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The ‘Confessions’ Sports Player Series
By Nick Owen
You can hear ‘Confessions of an Ageing Football Player’ in episodes 1 -21.
The sequel to Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player (The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player) will be available from 3 January 2023, just in time for the Australian Open.
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The ‘Confessions’ Sports Player SeriesFeb 05, 2023
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: The Bird Sightings.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1673032085444-5d65b6f75a216.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: The Bird Sightings.
In which tennis ornithologist, Mrs Hacienda Buscando Stanley Carter (aka Phoebe Snetsinger) first observes Lord A.J.P.G.R. Murray in the field and makes her first fatal mistake.
#AusOpen2023 #AndyMurray #PhoebeSnetsinger #LiverpoolTennisClub #SerenaWilliams
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Episode 15 - Bird Sighting 5](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1673032085444-5d65b6f75a216.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Episode 15 - Bird Sighting 5
In which Hacienda S.B. Carter (aka Phoebe) attemps to attract Lord Andrew J.P.G.R. Murray back to his haunting ground by the surreptitious placement of several pints of best foaming Hawkeye bitter in prominent positions around the tennis club.
#AusOpen2023 #AndyMurray #PhoebeSnetsinger #LiverpoolTennisClub
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 14 - Bird Sighting 4.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1673032085444-5d65b6f75a216.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 14 - Bird Sighting 4.
In which our intrepid tennis ornithologist, Miss Hacienda S.B. Carter (or Phoebe, to her friends, whoever they are) plucks up the courage to approach the Unidentified Wandering Object.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
#AusOpen2023 #AndyMurray #SerenaWilliams #PhoebeSnetsinger #LiverpoolTennis #HMPNorthSeaCamp
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 13 - Bird Sighting 3.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1673032085444-5d65b6f75a216.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 13 - Bird Sighting 3.
In which Miss Hasienda Buscando Stanley Carter (or Phoebe, for short) struggles with Unidentified Wandering Object refusing to move from armchair in member’s lounge due to The Hawkeye Effect.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
#AusOpen2023 #AndyMurray #RogerFederer #SerenaWilliams #PhoebeSnetsinger #LiverpoolTennis #HMPNorthSeaCamp
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 12 - Bird Sighting 2.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1674488321707-032b44bfad1b.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 12 - Bird Sighting 2.
In which tennis ornithologist, Miss* Hacienda's Unidentified Wandering Object appears to be struggling with hitting a tennis ball with his racket. She gives him advice which he ignores.
* Editors Note: NB Miss not Mrs.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
#AusOpen2023 #AndyMurray #RogerFederer #SerenaWilliams #Phoebe Snetsinger #LiverpoolTennis #HMPNorthSeaCamp
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 11 - Bird Sighting 1.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1674384789739-ae4430d874d91.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 11 - Bird Sighting 1.
In which the tennis ornithologist, Mrs Hacienda Buscando Stanley Carter first observes Lord A.J.P.G.R. Murray in the field.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
#AusOpen2023 #AndyMurray #RogerFederer #SerenaWilliams #Phoebe Snetsinger #LiverpoolTennis #HMPNorthSeaCamp
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 10 - Fan Mail.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1674310943162-c69ca139e84ee.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 10 - Fan Mail.
In which 'Serena Williams' plucks up courage and makes her advance on 'Andy Murray' only to have to contend with the unwelcome interests of 'The Redacteur'.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
#AusOpen2023 #AndyMurray #RogerFederer #SteffiGraf #BjornBorg #Liverpool #HMPNorthSeaCamp #SerenaWilliams
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 9 - Writers Block](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1674201925183-18029ce4db4cf.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 9 - Writers Block
In which Serena (or is it Evelyn?) Williams comes clean to Lord Andrew J.P.G.R. Murray of Kirkintilloch.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
#AusOpen2023 #AndyMurray #RogerFederer #SteffiGraf #BjornBorg #Liverpool #HMPNorthSeaCamp #SerenaWilliams
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 8 - Roger's Fear of Flying.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1673032085444-5d65b6f75a216.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 8 - Roger's Fear of Flying.
