Steve Bruce has his say on Blackpool coaching staff quirk

Blackpool Gazette

Blackpool boss Steve Bruce has his say on the number of Steve’s and Stephen’s in his Bloomfield Road backroom staff - and certainly sees the funny side.

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00:00I just wanted to ask you about, obviously, you had a new member of staff to your team.

00:03Is it just me called Steve Help in this game?

00:07Well, it's quite remarkable, isn't it?

00:09I've never really asked them if any of them is a PH.

00:13Do you know that?

00:13Steve and Dobby and Stephen Clements are PHs.

00:16And I'm a PH.

00:17Are you?

00:18That's a PH.

00:19That's an exclusive.

00:20Who do know that?

00:20That's the exclusive, yes.

00:22My real name is Stephen.

00:24And my mum, God rest her soul, is the only one who ever called me Stephen.

00:27But there you go.

00:28I am a Stephen, so yeah.

00:30If you call Steve, Stephen, then jump on board.

00:33You're more than welcome to get a coaching job, wherever you want.

00:36You can do anything you want here.

00:37By the end of my term here, everybody from the media department to everybody will have the name Stephen.

00:44Or Steve.

00:45It's like a unique form of nepotism work.

00:47And you will be gone.

00:48I'll be gone.

00:49And the reporter will be the reporter.

00:50The reporter will be Stephen.

00:52Is there any confusion in the office where you've got a good morning, Steve?

00:55No, no.

00:55It's Clem, Brucie, Agas, Dobes.

00:58Of course, we'll never get Steve.

01:00So, and Banti.

01:02So, there you go.

01:04There's no confusion, because we don't use it.

01:06You don't need the first name.

01:07No, we don't use it.

01:08Nobody gets the first name.

01:09Now, I get a few names, but not usually the first one, as you can imagine.

01:14No.

01:15So, there you go.

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