@JackManEveryday]

His website is hilarious 😂😂😂 I hope it wasn’t him that wrote the stuff on there

[@andrewbell7994]

No wonder some footballers have issue when they are treated like he was. Trying to move on and them keep putting blockers in the way. That would be hard for any body in any job with a family not knowing if you coming or going

[@VillaBoys123]

So Birmingham offered him a 3 year 40k a week deal and it was same money as the one year offered by Brighton? Just say you went to Blues as they gave you a huge contract you couldn't turn down. It's fine.

[@kb5509]

Why wouldn't it be near enough the same? They were in the prem.

[@VillaBoys123]

@@kb5509 For it to be the same Brighton would have to have paid 120k a week.

[@kieranmcbride4261]

this was outstanding, really would like to go for a pint with him haha

[@jayjayb89]

Stocks was treated shockingly bad at Birmingham

[@onlyfacts9969]

So many players have been

[@prepareforyourafterlife.2221]

@@onlyfacts9969 like ?

[@onlyfacts9969]

@@prepareforyourafterlife.2221 Zigic ,Pesch,Ben Foster, Gary O'Connor. Club treats experienced professionals like filth but retire the number of a lad that played about 30 games 😂

[@kb5509]

@@onlyfacts9969 they covered up Gaz O'Connor getting banned for coke. Pretty lucky, if anything.

[@onlyfacts9969]

@@kb5509 I didn't mean that and they only covered it up so the could sell him. I meant forcing him to play with a back injury that led to pretty much every other injury he had in his career

[@andrewcornfield5001]

Does this geezer ever finish a sentence …? Ken Barlow was more fun

[@annamariamichaels1372]

😂😂😂

[@alanwilson8117]

Just catching up with all these podcasts and the more I listen to them the more it comes to light what a f**ked up club Birmingham City was. - maybe still is? No wonder Bellingham got as far away as he could, pretty sharpish. Stocks seems like a nice lad but sometimes you have to be an arsehole to get out of those situations. Keep up the good work lads!

[@lukenewey1117]

Comment makes no sense 😂 stocks treated awful but Jude could’ve left when he was 13 onwards for a tribunal fee. Instead signed a contract so his team got a fee for him. One season in that league and proved he was far too good anyway

[@seannyt-b]

I listen to the pod - Sean in Reading 🤣

[@willbrown2930]

Just starting it know hes seems a sound lad. Older lads probably had him up the wall haa

[@tuberjr]

stockdale comes over as a really genuine guy.........a guy with principles. parky comes over as a shark.

[@mikemerriman4109]

A shark? Lol

[@tuberjr]

@@mikemerriman4109 shark= takes a bet, don`t keep his word on a bet and doesn`t pay out....listen to the script.

[@Liaminchains]

Chris can you please start getting your toes out again please, they are sorely missed.

[@joehill3355]

Carl jenkinson is needed on this

[@thecelt231]

14:21 - 15:27 😂😂😂

[@castra58]

There's a pattern to Felix Magath at clubs he's managed, both Fulham and in Germany. Basically a very unpleasant human being.

[@lukenewey1117]

Feel bad for the way he was treated at times, but got promoted with Brighton had a brilliant season. Common knowledge redknapp absolutely destroyed the club with finances😂😂 acting like he was forced to come

[@harrydrake4173]

That's a common theme with Redknapp... See Pompey, QPR...

[@alp7891]

1:07:00 Look fabio a fucking need a cap pal.

[@adamknights8427]

Heard a couple say things about Gary Monk across your episodes now - sounds like he's a right shithouse

[@FelixGallardo1946]

16 furlongs is 2 miles. Can see why Jon clung onto his career as long as he did.

[@Happeninlad]

Completely*

[@ukalansmallish6744]

16 Furlong = 2 miles,

[@simonstaunton9595]

Started a story about having a box against Leeds and then started another story 😞

[@TheJW7]

Stevenage legend

[@benjackson9586]

Darlo legend

[@nwils6944]

Stone cold from the big man.

[@connorsutton]

I’m absolutely disgusted how my club has treated you David the club was a joke for so many years it’s. Shame they treated players like that

[@VillaBoys123]

Calm down

[@MRMOGJG]

Be a great coach this man i reckon i didnt particularly think he was the best at wednesday and he also had some crap games buy hey he had good games also ... And makes me wonder was Birmingham already dead from the last owners to the new ones and thats the reason theyv got down who knows

[@waz1092]

Top man

[@connorswainston4563]

Andy Reid what a player he wasn’t the skinniest

[@Dan-vm4sw]

Pod starts 9:49

[@michaelbunn2093]

Second best after Glen little

[@connorw4100]

Sounds half pissed stocky in this haha

[@skiltonjackmusic8274]

9:48

[@thepriest71]

Seems like a bright lad...lol

[@dominicjones3127]

35:00 🤣

[@eddiewales4836]

Suprised at the love for this one a thought he was a big cry baby who told a few lies . One of the worst for me and I've watched them all only been disappointed in 3 or 4