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 7 - GOATS on a plane.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1673946815605-0e6852bd1df8c.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 7 - GOATS on a plane.
in which the greatest Tennis GOATS of all time queue for a flight to Melbourne and the tennis courts of the Australian Open, sharing their hard fought wisdom with Lord Andrew J.P.G.R. Murray of Kirkintilloch who is queuing for a bus to HMP North Sea Camp from the crown courts of Liverpool.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
#AusOpen2023 #AndyMurray #RogerFederer #SteffiGraf #BjornBorg #Liverpool #HMPNorthSeaCamp #SerenaWilliams
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 6 - The Judgement](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1673652480380-8e359b0fd3a03.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 6 - The Judgement
In which the youngest in society are taught that that if they have malice enough to set fire to people’s tennis rackets, headbands and shoes, then their own lives must pay the forfeit.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 5 - Reading the Runes](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1673536717694-b4e9467b02f3a.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 5 - Reading the Runes
In which the riot act in relation to arson is read out to Lord Andrew J.P.G.R. Murray of Kirkintilloch. Imprisonment for life is a potential outcome.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 3BS (back story)](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1673032085444-5d65b6f75a216.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 3BS (back story)
In which the Liverpool Daily Post enthusiastically reports on a strange sighting at Otterspool Promenade in Aigburth: a make shift funeral pyre floating down the River Mersey.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 1BS (back story)](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1673003780143-34df205eab48a.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 1BS (back story)
In which Ms. Serena Williams brings to the attention of the Greater Dunblane Tennis Club Committee the contraventions of the Club's rules and regs as perpetrated by Mr. A. Murray, Esq.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 4 - the Best of Enemies.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1672998987738-38451ee7f4378.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 4 - the Best of Enemies.
In which Lord Andrew J. P. G. R. Murray of Kirkintilloch pirouettes the night away in the arms of Serena Williams at the Wimbledon Champions Ball: whilst Novak Djokovic slouches over the cocktail bar justifying himself to a pineapple.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 3 - It’s No Vacc for Novak!](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1672860641273-b6348c2ad47c1.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 3 - It’s No Vacc for Novak!
The best of enemies are surely the best of friends aren’t they?
'No Vacc for Novak' means the Return of the Murray from the Mersey, just in time for the Australian Open.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 2 - The first 100 days.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1672766380579-71b384fb92355.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 2 - The first 100 days.
In which Lord Andrew John Paul George Ringo Murray of Kirkintilloch starts the first 100 days of his new regime and starts laying down the law.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
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![The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 1 - Imagine the scene!](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1672682336354-2fc3abb3c14ae.jpg)
The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player: Chapter 1 - Imagine the scene!
In which Lord Andrew John Paul George Ringo Murray of Kirkintilloch hears the news of his election of Tennis Club Chairman and immediately sets about changing the Club culture for good.
You can read all about the prequel to this story Confessions of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
Or you can order your copy of The Courting Lives of an Ageing Tennis Player here.
![Meet our illustrator, Paul Warren](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1672306386506-a3cee98d7a6bb.jpg)
Meet our illustrator, Paul Warren
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Love All!
The Best Ever World Cup? Join the Queue!
The full, unadulterated podcast of one of our best ever FIFA World Cups! Marvel at all the ups, the downs, the surprises, the shocks and the fickle fingers of football fate in what was probably yet another Best Ever Football World Cup: Brazil, 2014!
![Episode 21: Germany 1 – 0 Argentina (No ‘me’ in team? On the contrary…)](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1668556677537-d55ac85396dd9.jpg)
Episode 21: Germany 1 – 0 Argentina (No ‘me’ in team? On the contrary…)
![Episode 20: Argentina 0 – 0 Netherlands (We can be heroes.... for a while)](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1668556677537-d55ac85396dd9.jpg)
Episode 20: Argentina 0 – 0 Netherlands (We can be heroes.... for a while)
In which our hero i.e. me fends off the fierce opposition of the Dutch and the salamanders and books an appointment with history.
![Episode 19: Germany 7 - 1 Brazil](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1668556677537-d55ac85396dd9.jpg)
Episode 19: Germany 7 - 1 Brazil
In which our hero's i.e. my wishful thinking is brought back to earth with a bump and normal football service is resumed.
![Episode 18: Brazil 7 - 1 Germany](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1671023788261-b9f95932dac12.jpg)
Episode 18: Brazil 7 - 1 Germany
![Episode 17: The Scores on the Doors](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1671023833932-580639bbacd19.jpg)
Episode 17: The Scores on the Doors
![Episode 16: Shooing the Shih Tsu off your Shoes](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1671023873432-42b417cf15c37.jpg)
Episode 16: Shooing the Shih Tsu off your Shoes
![Episode 15: Matching Heads, Feet and Bumpsy Daisy.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1671023900457-8d58934bba6ab.jpg)
Episode 15: Matching Heads, Feet and Bumpsy Daisy.
