V2 Football Podcast - TBA - Questions for Liam Daish

I'm happy to annouce that we have a fantastic guest is coming on the V2 Football Podcast, Former Republic of Ireland Defender Liam Daish.

Robbie's Wiki -
The early years[edit]Daish was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, and began his career with his hometown club Portsmouth F.C. However, he only made one appearance for the club's first team before he was released in 1988. He went in search of first-team football, which he found at Cambridge United. While at Cambridge, Daish helped the club to successive promotions from the Fourth to the Second Division. He also made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland, on 19 February 1992 at home to Wales,[1] while Cambridge were pushing for a third successive promotion. However, they fell in the playoffs and were relegated a year later.[2]

At Birmingham City[edit]The quality of his performances for Cambridge United inspired Barry Fry to sign him for Birmingham City for a fee of £50,000 in January 1994.[3]

Daish spent just over two years at St Andrew's, making nearly 100 appearances in all competitions. He captained the side to the Division Two championship in 1994–95 and to victory in the Football League Trophy final at Wembley. Fry, who managed him throughout his spell at Birmingham, once said of Daish that if a squadron of F-111s attacked the Birmingham penalty area he would attempt to head them away.[4]

To Coventry City[edit]In February 1996, Daish joined Coventry City for a fee of £1.5 million. He made an immediate impact, bolstering Coventry's shaky defence and improving their form overall. However, in the four seasons that he spent at Coventry, Daish was never a regular in the first team (he played in only 34 games for the Sky Blues). This was the result of a severe knee ligament injury which eventually forced his retirement from the professional game after two years on the sidelines.[5]

As a manager[edit]He joined non-league Havant & Waterlooville in 1999, going on to make 157 appearances (1 as substitute) in league and cup competitions, scoring 15 goals,[6][7] before his playing career was finally ended by a knee injury sustained in October 2002.[8] In April 2000 he took on a joint-manager role alongside Mick Jenkins after Billy Gilbert stood down. He spent three-and-a-half years in this role, during which time he took the club to the semi-final of the FA Trophy in 2003, before being sacked in January 2004 following a string of bad results.[9] Following this, he joined Welling United F.C. as a coach. For a time, following the dismissal of Paul Parker, Daish served as caretaker-manager of Welling but did not get the job full-time, despite leading the side to three wins and a draw in his four games in charge.[10][11]

Daish left Welling in February 2005 to become manager of Gravesend & Northfleet F.C., which in May 2007 was renamed Ebbsfleet United F.C., and he oversaw the club's move to a full-time playing squad.[10][12]

Daish led Ebbsfleet United to a 1–0 victory in the FA Trophy final on 10 May 2008,[13] and for two seasons running made the Fleet a contender for the Conference National promotion play-offs. His profile was raised by the takeover of Ebbsfleet by MyFootballClub, although the website's initial boasts that its members – and not Daish – would pick the team had as of 22 May 2010 yet to come to fruition.[12]

Daish left Ebbsfleet by mutual consent after discussions with new owners and eight years in charge on 17 May 2013.[14]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Daish

Please Send Us your Questions!!!

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Liam just tweeted to confirm he's coming on!

Liam, has your trumpet playing improved since you were at Birmingham..?

Play Up Pompey..!!

Any more questions for Liam?

Liam: As a Pompey born lad, would you ever consider coming home to Fratton Park, if the opportunity arose.?

I'm not putting the current management team down, but if it turned out that it didn't work, do you think you could find the passion for the club of your hometown, and bring us back up again..?

Can I also just ask..... Were you born in St Mary's Hospital in Milton...? My kids were, and as the maternity wing there is almost in the shadow of the Fratton Park floodlights, don't you feel a "pull" for the club..?

You know the FP faithful..... we'd always welcome one of our own home.