Former Blackpool striker Keigan Parker shares what made his time at Bloomfield Road special following the recent legends game.
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00:00Keegan, how much does this place mean to you?
00:02Yeah, like I say, it's probably the best time of my career.
00:05Playing with some great players and obviously winning promotion and playing at Wembley
00:10was a real highlight of my career.
00:12It's good when you come back and you feel valued, you know.
00:15Like the fans when you're out and that want to buy a drink.
00:19There's always a bit of nostalgia towards the players that have helped the team get promoted, you know.
00:26Yeah, you mentioned Wembley 2007. What team was that to be involved in?
00:30Yeah, it was a great team. I mean, it was 10 games in a row we won
00:34and we could easily get promoted automatically.
00:37But when we started that run, I think we were in the bottom four about October time
00:42and it was a massive turnaround, you know.
00:45And the thing about that team, there were so many great players working as a team dynamic, you know.
00:51Obviously the little bits of magic like Wes sprinkled in there.
00:56Have you all stayed close, stayed in touch over years?
00:58Yeah, it's more so when you come to events like this, you know.
01:01People move on and they've got families.
01:03But you never lose that, you know, I don't know, appreciation for the people you've played with, you know.
01:10Because it brings back great memories, like I say, you know.
01:13And do you hope to come back down to Blackpool a bit more often and come see your place again?
01:17Yeah, to be fair, I've started getting down quite a bit more.
01:20I've probably been down to three or four games in the last year.
01:23So, yeah, I got to St. John's, that was my first team.
01:27I got to their games now and again as well.
01:29So, like I say, it's always good to come down and even better when the team's doing well near the top of the league.
01:35You liking what Steve Bruce is doing from the outside looking in?
01:37Yeah, well, funny enough, I was speaking to Bob's about it before.
01:42He was one of my heroes growing up, Steve Bruce, because I was a man.
01:45I moved to England when I was 13 with my mum and then husband.
01:49And I was a man youth fan growing up in the early 90s, 92, 93,
01:56when Cartman and Mark Coos and Bruce was there, you know.
02:01Is Dub's going to start a little introduction?
02:03Ah, well, I've got his number, so I'll maybe meet him and go in and meet him.
02:06But, like I say, he was somebody I looked up to because he was a defender who scored goals as well.
02:13That's when Man U were just on the rise, wasn't it?
02:15About early 90s, wasn't it?
02:17Brian McClare, he was a Scottish international as well.
02:21Yeah, so.
02:22Nice little bit. Thank you very much.