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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00:00they were making it as easy as possible for me.
00:03But then obviously with addiction to the painkillers,
00:05once that took a real hold,
00:06that probably took a real hold during the second season,
00:10so middle of 2013 season,
00:14that's when my mind really went,
00:16and that's when the pills started
00:17to have an adverse effect.
00:20And I was starting to lose my focus a little bit
00:22in the second half of that second season.
00:25And then obviously when Westy come in, I was relieved.
00:28But listen, it was nothing against the club at all.
00:31It was just what was going on
00:33with the addiction in my own head.
00:35And I wish I would have told the club the real truth,
00:38because I know how great they would have been.
00:40You know, looking back, they shouldn't have regrets,
00:43but it's impossible.
00:44Everyone's got regrets.
00:45It's impossible.
00:46One of my biggest ones is not saying submit to the club
00:49or saying submit to someone,
00:51and especially the club,
00:52because they would have been, you know, Andy Rhodes,
00:54my goalie coach, he knew there was an issue,
00:56but he didn't delve too much.
00:58So they said, put anything you need, we're here.
00:59He was amazing with us.