Come join us for the latest edition of All Wednesday where we speak to former Sheffield Wednesday and Liverpool goalkeeper, Chris Kirkland. In an open conversation he talks about his struggles, his time at Hillsborough, and dealing with that Leeds incident.
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00:00When that fan ran on the pitch and did what he did,
00:04like, what was that like for you?
00:06Because it must have been so, I mean,
00:09surprised much more than anything else, surely.
00:12Shocked.
00:13It's as though it's not really happening.
00:14And I didn't literally see him until last minute,
00:17just let it go.
00:18In the 77th minute, I was devastated, you know,
00:21because we only had another 15 minutes
00:23and we would have got a brilliant win.
00:24But when the goal went in, first and foremost, you deflated.
00:28You obviously know the Leeds fans are behind you
00:30and all that, and the noise and the carnage,
00:32but yet more deflated because the goal went in.
00:35And then, so I was down and you can see,
00:37I'm looking at the floor and thinking,
00:38Jesus, you know, can we get something out of this game?
00:41And then I literally seen him last minute
00:42and it's as though, like, it's not happening.
00:44And then it did, and then it gets you by surprise.
00:47And I didn't really know what happened to start with.
00:50But yeah, it was, listen,
00:53it should never happen on a football pitch,
00:55but unfortunately people seem to think
00:57they can do what they want.
00:58And, you know, we've seen it since as well,
01:00and I don't think it'd be the last time, unfortunately.
01:03But yeah, it was a lot of shock.
01:06And then obviously the daughter was at home
01:07and she had to see it and she was getting a bit
01:09of stick at school and stuff like that.
01:11So it's the bits after which people don't realise.
01:15It's the knock-on effect they can have for your family
01:17and, you know, your daughter and stuff like that.