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![Episode 14: How to be Promoted from Mover to Milk Shaker.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1671028689410-f39f6a1e786ff.jpg)
Episode 14: How to be Promoted from Mover to Milk Shaker.
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![Episode 13: I Break Mexican Hearts with Late Double.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1671028722455-a4c0a24f0af71.jpg)
Episode 13: I Break Mexican Hearts with Late Double.
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![Episode 13: All Change for the Knock Out Rounds!](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1669934193368-aec9b522a47d9.jpg)
Episode 13: All Change for the Knock Out Rounds!
It's Half Time at the Brazilian World Cup and what have we learned? Schadenfreude isn’t Germany’s newest centre forward!
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![Episode 12: Luis Suarez, the Axolotls and Me.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1668556677537-d55ac85396dd9.jpg)
Episode 12: Luis Suarez, the Axolotls and Me.
In which our hero i.e. me and Luis Suarez i.e. my bestest friend seek revenge on Giorgio Chiellini for poisoning the hotel's Axolotls.
Prefer to read the book than listen to the podcasts? You can buy your very own signed copy of Confessions of an Ageing Football Player here.
![Episode 11: Everyone ‘Loves’ a Winner.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1668556677537-d55ac85396dd9.jpg)
Episode 11: Everyone ‘Loves’ a Winner.
In which our hero i.e. me 'enjoys' the hose piping initiation rites prescribed for the un-initiated and enjoyed by the powers-that-be.
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![Episode 10. Four Eyes One, Two Eyes Nil.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1668556677537-d55ac85396dd9.jpg)
Episode 10. Four Eyes One, Two Eyes Nil.
In which our hero i.e. me faces down his foes and plans to speak truth to power.
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![Episode 9: Chickens and Heroes Coming Home to Roost.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1668556677537-d55ac85396dd9.jpg)
Episode 9: Chickens and Heroes Coming Home to Roost.
In which our hero i.e. me experiences the vicarious thrill of schadenfreude as the World Cup takes its toll on its galacticos.
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![Episode 8: Giving It Back to the Community, Big Style](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1668556677537-d55ac85396dd9.jpg)
Episode 8: Giving It Back to the Community, Big Style
In which our hero i.e. me gives something back to the community and dispenses largesse to the poor unfortunate youth of the favelas.
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![Episode 7: Do I Have To?](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1668556677537-d55ac85396dd9.jpg)
Episode 7: Do I Have To?
In which our hero i.e. me is gutted not to be picked for the national team, but bears his disappointment stoically.
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![Episode 6: The Return of the Football Flâneur.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1668556677537-d55ac85396dd9.jpg)
Episode 6: The Return of the Football Flâneur.
In which our hero i.e me has reluctantly to forego a life of aimless wandering and buckle down to his / my first big challenge: his / my first run out onto the hallowed pitch of a World Cup stadium.
Prefer to read the book than listen to the podcasts? You can buy your very own signed copy of Confessions of an Ageing Football Player here.
![Episode 5: The Inside Track on the Rank Outsider.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1668556677537-d55ac85396dd9.jpg)
Episode 5: The Inside Track on the Rank Outsider.
In which our hero i.e. me experiences the benefits of living the high footballing life in Rio de Janeiro and Copacabanana Beach.
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![Episode 4: Into the Heart of Darkness.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1668556677537-d55ac85396dd9.jpg)
Episode 4: Into the Heart of Darkness.
In which our hero i.e. me learns to become a permanent surprise to the opposition and the guerilla in their midst.
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![Episode 3: Settling Old Football Scores is Surprisingly Easy.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1668556677537-d55ac85396dd9.jpg)
Episode 3: Settling Old Football Scores is Surprisingly Easy.
In which our hero i.e. me settles some old scores in Bogota before heading south to join the glitterati, chatterati and flitterati of the world's football elite.
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![Episode 2: I will be that Carioca!](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/16322077/16322077-1668556677537-d55ac85396dd9.jpg)
Episode 2: I will be that Carioca!
In which our hero I.e. me finds himself in the unbelievable position of being invited to play for our national team.
![Episode 1: Brazil, 2014, My Team 2015.](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16322077/16322077-1668555670713-ffc6a25101c19.jpg)
Episode 1: Brazil, 2014, My Team 2015.
Relive your glorious early footballing moment just in time for the Qatar World Cup!
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